Get MD5 String from Message Digest

Question

I understand how it works but if I want to print out the MD5 as String how would I do that?

public static void getMD5(String fileName) throws Exception{
            


        

Answer 1

You can also use Apache Commons Codec library. This library includes methods public static String md5Hex(InputStream data) and public static String md5Hex(byte[] data) in the DigestUtils class. No need to invent this yourself ;)