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CryptographicHash Class

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Definition

Namespace:
Windows.Security.Cryptography.Core
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Represents a reusable hashing object and contains the result of a hashing operation.

public ref class CryptographicHash sealed
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
class CryptographicHash final
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
public sealed class CryptographicHash
Public NotInheritable Class CryptographicHash
Inheritance
Object Platform::Object IInspectable CryptographicHash
Attributes
ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family
Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Examples

public void SampleReusableHash()
{
    // Create a string that contains the name of the hashing algorithm to use.
    String strAlgName = HashAlgorithmNames.Sha512;

    // Create a HashAlgorithmProvider object.
    HashAlgorithmProvider objAlgProv = HashAlgorithmProvider.OpenAlgorithm(strAlgName);

    // Create a CryptographicHash object. This object can be reused to continually
    // hash new messages.
    CryptographicHash objHash = objAlgProv.CreateHash();

    // Hash message 1.
    String strMsg1 = "This is message 1.";
    IBuffer buffMsg1 = CryptographicBuffer.ConvertStringToBinary(strMsg1, BinaryStringEncoding.Utf16BE);
    objHash.Append(buffMsg1);
    IBuffer buffHash1 = objHash.GetValueAndReset();

    // Hash message 2.
    String strMsg2 = "This is message 2.";
    IBuffer buffMsg2 = CryptographicBuffer.ConvertStringToBinary(strMsg2, BinaryStringEncoding.Utf16BE);
    objHash.Append(buffMsg2);
    IBuffer buffHash2 = objHash.GetValueAndReset();

    // Hash message 3.
    String strMsg3 = "This is message 3.";
    IBuffer buffMsg3 = CryptographicBuffer.ConvertStringToBinary(strMsg3, BinaryStringEncoding.Utf16BE);
    objHash.Append(buffMsg3);
    IBuffer buffHash3 = objHash.GetValueAndReset();

    // Convert the hashes to string values (for display);
    String strHash1 = CryptographicBuffer.EncodeToBase64String(buffHash1);
    String strHash2 = CryptographicBuffer.EncodeToBase64String(buffHash2);
    String strHash3 = CryptographicBuffer.EncodeToBase64String(buffHash3);
}

Remarks

Call the HashAlgorithmProvider.CreateHash or MacAlgorithmProvider.CreateHash method to create a CryptographicHash object. You can open a hash algorithm provider, by name, for any of the following algorithm names:

  • MD5
  • SHA1
  • SHA256
  • SHA384
  • SHA512

Methods

Append(IBuffer)

Appends a binary encoded string to the data stored in the CryptographicHash object.
GetValueAndReset()

Gets hashed data from the CryptographicHash object and resets the object.

Applies to

See also