-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Martin,
Martin Gainty wrote: > MessageDigester.digest() returns an array of bytes this will produce > a DataType conversion error to/from String without constructing a new > String datatype Nobody is trying to to convert to/from a String inappropriately. The code is correct. Your comment is confusing. > the bigger problem is digest does 'padding' No, it doesn't. SHA-1 does not do any padding. This comment is incorrect. > so the only way to get back the original string is: keep the > MessageDigest in a local instance variable then revert the padding to > the local string with MessageDigest.reset() //then finally produce a > String representation of the original contents with > MessageDigest.toString() MessageDigest.toString does not return the original string, nor does it return the hexadecimal-encoded string shown by the OP. Calling reset does nothing, here. This comment is confusing AND incorrect. - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklRgkUACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PCIpQCePe8i1GypKrP+54Q2pfXLfRsb e20AoJcXjd6MW2fjeiPBNDTjjpAi0i08 =1MPL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
