This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Implements the SGen task. Use the SGen element in your project file to create and execute this task. For usage and parameter information, see SGen Task.
What is a cryptographic hash? A hash (also called a digest, and informally a checksum) is a kind of signature for a stream of data that represents the contents. The closest real-life analog we can think is a tamper-evident seal on a software package: if you open the box (change the file), it's detected.
Hash is a numeric quantity which identifies the signature of an object. Ideally every hash should only map to one and only one object. However, two objects can map to same hash. A function which produces Hash Values are called hash functions and are fundamental to system design, cryptography, compilers and other fields of CS.