Remove _get_filepath_hash

Remove _get_filepath_hash and call sslib_hash.digest
directly instead.

Signed-off-by: Teodora Sechkova <tsechkova@vmware.com>

Author: sechkova

tuf/api/metadata.py

@@ -960,7 +960,13 @@ def is_in_trusted_paths(self, target_filepath: str) -> bool:
         is in one of the trusted paths of DelegatedRole"""
 
         if self.path_hash_prefixes is not None:
-            target_filepath_hash = _get_filepath_hash(target_filepath)
+            # Calculate the hash of the filepath to determine which bin
+            # to find the target. The client currently assumes the repository
+            # uses sslib's default algorithm to generate hashes.
+            digest_object = sslib_hash.digest()
+            digest_object.update(target_filepath.encode("utf-8"))
+            target_filepath_hash = digest_object.hexdigest()
+
             for path_hash_prefix in self.path_hash_prefixes:
                 if target_filepath_hash.startswith(path_hash_prefix):
                     return True
@@ -980,21 +986,6 @@ def is_in_trusted_paths(self, target_filepath: str) -> bool:
         return False
 
 
-def _get_filepath_hash(target_filepath, hash_function="sha256"):
-    """
-    Calculate the hash of the filepath to determine which bin to find the
-    target.
-    """
-    # The client currently assumes the repository (i.e., repository
-    # tool) uses 'hash_function' to generate hashes and UTF-8.
-    digest_object = sslib_hash.digest(hash_function)
-    encoded_target_filepath = target_filepath.encode("utf-8")
-    digest_object.update(encoded_target_filepath)
-    target_filepath_hash = digest_object.hexdigest()
-
-    return target_filepath_hash
-
-
 class Delegations:
     """A container object storing information about all delegations.