Function

AppStreamComposebuild_component_global_id

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.

Parameters

component_id 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 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

Returns: 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.