Give me plz a help I NEED THAT

[Mohammad Ahmad]

Hi plz i need to implement Sha1 in java and i tooked a good look on Security.MessageDigest in java packages...but i need to implement it from scratch ..i have a big problem in making the append operation using the shift bitwise so plz any one can help me on how to make the append operation for the 1 and the zeros bits??
i had this code from some place but also i couldnt understand it well so if any can help me on:

public class SHA1 {

/*
* Bitwise rotate a 32-bit number to the left
*/
private static int rol(int num, int cnt) {
return (num << cnt) | (num >>> (32 - cnt));
}

/*
* Take a string and return the base64 representation of its SHA-1.
*/
public static String encode(String str) {

// Convert a string to a sequence of 16-word blocks, stored as an array.
// Append padding bits and the length, as described in the SHA1 standard

byte[] x = str.getBytes();
int[] blks = new int[(((x.length + 8) >> 6) + 1) * 16];
int i;

for(i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
blks[i >> 2] |= x[i] << (24 - (i % 4) * 8);
}

blks[i >> 2] |= 0x80 << (24 - (i % 4) * 8);
blks[blks.length - 1] = x.length * 8;

plz iam waiting the reply my message must be stored in a file then i have to calculate the Message Digest...

[Joe Ess]

Forgive me for being dense, but I read your previous post and I can't figure out why you are trying to reimplement SHA when it is available in the API. Perhaps if you would elaborate on your requirement we could give you better advice.