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// Copyright 2018 The dexon-consensus Authors
// This file is part of the dexon-consensus library.
//
// The dexon-consensus 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 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 library. If not, see
// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

package core

import (
    "fmt"
    "math/big"
    "sync"

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

// Errors for leader module.
var (
    ErrIncorrectCRSSignature = fmt.Errorf("incorrect CRS signature")
)

type validLeaderFn func(*types.Block) (bool, error)

// Some constant value.
var (
    maxHash *big.Int
    one     *big.Rat
)

func init() {
    hash := make([]byte, common.HashLength)
    for i := range hash {
        hash[i] = 0xff
    }
    maxHash = big.NewInt(0).SetBytes(hash)
    one = big.NewRat(1, 1)
}

type leaderSelector struct {
    hashCRS       common.Hash
    numCRS        *big.Int
    minCRSBlock   *big.Int
    minBlockHash  common.Hash
    pendingBlocks []*types.Block
    validLeader   validLeaderFn
    lock          sync.Mutex
    logger        common.Logger
}

func newLeaderSelector(
    validLeader validLeaderFn, logger common.Logger) *leaderSelector {
    return &leaderSelector{
        minCRSBlock: maxHash,
        validLeader: validLeader,
        logger:      logger,
    }
}

func (l *leaderSelector) distance(sig crypto.Signature) *big.Int {
    hash := crypto.Keccak256Hash(sig.Signature[:])
    num := big.NewInt(0)
    num.SetBytes(hash[:])
    num.Abs(num.Sub(l.numCRS, num))
    return num
}

func (l *leaderSelector) probability(sig crypto.Signature) float64 {
    dis := l.distance(sig)
    prob := big.NewRat(1, 1).SetFrac(dis, maxHash)
    p, _ := prob.Sub(one, prob).Float64()
    return p
}

func (l *leaderSelector) restart(crs common.Hash) {
    numCRS := big.NewInt(0)
    numCRS.SetBytes(crs[:])
    l.lock.Lock()
    defer l.lock.Unlock()
    l.numCRS = numCRS
    l.hashCRS = crs
    l.minCRSBlock = maxHash
    l.minBlockHash = common.Hash{}
    l.pendingBlocks = []*types.Block{}
}

func (l *leaderSelector) leaderBlockHash() common.Hash {
    l.lock.Lock()
    defer l.lock.Unlock()
    newPendingBlocks := []*types.Block{}
    for _, b := range l.pendingBlocks {
        ok, dist := l.potentialLeader(b)
        if !ok {
            continue
        }
        ok, err := l.validLeader(b)
        if err != nil {
            l.logger.Error("Error checking validLeader", "error", err, "block", b)
            continue
        }
        if ok {
            l.updateLeader(b, dist)
        } else {
            newPendingBlocks = append(newPendingBlocks, b)
        }
    }
    l.pendingBlocks = newPendingBlocks
    return l.minBlockHash
}

func (l *leaderSelector) processBlock(block *types.Block) error {
    ok, err := verifyCRSSignature(block, l.hashCRS)
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }
    if !ok {
        return ErrIncorrectCRSSignature
    }
    l.lock.Lock()
    defer l.lock.Unlock()
    ok, dist := l.potentialLeader(block)
    if !ok {
        return nil
    }
    ok, err = l.validLeader(block)
    if err != nil {
        return err
    }
    if !ok {
        l.pendingBlocks = append(l.pendingBlocks, block)
        return nil
    }
    l.updateLeader(block, dist)
    return nil
}

func (l *leaderSelector) potentialLeader(block *types.Block) (bool, *big.Int) {
    dist := l.distance(block.CRSSignature)
    cmp := l.minCRSBlock.Cmp(dist)
    if cmp > 0 || (cmp == 0 && block.Hash.Less(l.minBlockHash)) {
        return true, dist
    }
    return false, dist
}

func (l *leaderSelector) updateLeader(block *types.Block, dist *big.Int) {
    l.minCRSBlock = dist
    l.minBlockHash = block.Hash
}