chore: add documentation showing how to configure a custom MD5 checksum interceptor for S3

Author: ianbotsf

docs/howto/s3/md5-checksum-interceptor.md

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+# MD5 checksum interceptor
+
+A recent update to the AWS SDK for Kotlin removed support for MD5 checksums in favor of newer algorithms. This may
+affect SDK compatibility with third-party "S3-like" services, particularly when invoking the
+[`DeleteObjects`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_DeleteObjects.html) operation. If you still
+require MD5 checksums for S3-like services, you may re-enable them by writing a
+[a custom interceptor](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-kotlin/latest/developer-guide/interceptors.html).
+
+## Example interceptor code
+
+The following code defines an interceptor which calculates MD5 checksums for S3's `DeleteObjects` operation:
+
+```kotlin
+@OptIn(InternalApi::class)
+class DeleteObjectsMd5Interceptor : HttpInterceptor {
+    companion object {
+        private const val MD5_HEADER = "Content-MD5"
+        private const val OTHER_CHECKSUMS_PREFIX = "x-amz-checksum-"
+        private const val TRAILER_HEADER = "x-amz-trailer"
+    }
+
+    override suspend fun modifyBeforeSigning(context: ProtocolRequestInterceptorContext<Any, HttpRequest>): HttpRequest {
+        // Only execute for the `DeleteObjects` operation
+        if (context.executionContext.operationName != "DeleteObjects") return context.protocolRequest
+
+        val body = context.protocolRequest.body
+        val newRequest = context.protocolRequest.toBuilder()
+
+        // Remove any conflicting headers
+        removeOtherChecksums(newRequest.headers)
+        removeOtherChecksums(newRequest.trailingHeaders)
+
+        newRequest
+            .headers
+            .getAll(TRAILER_HEADER)
+            .orEmpty()
+            .filter { it.startsWith(OTHER_CHECKSUMS_PREFIX, ignoreCase = true) }
+            .forEach { newRequest.headers.remove(TRAILER_HEADER, it) }
+        newRequest.headers.removeKeysWithNoEntries()
+
+        if (body.isEligibleForAwsChunkedStreaming) {
+            // Calculate MD5 while streaming, append as a trailing header
+
+            val parentJob = context.executionContext.coroutineContext.job
+            val deferredHash = CompletableDeferred<String>(parentJob)
+
+            newRequest.body = body.toHashingBody(Md5(), body.contentLength).toCompletingBody(deferredHash)
+            newRequest.headers.append(TRAILER_HEADER, MD5_HEADER)
+            newRequest.trailingHeaders[MD5_HEADER] = deferredHash
+        } else {
+            val hash = if (body.isOneShot) {
+                // One-shot stream must be fully read into memory, hashed, and then body replaced with in-memory bytes
+
+                val bytes = body.readAll() ?: byteArrayOf()
+                newRequest.body = bytes.toHttpBody()
+                bytes.md5().encodeBase64String()
+            } else {
+                // All other streams can be converted to a channel for which the hash is computed eagerly
+
+                val scope = context.executionContext
+                val channel = requireNotNull(body.toSdkByteReadChannel(scope)) { "Cannot convert $body to channel" }
+                channel.rollingHash(Md5()).encodeBase64String()
+            }
+
+            newRequest.headers[MD5_HEADER] = hash
+        }
+
+        return newRequest.build()
+    }
+
+    private fun removeOtherChecksums(source: ValuesMapBuilder<*>) =
+        source
+            .entries()
+            .map { it.key }
+            .filter { it.startsWith(OTHER_CHECKSUMS_PREFIX, ignoreCase = true) }
+            .forEach { source.remove(it) }
+}
+```
+
+A few notes about particular parts of this code:
+
+* `@OptIn(InternalApi::class)`
+
+  This example makes use of several SDK APIs which are public but not supported for
+  external use. Thus, calling code must [opt in](https://kotlinlang.org/docs/opt-in-requirements.html#opt-in-to-api) to
+  successfully build.
+
+
+* `if (context.executionContext.operationName != "DeleteObjects") return context.protocolRequest`
+
+  MD5 checksums are generally only required for `DeleteObjects` invocations on third-party S3-like services. If you
+  require MD5 for more operations, adjust this predicate accordingly.
+
+
+* `if (body.isOneShot)`
+
+  Some streaming payloads come from "one-shot" sources, meaning they cannot be rewound or replayed. This presents
+  particular challenges for calculating checksums and for retrying requests which previously failed (e.g., because of a
+  transient condition like connection drops or throttling). The only way to correctly handle such payloads is to read
+  them completely into memory and then calculate the checksum. This may cause memory issues for very large payloads or
+  resource-constrained environments.
+
+## Using the interceptor
+
+Once the interceptor is written, it may be added to an S3 client by way of client config:
+
+```kotlin
+val s3 = S3Client.fromEnvironment {
+    interceptors += DeleteObjectsMd5Interceptor()
+}
+
+s3.deleteObjects { ... } // Will calculate and send MD5 checksum for request
+```