// IChecksum.cs - Interface to compute a data checksum
// Copyright (C) 2001 Mike Krueger
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namespace agsXMPP.IO.Compression.Checksums 
{
	
	/// <summary>
	/// Interface to compute a data checksum used by checked input/output streams.
	/// A data checksum can be updated by one byte or with a byte array. After each
	/// update the value of the current checksum can be returned by calling
	/// <code>getValue</code>. The complete checksum object can also be reset
	/// so it can be used again with new data.
	/// </summary>
	public interface IChecksum
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Returns the data checksum computed so far.
		/// </summary>
		long Value 
		{
			get;
		}
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Resets the data checksum as if no update was ever called.
		/// </summary>
		void Reset();
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Adds one byte to the data checksum.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name = "bval">
		/// the data value to add. The high byte of the int is ignored.
		/// </param>
		void Update(int bval);
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Updates the data checksum with the bytes taken from the array.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="buffer">
		/// buffer an array of bytes
		/// </param>
		void Update(byte[] buffer);
		
		/// <summary>
		/// Adds the byte array to the data checksum.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name = "buf">
		/// the buffer which contains the data
		/// </param>
		/// <param name = "off">
		/// the offset in the buffer where the data starts
		/// </param>
		/// <param name = "len">
		/// the length of the data
		/// </param>
		void Update(byte[] buf, int off, int len);
	}
}
