From 658cd9cf309f3ab3dcbefcedd0530f5be6d60f3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arthur Britto <ahbritto@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:45:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for getting a Sha256 from a String.

---
 src/Serializer.cpp | 5 +++++
 src/Serializer.h   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Serializer.cpp b/src/Serializer.cpp
index 0962338b48..16d14a829a 100644
--- a/src/Serializer.cpp
+++ b/src/Serializer.cpp
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ uint256 Serializer::getSHA512Half(const unsigned char *data, int len)
 	return j[0];
 }
 
+uint256 Serializer::getSHA512Half(const std::string& strData)
+{
+    return getSHA512Half(reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char*>(strData.c_str()), strData.size());
+}
+
 bool Serializer::checkSignature(int pubkeyOffset, int signatureOffset) const
 {
 	std::vector<unsigned char> pubkey, signature;
diff --git a/src/Serializer.h b/src/Serializer.h
index 0573ef3be0..1a038251c0 100644
--- a/src/Serializer.h
+++ b/src/Serializer.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class Serializer
 	uint256 getSHA512Half(int size=-1) const;
 	static uint256 getSHA512Half(const std::vector<unsigned char>& data, int size=-1);
 	static uint256 getSHA512Half(const unsigned char *data, int len);
+	static uint256 getSHA512Half(const std::string& strData);
 
 	// totality functions
 	int getLength() const { return mData.size(); }