Compute a checksum for the file or directory that consists of the name, length and the last modified date for a file and its children in case of a directory - Java Security

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Compute a checksum for the file or directory that consists of the name, length and the last modified date for a file and its children in case of a directory

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.zip.CRC32;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Compute a checksum for the file or directory that consists of the name, length and the last modified date
     * for a file and its children in case of a directory
     *
     * @param is the input stream
     * @return a checksum identifying any change
     */
    public static long checksum(InputStream is) throws IOException {
        CRC32 crc = new CRC32();
        byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
        int l;
        while ((l = is.read(buffer)) > 0) {
            crc.update(buffer, 0, l);
        }
        return crc.getValue();
    }
}

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