org.cryptacular.bean

Interface HashBean<T>

Type Parameters:

T - Type of output (e.g. byte[], string) produced by hash bean.

All Known Implementing Classes:

EncodingHashBean, SimpleHashBean

public interface HashBean<T>

Strategy interface to support beans that produce hash outputs in various formats, e.g. raw bytes, hex output, etc.

Author:

Middleware Services

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	compare(T hash, Object... data) Compares a known hash value with the hash of the given data.
T	hash(Object... data) Hashes the given data.

Method Detail

hash

T hash(Object... data)

Hashes the given data.

Parameters:

data - Data to hash. Callers should expect support for at least the following types: byte[], CharSequence, InputStream, and Resource. Unless otherwise noted, character data is processed in the UTF-8 character set; if another character set is desired, the caller should convert to byte[] and provide the resulting bytes.

Returns:

Digest output.

compare

boolean compare(T hash,
                Object... data)

Compares a known hash value with the hash of the given data.

Parameters:

hash - Known hash value.

data - Data to hash.

Returns:

True if the hashed data matches the given hash, false otherwise.