src/java/com/google/ipc/invalidation/common/DigestFunction.java

/*
 * Copyright 2011 Google Inc.
 *
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package com.google.ipc.invalidation.common;

/**
 * Interface specifying a function to compute digests.
 *
 */
public interface DigestFunction {
  /** Clears the digest state. */
  void reset();

  /** Adds {@code data} to the digest being computed. */
  void update(byte[] data);

  /**
   * Returns the digest of the data added by {@link #update}. After this call has been made,
   * reset must be called before {@link #update} and {@link #getDigest} can be called.
   */
  byte[] getDigest();
}