Converting String to Hex in Java

In this example, we will show you the simple program about, how to convert a string to hex in Java. The example program has been tested and shared in the same post.

Example Program (Converter.java)

package com.dineshkrish;

import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex;

/**
 * 
 * @author Dinesh Krishnan
 *
 */

public class Converter {

	public static String convert(String str) {

		char[] ch = Hex.encodeHex(str.getBytes());

		return new String(ch);
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		String input = "Dinesh Krishnan";

		String output = convert(input);

		System.out.println("Converted ---> " + output);
	}

}

Maven Dependencies (pom.xml)

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>com.dineshkrish</groupId>
	<artifactId>Converter</artifactId>
	<version>1.0</version>

	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
			<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
			<version>1.10</version>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>

</project>

Outpuut

Converted ---> 44696e657368204b726973686e616e

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