Package com.tom_roush.pdfbox.util

Class Hex

  • public final class Hex
extends Object
    Utility functions for hex encoding.

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static byte[] decodeBase64​(String base64Value)
      Decode a base64 String.
      static byte[] decodeHex​(String s)
      Decodes a hex String into a byte array.
      static byte[] getBytes​(byte b)
      Returns the bytes corresponding to the ASCII hex encoding of the given byte.
      static byte[] getBytes​(byte[] bytes)
      Returns the bytes corresponding to the ASCII hex encoding of the given bytes.
      static char[] getChars​(short num)
      Returns the characters corresponding to the ASCII hex encoding of the given short.
      static char[] getCharsUTF16BE​(String text)
      Takes the characters in the given string, convert it to bytes in UTF16-BE format and build a char array that corresponds to the ASCII hex encoding of the resulting bytes.
      static String getString​(byte b)
      Returns a hex string of the given byte.
      static String getString​(byte[] bytes)
      Returns a hex string of the given byte array.
      static void writeHexByte​(byte b, OutputStream output)
      Writes the given byte as hex value to the given output stream.
      static void writeHexBytes​(byte[] bytes, OutputStream output)
      Writes the given byte array as hex value to the given output stream.

    • Method Detail

      • getString

        public static String getString​(byte b)
        Returns a hex string of the given byte.

      • getString

        public static String getString​(byte[] bytes)
        Returns a hex string of the given byte array.

      • getBytes

        public static byte[] getBytes​(byte b)
        Returns the bytes corresponding to the ASCII hex encoding of the given byte.

      • getBytes

        public static byte[] getBytes​(byte[] bytes)
        Returns the bytes corresponding to the ASCII hex encoding of the given bytes.

      • getChars

        public static char[] getChars​(short num)
        Returns the characters corresponding to the ASCII hex encoding of the given short.

      • getCharsUTF16BE

        public static char[] getCharsUTF16BE​(String text)
        Takes the characters in the given string, convert it to bytes in UTF16-BE format and build a char array that corresponds to the ASCII hex encoding of the resulting bytes. Example: 
           getCharsUTF16BE("ab") == new char[]{'0','0','6','1','0','0','6','2'}
        Parameters:
        text - The string to convert
        Returns:
        The string converted to hex

      • writeHexByte

        public static void writeHexByte​(byte b,
                                OutputStream output)
                         throws IOException
        Writes the given byte as hex value to the given output stream.
        Parameters:
        b - the byte to be written
        output - the output stream to be written to
        Throws:
        IOException - exception if anything went wrong

      • writeHexBytes

        public static void writeHexBytes​(byte[] bytes,
                                 OutputStream output)
                          throws IOException
        Writes the given byte array as hex value to the given output stream.
        Parameters:
        bytes - the byte array to be written
        output - the output stream to be written to
        Throws:
        IOException - exception if anything went wrong

      • decodeBase64

        public static byte[] decodeBase64​(String base64Value)
        Decode a base64 String.
        Parameters:
        base64Value - a base64 encoded String.
        Returns:
        the decoded String as a byte array.
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if this isn't a base64 encoded string.

      • decodeHex

        public static byte[] decodeHex​(String s)
                        throws IOException
        Decodes a hex String into a byte array.
        Parameters:
        s - A String with ASCII hex.
        Returns:
        decoded byte array.
        Throws:
        IOException