(C) Workaround for the deprecated Crypt2.HashString method

Shows how to replace the deprecated HashString method. (Chilkat is moving away from the use of CkByteData.)

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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#include <C_CkCrypt2.h>
#include <C_CkByteData.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkCrypt2 crypt;
    const char *inputStr;
    HCkByteData outData;
    const char *hash_base64;

    crypt = CkCrypt2_Create();

    CkCrypt2_putCharset(crypt,"utf-8");

    CkCrypt2_putHashAlgorithm(crypt,"sha256");

    inputStr = "This is a test.";

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The HashString method is deprecated:

    outData = CkByteData_Create();

    success = CkCrypt2_HashString(crypt,inputStr,outData);

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Workaround.
    // (Chilkat is moving away from using CkByteData)

    CkCrypt2_putEncodingMode(crypt,"base64");
    hash_base64 = CkCrypt2_hashStringENC(crypt,inputStr);

    printf("%s\n",hash_base64);


    CkCrypt2_Dispose(crypt);
    CkByteData_Dispose(outData);

    }