ERTP API
The ERTP API supports the following objects:
| Object | Description |
|---|---|
| Issuer | The authority on what holds digital assets of its kind. |
| Mint | Can issue new digital assets. |
| Brand | Identifies the asset type of the associated Issuer and Mint. |
| Purse | Holds digital assets. |
| Payment | Holds digital assets that are in transit. |
The ERTP API uses the following library:
| Object | Description |
|---|---|
| AmountMath | The AmountMath object has several methods which can be used to manipulate and analyze Amounts. |
| Durable Issuers | How contracts create an Issuer that survives vat upgrade. |
| Legacy Payment Helpers | Deprecated standalone replacements for the removed Issuer methods claim, combine, split, and splitMany. |
The ERTP API introduces and uses the following data types:
| Data Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Amount | Describes digital assets, specifying the number and Brand of assets. Note that Amounts can describe either fungible or non-fungible assets. |
| AmountShape | Describes digital assets, specifying the properties and Brand of assets. |
| AmountValue | Describes how much of something there is. |
| AssetKind | Specifies whether an Amount is fungible or non-fungible. |
| DisplayInfo | Specifies how to display a Brand's Amounts. |