/**
* 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();
}
/**
* encode the input data producing a Hex encoded byte array.
*
* @return a byte array containing the Hex encoded data.
*/
public static byte[] encode(byte[] data, int off, int length) {
ByteArrayOutputStream bOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
try {
encoder.encode(data, off, length, bOut);
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("exception encoding Hex string: " + e);
}
return bOut.toByteArray();
}
