gradle-master/subprojects/hashing/src/main/java/org/gradle/internal/hash/Hasher.java
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package org.gradle.internal.hash;

/**
 * A safe hasher that can be marked as invalid.
 *
 * In order to avoid collisions we prepend the length of the next bytes to the underlying hasher (see this <a href="http://crypto.stackexchange.com/a/10065">answer</a> on stackexchange).
 */
public interface Hasher {
    /**
     * Feed a bunch of bytes into the hasher.
     */
    void putBytes(byte[] bytes);

    /**
     * Feed a given number of bytes into the hasher from the given offset.
     */
    void putBytes(byte[] bytes, int off, int len);

    /**
     * Feed a single byte into the hasher.
     */
    void putByte(byte value);

    /**
     * Feed an integer byte into the hasher.
     */
    void putInt(int value);

    /**
     * Feed a long value byte into the hasher.
     */
    void putLong(long value);

    /**
     * Feed a double value into the hasher.
     */
    void putDouble(double value);

    /**
     * Feed a boolean value into the hasher.
     */
    void putBoolean(boolean value);

    /**
     * Feed a string into the hasher.
     */
    void putString(CharSequence value);

    /**
     * Feed a hash code into the hasher.
     */
    void putHash(HashCode hashCode);

    /**
     * Puts a hashable value into the hasher.
     */
    void put(Hashable hashable);

    /**
     * Feed a {@code null} value into the hasher.
     */
    void putNull();

    /**
     * Returns the combined hash.
     *
     * If the build cache hash is invalid, an exception is thrown.
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException if the hasher state is invalid.
     */
    HashCode hash();
}
