ChecksumAlgorithmFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChecksumAlgorithmFactorySupport
```
public interface ChecksumAlgorithmFactory
```
A component representing a checksum factory: provides ChecksumAlgorithm instances, name and extension to be used with this algorithm. While directly injecting components of this type is possible, it is not recommended. To obtain factory instances use ChecksumAlgorithmFactorySelector instead.

Since:

1.8.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ChecksumAlgorithm`	`getAlgorithm()`	Each invocation of this method returns a new instance of algorithm, never `null` value.
`java.lang.String`	`getFileExtension()`	Returns the file extension to be used for given checksum file (without leading dot), never `null`.
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	Returns the algorithm name, usually used as key, never `null` value.

- Method Detail
  - getName
```
java.lang.String getName()
```
    Returns the algorithm name, usually used as key, never null value. The name is a standard name of algorithm (if applicable) or any other designator that is algorithm commonly referred with. Example: "SHA-1".
  - getFileExtension
```
java.lang.String getFileExtension()
```
    Returns the file extension to be used for given checksum file (without leading dot), never null. The extension should be file and URL path friendly, and may differ from value returned by getName(). The checksum extension SHOULD NOT contain dot (".") character. Example: "sha1".
  - getAlgorithm
```
ChecksumAlgorithm getAlgorithm()
```
    Each invocation of this method returns a new instance of algorithm, never null value.