Function

AppStreamComposecompute_content_checksum_for_data

Declaration [src]

gchar*
asc_compute_content_checksum_for_data (
  const gchar* data,
  gsize length
)

Description [src]

Compute a checksum for the given content.

The output of this function is intended to be used with %asc_build_component_global_id to form a unique global ID. The generated checksum is intended to be used as content-ID. Do not assume it is cryptographically secure or has a certain length!

Parameters

data

Type: const gchar*

The data to hash.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

length

Type: gsize

Length of data.

Return value

Type: gchar*

The hash as hexadecimal string. Free with %g_free.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.