database.go

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// Package ethdb defines the interfaces for an Ethereum data store.
package ethdb

import "io"

// KeyValueReader wraps the Has and Get method of a backing data store.
type KeyValueReader interface {
	// Has retrieves if a key is present in the key-value data store.
	Has(key []byte) (bool, error)

	// Get retrieves the given key if it's present in the key-value data store.
	Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error)
}

// KeyValueWriter wraps the Put method of a backing data store.
type KeyValueWriter interface {
	// Put inserts the given value into the key-value data store.
	Put(key []byte, value []byte) error

	// Delete removes the key from the key-value data store.
	Delete(key []byte) error
}

// Stater wraps the Stat method of a backing data store.
type Stater interface {
	// Stat returns a particular internal stat of the database.
	Stat(property string) (string, error)
}

// Compacter wraps the Compact method of a backing data store.
type Compacter interface {
	// Compact flattens the underlying data store for the given key range. In essence,
	// deleted and overwritten versions are discarded, and the data is rearranged to
	// reduce the cost of operations needed to access them.
	//
	// A nil start is treated as a key before all keys in the data store; a nil limit
	// is treated as a key after all keys in the data store. If both is nil then it
	// will compact entire data store.
	Compact(start []byte, limit []byte) error
}

// KeyValueStore contains all the methods required to allow handling different
// key-value data stores backing the high level database.
type KeyValueStore interface {
	KeyValueReader
	KeyValueWriter
	Batcher
	Iteratee
	Stater
	Compacter
	io.Closer
}

// Reader contains the methods required to read data from key-value storage.
type Reader interface {
	KeyValueReader
}

// Writer contains the methods required to write data to key-value storage.
type Writer interface {
	KeyValueWriter
}

// Database contains all the methods required by the high level database to not
// only access the key-value data store but also the chain freezer.
type Database interface {
	Reader
	Writer
	Batcher
	Iteratee
	Stater
	Compacter
	io.Closer
}