metrics_hashes.cc

// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "components/metrics/metrics_hashes.h"

#include "base/logging.h"
#include "base/md5.h"
#include "base/sys_byteorder.h"

namespace metrics {

namespace {

// Converts the 8-byte prefix of an MD5 hash into a uint64 value.
inline uint64 HashToUInt64(const std::string& hash) {
  uint64 value;
  DCHECK_GE(hash.size(), sizeof(value));
  memcpy(&value, hash.data(), sizeof(value));
  return base::HostToNet64(value);
}

}  // namespace

uint64 HashMetricName(const std::string& name) {
  // Create an MD5 hash of the given |name|, represented as a byte buffer
  // encoded as an std::string.
  base::MD5Context context;
  base::MD5Init(&context);
  base::MD5Update(&context, name);

  base::MD5Digest digest;
  base::MD5Final(&digest, &context);

  std::string hash_str(reinterpret_cast<char*>(digest.a), arraysize(digest.a));
  return HashToUInt64(hash_str);
}

}  // namespace metrics