PHP的pack("H*", $str)转换为java函数

最近在接一个PHP的接口,使用到pack("H*", $str),怎么进行转换呢,如下:

public static byte[] str2pack(String str) {
	int nibbleshift = 4;
	int position = 0;
	int len = str.length()/2 + str.length()%2;

	byte[] output = new byte[len];
	for (char v : str.toCharArray()) {
		byte n = (byte) v;
		if (n >= '0' && n <= '9') {
			n -= '0';
		} else if (n >= 'A' && n <= 'F') {
			n -= ('A' - 10);
		} else if (n >= 'a' && n <= 'f') {
			n -= ('a' - 10);
		} else {
			continue;
		}

		output[position] |= (n << nibbleshift);

		if (nibbleshift == 0) {
			position++;
		}
		nibbleshift = (nibbleshift + 4) & 7;
	}

	return output;
}