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diff --git a/node_modules/cipher-base/readme.md b/node_modules/cipher-base/readme.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..db9a78141 --- /dev/null +++ b/node_modules/cipher-base/readme.md @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +cipher-base +=== + +[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/crypto-browserify/cipher-base.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/crypto-browserify/cipher-base) + +Abstract base class to inherit from if you want to create streams implementing +the same api as node crypto streams. + +Requires you to implement 2 methods `_final` and `_update`. `_update` takes a +buffer and should return a buffer, `_final` takes no arguments and should return +a buffer. + + +The constructor takes one argument and that is a string which if present switches +it into hash mode, i.e. the object you get from crypto.createHash or +crypto.createSign, this switches the name of the final method to be the string +you passed instead of `final` and returns `this` from update. |