Android How to - Returns a Hex of the passed byte Array








Question

We would like to know how to returns a Hex of the passed byte Array.

Answer

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/**
 * Copyright (C) 2011 Adriano Monteiro Marques
 *
 * Author:  Zubair Nabi <zn.zubairnabi@gmail.com>
 *
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 */
/**
 * Helper class with methods to convert byte[] to {@link String} hex and 
 * vice versa.
 */
public class CryptoHelper {
  
  /**
   * Returns a Hex {@link String} of the passed byte[].
   * 
   *   
                            
  @param  buf  An object of the type byte[]
   * 
  
  @return {@link String}                              
   *
   
  @see         StringBuffer
   */
  public static String toHex (byte buf[]) {
        StringBuffer strbuf = new StringBuffer(buf.length * 2);
        int i;

        for (i = 0; i < buf.length; i++) {
            if (((int) buf[i] & 0xff) < 0x10)
            strbuf.append("0");

            strbuf.append(Long.toString((int) buf[i] & 0xff, 16));
        }

        return strbuf.toString();
     }
  
  /**
   * Returns byte[] of the passed {@link String}.
   * 
   *   
                            
  @param  hex  An object of the type {@link String}
   * 
  
  @return byte[]                            
   */
    public static byte[] toByte (String hex) {
        byte[] bts = new byte[hex.length() / 2];
        for (int i = 0; i < bts.length; i++) {
            bts[i] = (byte) Integer.parseInt(hex.substring(2*i, 2*i+2), 16);
        }

        return bts;
    }
}