EncodableService (Bouncy Castle Library 1.83 API Specification)

All Known Subinterfaces:

EncodableDigest, SavableDigest

All Known Implementing Classes:

CSHAKEDigest, KMAC, LongDigest, MD5Digest, SHA1Digest, SHA224Digest, SHA256Digest, SHA384Digest, SHA3Digest, SHA512Digest, SHA512tDigest, SHAKEDigest, TupleHash
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public interface EncodableService
```
Encodable services allow you to download an encoded copy of their internal state. This is useful for the situation where you need to generate a signature on an external device and it allows for "sign with last round", so a copy of the internal state of the digest, plus the last few blocks of the message are all that needs to be sent, rather than the entire message.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  byte[] getEncodedState()
  Return an encoded byte array for the services's internal state

- Method Detail
  - getEncodedState
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byte[] getEncodedState()
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    Return an encoded byte array for the services's internal state
    
    Returns:
    
    an encoding of the services internal state.