A MessageDigest object starts out initialized. The data is processed through it using the {@link #update(byte) update}methods. At any point {@link #reset() reset} can be calledto reset the digest. Once all the data to be updated has been updated, one of the {@link #digest() digest} methods should be called to complete the hash computation.
The digest
method can be called once for a given number of updates. After digest
has been called, the MessageDigest object is reset to its initialized state.
Implementations are free to implement the Cloneable interface. Client applications can test cloneability by attempting cloning and catching the CloneNotSupportedException:
MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA"); try { md.update(toChapter1); MessageDigest tc1 = md.clone(); byte[] toChapter1Digest = tc1.digest(); md.update(toChapter2); ...etc. } catch (CloneNotSupportedException cnse) { throw new DigestException("couldn't make digest of partial content"); }
Note that if a given implementation is not cloneable, it is still possible to compute intermediate digests by instantiating several instances, if the number of digests is known in advance.
Note that this class is abstract and extends from MessageDigestSpi
for historical reasons. Application developers should only take notice of the methods defined in this MessageDigest
class; all the methods in the superclass are intended for cryptographic service providers who wish to supply their own implementations of message digest algorithms.
@author Benjamin Renaud
@version 1.82, 09/07/09
@see DigestInputStream
@see DigestOutputStream
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