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std.digest.md

Category Functions
Template API MD5 
OOP API MD5Digest 
Helpers md5Of 

Computes MD5 hashes of arbitrary data. MD5 hashes are 16 byte quantities that are like a checksum or CRC, but are more robust.

This module conforms to the APIs defined in std.digest.digest. To understand the differences between the template and the OOP API, see std.digest.digest.

This module publicly imports std.digest.digest and can be used as a stand-alone module.

License:
Boost License 1.0

CTFE:
Digests do not work in CTFE

Authors:
Piotr Szturmaj, Kai Nacke, Johannes Pfau
The routines and algorithms are derived from the RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.

References:
Wikipedia on MD5

Source:
std/digest/md.d

Examples:
 //Template API
 import std.digest.md;

 ubyte[16] hash = md5Of("abc");
 assert(toHexString(hash) == "900150983CD24FB0D6963F7D28E17F72");

 //Feeding data
 ubyte[1024] data;
 MD5 md5;
 md5.start();
 md5.put(data[]);
 md5.start(); //Start again
 md5.put(data[]);
 hash = md5.finish();

 //OOP API
 import std.digest.md;

 auto md5 = new MD5Digest();
 ubyte[] hash = md5.digest("abc");
 assert(toHexString(hash) == "900150983CD24FB0D6963F7D28E17F72");

 //Feeding data
 ubyte[1024] data;
 md5.put(data[]);
 md5.reset(); //Start again
 md5.put(data[]);
 hash = md5.finish();

struct MD5;
Template API MD5 implementation. See std.digest.digest for differences between template and OOP API.

Examples:
 //Simple example, hashing a string using md5Of helper function
 ubyte[16] hash = md5Of("abc");
 //Let's get a hash string
 assert(toHexString(hash) == "900150983CD24FB0D6963F7D28E17F72");

 //Using the basic API
 MD5 hash;
 hash.start();
 ubyte[1024] data;
 //Initialize data here...
 hash.put(data);
 ubyte[16] result = hash.finish();

 //Let's use the template features:
 //Note: When passing a MD5 to a function, it must be passed by referece!
 void doSomething(T)(ref T hash) if(isDigest!T)
 {
     hash.put(cast(ubyte)0);
 }
 MD5 md5;
 md5.start();
 doSomething(md5);
 assert(toHexString(md5.finish()) == "93B885ADFE0DA089CDF634904FD59F71");

pure nothrow @trusted void put(scope const(ubyte)[] data...);
Use this to feed the digest with data. Also implements the std.range.OutputRange interface for ubyte and const(ubyte)[].

Examples:
 MD5 dig;
 dig.put(cast(ubyte)0); //single ubyte
 dig.put(cast(ubyte)0, cast(ubyte)0); //variadic
 ubyte[10] buf;
 dig.put(buf); //buffer

pure nothrow @trusted void start();
Used to (re)initialize the MD5 digest.

Note:
For this MD5 Digest implementation calling start after default construction is not necessary. Calling start is only necessary to reset the Digest.

Generic code which deals with different Digest types should always call start though.

Examples:
 MD5 digest;
 //digest.start(); //Not necessary
 digest.put(0);

pure nothrow @trusted ubyte[16LU] finish();
Returns the finished MD5 hash. This also calls start to reset the internal state.

Examples:
 //Simple example
 MD5 hash;
 hash.start();
 hash.put(cast(ubyte)0);
 ubyte[16] result = hash.finish();

auto md5Of(T...)(T data);
This is a convenience alias for std.digest.digest.digest using the MD5 implementation.

Examples:
 ubyte[16] hash = md5Of("abc");
 assert(hash == digest!MD5("abc")); //This is the same as above

alias std.digest.digest.WrapperDigest!(MD5).WrapperDigest MD5Digest;
OOP API MD5 implementation. See std.digest.digest for differences between template and OOP API.

This is an alias for std.digest.digest.WrapperDigest!MD5, see std.digest.digest.WrapperDigest for more information.

Examples:
 //Simple example, hashing a string using Digest.digest helper function
 auto md5 = new MD5Digest();
 ubyte[] hash = md5.digest("abc");
 //Let's get a hash string
 assert(toHexString(hash) == "900150983CD24FB0D6963F7D28E17F72");

 //Let's use the OOP features:
 void test(Digest dig)
 {
     dig.put(cast(ubyte)0);
 }
 auto md5 = new MD5Digest();
 test(md5);

 //Let's use a custom buffer:
 ubyte[16] buf;
 ubyte[] result = md5.finish(buf[]);
 assert(toHexString(result) == "93B885ADFE0DA089CDF634904FD59F71");