package notary import ( "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log" "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/sharding" ) // 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 sharding.Node } // NewNotary creates a new notary instance. func NewNotary(node sharding.Node) (*Notary, error) { return &Notary{node}, 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.SMCClient().DepositFlag() { 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 }