Constitution

class cometa.proposal_procedures.constitution.Constitution(ptr)[source]

Bases: object

Represents a Cardano constitution.

The constitution is a document that defines the rules and principles governing the Cardano blockchain. It includes an anchor (URL and hash) pointing to the constitution document and optionally a script hash for the constitution script.

__init__(ptr)[source]

Return type:: None

__enter__()[source]

Return type:: Constitution

__exit__(exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb)[source]

Return type:: None

__repr__()[source]

Return repr(self).

Return type:: str

classmethod new(anchor, script_hash=None)[source]

Creates a new constitution.

Parameters:

anchor (Anchor) – The anchor pointing to the constitution document.
script_hash (Blake2bHash | None) – Optional script hash for the constitution script.

Returns:

A new Constitution instance.

Raises:

CardanoError – If creation fails.

Return type:

Constitution

classmethod from_cbor(reader)[source]

Deserializes a Constitution from CBOR data.

Parameters:: reader (CborReader) – A CborReader positioned at the constitution data.
Returns:: A new Constitution deserialized from the CBOR data.
Raises:: CardanoError – If deserialization fails.
Return type:: Constitution

to_cbor(writer)[source]

Serializes the constitution to CBOR format.

Parameters:: writer (CborWriter) – A CborWriter to write the serialized data to.
Raises:: CardanoError – If serialization fails.
Return type:: None

property anchor: Anchor

The anchor pointing to the constitution document.

Returns:: The Anchor.

property script_hash: Blake2bHash | None

The optional script hash for the constitution script.

Returns:: The Blake2bHash if present, None otherwise.

to_cip116_json(writer)[source]

Serializes this object to CIP-116 compliant JSON.

Parameters:: writer (JsonWriter) – The JsonWriter to write the JSON to.
Raises:: CardanoError – If serialization fails.
Return type:: None