1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/misc.cc b/misc.cc
index d004d0f..9b339cd 100644
--- a/misc.cc
+++ b/misc.cc
@@ -2,10 +2,38 @@
 #include <string>
 #include "misc.h"
 #include "inttypes.h"
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+#include "LibraryException.h"
 
 namespace nitrokey {
 namespace misc {
 
+std::vector<uint8_t> hex_string_to_byte(const char* hexString){
+    const size_t big_string_size = 256; //arbitrary 'big' number
+    const size_t s_size = strlen(hexString);
+    const size_t d_size = s_size/2;
+    if (s_size%2!=0 || s_size==0 || s_size>big_string_size){
+        throw InvalidHexString(0);
+    }
+    auto data = std::vector<uint8_t>(d_size, 0);
+
+    char buf[2];
+    for(int i=0; i<s_size; i++){
+
+        char c = hexString[i];
+        bool char_from_range = (('0' <= c && c <='9') || ('A' <= c && c <= 'F') || ('a' <= c && c<= 'f'));
+        if (!char_from_range){
+            throw InvalidHexString(c);
+        }
+        buf[i%2] = c;
+        if (i%2==1){
+            data[i/2] = strtoul(buf, NULL, 16) & 0xFF;
+        }
+    }
+    return data;
+};
+
 std::string hexdump(const char *p, size_t size, bool print_header) {
   std::stringstream out;
   char formatbuf[128];