plugeth-utils/restricted/database.go

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// Package ethdb defines the interfaces for an Ethereum data store.
package restricted

import "io"

// KeyValueReader wraps the Has and Get method of a backing data store.
type KeyValueReader interface {
	// Has retrieves if a key is present in the key-value data store.
	Has(key []byte) (bool, error)

	// Get retrieves the given key if it's present in the key-value data store.
	Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error)
}

// KeyValueWriter wraps the Put method of a backing data store.
type KeyValueWriter interface {
	// Put inserts the given value into the key-value data store.
	Put(key []byte, value []byte) error

	// Delete removes the key from the key-value data store.
	Delete(key []byte) error
}

// Stater wraps the Stat method of a backing data store.
type Stater interface {
	// Stat returns a particular internal stat of the database.
	Stat(property string) (string, error)
}

// Compacter wraps the Compact method of a backing data store.
type Compacter interface {
	// Compact flattens the underlying data store for the given key range. In essence,
	// deleted and overwritten versions are discarded, and the data is rearranged to
	// reduce the cost of operations needed to access them.
	//
	// A nil start is treated as a key before all keys in the data store; a nil limit
	// is treated as a key after all keys in the data store. If both is nil then it
	// will compact entire data store.
	Compact(start []byte, limit []byte) error
}

// KeyValueStore contains all the methods required to allow handling different
// key-value data stores backing the high level database.
type KeyValueStore interface {
	KeyValueReader
	KeyValueWriter
	Stater
	Compacter
	io.Closer
}

// AncientReader contains the methods required to read from immutable ancient data.
type AncientReader interface {
	// HasAncient returns an indicator whether the specified data exists in the
	// ancient store.
	HasAncient(kind string, number uint64) (bool, error)

	// Ancient retrieves an ancient binary blob from the append-only immutable files.
	Ancient(kind string, number uint64) ([]byte, error)

	// Ancients returns the ancient item numbers in the ancient store.
	Ancients() (uint64, error)

	// AncientSize returns the ancient size of the specified category.
	AncientSize(kind string) (uint64, error)
}

// AncientWriter contains the methods required to write to immutable ancient data.
type AncientWriter interface {
	// AppendAncient injects all binary blobs belong to block at the end of the
	// append-only immutable table files.
	AppendAncient(number uint64, hash, header, body, receipt, td []byte) error

	// TruncateAncients discards all but the first n ancient data from the ancient store.
	TruncateAncients(n uint64) error

	// Sync flushes all in-memory ancient store data to disk.
	Sync() error
}

// Reader contains the methods required to read data from both key-value as well as
// immutable ancient data.
type Reader interface {
	KeyValueReader
	AncientReader
}

// Writer contains the methods required to write data to both key-value as well as
// immutable ancient data.
type Writer interface {
	KeyValueWriter
	AncientWriter
}

// AncientStore contains all the methods required to allow handling different
// ancient data stores backing immutable chain data store.
type AncientStore interface {
	AncientReader
	AncientWriter
	io.Closer
}

// Database contains all the methods required by the high level database to not
// only access the key-value data store but also the chain freezer.
type Database interface {
	Reader
	Writer
	Stater
	Compacter
	Iteratee
	io.Closer
}


// Iterator iterates over a database's key/value pairs in ascending key order.
//
// When it encounters an error any seek will return false and will yield no key/
// value pairs. The error can be queried by calling the Error method. Calling
// Release is still necessary.
//
// An iterator must be released after use, but it is not necessary to read an
// iterator until exhaustion. An iterator is not safe for concurrent use, but it
// is safe to use multiple iterators concurrently.
type Iterator interface {
	// Next moves the iterator to the next key/value pair. It returns whether the
	// iterator is exhausted.
	Next() bool

	// Error returns any accumulated error. Exhausting all the key/value pairs
	// is not considered to be an error.
	Error() error

	// Key returns the key of the current key/value pair, or nil if done. The caller
	// should not modify the contents of the returned slice, and its contents may
	// change on the next call to Next.
	Key() []byte

	// Value returns the value of the current key/value pair, or nil if done. The
	// caller should not modify the contents of the returned slice, and its contents
	// may change on the next call to Next.
	Value() []byte

	// Release releases associated resources. Release should always succeed and can
	// be called multiple times without causing error.
	Release()
}

// Iteratee wraps the NewIterator methods of a backing data store.
type Iteratee interface {
	// NewIterator creates a binary-alphabetical iterator over a subset
	// of database content with a particular key prefix, starting at a particular
	// initial key (or after, if it does not exist).
	//
	// Note: This method assumes that the prefix is NOT part of the start, so there's
	// no need for the caller to prepend the prefix to the start
	NewIterator(prefix []byte, start []byte) Iterator
}