public CommittedBlock(int blockHeight, BlockId blockId, BlockAlias alias, BlockAlias parent)
{
BlockId = blockId;
BlockHeight = blockHeight;
Alias = alias;
Parent = parent;
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns whether a block is considered pruneable (i.e. it can
/// be removed from the chain). The necessary criteria for this decision
/// are that it is not on the main chain and that its first ancestor on
/// the main chain is below or equal to the <see cref="_pruneLimit"/>.
/// </summary>
public bool IsPruneable(BlockAlias block)
{
// block is on the main chain
if (!_quasiOrphans.ContainsKey(block))
{
return(false);
}
// TODO: [vermorel] I suggest to usethe code below instead (more readable)
// to be double checked
//if (_quasiOrphans.TryGetValue(block, out var parent))
//{
// while (_quasiOrphans.Keys.Contains(parent))
// {
// _quasiOrphans.TryGetValue(parent, out parent);
// }
//}
// Find first ancestor on the main chain and test if it is below the limit
_quasiOrphans.TryGetValue(block, out var parent);
while (_quasiOrphans.Keys.Contains(parent))
{
_quasiOrphans.TryGetValue(parent, out parent);
}
return(parent.IsPrior(_pruneLimit) || parent == _pruneLimit);
}
/// <summary>
/// Create an optimized lineage that knows the quasi orphans and the
/// prune limit, so that the query functions <see cref="IsAncestor"/>
/// and <see cref="IsPruneable"/> can easily be executed.
/// </summary>
public OptimizedLineage(IReadOnlyDictionary <BlockAlias, BlockAlias> quasiOrphans, BlockAlias pruneLimit)
{
// TODO: [vermorel] check arguments
_quasiOrphans = quasiOrphans;
_pruneLimit = pruneLimit;
}
/// <summary>
/// Appends a new block to the end of the current committedBlocks.
/// The first block cannot be added via this method,
/// <see cref="OpenFirstBlock"/> will have to be used instead.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The alias of the added block.</returns>
public UncommittedBlock OpenBlock(BlockAlias parentAlias)
{
// Verify if block to add is empty
if (parentAlias == BlockAlias.GenesisParent)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Blocks cannot have GenesisParent as parent.");
}
var parentIsNotInCBlock = !FindCommitted(block => block.Alias == parentAlias, out var parent);
// Parent has to be a valid block.
var parentIsNotInUBlock = !FindUncommitted(block => block.Alias == parentAlias, out var parentUnc);
if (parentIsNotInCBlock && parentIsNotInUBlock)
{
throw new ArgumentException($"{parentAlias} does not exist.");
}
// TOOD: [vermorel] Why do we have this small forest of tests? Comment needed
// TODO: [vermorel] Introduce a Linq-like helper 'QuickLast' to avoid the pattern '_array[_array.Length - 1]'.
BlockAlias newBlockAlias;
if (_uncommitted.Count == 0)
{
newBlockAlias = _committed[_committed.Count - 1].Alias.GetNext();
}
else if (_committed.Count == 0)
{
newBlockAlias = _uncommitted[_uncommitted.Count - 1].Alias.GetNext();
}
else // a committed block can have a higher alias than a non-committed one if they are on different forked chains
{
newBlockAlias = BlockAlias.GetJoinNext(_committed[_committed.Count - 1].Alias,
_uncommitted[_uncommitted.Count - 1].Alias);
}
var newBlockIdentifier = TempBlockId.Create();
int newBlockBlockHeight = 1 + (parentIsNotInCBlock ? parentUnc.BlockHeight : parent.BlockHeight);
var newBlock = new UncommittedBlock(newBlockBlockHeight, newBlockIdentifier, newBlockAlias, parentAlias);
_uncommitted.Add(newBlock);
if (newBlockBlockHeight > BlockchainHeight)
{
BlockchainHeight = newBlockBlockHeight;
}
return(newBlock);
}
/// <summary>
/// Deletes the block from the blockchain identified
/// by the alias given as argument, if it exists.
/// No conditions are attached to a deletion.
/// The calling party has to make sure the blockchain
/// does not break by deleting the block.
/// </summary>
public bool DeleteBlock(BlockAlias alias)
{
if (RetrieveUncommittedBlock(alias, out var blockU))
{
_uncommitted.Remove(blockU);
RecalculateBlockchainHeight();
return(true);
}
if (RetrieveCommittedBlock(alias, out var blockC))
{
_committed.Remove(blockC);
RecalculateBlockchainHeight();
return(true);
}
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// If a block is recent, it can be of interest to know whether
/// another block is its ancestor.
/// </summary>
public bool IsAncestor(BlockAlias tip, BlockAlias maybeAncestor)
{
// We climb down the side chain until we find the parent,
// a block that is lower than the maybeAncestor or we reach the main chain
var parent = tip;
do
{
// Move up the side chain looking for an ancestor on the main branch
// A block counts as its own ancestor
if (parent == maybeAncestor)
{
return(true);
}
// The ancestor has to have a smaller number than anything that comes afterward.
if (parent.IsPrior(maybeAncestor))
{
return(false);
}
} while (_quasiOrphans.TryGetValue(parent, out parent));
/*
* o
* |
* o
* |
* o----o <- maybeAncestorAlias
* |
* o <- parent
* / \
* mainChain -> o o <- blockAlias
*/
// Here, 'block' is the most recent ancestor of the original block
// on the main chain, and 'maybeAncestor < block', so the ancestor
// will be an ancestor if and only if it is also on the main chain.
return(!_quasiOrphans.ContainsKey(maybeAncestor));
}
/// <summary>
/// Commits the uncommitted block referenced by its block alias.
/// The hash ID of the future committed block has to be given as argument to the
/// function.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public bool CommitBlock(BlockAlias alias, BlockId blockId)
{
if (!RetrieveUncommittedBlock(alias, out var toCommit))
{
throw new ArgumentException($"ID {alias} does not exist or is already committed.");
}
// verify that parent of block to commit is committed itself
if (!RetrieveCommittedBlock(toCommit.Parent, out _) && !blockId.Equals(BlockId.Genesis))
{
throw new ArgumentException($"Parent {toCommit.Parent} is not yet committed.");
}
var blockToCommit = toCommit;
_uncommitted.Remove(toCommit);
var newBlock = new CommittedBlock(blockToCommit.BlockHeight, blockId, blockToCommit.Alias,
blockToCommit.Parent);
_committed.Add(newBlock);
return(true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the block metadata of the uncommitted block
/// identified by the alias given as argument.
/// </summary>
public bool RetrieveUncommittedBlock(BlockAlias alias, out UncommittedBlock block)
{
return(FindUncommitted(b => b.Alias == alias, out block));
}
public BlockEvent(BlockAlias alias, BlockEventType type)
{
_value = alias.Value | (((uint)type) << Shift);
}