RFR 8252055: Use java.util.Hex encoder and decoder in java.security

[Roger Riggs]

Thanks for taking a look.
Due to comments on the API itself, there are going to be some API changes
mostly due to naming of classes and methods. I'll update the review
when the API changes settle.

Thanks, Roger


On 8/25/20 4:28 PM, Xuelei Fan wrote:
> Looks good to me.
>
> Thanks,
> Xuelei
>
> On 8/20/2020 8:14 AM, Roger Riggs wrote:
>> Please review using the java.util.Hex api in security related classes.
>> (The review of the API is being done on the 
>> core-libs-dev at openjdk.java.net).
>>
>> Within the JDK and JDK tests there are multiple implementations to 
>> encode and decode
>> hexadecimal strings to byte arrays. Hex encoders and decoders support
>> upper or lower case hexadecimal characters, delimiters, prefix, and 
>> suffix.
>> The API is modeled after the java.util.Base64 API providing static 
>> factories,
>> immutable threadsafe instances with methods to encode to and decode from
>> string and StringBuilder.
>>
>> Webrev for applying to java.security:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-hex-security-8252055
>>
>> Issue for Use in java.security and tests:
>>     https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8252055
>>
>> Thanks, Roger
>>
>> p.s.
>>
>> JavaDoc for java.util.Hex:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/hex-javadoc/java.base/java/util/Hex.html 
>>
>>
>> Webrev for Hex encoder and decoder:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~rriggs/webrev-hex-encoder-8251989
>>
>> CSR:
>>     https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8251991
>>
>> Issue for API and a few uses:
>>     https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8251989
>>
>>
>>