1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/request/RequestId.java b/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/request/RequestId.java
index da61f2bc0..b643fa30d 100644
--- a/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/request/RequestId.java
+++ b/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/request/RequestId.java
@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ public class RequestId {
         return value.toString();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts the RequestId into its hex string representation. The string
+     * form can be stored in a database (such as the LDAP directory)
+     *
+     * @return
+     *         a string containing the hex (base 16) value for the identifier.
+     */
+    public String toHexString() {
+        return "0x"+value.toString(16);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
         final int prime = 31;