gnu.crypto.hash

Class HashFactory


public class HashFactory
extends java.lang.Object

A Factory to instantiate message digest algorithm instances.

Version:
$Revision: 1.13 $

Method Summary

static IMessageDigest
getInstance(String name)
Return an instance of a hash algorithm given its name.
static Set
getNames()
Returns a Set of names of hash algorithms supported by this Factory.

Method Details

getInstance

public static IMessageDigest getInstance(String name)
Return an instance of a hash algorithm given its name.

Parameters:
name - the name of the hash algorithm.

Returns:
an instance of the hash algorithm, or null if none found.


getNames

public static final Set getNames()
Returns a Set of names of hash algorithms supported by this Factory.

Returns:
a Set of hash names (Strings).


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