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TIdHash16.HashValue
Implements calculation of a hash value for input data.

function HashValue(ASrc: string): Word; overload;
function HashValue(AStream: TStream): Word; virtual; abstract; overload;
Parameters
AStream: TStream
Stream containing data used to calculate the hash value.

Returns
Word - 16-bit hash value for the input data.

Description
HashValue is an overloaded Word function in TIdHash16 that specifies the mechanism used to calculate the 16-bit hash value for the input data.

The stream-based variant of HashValue is an abstract virtual function that must be reimplemented in a descendant class, like TIdHashCRC16, to support the specifics of the hashing algorithm. The string-based variant of HashValue relies on this implementation to calculate the hash value.