This method converts any String to MD5 encrypted Strings.

string_to_md5.java

/*
Input: STRING -- something like "myplainpassword"
Output: MD5 STRING -- something like "79054025255fb1a26e4bc422aef54eb4"
*/
public static String convertToMd5(final String inputString) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
		StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();        
        try {
            final java.security.MessageDigest md = java.security.MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
            final byte[] array = md.digest(md5.getBytes("UTF-8"));
            for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i) {
                sb.append(Integer.toHexString((array[i] & 0xFF) | 0x100).substring(1, 3));
            }
            return sb.toString();
        } catch (final java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }