[CODEC-210] Add DigestUtils.getDigest(String, MessageDigest)

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.11

Environment

Apache Maven 3.3.9 (bb52d8502b132ec0a5a3f4c09453c07478323dc5; 2015-11-10T08:41:47-08:00)
Maven home: E:\Java\apache-maven-3.3.9\bin\..
Java version: 1.7.0_79, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_79\jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"

• Assignee: Gary D. Gregory
• Reporter: Gary D. Gregory
• Created: 14/May/16 00:28
• Updated: 14/May/16 00:29
• Resolved: 14/May/16 00:29

Description

Add DigestUtils.getDigest(String algo, MessageDigest):

    /**
     * Returns a <code>MessageDigest</code> for the given <code>algorithm</code> or a default if there is a problem getting the algorithm.
     *
     * @param algorithm
     *            the name of the algorithm requested. See <a
     *            href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/security/crypto/CryptoSpec.html#AppA"
     *            >Appendix A in the Java Cryptography Architecture Reference Guide</a> for information about standard
     *            algorithm names.
     * @param defaultMessageDigest The default MessageDigest.
     * @return A digest instance.
     * @see MessageDigest#getInstance(String)
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             when a {@link NoSuchAlgorithmException} is caught.
     * @since 1.11
     */