// 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 ( "fmt" "io" ) // MsgGetData implements the Message interface and represents a bitcoin // getdata message. It is used to request data such as blocks and transactions // from another peer. It should be used in response to the inv (MsgInv) message // to request the actual data referenced by each inventory vector the receiving // peer doesn't already have. Each message is limited to a maximum number of // inventory vectors, which is currently 50,000. As a result, multiple messages // must be used to request larger amounts of data. // // Use the AddInvVect function to build up the list of inventory vectors when // sending a getdata message to another peer. type MsgGetData struct { InvList []*InvVect } // AddInvVect adds an inventory vector to the message. func (msg *MsgGetData) AddInvVect(iv *InvVect) error { if len(msg.InvList)+1 > MaxInvPerMsg { str := fmt.Sprintf("too many invvect in message [max %v]", MaxInvPerMsg) return messageError("MsgGetData.AddInvVect", str) } msg.InvList = append(msg.InvList, iv) return nil } // BtcDecode decodes r using the bitcoin protocol encoding into the receiver. // This is part of the Message interface implementation. func (msg *MsgGetData) BtcDecode(r io.Reader, pver uint32) error { count, err := readVarInt(r, pver) if err != nil { return err } // Limit to max inventory vectors per message. if count > MaxInvPerMsg { str := fmt.Sprintf("too many invvect in message [%v]", count) return messageError("MsgGetData.BtcDecode", str) } msg.InvList = make([]*InvVect, 0, count) for i := uint64(0); i < count; i++ { iv := InvVect{} err := readInvVect(r, pver, &iv) if err != nil { return err } msg.AddInvVect(&iv) } return nil } // BtcEncode encodes the receiver to w using the bitcoin protocol encoding. // This is part of the Message interface implementation. func (msg *MsgGetData) BtcEncode(w io.Writer, pver uint32) error { // Limit to max inventory vectors per message. count := len(msg.InvList) if count > MaxInvPerMsg { str := fmt.Sprintf("too many invvect in message [%v]", count) return messageError("MsgGetData.BtcEncode", str) } err := writeVarInt(w, pver, uint64(count)) if err != nil { return err } for _, iv := range msg.InvList { err := writeInvVect(w, pver, iv) 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 *MsgGetData) Command() string { return CmdGetData } // MaxPayloadLength returns the maximum length the payload can be for the // receiver. This is part of the Message interface implementation. func (msg *MsgGetData) MaxPayloadLength(pver uint32) uint32 { // Num inventory vectors (varInt) + max allowed inventory vectors. return MaxVarIntPayload + (MaxInvPerMsg * maxInvVectPayload) } // NewMsgGetData returns a new bitcoin getdata message that conforms to the // Message interface. See MsgGetData for details. func NewMsgGetData() *MsgGetData { return &MsgGetData{ InvList: make([]*InvVect, 0, defaultInvListAlloc), } } // NewMsgGetDataSizeHint returns a new bitcoin getdata message that conforms to // the Message interface. See MsgGetData for details. This function differs // from NewMsgGetData in that it allows a default allocation size for the // backing array which houses the inventory vector list. This allows callers // who know in advance how large the inventory list will grow to avoid the // overhead of growing the internal backing array several times when appending // large amounts of inventory vectors with AddInvVect. Note that the specified // hint is just that - a hint that is used for the default allocation size. // Adding more (or less) inventory vectors will still work properly. The size // hint is limited to MaxInvPerMsg. func NewMsgGetDataSizeHint(sizeHint uint) *MsgGetData { // Limit the specified hint to the maximum allow per message. if sizeHint > MaxInvPerMsg { sizeHint = MaxInvPerMsg } return &MsgGetData{ InvList: make([]*InvVect, 0, sizeHint), } }