code: public static String generateMD5(String text) {
          byte[] md5hash = null;
          try {
              MessageDigest md;
              md = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5");
              md5hash = new byte[8];
              md.update(text.getBytes("iso-8859-1"), 0, text.length());
              md5hash = md.digest();
          } catch (Exception e) {
              jlogger.log(Level.SEVERE,
                      "Error generating MD5: " + e.getMessage(), e);
  
              System.out.println("Error generating MD5: " + e.getMessage());
              return "";
          }
          return convertToHex(md5hash);
      }
docs: Uses MD5 to create a hash value for the given String