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/** @file CommonEth.h
* @author Gav Wood
* @date 2014
*
* Ethereum-specific data structures & algorithms.
*/
#pragma once
#include
#include
namespace dev
{
/// A secret key: 32 bytes.
/// @NOTE This is not endian-specific; it's just a bunch of bytes.
using Secret = h256;
/// A public key: 64 bytes.
/// @NOTE This is not endian-specific; it's just a bunch of bytes.
using Public = h512;
/// An Ethereum address: 20 bytes.
/// @NOTE This is not endian-specific; it's just a bunch of bytes.
using Address = h160;
/// A vector of Ethereum addresses.
using Addresses = h160s;
/// Convert a private key into the public key equivalent.
/// @returns 0 if it's not a valid private key.
Address toAddress(h256 _private);
/// Simple class that represents a "key pair".
/// All of the data of the class can be regenerated from the secret key (m_secret) alone.
/// Actually stores a tuplet of secret, public and address (the right 160-bits of the public).
class KeyPair
{
public:
/// Null constructor.
KeyPair() {}
/// Normal constructor - populates object from the given secret key.
KeyPair(Secret _k);
/// Create a new, randomly generated object.
static KeyPair create();
/// Retrieve the secret key.
Secret const& secret() const { return m_secret; }
/// Retrieve the secret key.
Secret const& sec() const { return m_secret; }
/// Retrieve the public key.
Public const& pub() const { return m_public; }
/// Retrieve the associated address of the public key.
Address const& address() const { return m_address; }
bool operator==(KeyPair const& _c) const { return m_secret == _c.m_secret; }
bool operator!=(KeyPair const& _c) const { return m_secret != _c.m_secret; }
private:
Secret m_secret;
Public m_public;
Address m_address;
};
}