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package com.google.common.hash;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;

/**
 * A {@link PrimitiveSink} that can compute a hash code after reading the input.
 * Each hasher should translate all multibyte values ({@link #putInt(int)},
 * {@link #putLong(long)}, etc) to bytes in little-endian order.
 *
 * <p>
 * <b>Warning:</b> The result of calling any methods after calling {@link #hash}
 * is undefined.
 *
 * <p>
 * <b>Warning:</b> Using a specific character encoding when hashing a
 * {@link CharSequence} with {@link #putString(CharSequence, Charset)} is
 * generally only useful for cross-language compatibility (otherwise prefer
 * {@link #putUnencodedChars}). However, the character encodings must be
 * identical across languages. Also beware that {@link Charset} definitions may
 * occasionally change between Java releases.
 *
 * <p>
 * <b>Warning:</b> Chunks of data that are put into the {@link Hasher} are not
 * delimited. The resulting {@link HashCode} is dependent only on the bytes
 * inserted, and the order in which they were inserted, not how those bytes were
 * chunked into discrete put() operations. For example, the following three
 * expressions all generate colliding hash codes:
 * 
 * <pre>
 *    {@code
 *
 *   newHasher().putByte(b1).putByte(b2).putByte(b3).hash()
 *   newHasher().putByte(b1).putBytes(new byte[] { b2, b3 }).hash()
 *   newHasher().putBytes(new byte[] { b1, b2, b3 }).hash()}
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>
 * If you wish to avoid this, you should either prepend or append the size of
 * each chunk. Keep in mind that when dealing with char sequences, the encoded
 * form of two concatenated char sequences is not equivalent to the
 * concatenation of their encoded form. Therefore,
 * {@link #putString(CharSequence, Charset)} should only be used consistently
 * with <i>complete</i> sequences and not broken into chunks.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 11.0
 */
@Beta
public interface Hasher extends PrimitiveSink {
	@Override
	Hasher putByte(byte b);

	@Override
	Hasher putBytes(byte[] bytes);

	@Override
	Hasher putBytes(byte[] bytes, int off, int len);

	@Override
	Hasher putShort(short s);

	@Override
	Hasher putInt(int i);

	@Override
	Hasher putLong(long l);

	/**
	 * Equivalent to {@code putInt(Float.floatToRawIntBits(f))}.
	 */
	@Override
	Hasher putFloat(float f);

	/**
	 * Equivalent to {@code putLong(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(d))}.
	 */
	@Override
	Hasher putDouble(double d);

	/**
	 * Equivalent to {@code putByte(b ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0)}.
	 */
	@Override
	Hasher putBoolean(boolean b);

	@Override
	Hasher putChar(char c);

	/**
	 * Equivalent to processing each {@code char} value in the {@code CharSequence},
	 * in order. The input must not be updated while this method is in progress.
	 *
	 * @since 15.0 (since 11.0 as putString(CharSequence)).
	 */
	@Override
	Hasher putUnencodedChars(CharSequence charSequence);

	/**
	 * Equivalent to {@code putBytes(charSequence.toString().getBytes(charset))}.
	 */
	@Override
	Hasher putString(CharSequence charSequence, Charset charset);

	/**
	 * A simple convenience for {@code funnel.funnel(object, this)}.
	 */
	<T> Hasher putObject(T instance, Funnel<? super T> funnel);

	/**
	 * Computes a hash code based on the data that have been provided to this
	 * hasher. The result is unspecified if this method is called more than once on
	 * the same instance.
	 */
	HashCode hash();
}