btcd/notifications.go
Dave Collins 667eaa1562 Move to a callback for notifications.
Rather than using a channel for notifictions, use a callback instead.
There are several issues that arise with async notifications via a
channel, so use a callback instead.  The caller can always make the
notifications async by using channels in the provided callback if
needed.
2013-10-02 21:16:38 -05:00

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// Copyright (c) 2013 Conformal Systems LLC.
// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package btcchain
import (
"fmt"
)
// NotificationType represents the type of a notification message.
type NotificationType int
// NotificationCallback is used for a caller to provide a callback for
// notifications about various chain events.
type NotificationCallback func(*Notification)
// Constants for the type of a notification message.
const (
// NTOrphanBlock indicates an orphan block was processed and the
// associated block hash should be passed to the GetOrphanRoot function
// to find the root of all known orphans which should then be used to
// request the missing blocks.
NTOrphanBlock NotificationType = iota
// NTBlockAccepted indicates the associated block was accepted into
// the block chain. Note that this does not necessarily mean it was
// added to the main chain. For that, use NTBlockConnected.
NTBlockAccepted
// NTBlockConnected indicates the associated block was connected to the
// main chain.
NTBlockConnected
// NTBlockDisconnected indicates the associated block was disconnected
// from the main chain.
NTBlockDisconnected
)
// notificationTypeStrings is a map of notification types back to their constant
// names for pretty printing.
var notificationTypeStrings = map[NotificationType]string{
NTOrphanBlock: "NTOrphanBlock",
NTBlockAccepted: "NTBlockAccepted",
NTBlockConnected: "NTBlockConnected",
NTBlockDisconnected: "NTBlockDisconnected",
}
// String returns the NotificationType in human-readable form.
func (n NotificationType) String() string {
if s, ok := notificationTypeStrings[n]; ok {
return s
}
return fmt.Sprintf("Unknown Notification Type (%d)", int(n))
}
// Notification defines notification that is sent to the caller via the callback
// function provided during the call to New and consists of a notification type
// as well as associated data that depends on the type as follows:
// - NTOrphanBlock: *btcwire.ShaHash
// - NTBlockAccepted: *btcutil.Block
// - NTBlockConnected: *btcutil.Block
// - NTBlockDisconnected: *btcutil.Block
type Notification struct {
Type NotificationType
Data interface{}
}
// sendNotification sends a notification with the passed type and data if the
// caller requested notifications by providing a callback function in the call
// to New.
func (b *BlockChain) sendNotification(typ NotificationType, data interface{}) {
// Ignore it if the caller didn't request notifications.
if b.notifications == nil {
return
}
// Generate and send the notification.
n := Notification{Type: typ, Data: data}
b.notifications(&n)
}