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.IX Title "Digest::base 3perl"
.TH Digest::base 3perl 2023-11-30 "perl v5.38.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH NAME
Digest::base \- Digest base class
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&  package Digest::Foo;
\&  use base \*(AqDigest::base\*(Aq;
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The \f(CW\*(C`Digest::base\*(C'\fR class provide implementations of the methods
\&\f(CW\*(C`addfile\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`add_bits\*(C'\fR in terms of \f(CW\*(C`add\*(C'\fR, and of the methods
\&\f(CW\*(C`hexdigest\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`b64digest\*(C'\fR in terms of \f(CW\*(C`digest\*(C'\fR.
.PP
Digest implementations might want to inherit from this class to get
this implementations of the alternative \fIadd\fR and \fIdigest\fR methods.
A minimal subclass needs to implement the following methods by itself:
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\&    clone
\&    add
\&    digest
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The arguments and expected behaviour of these methods are described in
Digest.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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Digest