Struct Address

An identifier of 20 bytes (or 40 letters in hexadecimal, commonly with a prefix 0x) that refers to a unique account.

It is derived from the corresponding PublicKey of an account, but as a derivation loses information, it is always unidirectional.

The address derivation from a public key is as follows:

1. Calculates the Keccak-256, which is a previous form of SHA-3 before NIST standardized it and does not follow FIPS-202, of the corresponding PublicKey.
2. Takes only the last 20 bytes of the calculated Keccak-256 hash.
3. When the address needs to be shown to end users, displays these 20 bytes in hexadecimal, with a prefix 0x.

Since the scheme of the address derivation and the PrivateKey/PublicKey is the same to Ethereum, Ethereum addresses can be used by Libplanet-backed games/apps too.

Implements

ISerializable

Inherited Members

ValueType.Equals(Object)

ValueType.GetHashCode()

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.GetType()

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Namespace: Libplanet

Assembly: Libplanet.dll

Syntax

[Serializable]
[Equals]
public struct Address : ISerializable

Remarks

Every Address value is immutable.

Constructors

Address(PublicKey)

Derives the corresponding Address from a PublicKey.

Note that there is an equivalent extension method ToAddress(PublicKey), which enables a code like publicKey.ToAddress() instead of new Address(publicKey), for convenience.

Declaration

public Address(PublicKey publicKey)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
PublicKey	publicKey	A PublicKey to derive the corresponding Address from.

See Also

ToAddress(PublicKey)

Address(Byte[])

Creates an Address instance from the given Byte array (i.e., address).

Declaration

public Address(byte[] address)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Byte[]	address	An array of 20 Bytes which represents an Address. This must not be null.

Remarks

A valid Byte array which represents an Address can be gotten using ToByteArray() method.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
NullReferenceException	Thrown when null was passed to address.
ArgumentException	Thrown when the given address array did not lengthen 20 bytes.

See Also

ToByteArray()

Address(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext)

Declaration

public Address(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SerializationInfo	info
StreamingContext	context

Address(String)

Derives the corresponding Address from a hexadecimal address string.

Declaration

public Address(string hex)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
String	hex	A 40 characters hexadecimal address string to derive the corresponding Address from. The string should be all lower-case or mixed-case which follows EIP 55.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when null was passed to hex.
ArgumentException	Thrown when the given hex did not lengthen 40 characters.
ArgumentException	Thrown when the given hex is mixed-case and the checksum is invalid.
ArgumentException	Thrown when the given hex does not consist of ASCII characters.

Fields

Size

The Bytes size that each Address takes.

It is 20 Bytes.

Declaration

public const int Size = 20

Field Value

Type	Description
Int32

Properties

ByteArray

An immutable array of 20 Bytes that represent this Address.

Declaration

public ImmutableArray<byte> ByteArray { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ImmutableArray<Byte>

Remarks

This is immutable. For a mutable array, call ToByteArray() method.

See Also

ToByteArray()

Methods

GetObjectData(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext)

Declaration

public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
SerializationInfo	info
StreamingContext	context

ToByteArray()

Gets a mutable array of 20 Bytes that represent this Address.

Declaration

[Pure]
public byte[] ToByteArray()

Returns

Type	Description
Byte[]	A new mutable array which represents this Address. Since it is created every time the method is called, any mutation on that does not affect internal states of this Address.

See Also

ByteArray

Address(Byte[])

ToHex()

Gets a mixed-case hexadecimal string of 40 letters that represent this Address. The returned hexadecimal string follows EIP 55.

Declaration

[Pure]
public string ToHex()

Returns

Type	Description
String	A hexadecimal string of 40 letters that represent this Address. Note that it does not start with a prefix.

Remarks

As the returned string has no prefix, for 0x-prefixed hexadecimal, call ToString() method instead.

Examples

A returned string looks like 87Ae4774E20963fd6caC967CF47aDCF880C3e89B.

See Also

ToString()

ToString()

Gets a 0x-prefixed mixed-case hexadecimal string of 42 letters that represent this Address. The returned hexadecimal string follows EIP 55.

Declaration

[Pure]
public override string ToString()

Returns

Type	Description
String	A 0x-hexadecimal string of 42 letters that represent this Address.

Overrides

ValueType.ToString()

Remarks

As the returned string is 0x-prefixed, for hexadecimal without prefix, call ToHex() method instead.

Examples

A returned string looks like 0x87Ae4774E20963fd6caC967CF47aDCF880C3e89B.

See Also

ToHex()

Implements

System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable

See Also

PublicKey