Package com.peterphi.std.util

Class HexHelper

java.lang.Object

com.peterphi.std.util.HexHelper

public class HexHelper
extends Object

A helper class which handles encoding and decoding hexidecimal

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static byte[]	fromHex(char separator, String value)	Decodes a hexidecimal string (optionally with separator characters separating each two-digit pair) Multiple runs of the separator will be ignored (eg.
static byte[]	fromHex(String value)	Decodes a hexidecimal string into a series of bytes
static byte[]	generateBytes(int bytes)	Generates a number of random bytes which can then be manipulated and/or converted to hex Uses a new instance of java.util.Random
static byte[]	generateBytes(Random rand, int bytes)	Generates a number of random bytes which can then be manipulated and/or converted to hex
static String	generateHex(int characters)	Generates a hexidecimal String of length characters
static String	generateHex(Random random, int characters)	Generates a hexidecimal String of length characters
static String	toHex(byte... bin)	Encodes a series of bytes into a hexidecimal string (potentially with leading zeroes) with no separators between each source byte
static String	toHex(char separator, byte... bin)	Encodes a series of bytes into a hexidecimal string with each source byte (represented in the output as a 2 digit hexidecimal pair) separated by separator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

fromHex

public static final byte[] fromHex(String value)

Decodes a hexidecimal string into a series of bytes

Parameters:

value -

Returns:

fromHex

public static final byte[] fromHex(char separator,
                                   String value)

Decodes a hexidecimal string (optionally with separator characters separating each two-digit pair)
Multiple runs of the separator will be ignored (eg. AA::BB will result in [0xAA,0xBB], not [0xAA,0x00,0xBB])

Parameters:

separator - the separator character

value -

Returns:

generateBytes

public static final byte[] generateBytes(int bytes)

Generates a number of random bytes which can then be manipulated and/or converted to hex
Uses a new instance of java.util.Random

Parameters:

bytes -

Returns:

generateBytes

public static final byte[] generateBytes(Random rand,
                                         int bytes)

Generates a number of random bytes which can then be manipulated and/or converted to hex

Parameters:

RANDOM - the random number generator to use

bytes -

Returns:

generateHex

public static final String generateHex(int characters)

Generates a hexidecimal String of length characters

Parameters:

characters - the number of characters in the resulting String

Returns:

generateHex

public static final String generateHex(Random random,
                                       int characters)

Generates a hexidecimal String of length characters

Parameters:

random - the random number generator to use

characters - the number of characters in the resulting String

Returns:

toHex

public static final String toHex(byte... bin)

Encodes a series of bytes into a hexidecimal string (potentially with leading zeroes) with no separators between each source byte

Parameters:

bin -

Returns:

toHex

public static final String toHex(char separator,
                                 byte... bin)

Encodes a series of bytes into a hexidecimal string with each source byte (represented in the output as a 2 digit hexidecimal pair) separated by separator

Parameters:

separator - The character to insert between each byte (for example, ':')

bin - the series of bytes to encode

Returns:

a hexidecimal string with each source byte (represented in the output as a 2 digit hexidecimal pair) separated by separator