package blocks import ( "errors" "fmt" mh "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-multihash" u "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/util" ) // Block is a singular block of data in ipfs type Block struct { Multihash mh.Multihash Data []byte } // NewBlock creates a Block object from opaque data. It will hash the data. func NewBlock(data []byte) *Block { return &Block{Data: data, Multihash: u.Hash(data)} } // NewBlockWithHash creates a new block when the hash of the data // is already known, this is used to save time in situations where // we are able to be confident that the data is correct func NewBlockWithHash(data []byte, h mh.Multihash) (*Block, error) { if u.Debug { chk := u.Hash(data) if string(chk) != string(h) { return nil, errors.New("Data did not match given hash!") } } return &Block{Data: data, Multihash: h}, nil } // Key returns the block's Multihash as a Key value. func (b *Block) Key() u.Key { return u.Key(b.Multihash) } func (b *Block) String() string { return fmt.Sprintf("[Block %s]", b.Key()) }