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/* Checksum.java - Interface to compute a data checksum
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package net.sf.jazzlib;
/*
* Written using on-line Java Platform 1.2 API Specification, as well
* as "The Java Class Libraries", 2nd edition (Addison-Wesley, 1998).
* Status: Believed complete and correct.
*/
/**
* Interface to compute a data checksum used by checked input/output streams. A
* data checksum can be updated by one byte or with a byte array. After each
* update the value of the current checksum can be returned by calling
* getValue. The complete checksum object can also be reset so it
* can be used again with new data.
*
* @see CheckedInputStream
* @see CheckedOutputStream
*
* @author Per Bothner
* @author Jochen Hoenicke
*/
public interface Checksum {
/**
* Returns the data checksum computed so far.
*/
long getValue();
/**
* Resets the data checksum as if no update was ever called.
*/
void reset();
/**
* Adds one byte to the data checksum.
*
* @param bval
* the data value to add. The high byte of the int is ignored.
*/
void update(int bval);
/**
* Adds the byte array to the data checksum.
*
* @param buf
* the buffer which contains the data
* @param off
* the offset in the buffer where the data starts
* @param len
* the length of the data
*/
void update(byte[] buf, int off, int len);
}