digests.md

# Digests ## Digester ```java Digester digester(String algorithm); ``` Returns a raw bytes digester for the given algorithm. ### Usage Example ```java Digester digester = digester("SHA1"); byte[] hash = digester.digest("hello".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)); ``` ## Encoding Digester ```java EncodingDigester digester(String algorithm, Encoding encoding); ``` Returns an [encoding](../essentials/general-ideas.md#encoding) message digester for the given algorithm. ### Usage Example ```java EncodingDigester digester = digester("SHA1", BASE64); String hash = digester.digest("hello"); ``` ## Encoding Digester with Custom Character Set ```java EncodingDigester digester( String algorithm, Encoding encoding, Charset charset ); ``` Returns an [encoding](../essentials/general-ideas.md#encoding) message digester for the given algorithm and character set. The character set parameter is used as the default encoding for the input message strings. ### Usage Example ```java EncodingDigester digester = digester( "SHA1", BASE64, UTF_16 ); String hash = digester.digest("hello 👋🏻"); ```