2 // RIPEMD160.cs: Defines a base class from which all RIPEMD-160 implementations inherit
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32 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
34 namespace System.Security.Cryptography {
36 /// Represents the abstract class from which all implementations of the <see cref="RIPEMD160"/> hash algorithm inherit.
39 public abstract class RIPEMD160 : HashAlgorithm {
41 /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="RIPEMD160"/>.
43 protected RIPEMD160 ()
45 this.HashSizeValue = 160;
49 /// Creates an instance of the default implementation of the <see cref="RIPEMD160"/> hash algorithm.
51 /// <returns>A new instance of the RIPEMD160 hash algorithm.</returns>
52 public static new RIPEMD160 Create ()
54 return Create ("System.Security.Cryptography.RIPEMD160");
58 /// Creates an instance of the specified implementation of the <see cref="RIPEMD160"/> hash algorithm.
60 /// <param name="hashName">The name of the specific implementation of RIPEMD160 to use.</param>
61 /// <returns>A new instance of the specified implementation of RIPEMD160.</returns>
62 public static new RIPEMD160 Create (string hashName)
64 return (RIPEMD160)CryptoConfig.CreateFromName (hashName);