package org.bouncycastle.crypto;
/**
* interface that a message digest conforms to.
*/
public interface Digest
{
/**
* return the algorithm name
*
* @return the algorithm name
*/
public String getAlgorithmName();
/**
* return the size, in bytes, of the digest produced by this message digest.
*
* @return the size, in bytes, of the digest produced by this message digest.
*/
public int getDigestSize();
/**
* update the message digest with a single byte.
*
* @param in the input byte to be entered.
*/
public void update(byte in);
/**
* update the message digest with a block of bytes.
*
* @param in the byte array containing the data.
* @param inOff the offset into the byte array where the data starts.
* @param len the length of the data.
*/
public void update(byte[] in, int inOff, int len);
/**
* close the digest, producing the final digest value. The doFinal
* call leaves the digest reset.
*
* @param out the array the digest is to be copied into.
* @param outOff the offset into the out array the digest is to start at.
*/
public int doFinal(byte[] out, int outOff);
/**
* reset the digest back to it's initial state.
*/
public void reset();
}