/*
 * Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Xagasoft, All rights reserved.
 *
 * This file is part of the libbu++ library and is released under the
 * terms of the license contained in the file LICENSE.
 */

#ifndef BU_PEARSON_HASH_H
#define BU_PEARSON_HASH_H

#include "bu/cryptohash.h"

namespace Bu
{
    /**
     * A pearson hash is a non-cryptographically secure hashing function that
     * is very light on resources, very fast, and produces a single byte
     * as it's output.  It is strongly dependant on every byte in the input,
     * which means that it's a good choice for adding to short messages to
     * ensure that the contents of the messages are unchanged.
     *
     * Pearson hash is named for it's inventor Peter K. Pearson who described
     * it in his article "Fast hashing of variable-length text strings"
     * published in 1990 by ACM.  I haven't read it, because you have to pay to
     * get a copy :-P
     */
    class PearsonHash : public Bu::CryptoHash
    {
    public:
        PearsonHash();
        virtual ~PearsonHash();

        virtual void reset();
        virtual void setSalt( const Bu::String &sSalt );
        virtual void addData( const void *sData, int iSize );
        using Bu::CryptoHash::addData;
        virtual String getResult();
        virtual void writeResult( Stream &sOut );

    private:
        static uint8_t aSBox[256];
        uint8_t iValue;
    };
};

#endif