peculium_core_merkle_tree.md

Module peculium_core_merkle_tree

• Description
• Data Types
• Function Index
• Function Details

Merkle Tree Utilities. Copyright (c) 2013 Alexander Færøy

Authors: Alexander Færøy (ahf@0x90.dk).

Description

This module contains utilities for creating and traversing Merkle Tree's. objects.

Data Types

hash()

hash() = peculium_core_types:hash()

merkle_tree_node()

abstract datatype: merkle_tree_node()

transaction()

transaction() = peculium_core_types:transaction()

Function Index

from_transactions/1	Create a Merkle tree from a list of transactions.
hash/1	Utility function for getting the hash of a given Merkle tree node.
left/1	Utility function for getting the left child of a given Merkle tree node.
right/1	Utility function for getting the right child of a given Merkle tree node.

Function Details

from_transactions/1

from_transactions(Transactions::[transaction(), ...]) -> merkle_tree_node()

Create a Merkle tree from a list of transactions. This function takes a list of transactions and returns the root node of the Merkle tree.

hash/1

hash(TreeNode::merkle_tree_node()) -> hash()

Utility function for getting the hash of a given Merkle tree node.

left/1

left(TreeNode::merkle_tree_node()) -> merkle_tree_node()

Utility function for getting the left child of a given Merkle tree node.

right/1

right(TreeNode::merkle_tree_node()) -> merkle_tree_node()

Utility function for getting the right child of a given Merkle tree node.