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# aistore.sdk.dsort.ekm

## Module Contents

### Classes

| Name                                                      | Description                                                                    |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [`ExternalKeyMap`](#aistore-sdk-dsort-ekm-ExternalKeyMap) | A dictionary-like class for managing external key mappings in dSort operations |

### Data

[`EKM_FILE_NAME`](#aistore-sdk-dsort-ekm-EKM_FILE_NAME)

### API

```python
class aistore.sdk.dsort.ekm.ExternalKeyMap()
```

**Bases:** `Dict[str, ObjectNames]`

A dictionary-like class for managing external key mappings in dSort operations

```python
aistore.sdk.dsort.ekm.ExternalKeyMap.__setitem__(
    key: str,
    value: aistore.sdk.multiobj.ObjectNames
) -> None
```

```python
aistore.sdk.dsort.ekm.ExternalKeyMap.__str__()
```

```python
aistore.sdk.dsort.ekm.ExternalKeyMap.as_dict() -> typing.Dict[str, typing.List[str]]
```

Converts the ExternalKeyMap to a dictionary representation

```python
aistore.sdk.dsort.ekm.EKM_FILE_NAME = 'ekm-file.json'
```