code: public static String generateMD5(final String input) {
          try {
              return generateMD5(input.getBytes("UTF-8"));
          } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
              LOG.debug("An error occurred generating the MD5 Hash of the input string", e);
              return null;
          }
      }
docs: Generates a MD5 Hash for a specific string
  
  @param input The string to be converted into an MD5 hash.
  @return The MD5 Hash string of the input string.