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package org.gradle.internal.hash;

/**
 * Hash function that can create new {@link Hasher}s and {@link PrimitiveHasher}s on demand.
 * Inspired by the Google Guava project – https://github.com/google/guava.
 */
public interface HashFunction {
    /**
     * Returns a primitive hasher using the hash function.
     */
    PrimitiveHasher newPrimitiveHasher();

    /**
     * Returns a prefixing hasher using the hash function.
     */
    Hasher newHasher();

    /**
     * Hash the given bytes using the hash function.
     */
    HashCode hashBytes(byte[] bytes);

    /**
     * Hash the given string using the hash function.
     */
    HashCode hashString(CharSequence string);

    /**
     * Returns the number of hexadecimal digits needed to represent the hash.
     */
    int getHexDigits();
}
