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Glossary ​

This page contains the definitions and brief explanations of data types and topics shared across multiple configuration parameters.

Numeric Types ​

TODO Explain the limitations of different numeric types, like u8 and u64.

Type: Duration ​

Duration might be specified in two ways:

  • As a Number, which will be considered an amount in milliseconds
  • As a String, which will be parsed as a human-readable string

Numeric setting is straightforward:

toml
value = 1000 # 1000 milliseconds

String setting might be more readable:

toml
value1 = "1sec"
value2 = "1hour 12min 5s"
value3 = "2years 2min 12us"

The duration string is a concatenation of time spans. Each time span is an integer number and a suffix. Supported suffixes:

  • nsec, ns — nanoseconds
  • usec, us — microseconds
  • msec, ms — milliseconds
  • seconds, second, sec, s
  • minutes, minute, min, m
  • hours, hour, hr, h
  • days, day, d
  • weeks, week, w
  • months, month, M — defined as 30.4430.44 days
  • years, year, y — defined as 365.25365.25 days

TODO: put link to humantime crate? It is an implementation detail.

Type: Multi-hash ​

TODO Describe what the hell this is

Type: Byte Size ​

Byte size values might be set in two ways:

  • As a Number, which will be considered an amount in bytes
  • As a String, which will be parsed as a human-readable string

Byte size as a number:

toml
value = 512 # 512 bytes

Byte size as a string:

toml
# 42 bytes
value1 = "42"
value2 = "42b"
value3 = "42bytes"

# 1 kilobyte = 1000 bytes
value4 = "1KB"

# 1 kilobyte (binary format) = 1024 bytes
value5 = "1KiB"

# Combination of multiple
value412 = "1GB 5MB"

Iroha can parse sizes in bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes, and petabytes.

The format of suffixes:

  • {size}iB: Binary size
  • {size}B: Decimal size

TODO: haven't found a rust lib for that. There is a Python one (humanfriendly) I used for reference.

TODO: article explains kb, kB, KiB difference. Consider it for the format.

Type: Private Key ​

TODO explain private key

toml
private_key = { digest = "ed25519", payload = "" }

Type: Socket Address ​

TODO explain socket addresses

<host>:<port>
localhost:8080
127.0.0.1:1337
sample.com:9090

In TOML it should be specified as a string:

toml
address = "localhost:8000"

Type: Metadata Limits ​

TODO

Default Metadata Limits ​

TODO Display the value here