Benchmarking Hash

bencher.rb

require 'openssl'
require 'benchmark'

class Testing_Hash
  
  def initialize(a_message, integer)  
    @message = a_message
    @integer = integer
  end  
  
  def md5_tester
    @integer.times do
      Digest::MD5.hexdigest @message
    end  
  end  
  
  def sha256_tester
    @integer.times do
      Digest::SHA256.hexdigest @message
    end  
  end  
  
  def hmac_tester
    @integer.times do
      OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest(OpenSSL::Digest.new('sha1'), 'key', @message)
    end  
  end  
  
  def benchmark_hash
    Benchmark.bmbm do |x|
      x.report('md5') {md5_tester}
      x.report('sha256') {sha256_tester}
      x.report('hmac_tester') {hmac_tester}
    end  
  end  
end