Package com.norswap.nanoeth.blocks

Class Blocks

java.lang.Object

com.norswap.nanoeth.blocks.Blocks

public final class Blocks
extends Object

A database that enables retrieving blocks by hash.

To retrieve blocks in the canonical chain by number, use Blockchain instead.

The current implementation is fully in-memory, and does not persist any block to disk.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static Blocks	DB	Singleton blocks DB instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	clear()	Empties the database.
Block	get(Hash hash)	Returns the block with the given hash, or null if no such block is known.
BlockHeader	getHeader(Hash hash)
void	register(Block block)	Registers the given block in the block DB.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

DB

public static final Blocks DB

Singleton blocks DB instance. TODO: enable running multiple nodes in parallel

Method Details

register

public void register(Block block)

Registers the given block in the block DB.

get

public Block get(Hash hash)

Returns the block with the given hash, or null if no such block is known.

getHeader

public BlockHeader getHeader(Hash hash)

clear

public void clear()

Empties the database.