snailfetcher

Documentation

Overview

Package fetcher contains the block announcement based synchronisation.

Index

• type Fetcher
  • func New(getBlock blockRetrievalFn, verifyHeader headerVerifierFn, ...) *Fetcher
  • func (f *Fetcher) Enqueue(peer string, block *types.SnailBlock) error
  • func (f *Fetcher) Start()
  • func (f *Fetcher) Stop()

Types

type Fetcher

type Fetcher struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Fetcher is responsible for accumulating block announcements from various peers and scheduling them for retrieval.

func New

func New(getBlock blockRetrievalFn, verifyHeader headerVerifierFn, broadcastBlock blockBroadcasterFn, chainHeight chainHeightFn, insertChain chainInsertFn, dropPeer peerDropFn) *Fetcher

New creates a block fetcher to retrieve blocks based on hash announcements.

func (*Fetcher) Enqueue

func (f *Fetcher) Enqueue(peer string, block *types.SnailBlock) error

Enqueue tries to fill gaps the the fetcher's future import queue.

func (*Fetcher) Start

func (f *Fetcher) Start()

Start boots up the announcement based synchroniser, accepting and processing hash notifications and block fetches until termination requested.

func (*Fetcher) Stop

func (f *Fetcher) Stop()

Stop terminates the announcement based synchroniser, canceling all pending operations.