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package blocks

import (
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	mh "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-multihash"
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	u "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/util"
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)

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// Block is a singular block of data in ipfs
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type Block struct {
	Multihash mh.Multihash
	Data      []byte
}

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// NewBlock creates a Block object from opaque data. It will hash the data.
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func NewBlock(data []byte) (*Block, error) {
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	return &Block{Data: data, Multihash: u.Hash(data)}, nil
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}

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// Key returns the block's Multihash as a Key value.
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func (b *Block) Key() u.Key {
	return u.Key(b.Multihash)
}