blockchain-go/p2p/protocol.go

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package p2p

import (
	"blockchain-go/p2p/enode"
	"blockchain-go/p2p/enr"
)

// Protocol represents a P2P subprotocol implementation.
type Protocol struct {
	// Name should contain the official protocol name,
	// often a three-letter word.
	Name string

	// Version should contain the version number of the protocol.
	Version uint

	// Length should contain the number of message codes used
	// by the protocol.
	Length uint64

	// Run is called in a new goroutine when the protocol has been
	// negotiated with a peer. It should read and write messages from
	// rw. The Payload for each message must be fully consumed.
	//
	// The peer connection is closed when Start returns. It should return
	// any protocol-level error (such as an I/O error) that is
	// encountered.
	Run func(peer *Peer, rw MsgReadWriter) error

	// NodeInfo is an optional helper method to retrieve protocol specific metadata
	// about the host node.
	NodeInfo func() interface{}

	// PeerInfo is an optional helper method to retrieve protocol specific metadata
	// about a certain peer in the network. If an info retrieval function is set,
	// but returns nil, it is assumed that the protocol handshake is still running.
	PeerInfo func(id enode.ID) interface{}

	// DialCandidates, if non-nil, is a way to tell Server about protocol-specific nodes
	// that should be dialed. The server continuously reads nodes from the iterator and
	// attempts to create connections to them.
	DialCandidates enode.Iterator

	// Attributes contains protocol specific information for the node record.
	Attributes []enr.Entry
}

func (p Protocol) cap() Cap {
	return Cap{p.Name, p.Version}
}