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+// Copyright 2017 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package hash_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+)
+
+func Example_binaryMarshaler() {
+	const (
+		input1 = "The tunneling gopher digs downwards, "
+		input2 = "unaware of what he will find."
+	)
+
+	first := sha256.New()
+	first.Write([]byte(input1))
+
+	marshaler, ok := first.(encoding.BinaryMarshaler)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Fatal("first does not implement encoding.BinaryMarshaler")
+	}
+	state, err := marshaler.MarshalBinary()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("unable to marshal hash:", err)
+	}
+
+	second := sha256.New()
+
+	unmarshaler, ok := second.(encoding.BinaryUnmarshaler)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Fatal("second does not implement encoding.BinaryUnmarshaler")
+	}
+	if err := unmarshaler.UnmarshalBinary(state); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("unable to unmarshal hash:", err)
+	}
+
+	first.Write([]byte(input2))
+	second.Write([]byte(input2))
+
+	fmt.Printf("%x\n", first.Sum(nil))
+	fmt.Println(bytes.Equal(first.Sum(nil), second.Sum(nil)))
+	// Output:
+	// 57d51a066f3a39942649cd9a76c77e97ceab246756ff3888659e6aa5a07f4a52
+	// true
+}