Merge branch 'develop'v0.23.03

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/bsfs/utils/uuid.py b/bsfs/utils/uuid.py
index 6366b18..ad7fc1c 100644
--- a/bsfs/utils/uuid.py
+++ b/bsfs/utils/uuid.py
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-"""
 
-Part of the BlackStar filesystem (bsfs) module.
-A copy of the license is provided with the project.
-Author: Matthias Baumgartner, 2022
-"""
 # imports
 from collections import abc
 import hashlib
+import io
+import json
 import os
 import platform
 import random
@@ -105,4 +102,21 @@ class UCID():
         with open(path, 'rb') as ifile:
             return HASH(ifile.read()).hexdigest()
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_buffer(buffer: io.IOBase) -> str:
+        """Read the content from a buffer."""
+        if isinstance(buffer, io.TextIOBase):
+            return HASH(buffer.read().encode('utf-8', errors='ignore')).hexdigest()
+        return HASH(buffer.read()).hexdigest()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_bytes(content: bytes) -> str:
+        """Get the content from as bytes."""
+        return HASH(content).hexdigest()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_dict(content: dict) -> str:
+        """Get the content from a dict."""
+        return HASH(json.dumps(content).encode('ascii', 'ignore')).hexdigest()
+
 ## EOF ##