Refactored the SHA512 algorithm and updated it so it now returns the hash in hexadecimal.

algorithms/sha512/Algorithm.go

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package sha512
 type Algorithm struct{}
 
 // New
-func New(size int) Algorithm {
+func New() Algorithm {
 	// Return Algorithm
 	return Algorithm{}
 }

algorithms/sha512/CheckHash.go

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import (
 	// Standard
 	"crypto/sha512"
 	"crypto/subtle"
+	"encoding/hex"
 )
 
 // Check Hash
-func (Algorithm) CheckHash(data []byte, hashToCheck []byte) (bool, error) {
+func (Algorithm) CheckHash(data []byte, hashToCheck string) (bool, error) {
 	// Hasher
 	hasher := sha512.New()
 	// Write To Hasher
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@ func (Algorithm) CheckHash(data []byte, hashToCheck []byte) (bool, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
+	// Decode Hash To Check
+	decodedHashToCheck, err := hex.DecodeString(hashToCheck)
+	// Handle Error
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
 	// Return Hash
-	return subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(hasher.Sum(nil), hashToCheck) == 1, err
+	return subtle.ConstantTimeCompare(hasher.Sum(nil), decodedHashToCheck) == 1, err
 }

algorithms/sha512/Hash.go

@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@ package sha512
 import (
 	// Standard
 	"crypto/sha512"
+	"encoding/hex"
 )
 
 // Hash
-func (Algorithm) Hash(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+func (Algorithm) Hash(data []byte) (string, error) {
 	// Hasher
 	hasher := sha512.New()
 	// Write To Hasher
 	_, err := hasher.Write(data)
 	// Handle Error
 	if err != nil {
-		return []byte(""), err
+		return "", err
 	}
 	// Return Hash
-	return hasher.Sum(nil), err
+	return hex.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil)), err
 }