// Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Conformal Systems LLC. // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package btcwire import ( "io" ) // MsgPing implements the Message interface and represents a bitcoin ping // message. // // For versions BIP0031Version and earlier, it is used primarily to confirm // that a connection is still valid. A transmission error is typically // interpreted as a closed connection and that the peer should be removed. // For versions AFTER BIP0031Version it contains an identifier which can be // returned in the pong message to determine network timing. // // The payload for this message just consists of a nonce used for identifying // it later. type MsgPing struct { // Unique value associated with message that is used to identify // specific ping message. Nonce uint64 } // BtcDecode decodes r using the bitcoin protocol encoding into the receiver. // This is part of the Message interface implementation. func (msg *MsgPing) BtcDecode(r io.Reader, pver uint32) error { // There was no nonce for BIP0031Version and earlier. // NOTE: > is not a mistake here. The BIP0031 was defined as AFTER // the version unlike most others. if pver > BIP0031Version { err := readElement(r, &msg.Nonce) if err != nil { return err } } return nil } // BtcEncode encodes the receiver to w using the bitcoin protocol encoding. // This is part of the Message interface implementation. func (msg *MsgPing) BtcEncode(w io.Writer, pver uint32) error { // There was no nonce for BIP0031Version and earlier. // NOTE: > is not a mistake here. The BIP0031 was defined as AFTER // the version unlike most others. if pver > BIP0031Version { err := writeElement(w, msg.Nonce) if err != nil { return err } } return nil } // Command returns the protocol command string for the message. This is part // of the Message interface implementation. func (msg *MsgPing) Command() string { return cmdPing } // MaxPayloadLength returns the maximum length the payload can be for the // receiver. This is part of the Message interface implementation. func (msg *MsgPing) MaxPayloadLength(pver uint32) uint32 { plen := uint32(0) // There was no nonce for BIP0031Version and earlier. // NOTE: > is not a mistake here. The BIP0031 was defined as AFTER // the version unlike most others. if pver > BIP0031Version { // Nonce 8 bytes. plen += 8 } return plen } // NewMsgPing returns a new bitcoin ping message that conforms to the Message // interface. See MsgPing for details. func NewMsgPing(nonce uint64) *MsgPing { return &MsgPing{ Nonce: nonce, } }