| /* |
| * Copyright 2005-2008 Les Hazlewood |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| 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. |
| * |
| * @see AbstractHash |
| * @see Md2Hash |
| * @see Md5Hash |
| * @see Sha1Hash |
| * @see Sha256Hash |
| * @see Sha384Hash |
| * @see Sha512Hash |
| * |
| * @author Les Hazlewood |
| * @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(); |
| } |