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val max_block_length : int

The maximum size of a block header in bytes.

val max_operation_data_length : int

The maximum size of an operation in bytes. This value is bigger than the size of the bytes required for operation_data, because this value accounts for the shell header.

val validation_passes : Updater.quota list

Operations quota for each validation pass. The length of the list denotes the number of validation passes.

type block_header_data

The economic protocol-specific type of blocks.

val block_header_data_encoding : block_header_data Data_encoding.t

Encoding for economic protocol-specific part of block headers.

type block_header = {
  1. shell : Block_header.shell_header;
  2. protocol_data : block_header_data;
}

A fully parsed block header.

type block_header_metadata

Economic protocol-specific side information computed by the protocol during the validation of a block. Should not include information about the evaluation of operations which is handled separately by operation_metadata. To be used as an execution trace by tools (client, indexer). Not necessary for validation.

val block_header_metadata_encoding : block_header_metadata Data_encoding.t

Encoding for economic protocol-specific block metadata.

type operation_data

The economic protocol-specific type of operations.

type operation_receipt

Economic protocol-specific side information computed by the protocol during the validation of each operation, to be used conjointly with block_header_metadata.

type operation = {
  1. shell : Operation.shell_header;
  2. protocol_data : operation_data;
}

A fully parsed operation.

val operation_data_encoding : operation_data Data_encoding.t

Encoding for economoic protocol-specific operation data.

val operation_receipt_encoding : operation_receipt Data_encoding.t

Encoding for eonomic protocol-specific operation receipts.

val operation_data_and_receipt_encoding : (operation_data * operation_receipt) Data_encoding.t

Encoding that mixes an operation data and its receipt.

val acceptable_passes : operation -> int list

acceptable_passes op lists the validation passes in which the input operation op can appear. For instance, it results in [0] if op only belongs to the first pass. An answer of [] means that the op is ill-formed and cannot be included at all in a block.

val relative_position_within_block : operation -> operation -> int

relative_position_within_block op1 op2 provides a partial and strict order of operations within a block. It is intended to be used as an argument to List.sort (and other sorting/ordering functions) to arrange a set of operations into a sequence, the order of which is valid for the protocol.

A negative (respectively, positive) results means that op1 should appear before (and, respectively, after) op2 in a block. This function does not provide a total ordering on the operations: a result of 0 entails that the protocol does not impose any preferences to the order in which op1 and op2 should be included in a block.

Caveat Emptor! relative_position_within_block o1 o2 = 0 does NOT imply that o1 is equal to o2 in any way. Consequently, it MUST NOT be used as a compare component of an Stdlib.Map.OrderedType, or any such collection which relies on a total comparison function.

type validation_state

A functional state that is transmitted through the steps of a block validation sequence: it can be created by any of the begin_x functions below, and its final value is produced by finalize_block. It must retain the current state of the store, and it can also contain additional information that must be remembered during the validation process. Said extra content must however be immutable: validator or baker implementations are allowed to pause, replay or backtrack throughout validation steps.

val begin_partial_application : chain_id:Chain_id.t -> ancestor_context:Context.t -> predecessor_timestamp:Time.t -> predecessor_fitness:Fitness.t -> block_header -> validation_state Error_monad.tzresult Lwt.t

begin_partial_application cid ctxt checks that a block is well-formed in a given context. This function should run quickly, as its main use is to reject bad blocks from the chain as early as possible. The input ancestor_context is expected to result from the application of an ancestor block of the current head with the same economic protocol. Said ancestor block is also required to be more recent (i.e., it has a greater level), than the current head's "last_allowed_fork_level".

The resulting `validation_state` will be used for multi-pass validation.

val begin_application : chain_id:Chain_id.t -> predecessor_context:Context.t -> predecessor_timestamp:Time.t -> predecessor_fitness:Fitness.t -> block_header -> validation_state Error_monad.tzresult Lwt.t

begin_application chain_id ... bh defines the first step in a block validation sequence. It initializes a validation context for validating a block, whose header is bh.

val begin_construction : chain_id:Chain_id.t -> predecessor_context:Context.t -> predecessor_timestamp:Time.t -> predecessor_level:Int32.t -> predecessor_fitness:Fitness.t -> predecessor:Block_hash.t -> timestamp:Time.t -> ?protocol_data:block_header_data -> unit -> validation_state Error_monad.tzresult Lwt.t

begin_construction initializes a validation context for constructing a new block, as opposed to validating an existing block.

This function can be used in two modes: with and without the optional protocol_data argument. With the latter, it is used by bakers to start the process for baking a new block. Without it, is used by the Shell's prevalidator to construct a virtual block, which carries the contents of the pre-applied operations of the mempool.

When protocol_data is provided, it is not expected to be the final value of the field of the same name in the block_header of the block eventually being baked. Instead, it is expected to construct a protocol-specific, good enough, "prototype" of its final value. For instance, if the economic protocol specifies that its block headers include a signature, protocol_data must include a (faked) signature.

Moreover, these prototypes should not be distinguishable after the application of begin_construction: the function must produce the exact same context regardless of being passed a prototype, or an "equivalent-but-complete" header.

apply_operation vs op applies the input operation op on top of the given validation_state vs. It must be called after begin_application or begin_construction, and before finalize_block, for each operation in a block. On a successful application, it returns a pair consisting of the resulting validation_state, and the corresponding operation_receipt.

finalize_block vs finalizes the context resulting from the application of the contents of the block being validated.

If there is no protocol migration, i.e., if the block being applied is not the last block of the current economic protocol, the resulting context can be used in the future as input for the validation of its successor blocks.

rpc_services provides the list of remote procedures exported by this protocol implementation.

init chain_id ctxt hd initializes the context, or upgrades the context after a protocol amendment. This function receives as arguments the chain_id of the current chain and the context ctxt resulting from the application of the block that triggered the amendment, as well as its header hd. This function should fail if the "protocol stitching", i.e., the transition from a valid previous protocol to the one being activated, has not been implemented.

val value_of_key : chain_id:Chain_id.t -> predecessor_context:Context.t -> predecessor_timestamp:Time.t -> predecessor_level:Int32.t -> predecessor_fitness:Fitness.t -> predecessor:Block_hash.t -> timestamp:Time.t -> (Context.Cache.key -> Context.Cache.value Error_monad.tzresult Lwt.t) Error_monad.tzresult Lwt.t

value_of_key chain_id predecessor_context predecessor_timestamp predecessor_level predecessor_fitness predecessor timestamp returns a function to build one value of the cache from its key.

This function is used to restore all or part of the cache, for instance when booting a validator to preheat the cache, or when a reorganization happens. This function should never fail, returned errors are fatal.

The generated function is passed to Context.Cache.load_caches which will use it either immediately a cache-loading time or on-demand, when a given cached value is accessed.

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