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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/common"
+	"github.com/dexon-foundation/dexon-consensus-core/core/types"
+)
+
+// Application describes the application interface that interacts with DEXON
+// consensus core.
+type Application interface {
+	// PreparePayload is called when consensus core is preparing a block.
+	PreparePayloads(shardID, chainID, height uint64) [][]byte
+
+	// StronglyAcked is called when a block is strongly acked.
+	StronglyAcked(blockHash common.Hash)
+
+	// TotalOrderingDeliver is called when the total ordering algorithm deliver
+	// a set of block.
+	TotalOrderingDeliver(blockHashes common.Hashes, early bool)
+
+	// DeliverBlock is called when a block is add to the compaction chain.
+	DeliverBlock(blockHash common.Hash, timestamp time.Time)
+
+	// NotaryAckDeliver is called when a notary ack is created.
+	NotaryAckDeliver(notaryAck *types.NotaryAck)
+}
+
+// Network describs the network interface that interacts with DEXON consensus
+// core.
+type Network interface {
+	// BroadcastVote broadcasts vote to all nodes in DEXON network.
+	BroadcastVote(vote *types.Vote)
+	// BroadcastBlock broadcasts block to all nodes in DEXON network.
+	BroadcastBlock(block *types.Block)
+	// BroadcastNotaryAck broadcasts notaryAck to all nodes in DEXON network.
+	BroadcastNotaryAck(notaryAck *types.NotaryAck)
+	// ReceiveChan returns a channel to receive messages from DEXON network.
+	ReceiveChan() <-chan interface{}
+}