QCA::Hash

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#include <QtCrypto>

Inheritance diagram for QCA::Hash:

Public Member Functions

 Hash (const Hash &from)
 
 Hash (const QString &type, const QString &provider=QString())
 
void clear () override
 
MemoryRegion final () override
 
MemoryRegion hash (const MemoryRegion &array)
 
QString hashToString (const MemoryRegion &array)
 
Hashoperator= (const Hash &from)
 
QString type () const
 
void update (const char *data, int len=-1)
 
void update (const MemoryRegion &a) override
 
void update (const QByteArray &a)
 
void update (QIODevice *file)
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from QCA::Algorithm
 Algorithm (const Algorithm &from)
 
void change (const QString &type, const QString &provider)
 
void change (Provider::Context *c)
 
Provider::Contextcontext ()
 
const Provider::Contextcontext () const
 
Algorithmoperator= (const Algorithm &from)
 
Providerprovider () const
 
Provider::ContexttakeContext ()
 
QString type () const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from QCA::BufferedComputation
MemoryRegion process (const MemoryRegion &a)
 

Static Public Member Functions

static QStringList supportedTypes (const QString &provider=QString())
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Protected Member Functions inherited from QCA::Algorithm
 Algorithm ()
 
 Algorithm (const QString &type, const QString &provider)
 

Detailed Description

General class for hashing algorithms.

Hash is the class for the various hashing algorithms within QCA. SHA256, SHA1 or RIPEMD160 are recommended for new applications, although MD2, MD4, MD5 or SHA0 may be applicable (for interoperability reasons) for some applications.

To perform a hash, you create a Hash object, call update() with the data that needs to be hashed, and then call final(), which returns a QByteArray of the hash result. An example (using the SHA1 hash, with 1000 updates of a 1000 byte string) is shown below:

if(!QCA::isSupported("sha1"))
printf("SHA1 not supported!\n");
else
{
QByteArray fillerString;
fillerString.fill('a', 1000);
QCA::Hash shaHash("sha1");
for (int i=0; i<1000; i++)
shaHash.update(fillerString);
QByteArray hashResult = shaHash.final();
if ( "34aa973cd4c4daa4f61eeb2bdbad27316534016f" == QCA::arrayToHex(hashResult) )
{
printf("big SHA1 is OK\n");
}
else
{
printf("big SHA1 failed\n");
}
}
General class for hashing algorithms.
Definition qca_basic.h:209
QCA_EXPORT QString arrayToHex(const QByteArray &array)
Convert a byte array to printable hexadecimal representation.
QCA_EXPORT bool isSupported(const char *features, const QString &provider=QString())
Test if a capability (algorithm) is available.
QByteArray & fill(char ch, qsizetype size)

If you only have a simple hash requirement - a single string that is fully available in memory at one time - then you may be better off with one of the convenience methods. So, for example, instead of creating a QCA::Hash object, then doing a single update() and the final() call; you could simply call QCA::Hash("algoName").hash() with the data that you would otherwise have provided to the update() call.

For more information on hashing algorithms, see Hashing Algorithms.

Examples
hashtest.cpp, and md5crypt.cpp.

Definition at line 208 of file qca_basic.h.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ Hash() [1/2]

QCA::Hash::Hash ( const QString & type,
const QString & provider = QString() )
explicit

Constructor.

Parameters
typelabel for the type of hash to be created (for example, "sha1" or "md2")
providerthe name of the provider plugin for the subclass (eg "qca-ossl")

◆ Hash() [2/2]

QCA::Hash::Hash ( const Hash & from)

Copy constructor.

Parameters
fromthe Hash object to copy from

Member Function Documentation

◆ clear()

void QCA::Hash::clear ( )
overridevirtual

Reset a hash, dumping all previous parts of the message.

This method clears (or resets) the hash algorithm, effectively undoing any previous update() calls. You should use this call if you are re-using a Hash sub-class object to calculate additional hashes.

Implements QCA::BufferedComputation.

◆ final()

MemoryRegion QCA::Hash::final ( )
overridevirtual

Finalises input and returns the hash result.

After calling update() with the required data, the hash results are finalised and produced.

Note that it is not possible to add further data (with update()) after calling final(), because of the way the hashing works - null bytes are inserted to pad the results up to a fixed size. If you want to reuse the Hash object, you should call clear() and start to update() again.

Implements QCA::BufferedComputation.

Examples
hashtest.cpp.

◆ hash()

MemoryRegion QCA::Hash::hash ( const MemoryRegion & array)

Hash a byte array, returning it as another byte array

This is a convenience method that returns the hash of a SecureArray.

SecureArray sampleArray(3);
sampleArray.fill('a');
SecureArray outputArray = QCA::Hash("md2")::hash(sampleArray);
MemoryRegion hash(const MemoryRegion &array)
Hash a byte array, returning it as another byte array
Secure array of bytes.
Definition qca_tools.h:317
Parameters
arraythe QByteArray to hash

If you need more flexibility (e.g. you are constructing a large byte array object just to pass it to hash(), then consider creating an Hash object, and then calling update() and final().

◆ hashToString()

QString QCA::Hash::hashToString ( const MemoryRegion & array)

Hash a byte array, returning it as a printable string

This is a convenience method that returns the hash of a SecureArray as a hexadecimal representation encoded in a QString.

Parameters
arraythe QByteArray to hash

If you need more flexibility, you can create a Hash object, call Hash::update() as required, then call Hash::final(), before using the static arrayToHex() method.

Examples
hashtest.cpp.

◆ operator=()

Hash & QCA::Hash::operator= ( const Hash & from)

Assignment operator.

Parameters
fromthe Hash object to copy state from

◆ supportedTypes()

static QStringList QCA::Hash::supportedTypes ( const QString & provider = QString())
static

Returns a list of all of the hash types available.

Parameters
providerthe name of the provider to get a list from, if one provider is required. If not specified, available hash types from all providers will be returned.

◆ type()

QString QCA::Hash::type ( ) const

Return the hash type.

◆ update() [1/4]

void QCA::Hash::update ( const char * data,
int len = -1 )

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This method is provided to assist with code that already exists, and is being ported to QCA.

You are better off passing a SecureArray (as shown above) if you are writing new code.

Parameters
datapointer to a char array
lenthe length of the array. If not specified (or specified as a negative number), the length will be determined with strlen(), which may not be what you want if the array contains a null (0x00) character.

◆ update() [2/4]

void QCA::Hash::update ( const MemoryRegion & a)
overridevirtual

Update a hash, adding more of the message contents to the digest.

The whole message needs to be added using this method before you call final().

If you find yourself only calling update() once, you may be better off using a convenience method such as hash() or hashToString() instead.

Parameters
athe byte array to add to the hash

Implements QCA::BufferedComputation.

Examples
hashtest.cpp.

◆ update() [3/4]

void QCA::Hash::update ( const QByteArray & a)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.

Parameters
athe QByteArray to add to the hash

◆ update() [4/4]

void QCA::Hash::update ( QIODevice * file)

This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts.This allows you to read from a file or other I/O device.

Note that the device must be already open for reading

Parameters
filean I/O device

If you are trying to calculate the hash of a whole file (and it isn't already open), you might want to use code like this:

QFile f( "file.dat" );
if ( f.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly ) )
{
QCA::Hash hashObj("sha1");
hashObj.update( &f );
QByteArray output = hashObj.final().toByteArray();
}

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