Package zeroinstall :: Package zerostore :: Module manifest :: Class Algorithm

Class Algorithm

Abstract base class for algorithms. An algorithm knows how to generate a manifest from a directory tree.

Instance Methods

generate_manifest(self, root)
Returns an iterator that yields each line of the manifest for the directory tree rooted at 'root'.

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new_digest(self)
Create a new digest.

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getID(self, digest)
Convert a digest (from new_digest) to a full ID.

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Instance Variables
int	rating how much we like this algorithm (higher is better)

Method Details

Create a new digest. Call update() on the returned object to digest the data. Call getID() to turn it into a full ID string.