ORG.oclc.ecat.util
Class MessageDigest

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

MD5

public abstract class MessageDigest

extends Object

The MessageDigest class defines a general class for computing digest functions. It is defined as an abstract class that is subclassed by message digest algorithms. In this way the PKCS classes can be built to take a MessageDigest object without needing to know what 'kind' of message digest they are computing. This class defines the standard functions that all message digest algorithms share, and ways to put all Java fundamental types into the digest. It does not define methods for digestifying either arbitrary objects or arrays of objects however.

Field Summary

byte[]	digestBits the actual digest bits.
boolean	digestValid status of the digest

Constructor Summary

MessageDigest()

Method Summary

void	computeDigest(byte[] source) Complete digest computation on an array of bytes.
abstract void	finish() Perform the final computations and cleanup.
abstract void	init() This function is used to initialize any internal digest variables or parameters.
boolean	isEqual(byte[] otherDigest) Non static version that compares this digest to one passed.
static boolean	isEqual(byte[] digesta, byte[] digestb) Compare two digests for equality.
String	stringVal() ` * Return a string representation of this object.
String	toString() ` * Return a string representation of this object.
void	update(boolean aValue)
abstract void	update(byte aValue) The basic unit of digestifying is the byte.
void	update(byte[] input)
void	update(int aValue)
void	update(int[] input)
void	update(long aValue)
void	update(long[] input)
void	update(short aValue)
void	update(short[] input)
void	update(String input) Add the bytes in the String 'input' to the current digest.
void	updateASCII(String input) Treat the string as a sequence of ISO-Latin1 (8 bit) characters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

digestBits

public byte[] digestBits

the actual digest bits.

digestValid

public boolean digestValid

status of the digest

Constructor Detail

MessageDigest

public MessageDigest()

Method Detail

init

public abstract void init()

This function is used to initialize any internal digest variables or parameters.

update

public abstract void update(byte aValue)

The basic unit of digestifying is the byte. This method is defined by the particular algorithim's subclass for that algorithim. Subsequent versions of this method defined here decompose the basic type into bytes and call this function. If special processing is needed for a particular type your subclass should override the method for that type.

update

public void update(boolean aValue)

update

public void update(short aValue)

update

public void update(int aValue)

update

public void update(long aValue)

update

public void update(byte[] input)

update

public void update(short[] input)

update

public void update(int[] input)

update

public void update(long[] input)

update

public void update(String input)

Add the bytes in the String 'input' to the current digest. Note that the string characters are treated as unicode chars of 16 bits each. To digestify ISO-Latin1 strings (ASCII) use the updateASCII() method.

updateASCII

public void updateASCII(String input)

Treat the string as a sequence of ISO-Latin1 (8 bit) characters.

finish

public abstract void finish()

Perform the final computations and cleanup.

computeDigest

public void computeDigest(byte[] source)

Complete digest computation on an array of bytes.

stringVal

public String stringVal()

` * Return a string representation of this object.

toString

public String toString()

` * Return a string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

isEqual

public static boolean isEqual(byte[] digesta,
                              byte[] digestb)

Compare two digests for equality. Simple byte compare.

isEqual

public boolean isEqual(byte[] otherDigest)

Non static version that compares this digest to one passed.