Class Digest::Class
In: ext/digest/digest.c
Parent: Object

This module stands as a base class for digest implementation classes.

Methods

digest   hexdigest  

Included Modules

Digest::Instance

Public Class methods

Digest::Class.digest(string, *parameters) → hash_string

Returns the hash value of a given string. This is equivalent to Digest::Class.new(*parameters).digest(string), where extra parameters, if any, are passed through to the constructor and the string is passed to digest().

Digest::Class.hexdigest(string[, ...]) → hash_string

Returns the hex-encoded hash value of a given string. This is almost equivalent to Digest.hexencode(Digest::Class.new(*parameters).digest(string)).

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