Module xri

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Utility functions for handling XRIs.

See Also: XRI Syntax v2.0 at the OASIS XRI Technical Committee

Functions

identifierScheme(identifier)
Determine if this identifier is an XRI or URI.

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toIRINormal(xri)
Transform an XRI to IRI-normal form.

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escapeForIRI(xri)
Escape things that need to be escaped when transforming to an IRI.

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toURINormal(xri)
Transform an XRI to URI normal form.

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iriToURI(iri)
Transform an IRI to a URI by escaping unicode.

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bool

providerIsAuthoritative(providerID, canonicalID)
Is this provider ID authoritative for this XRI?

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unicode

rootAuthority(xri)
Return the root authority for an XRI.

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XRI(xri)
An XRI object allowing comparison of XRI.

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Variables
	XRI_AUTHORITIES = `['!', '=', '@', '+', '$', '(']`
	UCSCHAR = `[(160, 55295), (63744, 64975), (65008, 65519)]`
	IPRIVATE = `[(57344, 63743)]`

Function Details

identifierScheme(identifier)

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Determine if this identifier is an XRI or URI.

Returns:: "XRI" or "URI"

rootAuthority(xri)

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Return the root authority for an XRI.

Example:

   rootAuthority("xri://@example") == "xri://@"

Parameters:

xri (unicode)

Returns: unicode

XRI(xri)

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An XRI object allowing comparison of XRI.

Ideally, this would do full normalization and provide comparsion operators as per XRI Syntax. Right now, it just does a bit of canonicalization by ensuring the xri scheme is present.

Parameters:

xri (unicode) - an xri string