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

Shortest way:

String toMD5(String input) {
    MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
    byte[] raw = md.digest(input.getBytes());
    return DatatypeConverter.printHexBinary(raw);
}

Just remember to handle the exception.