openethereum/ethcore/src/engines/chain_verifier.rs

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// 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
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// 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.
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// Chain verifiers.
use error::Error;
use header::Header;
/// Sequential chain verifier.
///
/// See docs on `Engine` relating to proving functions for more details.
/// Headers here will have already passed "basic" verification.
pub trait ChainVerifier {
/// Lightly verify the next block header.
/// This may not be a header that requires a proof.
fn verify_light(&self, header: &Header) -> Result<(), Error>;
/// Perform potentially heavier checks on the next block header.
fn verify_heavy(&self, header: &Header) -> Result<(), Error> {
self.verify_light(header)
}
}
/// No-op chain verifier.
pub struct NoOp;
impl ChainVerifier for NoOp {
fn verify_light(&self, _header: &Header) -> Result<(), Error> { Ok(()) }
}