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// Copyright 2018 The dexon-consensus-core Authors
// This file is part of the dexon-consensus-core library.
//
// The dexon-consensus-core 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 dexon-consensus-core 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 dexon-consensus-core library. If not, see
// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

package core

import (
    "time"

    "github.com/dexon-foundation/dexon-consensus-core/core/types"
)

type negativeAck struct {
    // owner is the ID of proposer itself, this is used when deciding
    // a validator to be restricted or not.
    owner types.ValidatorID

    numOfValidators int

    // timeDelay and timeExpire are for nack timeout.
    timeDelay  time.Duration
    timeExpire time.Duration

    // restricteds stores validators which has been restricted and the time it's
    // restricted.
    restricteds map[types.ValidatorID]time.Time

    // lastVotes and lockedVotes store the votes for nack. lastVotes[vid1][vid2]
    // and lockedVotes[vid1][vid2] both mean that vid2 votes vid1. The difference
    // is lockedVotes works only when vid1 is restricted, so that the votes are
    // needed to be locked.
    lastVotes   map[types.ValidatorID]map[types.ValidatorID]struct{}
    lockedVotes map[types.ValidatorID]map[types.ValidatorID]struct{}

    // timeDiffs is the cache for last time stamps. timeDiffs[vid1][vid2] means
    // the last updated timestamps vid1 sees vid2.
    timeDiffs map[types.ValidatorID]map[types.ValidatorID]map[types.ValidatorID]time.Time
}

// newNegativeAck creates a new negaticeAck instance.
func newNegativeAck(vid types.ValidatorID) *negativeAck {
    n := &negativeAck{
        owner:           vid,
        numOfValidators: 0,
        restricteds:     make(map[types.ValidatorID]time.Time),
        lastVotes:       make(map[types.ValidatorID]map[types.ValidatorID]struct{}),
        lockedVotes:     make(map[types.ValidatorID]map[types.ValidatorID]struct{}),
        timeDiffs:       make(map[types.ValidatorID]map[types.ValidatorID]map[types.ValidatorID]time.Time),
    }
    n.addValidator(vid)
    return n
}

// processNewVote is called when a new "vote" occurs, that is, a validator
// sees that other 2f + 1 validators think a validator is slow. "vid" is the
// validator which propesed the block which the timestamps votes and "h" is
// the validator been voted to be nacked.
func (n *negativeAck) processNewVote(
    vid types.ValidatorID,
    h types.ValidatorID,
) []types.ValidatorID {

    nackeds := []types.ValidatorID{}
    if _, exist := n.restricteds[h]; exist {
        n.lockedVotes[h][vid] = struct{}{}
        if len(n.lockedVotes[h]) > 2*(n.numOfValidators-1)/3 {
            nackeds = append(nackeds, h)
            delete(n.restricteds, h)
        }
    } else {
        if n.owner == vid {
            n.restrict(h)
        } else {
            n.lastVotes[h][vid] = struct{}{}
            if len(n.lastVotes[h]) > (n.numOfValidators-1)/3 {
                n.restrict(h)
            }
        }
    }
    return nackeds
}

// processTimestamps process new timestamps of a block which is proposed by
// validator vid, and returns the validators being nacked.
func (n *negativeAck) processTimestamps(
    vid types.ValidatorID,
    ts map[types.ValidatorID]time.Time,
) []types.ValidatorID {

    n.checkRestrictExpire()

    nackeds := []types.ValidatorID{}
    for h := range n.timeDiffs {
        if n.timeDiffs[vid][h][h].Equal(ts[h]) {
            votes := 0
            for hh := range n.timeDiffs {
                if ts[hh].Sub(n.timeDiffs[vid][h][hh]) >= n.timeDelay {
                    votes++
                }
            }
            if votes > 2*((n.numOfValidators-1)/3) {
                n.lastVotes[h][vid] = struct{}{}
                nack := n.processNewVote(vid, h)
                for _, i := range nack {
                    nackeds = append(nackeds, i)
                }
            } else {
                delete(n.lastVotes[h], vid)
            }
        } else {
            for hh := range n.timeDiffs {
                n.timeDiffs[vid][h][hh] = ts[hh]
            }
            delete(n.lastVotes[h], vid)
        }
    }
    return nackeds
}

func (n *negativeAck) checkRestrictExpire() {
    expired := []types.ValidatorID{}
    now := time.Now()
    for h, t := range n.restricteds {
        if now.Sub(t) >= n.timeExpire {
            expired = append(expired, h)
        }
    }
    for _, h := range expired {
        delete(n.restricteds, h)
    }
}

func (n *negativeAck) restrict(vid types.ValidatorID) {
    if _, exist := n.restricteds[vid]; !exist {
        n.restricteds[vid] = time.Now().UTC()
        n.lockedVotes[vid] = map[types.ValidatorID]struct{}{}
        for h := range n.lastVotes[vid] {
            n.lockedVotes[vid][h] = struct{}{}
        }
    }
}

func (n *negativeAck) getRestrictedValidators() map[types.ValidatorID]struct{} {
    n.checkRestrictExpire()
    ret := map[types.ValidatorID]struct{}{}
    for h := range n.restricteds {
        ret[h] = struct{}{}
    }
    return ret
}

func (n *negativeAck) setTimeDelay(t time.Duration) {
    n.timeDelay = t
}

func (n *negativeAck) setTimeExpire(t time.Duration) {
    n.timeExpire = t
}

func (n *negativeAck) addValidator(vid types.ValidatorID) {
    n.numOfValidators++
    n.lastVotes[vid] = make(map[types.ValidatorID]struct{})
    n.lockedVotes[vid] = make(map[types.ValidatorID]struct{})

    newTimeDiff := make(map[types.ValidatorID]map[types.ValidatorID]time.Time)
    for h := range n.timeDiffs {
        newTimeDiff2 := make(map[types.ValidatorID]time.Time)
        for hh := range n.timeDiffs {
            newTimeDiff2[hh] = time.Time{}
        }
        newTimeDiff[h] = newTimeDiff2
    }
    n.timeDiffs[vid] = newTimeDiff
    for h := range n.timeDiffs {
        n.timeDiffs[h][vid] = make(map[types.ValidatorID]time.Time)
    }
}

func (n *negativeAck) deleteValidator(vid types.ValidatorID) {
    n.numOfValidators--

    delete(n.timeDiffs, vid)

    for h := range n.lastVotes {
        delete(n.lastVotes[h], vid)
    }
    delete(n.lastVotes, vid)
    delete(n.lockedVotes, vid)

    for h := range n.timeDiffs {
        delete(n.timeDiffs[h], vid)
        for hh := range n.timeDiffs[h] {
            delete(n.timeDiffs[h][hh], vid)
        }
    }

    delete(n.restricteds, vid)
}