distribution/digest/digester.go
Stephen J Day 95bee1895a digest: panic on unavailable hash algorithm
After running into a few nil pointer errors during development, it is clear
that having this function return nil when a hash is not available is the wrong
approach. Nearly every time, this lack of availability was due to a missing
import statement for the hash. This is always a programming error.

To avoid future confusion, we now appropriately panic when the hash function is
not imported by the application. More dynamic uses of the package should call
Algorithm.Available() before calling Algorithm.Hash() to avoid this panic.

Signed-off-by: Stephen J Day <stephen.day@docker.com>
2015-12-29 15:24:32 -08:00

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package digest
import (
"crypto"
"fmt"
"hash"
"io"
)
// Algorithm identifies and implementation of a digester by an identifier.
// Note the that this defines both the hash algorithm used and the string
// encoding.
type Algorithm string
// supported digest types
const (
SHA256 Algorithm = "sha256" // sha256 with hex encoding
SHA384 Algorithm = "sha384" // sha384 with hex encoding
SHA512 Algorithm = "sha512" // sha512 with hex encoding
// Canonical is the primary digest algorithm used with the distribution
// project. Other digests may be used but this one is the primary storage
// digest.
Canonical = SHA256
)
var (
// TODO(stevvooe): Follow the pattern of the standard crypto package for
// registration of digests. Effectively, we are a registerable set and
// common symbol access.
// algorithms maps values to hash.Hash implementations. Other algorithms
// may be available but they cannot be calculated by the digest package.
algorithms = map[Algorithm]crypto.Hash{
SHA256: crypto.SHA256,
SHA384: crypto.SHA384,
SHA512: crypto.SHA512,
}
)
// Available returns true if the digest type is available for use. If this
// returns false, New and Hash will return nil.
func (a Algorithm) Available() bool {
h, ok := algorithms[a]
if !ok {
return false
}
// check availability of the hash, as well
return h.Available()
}
func (a Algorithm) String() string {
return string(a)
}
// Size returns number of bytes returned by the hash.
func (a Algorithm) Size() int {
h, ok := algorithms[a]
if !ok {
return 0
}
return h.Size()
}
// Set implemented to allow use of Algorithm as a command line flag.
func (a *Algorithm) Set(value string) error {
if value == "" {
*a = Canonical
} else {
// just do a type conversion, support is queried with Available.
*a = Algorithm(value)
}
return nil
}
// New returns a new digester for the specified algorithm. If the algorithm
// does not have a digester implementation, nil will be returned. This can be
// checked by calling Available before calling New.
func (a Algorithm) New() Digester {
return &digester{
alg: a,
hash: a.Hash(),
}
}
// Hash returns a new hash as used by the algorithm. If not available, the
// method will panic. Check Algorithm.Available() before calling.
func (a Algorithm) Hash() hash.Hash {
if !a.Available() {
// NOTE(stevvooe): A missing hash is usually a programming error that
// must be resolved at compile time. We don't import in the digest
// package to allow users to choose their hash implementation (such as
// when using stevvooe/resumable or a hardware accelerated package).
//
// Applications that may want to resolve the hash at runtime should
// call Algorithm.Available before call Algorithm.Hash().
panic(fmt.Sprintf("%v not available (make sure it is imported)", a))
}
return algorithms[a].New()
}
// FromReader returns the digest of the reader using the algorithm.
func (a Algorithm) FromReader(rd io.Reader) (Digest, error) {
digester := a.New()
if _, err := io.Copy(digester.Hash(), rd); err != nil {
return "", err
}
return digester.Digest(), nil
}
// TODO(stevvooe): Allow resolution of verifiers using the digest type and
// this registration system.
// Digester calculates the digest of written data. Writes should go directly
// to the return value of Hash, while calling Digest will return the current
// value of the digest.
type Digester interface {
Hash() hash.Hash // provides direct access to underlying hash instance.
Digest() Digest
}
// digester provides a simple digester definition that embeds a hasher.
type digester struct {
alg Algorithm
hash hash.Hash
}
func (d *digester) Hash() hash.Hash {
return d.hash
}
func (d *digester) Digest() Digest {
return NewDigest(d.alg, d.hash)
}