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SHA512 Class

.NET Framework 4

Computes the SHA512 hash for the input data.

System.Object
  System.Security.Cryptography.HashAlgorithm
    System.Security.Cryptography.SHA512
      System.Security.Cryptography.SHA512Cng
      System.Security.Cryptography.SHA512CryptoServiceProvider
      System.Security.Cryptography.SHA512Managed

Namespace:  System.Security.Cryptography
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public abstract class SHA512 : HashAlgorithm

The SHA512 type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Protected method SHA512 Initializes a new instance of SHA512.
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  Name Description
Public property CanReuseTransform Gets a value indicating whether the current transform can be reused. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Public property CanTransformMultipleBlocks When overridden in a derived class, gets a value indicating whether multiple blocks can be transformed. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Public property Hash Gets the value of the computed hash code. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Public property HashSize Gets the size, in bits, of the computed hash code. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Public property InputBlockSize When overridden in a derived class, gets the input block size. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Public property OutputBlockSize When overridden in a derived class, gets the output block size. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
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  Name Description
Public method Clear Releases all resources used by the HashAlgorithm class. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Public method ComputeHash(Byte[]) Computes the hash value for the specified byte array. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Public method ComputeHash(Stream) Computes the hash value for the specified Stream object. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Public method ComputeHash(Byte[], Int32, Int32) Computes the hash value for the specified region of the specified byte array. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Public method Static member Create() Creates an instance of the default implementation of SHA512.
Public method Static member Create(String) Creates an instance of a specified implementation of SHA512.
Public method Dispose() Releases all resources used by the current instance of the HashAlgorithm class. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Protected method Dispose(Boolean) Releases the unmanaged resources used by the HashAlgorithm and optionally releases the managed resources. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method HashCore When overridden in a derived class, routes data written to the object into the hash algorithm for computing the hash. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Protected method HashFinal When overridden in a derived class, finalizes the hash computation after the last data is processed by the cryptographic stream object. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Public method Initialize Initializes an implementation of the HashAlgorithm class. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method TransformBlock Computes the hash value for the specified region of the input byte array and copies the specified region of the input byte array to the specified region of the output byte array. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Public method TransformFinalBlock Computes the hash value for the specified region of the specified byte array. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
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  Name Description
Protected field HashSizeValue Represents the size, in bits, of the computed hash code. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Protected field HashValue Represents the value of the computed hash code. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
Protected field State Represents the state of the hash computation. (Inherited from HashAlgorithm.)
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The hash is used as a unique value of fixed size representing a large amount of data. Hashes of two sets of data should match if and only if the corresponding data also matches. Small changes to the data result in large unpredictable changes in the hash.

The hash size for the SHA512 algorithm is 512 bits.

This is an abstract class. The only implementation of this class is SHA512Managed.

The following example computes the SHA512 hash for data and stores it in result. This example assumes that there is a predefined constant DATA_SIZE.

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byte[] data = new byte[DATA_SIZE];
byte[] result;
SHA512 shaM = new SHA512Managed();
result = shaM.ComputeHash(data);

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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