How to use

How do I use this library?

Metalink files contain metadata about a file, such as hashes, chunks, and other information to help download managers accelerate its download while verifying the checksum to avoid corruption.

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How to parse Metalink files

You can easily parse both Metalink 3.0 and 4.0 files, streams, and XML representations using the MetalinkParser class.

Functions to obtain a Metalink instance

You can use the below functions to get the file metadata.

Function	Description
GetMetalinkFromPath(string file)	This function parses the Metalink data by giving it a file path
GetMetalinkFromStream(Stream stream)	This function parses the Metalink data by giving it a stream
GetMetalinkFromXml(string metalink)	This function parses the Metalink data by giving it an XML representation
GetMetalinkFromXmlDocument(XmlDocument metalinkDocument)	This function parses the Metalink data by giving it an XML document instance that contains an XML representation of a Metalink data

This is very easy; just call one of these functions when assigning a variable that will hold Metalink-related data, and you'll be able to get information about the file, such as hashes, chunks and their info, and regions for mirrors.

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Example of obtaining Metalink

Here's a very simple example of how to do this using a file stream:

// Note that MetalinkLoader is not part of the library
Stream? stream = MetalinkLoader.LoadMetalinkStream("slackware15.iso.metalink");
if (stream is null)
    Assert.Fail("Stream is null");
var metalink = MetalinkParser.GetMetalinkFromStream(stream);