GLib.Checksum.new

function new(checksum_type: GLib.ChecksumType): GLib.Checksum {
    // Gjs wrapper for g_checksum_new()
}
  

Creates a new GLib.Checksum, using the checksum algorithm checksum_type. If the checksum_type is not known, null is returned. A GLib.Checksum can be used to compute the checksum, or digest, of an arbitrary binary blob, using different hashing algorithms.

A GLib.Checksum works by feeding a binary blob through GLib.Checksum.prototype.update until there is data to be checked; the digest can then be extracted using GLib.Checksum.prototype.get_string, which will return the checksum as a hexadecimal string; or GLib.Checksum.get_digest, which will return a vector of raw bytes. Once either GLib.Checksum.prototype.get_string or GLib.Checksum.get_digest have been called on a GLib.Checksum, the checksum will be closed and it won't be possible to call GLib.Checksum.prototype.update on it anymore.

Since 2.16