java.util.zip
Class Adler32

java.lang.Object   
  java.util.zip.Adler32

All Implemented Interfaces:

Checksum

public class Adler32
extends Object   
implements Checksum   

A class that can be used to compute the Adler-32 checksum of a data stream. An Adler-32 checksum is almost as reliable as a CRC-32 but can be computed much faster.

See Also:

Checksum

Constructor Summary

Adler32 ()
Creates a new Adler32 object.

Method Summary

long	getValue () Returns checksum value.
void	reset () Resets checksum to initial value.
void	update (byte[] b) Updates checksum with specified array of bytes.
void	update (byte[] b, int off, int len) Updates checksum with specified array of bytes.
void	update (int b) Updates checksum with specified byte.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone , equals , finalize , getClass , hashCode , notify , notifyAll , toString , wait , wait , wait

Constructor Detail

Adler32

public Adler32()

Creates a new Adler32 object.

Method Detail

update

public void update(int b)

Updates checksum with specified byte.

Specified by:

update in interface Checksum

Parameters:

b - an array of bytes

update

public void update(byte[] b,
                   int off,
                   int len)

Updates checksum with specified array of bytes.

Specified by:

update in interface Checksum

Parameters:

b - the byte array to update the checksum with

off - the start offset of the data

len - the number of bytes to use for the update

update

public void update(byte[] b)

Updates checksum with specified array of bytes.

reset

public void reset()

Resets checksum to initial value.

Specified by:

reset in interface Checksum

getValue

public long getValue()

Returns checksum value.

Specified by:

getValue in interface Checksum

Returns:

the current checksum value