Hex Dump to byte array

[Ahmed Basheer]

I would need to read a text file and convert a each hex dump line to byte array. Are there any build-in routines in java which will do this.
e.g the file looks like
--------------example.txt---------
# this is first message
00 35 01 01 00 1f
# This is the 2nd message
00 87 71 aa 1a a1
-----------------------------------

00 35 01 01 00 1f needs to converted to one byte array and
00 87 71 aa 1a a1 to another byte array.

Your suggestions will be appreciated.
String.getBytes() doesn't seem to be working.

Basheer

[William Brogden]

You can parse each line with a StringTokenizer - each token will be a 2 character hex number. Use Integer.parseInt( string, radix ) where radix = 16 for hex parsing. Cast the resulting int to byte.
Bill