key.go

package util

import (
	ds "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/datastore.go"
	b58 "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-base58"
	mh "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-multihash"
)

// Key is a string representation of multihash for use with maps.
type Key string

// String is utililty function for printing out keys as strings (Pretty).
func (k Key) String() string {
	return k.Pretty()
}

// Pretty returns Key in a b58 encoded string
func (k Key) Pretty() string {
	return b58.Encode([]byte(k))
}

// DsKey returns a Datastore key
func (k Key) DsKey() ds.Key {
	return ds.NewKey(string(k))
}

// KeyFromDsKey returns a Datastore key
func KeyFromDsKey(dsk ds.Key) Key {
	return Key(dsk.BaseNamespace())
}

// DsKeyB58Encode returns a B58 encoded Datastore key
// TODO: this is hacky because it encodes every path component. some
// path components may be proper strings already...
func DsKeyB58Encode(dsk ds.Key) ds.Key {
	k := ds.NewKey("/")
	for _, n := range dsk.Namespaces() {
		k = k.Child(b58.Encode([]byte(n)))
	}
	return k
}

// DsKeyB58Decode returns a b58 decoded Datastore key
// TODO: this is hacky because it encodes every path component. some
// path components may be proper strings already...
func DsKeyB58Decode(dsk ds.Key) ds.Key {
	k := ds.NewKey("/")
	for _, n := range dsk.Namespaces() {
		k = k.Child(string(b58.Decode(n)))
	}
	return k
}

// Hash is the global IPFS hash function. uses multihash SHA2_256, 256 bits
func Hash(data []byte) mh.Multihash {
	h, err := mh.Sum(data, mh.SHA2_256, -1)
	if err != nil {
		// this error can be safely ignored (panic) because multihash only fails
		// from the selection of hash function. If the fn + length are valid, it
		// won't error.
		panic("multihash failed to hash using SHA2_256.")
	}
	return h
}

// IsValidHash checks whether a given hash is valid (b58 decodable, len > 0)
func IsValidHash(s string) bool {
	out := b58.Decode(s)
	if out == nil || len(out) == 0 {
		return false
	}
	return true
}