// 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 btcutil import ( "bytes" "fmt" "github.com/conformal/btcwire" ) // OutOfRangeError describes an error due to accessing an element that is out // of range. type OutOfRangeError string // BlockHeightUnknown is the value returned for a block height that is unknown. // This is typically because the block has not been inserted into the main chain // yet. const BlockHeightUnknown = int64(-1) // Error satisfies the error interface and prints human-readable errors. func (e OutOfRangeError) Error() string { return string(e) } // Block defines a bitcoin block that provides easier and more efficient // manipulation of raw blocks. It also memoizes hashes for the block and its // transactions on their first access so subsequent accesses don't have to // repeat the relatively expensive hashing operations. type Block struct { msgBlock *btcwire.MsgBlock // Underlying MsgBlock serializedBlock []byte // Serialized bytes for the block blockSha *btcwire.ShaHash // Cached block hash blockHeight int64 // Height in the main block chain txShas []*btcwire.ShaHash // Cached transaction hashes txShasGenerated bool // ALL transaction hashes generated transactions []*Tx // Transactions txnsGenerated bool // ALL wrapped transactions generated } // MsgBlock returns the underlying btcwire.MsgBlock for the Block. func (b *Block) MsgBlock() *btcwire.MsgBlock { // Return the cached block. return b.msgBlock } // Bytes returns the serialized bytes for the Block. This is equivalent to // calling Serialize on the underlying btcwire.MsgBlock, however it caches the // result so subsequent calls are more efficient. func (b *Block) Bytes() ([]byte, error) { // Return the cached serialized bytes if it has already been generated. if len(b.serializedBlock) != 0 { return b.serializedBlock, nil } // Serialize the MsgBlock. var w bytes.Buffer err := b.msgBlock.Serialize(&w) if err != nil { return nil, err } serializedBlock := w.Bytes() // Cache the serialized bytes and return them. b.serializedBlock = serializedBlock return serializedBlock, nil } // Sha returns the block identifier hash for the Block. This is equivalent to // calling BlockSha on the underlying btcwire.MsgBlock, however it caches the // result so subsequent calls are more efficient. func (b *Block) Sha() (*btcwire.ShaHash, error) { // Return the cached block hash if it has already been generated. if b.blockSha != nil { return b.blockSha, nil } // Generate the block hash. Ignore the error since BlockSha can't // currently fail. sha, _ := b.msgBlock.BlockSha() // Cache the block hash and return it. b.blockSha = &sha return &sha, nil } // Tx returns a wrapped transaction (btcutil.Tx) for the transaction at the // specified index in the Block. The supplied index is 0 based. That is to // say, the first transaction in the block is txNum 0. This is nearly // equivalent to accessing the raw transaction (btcwire.MsgTx) from the // underlying btcwire.MsgBlock, however the wrapped transaction has some helpful // properties such as caching the hash so subsequent calls are more efficient. func (b *Block) Tx(txNum int) (*Tx, error) { // Ensure the requested transaction is in range. numTx := uint64(len(b.msgBlock.Transactions)) if txNum < 0 || uint64(txNum) > numTx { str := fmt.Sprintf("transaction index %d is out of range - max %d", txNum, numTx-1) return nil, OutOfRangeError(str) } // Generate slice to hold all of the wrapped transactions if needed. if len(b.transactions) == 0 { b.transactions = make([]*Tx, numTx) } // Return the wrapped transaction if it has already been generated. if b.transactions[txNum] != nil { return b.transactions[txNum], nil } // Generate and cache the wrapped transaction and return it. newTx := NewTx(b.msgBlock.Transactions[txNum]) newTx.SetIndex(txNum) b.transactions[txNum] = newTx return newTx, nil } // Transactions returns a slice of wrapped transactions (btcutil.Tx) for all // transactions in the Block. This is nearly equivalent to accessing the raw // transactions (btcwire.MsgTx) in the underlying btcwire.MsgBlock, however it // instead provides easy access to wrapped versions (btcutil.Tx) of them. func (b *Block) Transactions() []*Tx { // Return transactions if they have ALL already been generated. This // flag is necessary because the wrapped transactions are lazily // generated in a sparse fashion. if b.txnsGenerated { return b.transactions } // Generate slice to hold all of the wrapped transactions if needed. if len(b.transactions) == 0 { b.transactions = make([]*Tx, len(b.msgBlock.Transactions)) } // Generate and cache the wrapped transactions for all that haven't // already been done. for i, tx := range b.transactions { if tx == nil { newTx := NewTx(b.msgBlock.Transactions[i]) newTx.SetIndex(i) b.transactions[i] = newTx } } b.txnsGenerated = true return b.transactions } // TxSha returns the hash for the requested transaction number in the Block. // The supplied index is 0 based. That is to say, the first transaction in the // block is txNum 0. This is equivalent to calling TxSha on the underlying // btcwire.MsgTx, however it caches the result so subsequent calls are more // efficient. func (b *Block) TxSha(txNum int) (*btcwire.ShaHash, error) { // Attempt to get a wrapped transaction for the specified index. It // will be created lazily if needed or simply return the cached version // if it has already been generated. tx, err := b.Tx(txNum) if err != nil { return nil, err } // Defer to the wrapped transaction which will return the cached hash if // it has already been generated. return tx.Sha(), nil } // TxShas returns a slice of hashes for all transactions in the Block. This is // equivalent to calling TxSha on each underlying btcwire.MsgTx, however it // caches the result so subsequent calls are more efficient. // // DEPRECATED - This function will be removed in the next version and // should not be used. Instead, use Transactions() and .Sha() on each // transaction. func (b *Block) TxShas() ([]*btcwire.ShaHash, error) { // Return cached hashes if they have ALL already been generated. This // flag is necessary because the transaction hashes are lazily generated // in a sparse fashion. if b.txShasGenerated { return b.txShas, nil } // Generate slice to hold all of the transaction hashes if needed. if len(b.txShas) == 0 { b.txShas = make([]*btcwire.ShaHash, len(b.msgBlock.Transactions)) } // Generate and cache the transaction hashes for all that haven't already // been done. for i, hash := range b.txShas { if hash == nil { // Ignore the errors since the only way these can fail // is if the index is out of range which is not possible // here due to the range. tx, _ := b.Tx(i) b.txShas[i] = tx.Sha() } } b.txShasGenerated = true return b.txShas, nil } // TxLoc returns the offsets and lengths of each transaction in a raw block. // It is used to allow fast indexing into transactions within the raw byte // stream. func (b *Block) TxLoc() ([]btcwire.TxLoc, error) { rawMsg, err := b.Bytes() if err != nil { return nil, err } rbuf := bytes.NewBuffer(rawMsg) var mblock btcwire.MsgBlock txLocs, err := mblock.DeserializeTxLoc(rbuf) if err != nil { return nil, err } return txLocs, err } // Height returns the saved height of the block in the block chain. This value // will be BlockHeightUnknown if it hasn't already explicitly been set. func (b *Block) Height() int64 { return b.blockHeight } // SetHeight sets the height of the block in the block chain. func (b *Block) SetHeight(height int64) { b.blockHeight = height } // NewBlock returns a new instance of a bitcoin block given an underlying // btcwire.MsgBlock. See Block. func NewBlock(msgBlock *btcwire.MsgBlock) *Block { return &Block{ msgBlock: msgBlock, blockHeight: BlockHeightUnknown, } } // NewBlockFromBytes returns a new instance of a bitcoin block given the // serialized bytes. See Block. func NewBlockFromBytes(serializedBlock []byte) (*Block, error) { // Deserialize the bytes into a MsgBlock. var msgBlock btcwire.MsgBlock br := bytes.NewBuffer(serializedBlock) err := msgBlock.Deserialize(br) if err != nil { return nil, err } b := Block{ msgBlock: &msgBlock, serializedBlock: serializedBlock, blockHeight: BlockHeightUnknown, } return &b, nil } // NewBlockFromBlockAndBytes returns a new instance of a bitcoin block given // an underlying btcwire.MsgBlock and the serialized bytes for it. See Block. func NewBlockFromBlockAndBytes(msgBlock *btcwire.MsgBlock, serializedBlock []byte) *Block { return &Block{ msgBlock: msgBlock, serializedBlock: serializedBlock, blockHeight: BlockHeightUnknown, } }