Function

AppStreamComposebuild_component_global_id

since: 1.0

Declaration [src]

gchar*
asc_build_component_global_id (
  const gchar* component_id,
  const gchar* checksum
)

Description [src]

Builds a global component ID from a component-id and a (usually MD5) checksum generated from the component data.

The global-id is used as a global, unique identifier for a component. (while the component-ID is local, e.g. for one source). Its primary usecase is to identify a media directory on the filesystem which is associated with this component.

Available since: 1.0

Parameters

component_id

Type: const gchar*

An AppStream component ID.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

checksum

Type: const gchar*

A MD5 hashsum as string generated from the component’s combined metadata.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Type: gchar*

No description available.

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.