aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/node/service.go
blob: ec838dbe8e911fd275aec664122c81c8cb071bf8 (plain) (blame)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
// 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
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// The go-ethereum 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 go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

package node

import (
    "path/filepath"

    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
)

// ServiceContext is a collection of service independent options inherited from
// the protocol stack, that is passed to all constructors to be optionally used;
// as well as utility methods to operate on the service environment.
type ServiceContext struct {
    dataDir  string         // Data directory for protocol persistence
    EventMux *event.TypeMux // Event multiplexer used for decoupled notifications
}

// Database opens an existing database with the given name (or creates one if no
// previous can be found) from within the node's data directory. If the node is
// an ephemeral one, a memory database is returned.
func (ctx *ServiceContext) Database(name string, cache int) (ethdb.Database, error) {
    if ctx.dataDir == "" {
        return ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
    }
    return ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(filepath.Join(ctx.dataDir, name), cache)
}

// ServiceConstructor is the function signature of the constructors needed to be
// registered for service instantiation.
type ServiceConstructor func(ctx *ServiceContext) (Service, error)

// Service is an individual protocol that can be registered into a node.
//
// Notes:
//  - Service life-cycle management is delegated to the node. The service is
//    allowed to initialize itself upon creation, but no goroutines should be
//    spun up outside of the Start method.
//  - Restart logic is not required as the node will create a fresh instance
//    every time a service is started.
type Service interface {
    // Protocol retrieves the P2P protocols the service wishes to start.
    Protocols() []p2p.Protocol

    // Start spawns any goroutines required by the service.
    Start() error

    // Stop terminates all goroutines belonging to the service, blocking until they
    // are all terminated.
    Stop() error
}