ACString finish ( PRBool ASCII )

Completes this hash object and produces the actual hash data.

NOTE: This method may be called any time after init is called. This call resets the object to its pre-init state.

Arguments:

ASCII: if true then the returned value is a base-64 encoded string. if false, then the returned value is binary data.

Returns:

a hash of the data that was read by this object. This can be either binary data or base 64 encoded.

void init ( PRUint32 algorithm )

Initialize the hashing object. This method may be called multiple times with different algorithm types.

NOTE: This method or initWithString must be called before any other method on this interface is called.

Arguments:

algorithm: the algorithm type to be used. This value must be one of the above valid algorithm types.

void initWithString ( ACString algorithm )

Initialize the hashing object. This method may be called multiple times with different algorithm types.

NOTE: This method or init must be called before any other method on this interface is called.

Arguments:

algorithm: the algorithm type to be used.

void update ( arrayof PRUint8 data , PRUint32 len )

Arguments:

data: a buffer to calculate the hash over

len: the length of the buffer |data|

void updateFromStream ( nsIInputStream stream , PRUint32 len )

Calculates and updates a new hash based on a given data stream.

Arguments:

stream: an input stream to read from.

len: how much to read from the given |stream|. Passing PR_UINT32_MAX indicates that all data available will be used to update the hash.