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/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */

#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIInputStream;

/**
 * nsICryptoHash
 * This interface provides crytographic hashing algorithms.
 */

[builtinclass, scriptable, uuid(1e5b7c43-4688-45ce-92e1-77ed931e3bbe)]
interface nsICryptoHash : nsISupports
{
    /**
     * Hashing Algorithms.  These values are to be used by the
     * |init| method to indicate which hashing function to
     * use.  These values must be identical to the values defined
     * in security/nss/lib/util/hasht.h in type HASH_HashType.
     * This allows us to use NSS mapping functions like
     * HASH_GetHashOidTagByHashType with these values.
     */
    const unsigned long MD5    = 2;  /* String value: "md5"    */
    const unsigned long SHA1   = 3;  /* String value: "sha1"   */
    const unsigned long SHA256 = 4;  /* String value: "sha256" */
    const unsigned long SHA384 = 5;  /* String value: "sha384" */
    const unsigned long SHA512 = 6;  /* String value: "sha512" */

    /**
     * Initialize the hashing object. This method may be
     * called multiple times with different algorithm types.
     *
     * @param aAlgorithm the algorithm type to be used.
     *        This value must be one of the above valid
     *        algorithm types.
     *
     * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if an unsupported algorithm
     *         type is passed.
     *
     * NOTE: This method or initWithString must be called
     *       before any other method on this interface is called.
     */
    void init(in unsigned long aAlgorithm);

    /**
     * Initialize the hashing object. This method may be
     * called multiple times with different algorithm types.
     *
     * @param aAlgorithm the algorithm type to be used.
     *
     * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if an unsupported algorithm
     *         type is passed.
     *
     * NOTE: This method or init must be called before any
     *       other method on this interface is called.
     */
    [must_use]
    void initWithString(in ACString aAlgorithm);

    /**
     * @param aData a buffer to calculate the hash over
     *
     * @param aLen the length of the buffer |aData|
     *
     * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED If |init| has not been called.
     */
    void update([const, array, size_is(aLen)] in octet aData, in unsigned long aLen);

    /**
     * Calculates and updates a new hash based on a given data stream.
     *
     * @param aStream an input stream to read from.
     *
     * @param aLen How much to read from the given |aStream|. Passing UINT32_MAX
     *        indicates that all data available will be used to update the hash.
     *
     * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED If |init| has not been called.
     *
     * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE If the requested amount of
     *         data to be calculated into the hash is not available.
     *
     */
    [must_use]
    void updateFromStream(in nsIInputStream aStream, in unsigned long aLen);

    /**
     * Completes this hash object and produces the actual hash data.
     *
     * @param aASCII If true then the returned value is a base64 encoded string.
     *        If false, then the returned value is binary data.
     *
     * @return a hash of the data that was read by this object.  This can
     *         be either binary data or base 64 encoded.
     *
     * @throws NS_ERROR_NOT_INITIALIZED If |init| has not been called.
     *
     * NOTE: This method may be called any time after |init|
     *       is called.  This call resets the object to its
     *       pre-init state.
     */
    ACString finish(in boolean aASCII);
};

%{C++
nsresult NS_NewCryptoHash(uint32_t aHashType, nsICryptoHash** aOutHasher);
nsresult NS_NewCryptoHash(const nsACString& aHashType, nsICryptoHash** aOutHasher);
%}