| // Package digest provides a generalized type to opaquely represent message |
| // digests and their operations within the registry. The Digest type is |
| // designed to serve as a flexible identifier in a content-addressable system. |
| // More importantly, it provides tools and wrappers to work with |
| // hash.Hash-based digests with little effort. |
| // |
| // Basics |
| // |
| // The format of a digest is simply a string with two parts, dubbed the |
| // "algorithm" and the "digest", separated by a colon: |
| // |
| // <algorithm>:<digest> |
| // |
| // An example of a sha256 digest representation follows: |
| // |
| // sha256:7173b809ca12ec5dee4506cd86be934c4596dd234ee82c0662eac04a8c2c71dc |
| // |
| // In this case, the string "sha256" is the algorithm and the hex bytes are |
| // the "digest". |
| // |
| // Because the Digest type is simply a string, once a valid Digest is |
| // obtained, comparisons are cheap, quick and simple to express with the |
| // standard equality operator. |
| // |
| // Verification |
| // |
| // The main benefit of using the Digest type is simple verification against a |
| // given digest. The Verifier interface, modeled after the stdlib hash.Hash |
| // interface, provides a common write sink for digest verification. After |
| // writing is complete, calling the Verifier.Verified method will indicate |
| // whether or not the stream of bytes matches the target digest. |
| // |
| // Missing Features |
| // |
| // In addition to the above, we intend to add the following features to this |
| // package: |
| // |
| // 1. A Digester type that supports write sink digest calculation. |
| // |
| // 2. Suspend and resume of ongoing digest calculations to support efficient digest verification in the registry. |
| // |
| package digest |
