path: root/whisper/util.go

package whisper

import "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"

func hashTopic(topic []byte) []byte {
    return crypto.Sha3(topic)[:4]
}

// NOTE this isn't DRY, but I don't want to iterate twice.

// Returns a formatted topics byte slice.
// data: unformatted data (e.g., no hashes needed)
func Topics(data [][]byte) [][]byte {
    d := make([][]byte, len(data))
    for i, byts := range data {
        d[i] = hashTopic(byts)
    }
    return d
}

func TopicsFromString(data []string) [][]byte {
    d := make([][]byte, len(data))
    for i, str := range data {
        d[i] = hashTopic([]byte(str))
    }
    return d
}