prysm-pulse/beacon-chain/p2p/encoder/network_encoding.go
Preston Van Loon 806a465117
Remove unused p2p encoding method (#6411)
* Remove unused p2p encoding method
2020-06-26 04:02:09 +00:00

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Go

package encoder
import (
"io"
)
// Defines the different encoding formats
const (
SSZ = "ssz" // SSZ is SSZ only.
SSZSnappy = "ssz-snappy" // SSZSnappy is SSZ with snappy compression.
)
// NetworkEncoding represents an encoder compatible with Ethereum 2.0 p2p.
type NetworkEncoding interface {
// DecodeGossip to the provided gossip message. The interface must be a pointer to the decoding destination.
DecodeGossip([]byte, interface{}) error
// DecodeWithLength a bytes from a reader with a varint length prefix. The interface must be a pointer to the
// decoding destination.
DecodeWithLength(io.Reader, interface{}) error
// DecodeWithMaxLength a bytes from a reader with a varint length prefix. The interface must be a pointer to the
// decoding destination. The length of the message should not be more than the provided limit.
DecodeWithMaxLength(io.Reader, interface{}, uint64) error
// EncodeGossip an arbitrary gossip message to the provided writer. The interface must be a pointer object to encode.
EncodeGossip(io.Writer, interface{}) (int, error)
// EncodeWithLength an arbitrary message to the provided writer with a varint length prefix. The interface must be
// a pointer object to encode.
EncodeWithLength(io.Writer, interface{}) (int, error)
// EncodeWithMaxLength an arbitrary message to the provided writer with a varint length prefix. The interface must be
// a pointer object to encode. The encoded message should not be bigger than the provided limit.
EncodeWithMaxLength(io.Writer, interface{}, uint64) (int, error)
// ProtocolSuffix returns the last part of the protocol ID to indicate the encoding scheme.
ProtocolSuffix() string
}