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package org.apache.directory.shared.asn1.util;


import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;


/**
 * Little helper class.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 * @version $Rev$, $Date$
 */
public class Asn1StringUtils
{
    // ~ Static fields/initializers
    // -----------------------------------------------------------------

    /** Hex chars */
    private static final byte[] HEX_CHAR = new byte[]
        { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F' };

    /**
     * The empty byte[]
     */
    public static final byte[] EMPTY_BYTES = new byte[]
        {};

    // ~ Methods
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Helper function that dump a byte in hex form
     * 
     * @param octet
     *            The byte to dump
     * @return A string representation of the byte
     */
    public static String dumpByte( byte octet )
    {
        return new String( new byte[]
            { '0', 'x', HEX_CHAR[( octet & 0x00F0 ) >> 4], HEX_CHAR[octet & 0x000F] } );
    }


    /**
     * Helper function that dump an array of bytes in hex form
     * 
     * @param buffer
     *            The bytes array to dump
     * @return A string representation of the array of bytes
     */
    public static String dumpBytes( byte[] buffer )
    {
        if ( buffer == null )
        {
            return "";
        }

        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

        for ( byte b:buffer )
        {
            sb.append( "0x" ).append( ( char ) ( HEX_CHAR[( b & 0x00F0 ) >> 4] ) ).append(
                ( char ) ( HEX_CHAR[b & 0x000F] ) ).append( " " );
        }

        return sb.toString();
    }


    /**
     * Return UTF-8 encoded byte[] representation of a String
     * 
     * @param string
     *            The string to be transformed to a byte array
     * @return The transformed byte array
     */
    public static byte[] getBytesUtf8( String string )
    {
        if ( string == null )
        {
            return new byte[0];
        }

        try
        {
            return string.getBytes( "UTF-8" );
        }
        catch ( UnsupportedEncodingException uee )
        {
            return new byte[]
                {};
        }
    }

    /**
     * Thansform a string to an array of ASCII bytes, where the byte array will contain
     * only values in [0, 127].
     * 
     * @param string The byte array to transform
     * @return The resulting string
     */
    public static byte[] asciiStringToByte( String string )
    {
        if ( ( string == null ) || ( string.length() == 0 ) )
        {
            return EMPTY_BYTES;
        }
        
        byte[] result = new byte[string.length()];
        
        for ( int i = 0; i < result.length; i++ )
        {
            result[i] = (byte)string.charAt( i );
        }
        
        return result;
    }
}
