server/util/StringUtil.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace Sockeye.Util
 {
@@ -138,6 +139,32 @@ namespace Sockeye.Util
         }
 
 
+        public static string ToHex(string str)
+        {
+            var sb = new StringBuilder();
+
+            var bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(str);
+            foreach (var t in bytes)
+            {
+                sb.Append(t.ToString("X2"));
+            }
+
+            return sb.ToString(); // returns: "48656C6C6F20776F726C64" for "Hello world"
+        }
+
+
+
+        public static string FromHex(string hexString)
+        {
+            var bytes = new byte[hexString.Length / 2];
+            for (var i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++)
+            {
+                bytes[i] = Convert.ToByte(hexString.Substring(i * 2, 2), 16);
+            }
+
+            return Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes); // returns: "Hello world" for "48656C6C6F20776F726C64"
+        }
+
     }//eoc
 
 }//eons