private byte [ ] decodeBytes ( String cipherString ) { String [ ] cipherStringBytes = cipherString . split ( ":" ) ; byte [ ] cipherBytes = new byte [ cipherStringBytes . length ] ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < cipherStringBytes . length ; i ++ ) { cipherBytes [ i ] = Byte . parseByte ( cipherStringBytes [ i ] ) ; } return cipherBytes ; }
Decodes a String back into a byte array .