Class ELink

Represents an Electronic Link which is an alpha-encoded identifier along with metadata information. Warning! This class MAY generate fragments of profanity, however any ID can be regenerated using a different seed passed to Encode(seed)

Inheritance
System.Object
ELink
Inherited Members
System.Object.Equals(System.Object)
System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)
System.Object.GetHashCode()
System.Object.GetType()
System.Object.MemberwiseClone()
System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)
System.Object.ToString()
Namespace: Azos.Data
Assembly: Azos.dll
public sealed class ELink

Constructors

ELink(GDID, Byte[])

Create ELink instance from GDID (with era).

Declaration
public ELink(GDID gdid, byte[] metadata = null)
Parameters
Type Name Description
GDID gdid
System.Byte[] metadata

ELink(String)

Declaration
public ELink(string link)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String link

ELink(UInt64, Byte[])

Creates an Elink instance initialized with GDID of 0 Era having its ID set to ulong value

Declaration
public ELink(ulong id, byte[] metadata)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.UInt64 id
System.Byte[] metadata

Fields

Declaration
public static readonly string[] ALPHABET
Field Value
Type Description
System.String[]
Declaration
public const int MAX_LINK_CHAR_SIZE = 1024
Field Value
Type Description
System.Int32
Declaration
public static readonly Dictionary<string, int> RALPHABET
Field Value
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary<System.String, System.Int32>

Represents how many variations every link has (seeds)

Declaration
public const int VARIATIONS = 15
Field Value
Type Description
System.Int32

Properties

Declaration
public GDIDSymbol AsGDIDSymbol { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
GDIDSymbol

Returns the GDID that this link represents

Declaration
public GDID GDID { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
GDID

Returns the ID portion of GDID represented by this instance

Declaration
public ulong ID { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.UInt64

Returns a link encoded as a string using whatever randomization seed was passed to the last Encode(seed) call. If Encode() was not called, then the link will get encoded using system rnd for a seed value

Declaration
public string Link { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.String

Returns metadata attached to this instance, or null if there is no metadata specified

Declaration
public byte[] Metadata { get; }
Property Value
Type Description
System.Byte[]

Methods

Encode(Nullable<Byte>)

Encodes a link into a textual form, using the supplied randomization seed, otherwise the system rnd is used. A seed has 4 effective bits, yielding 16 possible variations for every link

Declaration
public string Encode(byte? seed = default(byte? ))
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.Nullable<System.Byte> seed
Returns
Type Description
System.String

Extension Methods