duplicati/Duplicati/Library/Utility/MD5HashHelper.cs

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;

namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Helper class to compute MD5 hashes
    /// </summary>
    public static class MD5HashHelper
    {
		/// <summary>
        /// Computes the MD5 hash of the input string
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>The MD5 hash.</returns>
        /// <param name="inputString">The input string.</param>
        public static byte[] GetHash(string inputString)
        {
            using(var algorithm = MD5.Create()) //or use SHA256.Create();
                return algorithm.ComputeHash(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(inputString));
        }

		/// <summary>
        /// Computes the MD5 hash of the input strings
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>The MD5 hash.</returns>
        /// <param name="inputStrings">The input strings.</param>
        public static byte[] GetHash(IEnumerable<string> inputStrings)
        {
            using (var md5 = MD5.Create())
            {
                if (inputStrings != null)
                {
                    foreach (var str in inputStrings)
                    {
                        var inputBuffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(str);
                        md5.TransformBlock(inputBuffer, 0, inputBuffer.Length, inputBuffer, 0);
                    }
                }
 
                md5.TransformFinalBlock(new byte[0], 0, 0);
                return md5.Hash;
            }
        }
    }
}