path: root/p2p/protocol.go

// Copyright 2014 The go-ethereum Authors
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package p2p

import (
    "fmt"

    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/discover"
)

// 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 groutine 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 discover.NodeID) interface{}
}

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

// Cap is the structure of a peer capability.
type Cap struct {
    Name    string
    Version uint
}

func (cap Cap) RlpData() interface{} {
    return []interface{}{cap.Name, cap.Version}
}

func (cap Cap) String() string {
    return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", cap.Name, cap.Version)
}

type capsByNameAndVersion []Cap

func (cs capsByNameAndVersion) Len() int      { return len(cs) }
func (cs capsByNameAndVersion) Swap(i, j int) { cs[i], cs[j] = cs[j], cs[i] }
func (cs capsByNameAndVersion) Less(i, j int) bool {
    return cs[i].Name < cs[j].Name || (cs[i].Name == cs[j].Name && cs[i].Version < cs[j].Version)
}