DirectorySignature (Tor Metrics Library API Documentation)

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable
```
public interface DirectorySignature
extends java.io.Serializable
```
Contains the signature of a network status consensus or vote.
A directory signature is not a descriptor type of its own but is part of a network status consensus (RelayNetworkStatusConsensus) or vote (RelayNetworkStatusVote).

Since:

1.0.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getAlgorithm()`	Return the digest algorithm, which is "sha1" by default and which can be "sha256" or another digest algorithm.
`java.lang.String`	`getIdentity()`	Return the SHA-1 digest of the authority's long-term identity key in the version 3 directory protocol, encoded as 40 upper-case hexadecimal characters.
`java.lang.String`	`getSignature()`	Return the directory signature string made with the authority's identity key in the version 3 directory protocol.
`java.lang.String`	`getSigningKeyDigestSha1Hex()`	Return the SHA-1 digest of the authority's medium-term signing key in the version 3 directory protocol, encoded as 40 upper-case hexadecimal characters.

- Method Detail
  - getAlgorithm
```
java.lang.String getAlgorithm()
```
    Return the digest algorithm, which is "sha1" by default and which can be "sha256" or another digest algorithm.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0.0
  - getIdentity
```
java.lang.String getIdentity()
```
    Return the SHA-1 digest of the authority's long-term identity key in the version 3 directory protocol, encoded as 40 upper-case hexadecimal characters.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0.0
  - getSigningKeyDigestSha1Hex
```
java.lang.String getSigningKeyDigestSha1Hex()
```
    Return the SHA-1 digest of the authority's medium-term signing key in the version 3 directory protocol, encoded as 40 upper-case hexadecimal characters.
    
    Since:
    
    1.7.0
  - getSignature
```
java.lang.String getSignature()
```
    Return the directory signature string made with the authority's identity key in the version 3 directory protocol.
    
    Since:
    
    1.0.0