Here you can find the source of fromHexString(String input)
public static byte[] fromHexString(String input)
//package com.java2s; /**// www. j a v a2s . c o m * Copyright 2013-2015 Pierre Merienne * * 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 { public static byte[] fromHexString(String input) { int n = input.length() / 2; byte[] output = new byte[n]; int l = 0; for (int k = 0; k < n; k++) { char c = input.charAt(l++); byte b = (byte) ((c >= 'a' ? (c - 'a' + 10) : (c - '0')) << 4); c = input.charAt(l++); b |= (byte) (c >= 'a' ? (c - 'a' + 10) : (c - '0')); output[k] = b; } return output; } }