Convert Hex string to byte array and vice versa using Java

Hello,

A new problem today encrypting some information from mBus protocol. I need to convert Hexadecimal (hex) string to an array of bytes. Here is the solution:

Option 1:

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO code application logic here
       
        byte[] byteArray = hexStringToByteArray("FF");
        String again = byteArrayToHexString(byteArray);
       
        System.out.println(again );
       
    }
   
    public static byte[] hexStringToByteArray(String s) {
        int len = s.length();
        byte[] data = new byte[len / 2];
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i += 2) {
            data[i / 2] = (byte) ((Character.digit(s.charAt(i), 16) << 4)
                                 + Character.digit(s.charAt(i+1), 16));
        }
       
        return data;
    }
   
    public static String byteArrayToHexString(byte[] b) {
        int len = b.length;
        String data = new String();

        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++){
            data += Integer.toHexString((b[i] >>> 4) & 0xf);
            data += Integer.toHexString(b[i] & 0xf);
        }
        return data;
    }

Option 2:

  /**
   *  Generates a hexadecimal string from an array of bytes.
   *  For example, if the array contains {0x01, 0x02, 0x3E}, 
   *  the resulting string will be "01023E".
   *
   * @param bytes A Byte array
   * @return A String representation
   */
  public static String toHexString( byte[] bytes )
  {
      StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer( bytes.length*2 );
      for( int i = 0; i < bytes.length; i++ )
      {
          sb.append( toHex(bytes[i] >> 4) );
          sb.append( toHex(bytes[i]) );
      }

      return sb.toString();
  }
  private static char toHex(int nibble)
  {
      final char[] hexDigit =
      {
          '0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7',
          '8','9','A','B','C','D','E','F'
      };
      return hexDigit[nibble & 0xF];
  }
}

Option 3:

import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;

public static String toHexString(byte[] array) {
    return DatatypeConverter.printHexBinary(array);
}

public static byte[] toByteArray(String s) {
    return DatatypeConverter.parseHexBinary(s);

}



Hope help!!