Java equivalent of the MySQL PASSWORD() function

java_mysql_password.java

/**
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/868482/simulating-mysqls-password-encryption-using-net-or-ms-sql
 * http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/encryption-functions.html#function_password
 **/
 
public static String MySQLPassword(String plainText) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
    byte[] utf8 = plainText.getBytes("UTF-8");
    return "*" + DigestUtils.shaHex(DigestUtils.sha(utf8)).toUpperCase();
  }