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+package org.spongycastle.crypto;
+
+/**
+ * interface that a message digest conforms to.
+ */
+public interface Digest
+{
+    /**
+     * return the algorithm name
+     *
+     * @return the algorithm name
+     */
+    public String getAlgorithmName();
+
+    /**
+     * return the size, in bytes, of the digest produced by this message digest.
+     *
+     * @return the size, in bytes, of the digest produced by this message digest.
+     */
+    public int getDigestSize();
+
+    /**
+     * update the message digest with a single byte.
+     *
+     * @param in the input byte to be entered.
+     */
+    public void update(byte in);
+
+    /**
+     * update the message digest with a block of bytes.
+     *
+     * @param in the byte array containing the data.
+     * @param inOff the offset into the byte array where the data starts.
+     * @param len the length of the data.
+     */
+    public void update(byte[] in, int inOff, int len);
+
+    /**
+     * close the digest, producing the final digest value. The doFinal
+     * call leaves the digest reset.
+     *
+     * @param out the array the digest is to be copied into.
+     * @param outOff the offset into the out array the digest is to start at.
+     */
+    public int doFinal(byte[] out, int outOff);
+
+    /**
+     * reset the digest back to it's initial state.
+     */
+    public void reset();
+}