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public static String md5(String string) {
        byte[] hash;
        try {
            hash = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5").digest(string.getBytes("UTF-8"));
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("UTF-8 is unsupported", e);
        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("MessageDigest不支持MD5Util", e);
        }
        StringBuilder hex = new StringBuilder(hash.length * 2);
        for (byte b : hash) {
            if ((b & 0xFF) < 0x10) hex.append("0");
            hex.append(Integer.toHexString(b & 0xFF));
        }
        String sign=hex.toString();
        return sign;
    }

敢问各位大佬，程序中的这几行代码的作用是啥？

StringBuilder hex = new StringBuilder(hash.length * 2);
for (byte b : hash) {
    if ((b & 0xFF) < 0x10) hex.append("0");
    hex.append(Integer.toHexString(b & 0xFF));
}