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package org.jsecurity.crypto.hash;

/**
 * A Cryptoraphic <tt>Hash</tt> represents a one-way conversion algorithm that transforms an input source to an underlying
 * byte array.
 *
 * @author Les Hazlewood
 * @see AbstractHash
 * @see Md2Hash
 * @see Md5Hash
 * @see Sha1Hash
 * @see Sha256Hash
 * @see Sha384Hash
 * @see Sha512Hash
 * @since 0.9
 */
public interface Hash {

    /**
     * Returns this Hash's byte array, that is, the hashed value of the original input source.
     *
     * @return this Hash's byte array, that is, the hashed value of the original input source.
     * @see #toHex
     * @see #toBase64
     */
    byte[] getBytes();

    /**
     * Returns a Hex encoding of this Hash's {@link #getBytes byte array}.
     *
     * @return a Hex encoding of this Hash's {@link #getBytes byte array}.
     */
    String toHex();

    /**
     * Returns a Base64 encoding of this Hash's {@link #getBytes byte array}.
     *
     * @return a Base64 encoding of this Hash's {@link #getBytes byte array}.
     */
    String toBase64();
}