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.TH afnix-us-bce 3 AFNIX "AFNIX Service"
.SH NAME
afnix-us-bce - standard block chain engineering service
.SH STANDARD BLOCK CHAIN ENGINEERING SERVICE
The Standard Block Chain Engineering service is an original implementation of various objects dedicated to the management of a block chain. At the bottom of the hierarchy is the the part which is assembled in a bill of parts (BOP). The bill is associated with a transaction which is time-stamped and signed. The transactions are linked together to form a chain. 
.PP
.B General concepts
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The afnix-bce provides the support for manipulating block-chain. 
.PP
.I Part
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The concept of part is central in the bce service. A part is any serializable object which is used to assemble a bill of parts (BOP). 
.SH STANDARD CONTENT SESSION MANAGEMENT REFERENCE
.PP
.B Part
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The Part class is a base class which constitues the primary ingredient of the block chain bill of material. 
.PP
.I Predicate
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.sp 
.RS 
part-p
.RE 
.PP
.I Inheritance
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.sp 
.RS 
Serial
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.PP
.I Methods
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.sp
.RS
.B get-name -> String (none)
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The get-name method returns the part name.
.RE
.sp
.RS
.B get-uuid -> Uuid (none)
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The get-uuid method returns the part uuid
.RE