package notary import ( "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/sharding" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/sharding/database" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/sharding/node" ) // Notary holds functionality required to run a collation notary // in a sharded system. Must satisfy the Service interface defined in // sharding/service.go. type Notary struct { node node.Node shardDB sharding.ShardBackend } // NewNotary creates a new notary instance. func NewNotary(node node.Node) (*Notary, error) { // Initializes a shardDB that writes to disk at /path/to/datadir/shardchaindata. // This DB can be used by the Notary service to create Shard struct // instances. shardDB, err := database.NewShardDB(node.Context(), "shardchaindata") if err != nil { return nil, err } return &Notary{node, shardDB}, nil } // Start the main routine for a notary. func (n *Notary) Start() error { log.Info("Starting notary service") // TODO: handle this better through goroutines. Right now, these methods // have their own nested channels and goroutines within them. We need // to make this as flat as possible at the Notary layer. if n.node.DepositFlagSet() { if err := joinNotaryPool(n.node); err != nil { return err } } return subscribeBlockHeaders(n.node) } // Stop the main loop for notarizing collations. func (n *Notary) Stop() error { log.Info("Stopping notary service") return nil }