gnu.java.security.hash

Class MD5

Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable, IMessageDigest

public class MD5
extends BaseHash

The MD5 message-digest algorithm takes as input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output a 128-bit "fingerprint" or "message digest" of the input. It is conjectured that it is computationally infeasible to produce two messages having the same message digest, or to produce any message having a given prespecified target message digest.

References:

  1. The MD5 Message- Digest Algorithm.
    R. Rivest.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class gnu.java.security.hash.BaseHash

blockSize, buffer, count, hashSize, name

Constructor Summary

MD5()
Trivial 0-arguments constructor.

Method Summary

Object
clone()
This method may be called to create a new copy of the Object.
protected byte[]
getResult()
protected byte[]
padBuffer()
protected void
resetContext()
boolean
selfTest()
protected void
transform(byte[] in, int i)

Methods inherited from class gnu.java.security.hash.BaseHash

blockSize, clone, digest, getResult, hashSize, name, padBuffer, reset, resetContext, selfTest, transform, update, update, update

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

MD5

public MD5()
Trivial 0-arguments constructor.

Method Details

clone

public Object clone()
This method may be called to create a new copy of the Object. The typical behavior is as follows:
  • o == o.clone() is false
  • o.getClass() == o.clone().getClass() is true
  • o.equals(o) is true

However, these are not strict requirements, and may be violated if necessary. Of the three requirements, the last is the most commonly violated, particularly if the subclass does not override Object.equals(Object).

If the Object you call clone() on does not implement Cloneable (which is a placeholder interface), then a CloneNotSupportedException is thrown. Notice that Object does not implement Cloneable; this method exists as a convenience for subclasses that do.

Object's implementation of clone allocates space for the new Object using the correct class, without calling any constructors, and then fills in all of the new field values with the old field values. Thus, it is a shallow copy. However, subclasses are permitted to make a deep copy.

All array types implement Cloneable, and override this method as follows (it should never fail):

 public Object clone()
 {
   try
     {
       super.clone();
     }
   catch (CloneNotSupportedException e)
     {
       throw new InternalError(e.getMessage());
     }
 }
 
Specified by:
clone in interface IMessageDigest
Overrides:
clone in interface BaseHash
Returns:
a copy of the Object
See Also:
Cloneable

getResult

protected byte[] getResult()
Overrides:
getResult in interface BaseHash

padBuffer

protected byte[] padBuffer()
Overrides:
padBuffer in interface BaseHash

resetContext

protected void resetContext()
Overrides:
resetContext in interface BaseHash

selfTest

public boolean selfTest()
Specified by:
selfTest in interface IMessageDigest
Overrides:
selfTest in interface BaseHash

transform

protected void transform(byte[] in,
                         int i)
Overrides:
transform in interface BaseHash

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