/**
* decode the Hex encoded String data - whitespace will be ignored.
*
* @return a byte array representing the decoded data.
*/
public static byte[] decode(String data) {
ByteArrayOutputStream bOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
try {
encoder.decode(data, bOut);
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("exception decoding Hex string: " + e);
}
return bOut.toByteArray();
}
/**
* decode the Hex encoded String data writing it to the given output stream, whitespace characters
* will be ignored.
*
* @return the number of bytes produced.
*/
public static int decode(String data, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
return encoder.decode(data, out);
}
