REQUIRE_MUTEX = Mutex.new
def self.const_missing(name) # :nodoc:
when :SHA256, :SHA384, :SHA512
lib = File.join('digest', name.to_s.downcase)
raise LoadError, "library not found for class Digest::#{name} -- #{lib}", caller(1)
unless Digest.const_defined?(name)
raise NameError, "uninitialized constant Digest::#{name}", caller(1)
# Creates a digest object and reads a given file, _name_.
# Optional arguments are passed to the constructor of the digest
# p Digest::SHA256.file("X11R6.8.2-src.tar.bz2").hexdigest
# # => "f02e3c85572dc9ad7cb77c2a638e3be24cc1b5bea9fdbb0b0299c9668475c534"
def self.file(name, *args)
# Returns the base64 encoded hash value of a given _string_. The
# return value is properly padded with '=' and contains no line
def self.base64digest(str, *args)
[digest(str, *args)].pack('m0')
# Updates the digest with the contents of a given file _name_ and
File.open(name, "rb") {|f|
# If none is given, returns the resulting hash value of the digest
# in a base64 encoded form, keeping the digest's state.
# If a +string+ is given, returns the hash value for the given
# +string+ in a base64 encoded form, resetting the digest to the
# initial state before and after the process.
# In either case, the return value is properly padded with '=' and
# contains no line feeds.
def base64digest(str = nil)
[str ? digest(str) : digest].pack('m0')
# Returns the resulting hash value and resets the digest to the
# Digest(name) -> digest_subclass
# Returns a Digest subclass by +name+ in a thread-safe manner even
# when on-demand loading is involved.
# # => LoadError: library not found for class Digest::Foo -- digest/foo
Digest::REQUIRE_MUTEX.synchronize {
# Ignore autoload's because it is void when we have #const_missing
Digest.const_missing(const)
# Constants do not necessarily rely on digest/*.
if Digest.const_defined?(const)