org.apache.directory.api.util

Class Hex

java.lang.Object

org.apache.directory.api.util.Hex

public final class Hex
extends Object

Various hex and string manipulation methods that are more efficient then chaining operations: all is done in the same buffer without creating a bunch of intermediate String objects.

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static byte[]	convertEscapedHex(String str) Convert an escaoed list of bytes to a byte[]
static String	decodeHexString(String str) Decodes values of attributes in the DN encoded in hex into a UTF-8 String.
static char[]	encodeHex(byte[] data) Converts an array of bytes into an array of characters representing the hexadecimal values of each byte in order.
static byte	getHexValue(byte high, byte low) Translate two bytes to an hex value.
static byte	getHexValue(char c) Return an hex value from a single char The char must be in [0-9a-fA-F]
static byte	getHexValue(char high, char low) Translate two chars to an hex value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getHexValue

public static byte getHexValue(char high,
                               char low)

Translate two chars to an hex value. The chars must be in [a-fA-F0-9]

Parameters:

high - The high value

low - The low value

Returns:

A byte representation of the two chars

getHexValue

public static byte getHexValue(byte high,
                               byte low)

Translate two bytes to an hex value. The bytes must be in [0-9a-fA-F]

Parameters:

high - The high value

low - The low value

Returns:

A byte representation of the two bytes

getHexValue

public static byte getHexValue(char c)

Return an hex value from a single char The char must be in [0-9a-fA-F]

Parameters:

c - The char we want to convert

Returns:

A byte between 0 and 15

decodeHexString

public static String decodeHexString(String str)
                              throws InvalidNameException

Decodes values of attributes in the DN encoded in hex into a UTF-8 String. RFC2253 allows a DN's attribute to be encoded in hex. The encoded value starts with a # then is followed by an even number of hex characters.

Parameters:

str - the string to decode

Returns:

the decoded string

Throws:

InvalidNameException

convertEscapedHex

public static byte[] convertEscapedHex(String str)
                                throws InvalidNameException

Convert an escaoed list of bytes to a byte[]

Parameters:

str - the string containing hex escapes

Returns:

the converted byte[]

Throws:

InvalidNameException

encodeHex

public static char[] encodeHex(byte[] data)

Converts an array of bytes into an array of characters representing the hexadecimal 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 hexadecimal characters