TigerHash Class Reference

A Tiger hash generator. More...

#include <tiger.h>

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
	TigerHash ()
	The default constructor.
	~TigerHash ()
	The destructor.
int	Process (const void *_data, size_t _length)
	Runs a Tiger hash on the data provided.
int	Process (CrissCross::IO::CoreIOReader *_reader)
	Runs a hash on the file provided.
int	ProcessBlock (const void *_data, size_t _length)
	Processes a piece of the dataset.
void	Finalize ()
	Finalizes the ProcessBlock() calls and generates the final hash value.
void	Reset ()
	Resets the internal Tiger context and hash buffer.
const char *	ToString () const
	Converts the internal hash data into an hex string, a human readable format.
bool	operator== (const TigerHash &_other) const
	Equality operator.
bool	operator!= (const TigerHash &_other) const
	Inequality operator.

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Detailed Description

A Tiger hash generator.

Warning:

When compiled as 32-bit code, this hash is particularly slow. When compiled as 64-bit code, this hash type can actually be faster to generate than a SHA-256 hash or even a SHA-512 hash.

See also:

Hash SHA1Hash SHA256Hash SHA512Hash

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Member Function Documentation

bool operator!=

(

const TigerHash &

_other

)

const [inline]

Inequality operator.

Compares two instances of TigerHash to see if the hashes are not equal.

Parameters:

_other

The other instance of TigerHash to compare to.

bool operator==

(

const TigerHash &

_other

)

const

Equality operator.

Compares two instances of TigerHash to see if the hashes are equal.

Parameters:

_other

The other instance of TigerHash to compare to.

int Process

(

CrissCross::IO::CoreIOReader *

_reader

)

Runs a hash on the file provided.

Parameters:

_reader

The pre-opened CoreIOReader to run the hash on.

Returns:

Zero on success, nonzero on failure.

int Process	(	const void *	_data,
		size_t	_length
	)

Runs a Tiger hash on the data provided.

Parameters:

	_data	The data to hash. The buffer does not need to be null terminated.
	_length	The data length in bytes.

Returns:

Zero on success, nonzero on failure.

int ProcessBlock	(	const void *	_data,
		size_t	_length
	)

Processes a piece of the dataset.

This function will process only a segment of a larger dataset. It is designed to be called multiple times before an eventual Finalize() call.

Parameters:

	_data	The data segment to hash.
	_length	The length of the data segment in bytes.

const char* ToString

(

)

const

Converts the internal hash data into an hex string, a human readable format.

The memory location returned by this function is freed when the class is destructed.

Warning:

There's no standardized Tiger hex output format yet. It's highly recommended that hashes generated by this class ONLY be compared with hashes generated by another instance of this class.