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-rw-r--r--eth/downloader/peer.go6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/eth/downloader/peer.go b/eth/downloader/peer.go
index 96870da50..d0dc9a8aa 100644
--- a/eth/downloader/peer.go
+++ b/eth/downloader/peer.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var (
errNotRegistered = errors.New("peer is not registered")
)
-// peer represents an active peer from which hashes and blocks are retrieved.
+// peerConnection represents an active peer from which hashes and blocks are retrieved.
type peerConnection struct {
id string // Unique identifier of the peer
@@ -75,12 +75,14 @@ type peerConnection struct {
lock sync.RWMutex
}
+// LightPeer encapsulates the methods required to synchronise with a remote light peer.
type LightPeer interface {
Head() (common.Hash, *big.Int)
RequestHeadersByHash(common.Hash, int, int, bool) error
RequestHeadersByNumber(uint64, int, int, bool) error
}
+// Peer encapsulates the methods required to synchronise with a remote full peer.
type Peer interface {
LightPeer
RequestBodies([]common.Hash) error
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ func (w *lightPeerWrapper) RequestNodeData([]common.Hash) error {
panic("RequestNodeData not supported in light client mode sync")
}
-// newPeerConnection creates a new downloader peer
+// newPeerConnection creates a new downloader peer.
func newPeerConnection(id string, version int, peer Peer, logger log.Logger) *peerConnection {
return &peerConnection{
id: id,