// Copyright (c) 2013 Conformal Systems LLC. // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package btcchain import ( "fmt" ) // NotificationType represents the type of a notification message. type NotificationType int // Constants for the type of a notification message. const ( // NTOrphanBlock indicates an orphan block was processed and the // associated block hash should be passed to the GetOrphanRoot function // to find the root of all known orphans which should then be used to // request the missing blocks. NTOrphanBlock NotificationType = iota // NTBlockAccepted indicates the associated block was accepted into // the block chain. Note that this does not necessarily mean it was // added to the main chain. For that, use NTBlockConnected. NTBlockAccepted // NTBlockConnected indicates the associated block was connected to the // main chain. NTBlockConnected // NTBlockDisconnected indicates the associated block was disconnected // from the main chain. NTBlockDisconnected ) // notificationTypeStrings is a map of notification types back to their constant // names for pretty printing. var notificationTypeStrings = map[NotificationType]string{ NTOrphanBlock: "NTOrphanBlock", NTBlockAccepted: "NTBlockAccepted", NTBlockConnected: "NTBlockConnected", NTBlockDisconnected: "NTBlockDisconnected", } // String returns the NotificationType in human-readable form. func (n NotificationType) String() string { if s, ok := notificationTypeStrings[n]; ok { return s } return fmt.Sprintf("Unknown Notification Type (%d)", int(n)) } // Notification defines an asynchronous notification that is sent to the caller // over the notification channel provided during the call to New and consists // of a notification type as well as associated data that depends on the type as // follows: // - NTOrphanBlock: *btcwire.ShaHash // - NTBlockAccepted: *btcutil.Block // - NTBlockConnected: *btcutil.Block // - NTBlockDisconnected: *btcutil.Block type Notification struct { Type NotificationType Data interface{} } // sendNotification sends a notification with the passed type and data if the // caller requested notifications by providing a channel in the call to New. func (b *BlockChain) sendNotification(typ NotificationType, data interface{}) { // Ignore it if the caller didn't request notifications. if b.notifications == nil { return } // Generate and send the notification. n := Notification{Type: typ, Data: data} b.notifications <- &n }