Struct Author

pub struct Author { /* private fields */ }

Author key to insert entries in a crate::Replica

Internally, an author is a [SigningKey] which is used to sign entries.

Implementations

impl Author

pub fn new<R: CryptoRngCore + ?Sized>(rng: &mut R) -> Self

Create a new Author with a random key.

pub fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8; 32]) -> Self

Create an Author from a byte array.

pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> [u8; 32]

Returns the Author byte representation.

pub fn public_key(&self) -> AuthorPublicKey

Get the AuthorPublicKey for this author.

pub fn id(&self) -> AuthorId

Get the AuthorId for this author.

pub fn sign(&self, msg: &[u8]) -> Signature

Sign a message with this Author key.

pub fn verify( &self, msg: &[u8], signature: &Signature, ) -> Result<(), SignatureError>

Strictly verify a signature on a message with this Author’s public key.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for Author

fn clone(&self) -> Author

Returns a copy of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for Author

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Author

fn deserialize<__D>(__deserializer: __D) -> Result<Self, __D::Error>

where __D: Deserializer<'de>,

Deserialize this value from the given Serde deserializer.

impl Display for Author

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl From<&Author> for AuthorPublicKey

fn from(value: &Author) -> Self

Converts to this type from the input type.

impl From<Author> for AuthorId

fn from(value: Author) -> Self

Converts to this type from the input type.

impl From<Author> for AuthorPublicKey

fn from(value: Author) -> Self

Converts to this type from the input type.

impl From<SigningKey> for Author

fn from(signing_key: SigningKey) -> Self

Converts to this type from the input type.

impl FromStr for Author

type Err = Error

The associated error which can be returned from parsing.

fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err>

Parses a string s to return a value of this type.

impl Serialize for Author

fn serialize<__S>(&self, __serializer: __S) -> Result<__S::Ok, __S::Error>

where __S: Serializer,

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer.