erigon-pulse/node/service.go

// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
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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
}