Here you can find the source of toChars(byte b, char[] result, int position)
private static void toChars(byte b, char[] result, int position)
//package com.java2s; /**//from w w w.jav a2 s . c o m * Copyright 2015-2018 Red Hat, Inc, and individual contributors. * * Licensed 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 * * 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 { private static final char[] DIGITS = "0123456789abcdef".toCharArray(); private static void toChars(byte b, char[] result, int position) { result[position + 1] = DIGITS[b & 0xF]; // hex digit for the last (least significant) 4 bits of the byte result[position] = DIGITS[(b >> 4) & 0xF]; // first bits moved to the last, 0xF to handle "negative" numbers } }