(Java) Workaround for the deprecated Crypt2.HashFile method

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

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

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import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkCrypt2 crypt = new CkCrypt2();

    crypt.put_HashAlgorithm("sha256");

    String path = "c:/someDir/example.dat";

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The HashFile method is deprecated:

    CkByteData outData = new CkByteData();
    success = crypt.HashFile(path,outData);

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

    crypt.put_EncodingMode("hex_lower");
    String hex_hash = crypt.hashFileENC(path);
  }
}