Public Overloads Shared Function SHA512( _
   ByVal bytes() As Byte _
) As Hash

public static Hash SHA512( 
   byte[] bytes
)

byte[] testData = new byte[ushort.MaxValue];
new Random().NextBytes(testData);
Array.Clear(testData, 0, testData.Length / 2);
Hash compressedHash;
Hash hash = Hash.SHA512(testData);

using (TempFile f = new TempFile())
{
    f.WriteAllBytes(testData);
    Assert.AreEqual((long)testData.Length, f.Length);

    IOStream.Compress(f.TempPath);
    Assert.IsTrue(f.Length < testData.Length);
    compressedHash = Hash.SHA512(f.Read());
    Assert.IsFalse(compressedHash == hash);

    IOStream.Decompress(f.TempPath);
    Assert.AreEqual((long)testData.Length, f.Length);
    Assert.IsTrue(hash == Hash.SHA512(f.Read()));
}

MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(testData), gz = new MemoryStream();
IOStream.Compress(ms, gz);

Assert.IsTrue(compressedHash == Hash.SHA512(gz.ToArray()));
ms = new MemoryStream();
gz.Position = 0;
IOStream.Decompress(gz, ms);

Assert.IsTrue(hash == Hash.SHA512(ms.ToArray()));

Dim testData As Byte() = New Byte(UShort.MaxValue) {}
New Random().NextBytes(testData)
Array.Clear(testData, 0, testData.Length / 2)
Dim compressedHash As Hash
Dim hash As Hash = Hash.SHA512(testData)

Using f As New TempFile()
    f.WriteAllBytes(testData)
    Assert.AreEqual(DirectCast(testData.Length, Long), f.Length)

    IOStream.Compress(f.TempPath)
    Assert.IsTrue(f.Length < testData.Length)
    compressedHash = Hash.SHA512(f.Read())
    Assert.IsFalse(compressedHash = hash)

    IOStream.Decompress(f.TempPath)
    Assert.AreEqual(DirectCast(testData.Length, Long), f.Length)
    Assert.IsTrue(hash = Hash.SHA512(f.Read()))
End Using

Dim ms As New MemoryStream(testData), gz As New MemoryStream()
IOStream.Compress(ms, gz)

Assert.IsTrue(compressedHash = Hash.SHA512(gz.ToArray()))
ms = New MemoryStream()
gz.Position = 0
IOStream.Decompress(gz, ms)

Assert.IsTrue(hash = Hash.SHA512(ms.ToArray()))