src/java/org/apache/fop/util/HexEncoder.java

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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.util;

/**
 * A helper class to create hex-encoded representations of numbers.
 */
public final class HexEncoder {

    private HexEncoder() { }

    /**
     * Returns an hex encoding of the given number as a string of the given length,
     * left-padded with zeros if necessary.
     *
     * @param n a number
     * @param width required length of the string
     * @return an hex-encoded representation of the number
     */
    public static String encode(int n, int width) {
        char[] digits = new char[width];
        for (int i = width - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            int digit = n & 0xF;
            digits[i] = (char) (digit < 10 ? '0' + digit : 'A' + digit - 10);
            n >>= 4;
        }
        return new String(digits);
    }

    /**
     * Returns an hex encoding of the given character as a four-character string.
     *
     * @param c a character
     * @return an hex-encoded representation of the character
     */
    public static String encode(char c) {
        return encode(c, 4);
    }

}