// Copyright 2015-2017 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd. // This file is part of Parity. // Parity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // Parity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with Parity. If not, see . //! Generalization of a state machine for a consensus engine. //! This will define traits for the header, block, and state of a blockchain. extern crate ethcore_util as util; extern crate ethcore_bigint as bigint; use bigint::hash::H256; use bigint::prelude::U256; use util::Address; /// A header. This contains important metadata about the block, as well as a /// "seal" that indicates validity to a consensus engine. pub trait Header { /// Cryptographic hash of the header, excluding the seal. fn bare_hash(&self) -> H256; /// Cryptographic hash of the header, including the seal. fn hash(&self) -> H256; /// Get a reference to the seal fields. fn seal(&self) -> &[Vec]; /// The author of the header. fn author(&self) -> &Address; /// The number of the header. fn number(&self) -> u64; } /// a header with an associated score (difficulty in PoW terms) pub trait ScoredHeader: Header { /// Get the score of this header. fn score(&self) -> &U256; /// Set the score of this header. fn set_score(&mut self, score: U256); } /// A "live" block is one which is in the process of the transition. /// The state of this block can be mutated by arbitrary rules of the /// state transition function. pub trait LiveBlock: 'static { /// The block header type; type Header: Header; /// Get a reference to the header. fn header(&self) -> &Self::Header; /// Get a reference to the uncle headers. If the block type doesn't /// support uncles, return the empty slice. fn uncles(&self) -> &[Self::Header]; } /// Trait for blocks which have a transaction type. pub trait Transactions: LiveBlock { /// The transaction type. type Transaction; /// Get a reference to the transactions in this block. fn transactions(&self) -> &[Self::Transaction]; } /// Generalization of types surrounding blockchain-suitable state machines. pub trait Machine: for<'a> LocalizedMachine<'a> { /// The block header type. type Header: Header; /// The live block type. type LiveBlock: LiveBlock; /// A handle to a blockchain client for this machine. type EngineClient: ?Sized; /// A description of needed auxiliary data. type AuxiliaryRequest; /// Errors which can occur when querying or interacting with the machine. type Error; } /// Machine-related types localized to a specific lifetime. // TODO: this is a workaround for a lack of associated type constructors in the language. pub trait LocalizedMachine<'a>: Sync + Send { /// Definition of auxiliary data associated to a specific block. type AuxiliaryData: 'a; /// A context providing access to the state in a controlled capacity. /// Generally also provides verifiable proofs. type StateContext: ?Sized + 'a; } /// A state machine that uses balances. pub trait WithBalances: Machine { /// Get the balance, in base units, associated with an account. /// Extracts data from the live block. fn balance(&self, live: &Self::LiveBlock, address: &Address) -> Result; /// Increment the balance of an account in the state of the live block. fn add_balance(&self, live: &mut Self::LiveBlock, address: &Address, amount: &U256) -> Result<(), Self::Error>; /// Note block rewards. "direct" rewards are for authors, "indirect" are for e.g. uncles. fn note_rewards( &self, _live: &mut Self::LiveBlock, _direct: &[(Address, U256)], _indirect: &[(Address, U256)], ) -> Result<(), Self::Error> { Ok(()) } }