Converting String to Hex

public static String stringToHex(String base)
    {
     StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
     int intValue;
     for(int x = 0; x < base.length(); x++)
         {
         int cursor = 0;
         intValue = base.charAt(x);
         String binaryChar = new String(Integer.toBinaryString(base.charAt(x)));
         for(int i = 0; i < binaryChar.length(); i++)
             {
             if(binaryChar.charAt(i) == '1')
                 {
                 cursor += 1;
             }
         }
         if((cursor % 2) > 0)
             {
             intValue += 128;
         }
         buffer.append(Integer.toHexString(intValue) + " ");
     }
     return buffer.toString();
}

public static void main(String[] args)
    {
     String s = "The cat in the hat";
     System.out.println(s);
     System.out.println(test1.stringToHex(s));
}
