public Election--getChecksum.md

public Election::getChecksum

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Description

public Election->getChecksum ( ): string

SHA-2 256 checksum of following internal data:

• Candidates
• Votes list & tags
• Computed data (pairwise, algorithm cache, stats)
• Class version (major version like 3.4)

Can be powerfull to check integrity and security of an election. Or working with serialized object.

Return value:

(string) SHA-2 256 bits Hexadecimal

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Tutorial

• This method has explanations and examples in the Documentation Book