org.projectfloodlight.openflow.util

Class HexString

java.lang.Object

org.projectfloodlight.openflow.util.HexString

public final class HexString
extends Object

Utility method to convert hexadecimal string from/to longs and byte arrays.

Author:

Andreas Wundsam <andreas.wundsam@bigswitch.com>

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static byte[]	fromHexString(String values) Deprecated.
static byte[]	toBytes(String values) Convert a string of hex values into a string of bytes.
static String	toHexString(byte[] bytes) Convert a string of bytes to a ':' separated hex string
static String	toHexString(long val)
static String	toHexString(long val, int padTo)
static long	toLong(String value)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

toHexString

public static String toHexString(byte[] bytes)

Convert a string of bytes to a ':' separated hex string

Parameters:

bytes - the byte[] to convert

Returns:

"0f:ca:fe:de:ad:be:ef"

toHexString

public static String toHexString(long val,
                 int padTo)

toHexString

public static String toHexString(long val)

fromHexString

@Deprecated
public static byte[] fromHexString(String values)
                            throws NumberFormatException

Deprecated.

Deprecated version of toBytes(String).

Parameters:

values - the hexstring to parse into a byte[]

Returns:

a byte[] representing the hexstring Deprecated because of inconsistent naming

Throws:

NumberFormatException - upon values parse error

toBytes

public static byte[] toBytes(String values)
                      throws NumberFormatException

Convert a string of hex values into a string of bytes.

Parameters:

values - "0f:ca:fe:de:ad:be:ef"

Returns:

[15, 5 ,2, 5, 17]

Throws:

NumberFormatException - If the string can not be parsed

toLong

public static long toLong(String value)
                   throws NumberFormatException

Throws:

NumberFormatException