dump an array of bytes in hex form : Hex Oct « Data Type « Java Tutorial

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileFilter;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;

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/**
 * Various string manipulation methods that are more efficient then chaining
 * string operations: all is done in the same buffer without creating a bunch of
 * string objects.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@labs.apache.org">Dungeon Project</a>
 */
public class Main {
  /** Hex chars */
  private static final byte[] HEX_CHAR = new byte[]
      { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F' };


  /**
   * Helper function that dump an array of bytes in hex form
   * 
   * @param buffer
   *            The bytes array to dump
   * @return A string representation of the array of bytes
   */
  public static final String dumpBytes( byte[] buffer )
  {
      if ( buffer == null )
      {
          return "";
      }

      StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

      for ( int i = 0; i < buffer.length; i++ )
      {
          sb.append( "0x" ).append( ( char ) ( HEX_CHAR[( buffer[i] & 0x00F0 ) >> 4] ) ).append(
              ( char ) ( HEX_CHAR[buffer[i] & 0x000F] ) ).append( " " );
      }

      return sb.toString();
  }

}