/// <summary>
/// Takes a Guid and provides a relatively unique hashed value.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="UniqueID">The Guid to hash</param>
/// <returns>A hashed String of the Guid.</returns>
public static string Hash(this Guid UniqueID)
{
using (System.Security.Cryptography.MACTripleDES des = new MACTripleDES())
{
return Base36.NumberToBase36(Convert.ToInt64(System.BitConverter.ToString(des.ComputeHash(UniqueID.ToByteArray())).Replace("-", ""), 16)).Replace("-", "0");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a string representation padding the leading edge with
/// zeros if necessary to make up the number of characters
/// </summary>
/// <param name="minimumDigits">The minimum number of digits that the string must contain</param>
/// <returns>The padded string representation</returns>
public string ToString(int minimumDigits)
{
string base36Value = Base36.NumberToBase36(numericValue);
if (base36Value.Length >= minimumDigits)
{
return(base36Value);
}
else
{
string padding = new string('0', (minimumDigits - base36Value.Length));
return(string.Format("{0}{1}", padding, base36Value));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a string representation of the Base36 number
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A string representation</returns>
public override string ToString()
{
return(Base36.NumberToBase36(numericValue));
}