// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors // This file is part of the go-ethereum library. // // The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // The go-ethereum library 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License // along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see . package node import ( "path/filepath" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p" ) // ServiceContext is a collection of service independent options inherited from // the protocol stack, that is passed to all constructors to be optionally used; // as well as utility methods to operate on the service environment. type ServiceContext struct { dataDir string // Data directory for protocol persistence EventMux *event.TypeMux // Event multiplexer used for decoupled notifications } // Database opens an existing database with the given name (or creates one if no // previous can be found) from within the node's data directory. If the node is // an ephemeral one, a memory database is returned. func (ctx *ServiceContext) Database(name string, cache int) (ethdb.Database, error) { if ctx.dataDir == "" { return ethdb.NewMemDatabase() } return ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(filepath.Join(ctx.dataDir, name), cache) } // ServiceConstructor is the function signature of the constructors needed to be // registered for service instantiation. type ServiceConstructor func(ctx *ServiceContext) (Service, error) // Service is an individual protocol that can be registered into a node. // // Notes: // - Service life-cycle management is delegated to the node. The service is // allowed to initialize itself upon creation, but no goroutines should be // spun up outside of the Start method. // - Restart logic is not required as the node will create a fresh instance // every time a service is started. type Service interface { // Protocol retrieves the P2P protocols the service wishes to start. Protocols() []p2p.Protocol // Start spawns any goroutines required by the service. Start() error // Stop terminates all goroutines belonging to the service, blocking until they // are all terminated. Stop() error }