ByteUtils.java

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package org.apache.wiki.util;

/**
 *  A collection of static byte utility methods.
 *  
 * @author Ichiro Furusato
 */
public class ByteUtils
{
    private static final char[] hexArray = "0123456789abcdef".toCharArray();
    
    
    /**
     *  byte[] array to hex conversion. Note that this provides
     *  no delimiters; the bytes are simply concatenated.
     */
    public static String bytes2hex( byte[] bytes )
    {
        char[] ca = new char[bytes.length * 2];
        for ( int i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++ ) {
            int v = bytes[i] & 0xff;
            ca[i * 2] = hexArray[v >>> 4];
            ca[i * 2 + 1] = hexArray[v & 0x0f];
        }
        return new String(ca);
    }
    
    
    /**
     *  byte to hex conversion.
     */
    public static String byte2hex( byte b )
    {
        return Integer.toHexString(b & 0xff);
    }

    
    /**
     *  Parses a hexadecimal string into its corresponding bytes.
     */
    public static byte[] parseHexBinary( String hex )
    {
        final int len = hex.length();
        // e.g., "111" is not a valid hex encoding.
        if( len%2 != 0 ) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("hexBinary needs to be even-length: "+hex);
        }
        byte[] out = new byte[len/2];
        for( int i = 0; i < len; i+=2 ) {
            int h = hexToBin(hex.charAt(i));
            int l = hexToBin(hex.charAt(i+1));
            if ( h==-1 || l==-1 ) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("contains illegal character for hexBinary: "+hex);
            }
            out[i/2] = (byte)(h*16+l);
        }
        return out;
    }
    
    
    /**
     *  Converts a single hex character into its integer equivalent.
     */
    public static int hexToBin( char c )
    {
        if ( '0'<=c && c<='9' ) return c-'0';
        if ( 'A'<=c && c<='F' ) return c-'A'+10;
        if ( 'a'<=c && c<='f' ) return c-'a'+10;
        return -1;
    }

    
    private ByteUtils() {}

}