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// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
// The go-ethereum 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
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//
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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package downloader

// SyncMode represents the synchronisation mode of the downloader.
type SyncMode int

const (
    FullSync  SyncMode = iota // Synchronise the entire blockchain history from full blocks
    FastSync                  // Quickly download the headers, full sync only at the chain head
    LightSync                 // Download only the headers and terminate afterwards
)