github.com/xfond/eth-implementation@v1.8.9-0.20180514135602-f6bc65fc6811/whisper/whisperv6/topic.go (about)

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    16  
    17  // Contains the Whisper protocol Topic element.
    18  
    19  package whisperv6
    20  
    21  import (
    22  	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
    23  	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
    24  )
    25  
    26  // TopicType represents a cryptographically secure, probabilistic partial
    27  // classifications of a message, determined as the first (left) 4 bytes of the
    28  // SHA3 hash of some arbitrary data given by the original author of the message.
    29  type TopicType [TopicLength]byte
    30  
    31  // BytesToTopic converts from the byte array representation of a topic
    32  // into the TopicType type.
    33  func BytesToTopic(b []byte) (t TopicType) {
    34  	sz := TopicLength
    35  	if x := len(b); x < TopicLength {
    36  		sz = x
    37  	}
    38  	for i := 0; i < sz; i++ {
    39  		t[i] = b[i]
    40  	}
    41  	return t
    42  }
    43  
    44  // String converts a topic byte array to a string representation.
    45  func (t *TopicType) String() string {
    46  	return common.ToHex(t[:])
    47  }
    48  
    49  // MarshalText returns the hex representation of t.
    50  func (t TopicType) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
    51  	return hexutil.Bytes(t[:]).MarshalText()
    52  }
    53  
    54  // UnmarshalText parses a hex representation to a topic.
    55  func (t *TopicType) UnmarshalText(input []byte) error {
    56  	return hexutil.UnmarshalFixedText("Topic", input, t[:])
    57  }