path: root/trie/errors.go

// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
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package trie

import (
    "fmt"

    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
)

// MissingNodeError is returned by the trie functions (TryGet, TryUpdate, TryDelete)
// in the case where a trie node is not present in the local database. It contains
// information necessary for retrieving the missing node.
type MissingNodeError struct {
    NodeHash common.Hash // hash of the missing node
    Path     []byte      // hex-encoded path to the missing node
}

func (err *MissingNodeError) Error() string {
    return fmt.Sprintf("missing trie node %x (path %x)", err.NodeHash, err.Path)
}