question: public static String digestString ( String pass , String algorithm ) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException { MessageDigest md ; ByteArrayOutputStream bos ; try { md = MessageDigest . getInstance ( algorithm ) ; byte [ ] digest = md . digest ( pass . getBytes ( "iso-8859-1" ) ) ; bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream ( ) ; OutputStream encodedStream = MimeUtility . encode ( bos , "base64" ) ; encodedStream . write ( digest ) ; return bos . toString ( "iso-8859-1" ) ; } catch ( IOException ioe ) { throw new RuntimeException ( "Fatal error: " + ioe ) ; } catch ( MessagingException me ) { throw new RuntimeException ( "Fatal error: " + me ) ; } }
target:  Calculate digest of given String using given algorithm. Encode digest in MIME-like base64.