Represents an IPFS block.

Implemented types

• IBlock

Constructors

Block({required CID cid, required Uint8List data, String format = 'raw'})

Creates a new Block with the given cid, data, and format.

Properties

cid → CID

The content identifier for this block.

final

data → Uint8List

The raw binary data of this block.

final

format → String

The codec format used by this block (e.g., 'raw', 'dag-pb').

final

hashCode → int

The hash code for this object.

no setteroverride

runtimeType → Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

no setterinherited

size → int

The size of this block in bytes.

no setteroverride

Methods

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.

inherited

toBytes() → Uint8List

Serializes the block to bytes.

override

toString() → String

A string representation of this object.

inherited

validate() → Future<bool>

Validates the block's content hash matches its CID.

override

validateSync() → bool

Synchronous structural validation.

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool

The equality operator.

override

Static Methods

fromData(Uint8List data, {String format = 'raw'}) → Future<Block>

Creates a block from raw data, automatically computing the CID.