Convert MD5 into String in java

Question

Can anyone know how to convert the MD5 to String. In my case I have saved the password in MD5 in database. I am trying to retr

Answer 1

Code for convert String to MD5

private static String convertToMd5(final String md5) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
        StringBuffer sb=null;
        try {
            final java.security.MessageDigest md = java.security.MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
            final byte[] array = md.digest(md5.getBytes("UTF-8"));
            sb = new StringBuffer();
            for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) {
                sb.append(Integer.toHexString((array[i] & 0xFF) | 0x100).substring(1, 3));
            }
            return sb.toString();
        } catch (final java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }