get MD5 digest for input string

gistfile1.java

/**
 * get MD5 digest for input string
 * TODO: pad with leading zeros
 */
String md5(String data) {
  return (
    new java.math.BigInteger(
      1,
      java.security.MessageDigest.getInstance(
        "MD5"
      ).digest(
        data.getBytes()
      )
    )
  ).toString(16);
}