JAVA sha1

package org.cold.util;

import java.security.MessageDigest;

public class Sha1 {

    public static String getSha1(String str){
        if (null == str || 0 == str.length()){
            return null;
        }
        char[] hexDigits = { '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 
                'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f'};
        try {
            MessageDigest mdTemp = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA1");
            mdTemp.update(str.getBytes("UTF-8"));

            byte[] md = mdTemp.digest();
            int j = md.length;
            char[] buf = new char[j * 2];
            int k = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < j; i++) {
                byte byte0 = md[i];
                buf[k++] = hexDigits[byte0 >>> 4 & 0xf];
                buf[k++] = hexDigits[byte0 & 0xf];
            }
            return new String(buf);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        } 
    }
}