hash.h

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger@gmx.de>
 *
 * This file is part of FFmpeg.
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#ifndef AVUTIL_HASH_H
#define AVUTIL_HASH_H

#include <stdint.h>

struct AVHashContext;

/**
 * Allocate a hash context for the algorithm specified by name.
 *
 * @return  >= 0 for success, a negative error code for failure
 * @note  The context is not initialized, you must call av_hash_init().
 */
int av_hash_alloc(struct AVHashContext **ctx, const char *name);

/**
 * Get the names of available hash algorithms.
 *
 * This function can be used to enumerate the algorithms.
 *
 * @param i  index of the hash algorithm, starting from 0
 * @return   a pointer to a static string or NULL if i is out of range
 */
const char *av_hash_names(int i);

/**
 * Get the name of the algorithm corresponding to the given hash context.
 */
const char *av_hash_get_name(const struct AVHashContext *ctx);

/**
 * Maximum value that av_hash_get_size will currently return.
 *
 * You can use this if you absolutely want or need to use static allocation
 * and are fine with not supporting hashes newly added to libavutil without
 * recompilation.
 * Note that you still need to check against av_hash_get_size, adding new hashes
 * with larger sizes will not be considered an ABI change and should not cause
 * your code to overflow a buffer.
 */
#define AV_HASH_MAX_SIZE 64

/**
 * Get the size of the resulting hash value in bytes.
 *
 * The pointer passed to av_hash_final have space for at least this many bytes.
 */
int av_hash_get_size(const struct AVHashContext *ctx);

/**
 * Initialize or reset a hash context.
 */
void av_hash_init(struct AVHashContext *ctx);

/**
 * Update a hash context with additional data.
 */
void av_hash_update(struct AVHashContext *ctx, const uint8_t *src, int len);

/**
 * Finalize a hash context and compute the actual hash value.
 */
void av_hash_final(struct AVHashContext *ctx, uint8_t *dst);

/**
 * Free hash context.
 */
void av_hash_freep(struct AVHashContext **ctx);

#endif /* AVUTIL_HASH_H */