Move db traits into own file

lighthouse/db/mod.rs

@@ -1,29 +1,11 @@
 extern crate rocksdb;
 
 mod disk_db;
+mod traits;
 
 pub use self::disk_db::DiskDB;
-
+pub use self::traits::{
-type DBValue = Vec<u8>;
+    DBError,
-
+    DBValue,
-#[derive(Debug)]
+    ClientDB,
-pub struct DBError {
+};
-    message: String
-}
-
-impl DBError {
-    pub fn new(message: String) -> Self {
-        Self { message }
-    }
-}
-
-pub trait ClientDB: Sync + Send {
-    fn create_col(&mut self, col: &str)
-        -> Result<(), DBError>;
-
-    fn get(&self, col: &str, key: &[u8])
-        -> Result<Option<DBValue>, DBError>;
-
-    fn put(&self, col: &str, key: &[u8], val: &[u8])
-        -> Result<(), DBError>;
-}

lighthouse/db/traits.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+pub type DBValue = Vec<u8>;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct DBError {
+    pub message: String
+}
+
+impl DBError {
+    pub fn new(message: String) -> Self {
+        Self { message }
+    }
+}
+
+/// A generic database to be used by the "client' (i.e.,
+/// the lighthouse blockchain client).
+///
+/// The purpose of having this generic trait is to allow the
+/// program to use a persistent on-disk database during production,
+/// but use a transient database during tests.
+pub trait ClientDB: Sync + Send {
+    fn create_col(&mut self, col: &str)
+        -> Result<(), DBError>;
+
+    fn get(&self, col: &str, key: &[u8])
+        -> Result<Option<DBValue>, DBError>;
+
+    fn put(&self, col: &str, key: &[u8], val: &[u8])
+        -> Result<(), DBError>;
+}
+