org.apache.commons.codec.binary

Class Hex

Implemented Interfaces:
BinaryDecoder, BinaryEncoder, Decoder, Encoder

public class Hex
extends Object
implements BinaryEncoder, BinaryDecoder

Hex encoder and decoder.

Version:
$Id: Hex.java,v 1.13 2004/04/18 18:22:33 ggregory Exp $

Author:
Apache Software Foundation

Since:
1.1

Nested Class Summary

Field Summary

private static char[]
DIGITS
Used building output as Hex

Method Summary

byte[]
decode(byte[] array)
Converts an array of character bytes representing hexidecimal values into an array of bytes of those same values.
Object
decode(Object object)
Converts a String or an array of character bytes representing hexidecimal values into an array of bytes of those same values.
static byte[]
decodeHex(char[] data)
Converts an array of characters representing hexidecimal values into an array of bytes of those same values.
byte[]
encode(byte[] array)
Converts an array of bytes into an array of bytes for the characters representing the hexidecimal values of each byte in order.
Object
encode(Object object)
Converts a String or an array of bytes into an array of characters representing the hexidecimal values of each byte in order.
static char[]
encodeHex(byte[] data)
Converts an array of bytes into an array of characters representing the hexidecimal values of each byte in order.
protected static int
toDigit(char ch, int index)
Converts a hexadecimal character to an integer.

Field Details

DIGITS

private static final char[] DIGITS
Used building output as Hex

Method Details

decode

public byte[] decode(byte[] array)
            throws DecoderException
Converts an array of character bytes representing hexidecimal values into an array of bytes of those same values. The returned array will be half the length of the passed array, as it takes two characters to represent any given byte. An exception is thrown if the passed char array has an odd number of elements.
Specified by:
decode in interface BinaryDecoder

Parameters:
array - An array of character bytes containing hexidecimal digits

Returns:
A byte array containing binary data decoded from the supplied byte array (representing characters).

Throws:
DecoderException - Thrown if an odd number of characters is supplied to this function

See Also:
decodeHex(char[])


decode

public Object decode(Object object)
            throws DecoderException
Converts a String or an array of character bytes representing hexidecimal values into an array of bytes of those same values. The returned array will be half the length of the passed String or array, as it takes two characters to represent any given byte. An exception is thrown if the passed char array has an odd number of elements.
Specified by:
decode in interface Decoder

Parameters:
object - A String or, an array of character bytes containing hexidecimal digits

Returns:
A byte array containing binary data decoded from the supplied byte array (representing characters).

Throws:
DecoderException - Thrown if an odd number of characters is supplied to this function or the object is not a String or char[]

See Also:
decodeHex(char[])


decodeHex

public static byte[] decodeHex(char[] data)
            throws DecoderException
Converts an array of characters representing hexidecimal values into an array of bytes of those same values. The returned array will be half the length of the passed array, as it takes two characters to represent any given byte. An exception is thrown if the passed char array has an odd number of elements.

Parameters:
data - An array of characters containing hexidecimal digits

Returns:
A byte array containing binary data decoded from the supplied char array.

Throws:
DecoderException - Thrown if an odd number or illegal of characters is supplied


encode

public byte[] encode(byte[] array)
Converts an array of bytes into an array of bytes for the characters representing the hexidecimal values of each byte in order. The returned array will be double the length of the passed array, as it takes two characters to represent any given byte.
Specified by:
encode in interface BinaryEncoder

Parameters:
array - a byte[] to convert to Hex characters

Returns:
A byte[] containing the bytes of the hexidecimal characters

See Also:
encodeHex(byte[])


encode

public Object encode(Object object)
            throws EncoderException
Converts a String or an array of bytes into an array of characters representing the hexidecimal values of each byte in order. The returned array will be double the length of the passed String or array, as it takes two characters to represent any given byte.
Specified by:
encode in interface Encoder

Parameters:
object - a String, or byte[] to convert to Hex characters

Returns:
A char[] containing hexidecimal characters

Throws:
EncoderException - Thrown if the given object is not a String or byte[]

See Also:
encodeHex(byte[])


encodeHex

public static char[] encodeHex(byte[] data)
Converts an array of bytes into an array of characters representing the hexidecimal values of each byte in order. The returned array will be double the length of the passed array, as it takes two characters to represent any given byte.

Parameters:
data - a byte[] to convert to Hex characters

Returns:
A char[] containing hexidecimal characters


toDigit

protected static int toDigit(char ch,
                             int index)
            throws DecoderException
Converts a hexadecimal character to an integer.

Parameters:
ch - A character to convert to an integer digit
index - The index of the character in the source

Returns:
An integer

Throws:
DecoderException - Thrown if ch is an illegal hex character


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