{
  "context": "This criteria evaluates how well the engineer uses @stablelib/sha256's streaming hash capabilities to process large files efficiently. The focus is on proper usage of the SHA256 class for incremental hashing rather than one-shot hashing, demonstrating understanding of memory-efficient large data processing.",
  "type": "weighted_checklist",
  "checklist": [
    {
      "name": "Uses SHA256 class",
      "description": "Creates instances of the SHA256 class (via 'new SHA256()') for streaming hash construction rather than using the one-shot hash() function",
      "max_score": 30
    },
    {
      "name": "Incremental updates",
      "description": "Calls the update() method multiple times to process data chunks incrementally as they are read from files",
      "max_score": 25
    },
    {
      "name": "Finalizes with digest",
      "description": "Calls the digest() method to retrieve the final hash after all chunks have been processed",
      "max_score": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "Resets hasher state",
      "description": "Calls the reset() method to reuse the same SHA256 instance when processing multiple files sequentially",
      "max_score": 15
    },
    {
      "name": "Converts output format",
      "description": "Converts the Uint8Array digest output to hexadecimal string format for the return value",
      "max_score": 10
    }
  ]
}