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// Copyright 2018 The dexon-consensus-core Authors
// This file is part of the dexon-consensus-core library.
//
// The dexon-consensus-core library is free software: you can redistribute it
// and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
// published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
// or (at your option) any later version.
//
// The dexon-consensus-core library is distributed in the hope that it will be
// useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
// General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
// along with the dexon-consensus-core library. If not, see
// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

package core

import (
    "time"

    "github.com/dexon-foundation/dexon-consensus-core/common"
    "github.com/dexon-foundation/dexon-consensus-core/core/types"
)

// Application describes the application interface that interacts with DEXON
// consensus core.
type Application interface {
    // PreparePayload is called when consensus core is preparing a block.
    PreparePayload(position types.Position) []byte

    // VerifyPayloads verifies if the payloads are valid.
    VerifyPayloads(payloads []byte) bool

    // BlockConfirmed is called when a block is confirmed and added to lattice.
    BlockConfirmed(block *types.Block)

    // StronglyAcked is called when a block is strongly acked.
    StronglyAcked(blockHash common.Hash)

    // TotalOrderingDeliver is called when the total ordering algorithm deliver
    // a set of block.
    TotalOrderingDeliver(blockHashes common.Hashes, early bool)

    // DeliverBlock is called when a block is add to the compaction chain.
    DeliverBlock(blockHash common.Hash, timestamp time.Time)

    // WitnessAckDeliver is called when a witness ack is created.
    WitnessAckDeliver(witnessAck *types.WitnessAck)
}

// Network describs the network interface that interacts with DEXON consensus
// core.
type Network interface {
    // BroadcastVote broadcasts vote to all nodes in DEXON network.
    BroadcastVote(vote *types.Vote)

    // BroadcastBlock broadcasts block to all nodes in DEXON network.
    BroadcastBlock(block *types.Block)

    // BroadcastWitnessAck broadcasts witnessAck to all nodes in DEXON network.
    BroadcastWitnessAck(witnessAck *types.WitnessAck)

    // SendDKGPrivateShare sends PrivateShare to a DKG participant.
    SendDKGPrivateShare(recv types.ValidatorID, prvShare *types.DKGPrivateShare)

    // ReceiveChan returns a channel to receive messages from DEXON network.
    ReceiveChan() <-chan interface{}
}

// Governance interface specifies interface to control the governance contract.
// Note that there are a lot more methods in the governance contract, that this
// interface only define those that are required to run the consensus algorithm.
type Governance interface {
    // GetConfiguration returns the configuration at a given block height.
    GetConfiguration(blockHeight uint64) *types.Config

    // Get the current validator set.
    GetNotarySet() map[types.ValidatorID]struct{}

    //// DKG-related methods.

    // AddDKGComplaint adds a DKGComplaint.
    AddDKGComplaint(complaint *types.DKGComplaint)

    // GetDKGComplaints gets all the DKGComplaints of round.
    DKGComplaints(round uint64) []*types.DKGComplaint

    // AddDKGMasterPublicKey adds a DKGMasterPublicKey.
    AddDKGMasterPublicKey(masterPublicKey *types.DKGMasterPublicKey)

    // DKGMasterPublicKeys gets all the DKGMasterPublicKey of round.
    DKGMasterPublicKeys(round uint64) []*types.DKGMasterPublicKey
}

// Ticker define the capability to tick by interval.
type Ticker interface {
    // Tick would return a channel, which would be triggered until next tick.
    Tick() <-chan time.Time
    // Stop the ticker.
    Stop()
}