GeneralDigest (Bouncy Castle Library 1.52 API Specification)
Date: 2015-03-01

org.bouncycastle.crypto.digests

## Class GeneralDigest

- java.lang.Object
- - org.bouncycastle.crypto.digests.GeneralDigest

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Digest, ExtendedDigest, Memoable
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    MD4Digest, MD5Digest, RIPEMD128Digest, RIPEMD160Digest, RIPEMD256Digest, RIPEMD320Digest, SHA1Digest, SHA224Digest, SHA256Digest, SM3Digest

      public abstract class GeneralDigest
      extends java.lang.Object
      implements ExtendedDigest, Memoable

  base implementation of MD4 family style digest as outlined in "Handbook of Applied Cryptography", pages 344 - 347.

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Modifier | Constructor and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected` | `GeneralDigest()` Standard constructor
    `protected` | `GeneralDigest(byte[] encodedState)`
    `protected` | `GeneralDigest(GeneralDigest t)` Copy constructor.

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected void` | `copyIn(GeneralDigest t)`
    `void` | `finish()`
    `int` | `getByteLength()` Return the size in bytes of the internal buffer the digest applies it's compression function to.
    `protected void` | `populateState(byte[] state)`
    `protected abstract void` | `processBlock()`
    `protected abstract void` | `processLength(long bitLength)`
    `protected abstract void` | `processWord(byte[] in, int inOff)`
    `void` | `reset()` reset the digest back to it's initial state.
    `void` | `update(byte in)` update the message digest with a single byte.
    `void` | `update(byte[] in, int inOff, int len)` update the message digest with a block of bytes.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.bouncycastle.crypto.Digest

      `doFinal, getAlgorithmName, getDigestSize`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.bouncycastle.util.Memoable

      `copy, reset`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### GeneralDigest

          protected GeneralDigest()

      Standard constructor

    - #### GeneralDigest

          protected GeneralDigest(GeneralDigest t)

      Copy constructor. We are using copy constructors in place of the Object.clone() interface as this interface is not supported by J2ME.

    - #### GeneralDigest

          protected GeneralDigest(byte[] encodedState)

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### copyIn

          protected void copyIn(GeneralDigest t)

    - #### update

          public void update(byte in)

      Description copied from interface: `Digest`
      update the message digest with a single byte.
      Specified by:
        `update` in interface `Digest`
      Parameters:
        `in` - the input byte to be entered.

    - #### update

          public void update(byte[] in,
                    int inOff,
                    int len)

      Description copied from interface: `Digest`
      update the message digest with a block of bytes.
      Specified by:
        `update` in interface `Digest`
      Parameters:
        `in` - the byte array containing the data.
        `inOff` - the offset into the byte array where the data starts.
        `len` - the length of the data.

    - #### finish

          public void finish()

    - #### reset

          public void reset()

      Description copied from interface: `Digest`
      reset the digest back to it's initial state.
      Specified by:
        `reset` in interface `Digest`

    - #### populateState

          protected void populateState(byte[] state)

    - #### getByteLength

          public int getByteLength()

      Description copied from interface: `ExtendedDigest`
      Return the size in bytes of the internal buffer the digest applies it's compression function to.
      Specified by:
        `getByteLength` in interface `ExtendedDigest`
      Returns:
        byte length of the digests internal buffer.

    - #### processWord

          protected abstract void processWord(byte[] in,
                         int inOff)

    - #### processLength

          protected abstract void processLength(long bitLength)

    - #### processBlock

          protected abstract void processBlock()