Package com.castlabs.utils

# Class HashUtils

java.lang.Object
com.castlabs.utils.HashUtils

public class HashUtils extends Object
Utility hash functions

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `HashUtils()`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `static byte[]`
  `decodeHex(char[] data)`
  Converts an array of character bytes representing hexadecimal values into an array of bytes of those same values.
  `static String`
  `md5(String source)`
  Takes a string and returns the HEX representation of the MD5 sum for the given string.

  ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

  `equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### HashUtils

    public HashUtils()

- ## Method Details

  - ### md5

    public static String md5(String source)
    Takes a string and returns the HEX representation of the MD5 sum for the given string.
    Parameters:
      `source` - the string
    Returns:
      md5 hex string

  - ### decodeHex

    public static byte[] decodeHex(char[] data)
    Converts an array of character bytes representing hexadecimal 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` - array of input data containing hex characters
    Returns:
      byte array containing teh binary data decoded from the given input data