Here you can find the source of toByte(String hexStr)
public static byte[] toByte(String hexStr)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w ww . j a v a 2 s.c o m*/ * Licensed to Jasig under one or more contributor license * agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work * for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * Jasig licenses this file to you under the Apache License, * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a * copy of the License at the following location: * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ public class Main { public static byte[] toByte(String hexStr) { byte digest[] = new byte[hexStr.length() / 2]; for (int i = 0; i < digest.length; i++) { String byteString = hexStr.substring(2 * i, 2 * i + 2); int byteValue = Integer.parseInt(byteString, 16); digest[i] = (byte) byteValue; } return digest; } }