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Caching with a SHA1 hash (C# 4.0)

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Here is the cache code:

#region don't process the same address twice
            if (newEmail.EmailHash == 0) newEmail.EmailHash = newEmail.Email.GetSHA1Hash();
            if (emailsToAdd.Contains(newEmail.EmailHash)) 
            { return false; }
            emailsToAdd.Add(newEmail.EmailHash);
#endregion

For this implementation, I am returning the hash as a 32-bit integer because I am using it for caching, not security. It’s a little faster to use an int32 index than the default 160 hex digest. If avoiding collisions is important (only 4,294,967,295 values in an int32), remove the BitConverter.ToInt32 call and return a string.

It’s for C# 4.0 because it’s an extension method.

Here is the hash class. Call with STRING.GetSHA1Hash().

public static class SHA1Hash
    {
        private static SHA1CryptoServiceProvider _cryptoTransformSHA1;
 
        public static SHA1CryptoServiceProvider CryptoProvider
        {
            get { return _cryptoTransformSHA1 ?? (_cryptoTransformSHA1 = new SHA1CryptoServiceProvider()); }
        }
 
        public static int GetSHA1Hash(this string stringToHash)
        {
            return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(stringToHash) ? 0 : (Hash(stringToHash, Encoding.Default));
        }
 
        public static int Hash(string stringToHash, Encoding enc)
        {
            return BitConverter.ToInt32(CryptoProvider.ComputeHash(enc.GetBytes(stringToHash)), 0);
        }
    }

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