switching everything over to []byte, abandoning merkletree for now

client/test/test.go.old

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/cbergoon/merkletree"
+)
+
+//TestContent implements the Content interface provided by merkletree and represents the content stored in the tree.
+type TestContent struct {
+	x string
+}
+
+//CalculateHash hashes the values of a TestContent
+func (t TestContent) CalculateHash() ([]byte, error) {
+	h := sha256.New()
+	if _, err := h.Write([]byte(t.x)); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return h.Sum(nil), nil
+}
+
+//Equals tests for equality of two Contents
+func (t TestContent) Equals(other merkletree.Content) (bool, error) {
+	return t.x == other.(TestContent).x, nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	//Build list of Content to build tree
+	var list []merkletree.Content
+	list = append(list, TestContent{x: "Hello"})
+	list = append(list, TestContent{x: "Hi"})
+	list = append(list, TestContent{x: "Hey"})
+	list = append(list, TestContent{x: "Hola"})
+
+	//Create a new Merkle Tree from the list of Content
+	t, err := merkletree.NewTree(list)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	//Get the Merkle Root of the tree
+	mr := t.MerkleRoot()
+	log.Println(mr)
+
+	//Verify the entire tree (hashes for each node) is valid
+	vt, err := t.VerifyTree()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	log.Println("Verify Tree: ", vt)
+
+	//Verify a specific content in in the tree
+	vc, err := t.VerifyContent(list[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	log.Println("Verify Content: ", vc)
+
+	//String representation
+	log.Println(t)
+}