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package com.itextpdf.signatures;
import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
/**
* ExternalDigest allows the use of implementations of {@link java.security.MessageDigest} other than {@link com.itextpdf.signatures.BouncyCastleDigest}.
*/
public interface IExternalDigest {
/**
* Returns the MessageDigest associated with the provided hashing algorithm.
*
* @param hashAlgorithm String value representing the hashing algorithm
* @return MessageDigest MessageDigest object
* @throws GeneralSecurityException Thrown when something goes wrong in calculating the digest
*/
MessageDigest getMessageDigest(String hashAlgorithm) throws GeneralSecurityException;
}