Android example source code file (MessageDigest.java)

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md5messagedigest, messagedigest, nosuchalgorithmexception, security, sha-1, sha1messagedigest

The MessageDigest.java Android example source code

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007 The Android Open Source Project
 *
 * 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
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package android.security;

import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;

/**
 * Base class for producing a message digest from different hash encryptions.
 */
public abstract class MessageDigest 
{    
    /**
     * Returns a digest object of the specified type.
     * 
     * @param algorithm  The type of hash function to use. Valid values are
     *                   <em>SHA-1 and MD5.
     * @return The respective MessageDigest object. Either a 
     *         {@link android.security.Sha1MessageDigest} or
     *         {@link android.security.Md5MessageDigest} object.
     * @throws NoSuchAlgorithmException If an invalid <var>algorithm
     *                                  is given.
     */
    public static MessageDigest getInstance(String algorithm) 
        throws NoSuchAlgorithmException
    {
        if (algorithm == null) {
            return null;
        }
        
        if (algorithm.equals("SHA-1")) {
            return new Sha1MessageDigest();
        }
        else if (algorithm.equals("MD5")) {
            return new Md5MessageDigest();
        }
        
        throw new NoSuchAlgorithmException();
    }
    
    public abstract void update(byte[] input);    
    public abstract byte[] digest();
    
    /**
     * Produces a message digest for the given input.
     * 
     * @param input  The message to encrypt.
     * @return The digest (hash sum).
     */
    public abstract byte[] digest(byte[] input);
}