HashFormat (Apache Shiro :: Cryptography :: Hashing 1.9.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ModularCryptFormat, ParsableHashFormat

All Known Implementing Classes:

Base64Format, HexFormat, Shiro1CryptFormat
```
public interface HashFormat
```
A HashFormat is able to format a Hash instance into a well-defined formatted String.
Note that not all HashFormat algorithms are reversible. That is, they can't be parsed and reconstituted to the original Hash instance. The traditional Unix crypt(3) is one such format.
The formats that are reversible however will be represented as ParsableHashFormat instances.

Since:

1.2

See Also:

ParsableHashFormat

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  String format(Hash hash)
  Returns a formatted string representing the specified Hash instance.

- Method Detail
  - format
```
String format(Hash hash)
```
    Returns a formatted string representing the specified Hash instance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    hash - the hash instance to format into a String.
    
    Returns:
    
    a formatted string representing the specified Hash instance.