iaik.cms
Interface InputStreamHashEngine

All Superinterfaces:

HashEngine

public interface InputStreamHashEngine
extends HashEngine

Generic hash engine that hashes all data that is read from an input stream.

Method Summary

java.io.InputStream

getInputStream() Gets the hashing input stream from this engine.

Methods inherited from interface iaik.cms.HashEngine

getHash, getHash

Method Detail

getInputStream

java.io.InputStream getInputStream()

Gets the hashing input stream from this engine. All data that is read from this (respectively the underlying) stream is hashed. After the data has been read from this (respectively the underlying) stream, the final hash value can be obtained by calling method getHash.

Returns:

an input stream that hashes all data provided by the underlying stream