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+package org.uic.barcode.test.utils;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+public class TestUtils {
+	
+    final protected static char[] hexArray = "0123456789ABCDEF".toCharArray();
+	
+    public static String hexStringFromBytes(byte[] bytes) {
+        char[] hexChars = new char[bytes.length * 2];
+        for (int j = 0; j < bytes.length; j++) {
+            int v = bytes[j] & 0xFF;
+            hexChars[j * 2] = hexArray[v >>> 4];
+            hexChars[j * 2 + 1] = hexArray[v & 0x0F];
+        }
+        return new String(hexChars);
+    }
+
+    
+    public static Date parseDate (String source){
+    	
+    	SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
+    	
+    	try {
+			return formatter.parse(source);
+		} catch (ParseException e) {
+			try {
+				return formatter.parse("2001-01-01");
+			} catch (ParseException e1) {
+				return null;
+			}
+		}
+    	
+    }
+    
+}