woop/message/message.go

package message

import (
	"errors"
)

/*

Node will process the content of the p2p message

----  content start -----
1 byte            - message category
                    0x00: consensus
                    0x01: normal...
1 byte            - action type
                    - consensus node
                      0x00: consensus
				    - normal node
                      0x00: transaction
n - 2 bytes       - actual message payload
----   content end  -----

*/

const NODE_TYPE_BYTES = 1
const ACTION_TYPE_BYTES = 1


// The category of messages
type MessageCategory byte
const (
	COMMITTEE MessageCategory = iota
	NODE
	// TODO: add more types
)

// The specific types of message under committee category
type CommitteeMessageType byte
const (
	CONSENSUS CommitteeMessageType = iota
	// TODO: add more types
)


// The specific types of message under node category
type NodeMessageType byte
const (
	TRANSACTION NodeMessageType = iota
	// TODO: add more types
)


// Get the message category from the p2p message content
func GetMessageCategory(message []byte) (MessageCategory, error) {
	if len(message) < NODE_TYPE_BYTES {
		return 0, errors.New("Failed to get node type: no data available.")
	}
	return MessageCategory(message[NODE_TYPE_BYTES-1]), nil
}

// Get the action type from the p2p message content
func GetMessageType(message []byte) (byte, error) {
	if len(message) < NODE_TYPE_BYTES + ACTION_TYPE_BYTES {
		return 0, errors.New("Failed to get action type: no data available.")
	}
	return byte(message[NODE_TYPE_BYTES+ACTION_TYPE_BYTES-1]), nil
}

// Get the node message payload from the p2p message content
func GetMessagePayload(message []byte) ([]byte, error) {
	if len(message) < NODE_TYPE_BYTES+ACTION_TYPE_BYTES {
		return []byte{}, errors.New("Failed to get message payload: no data available.")
	}
	return message[NODE_TYPE_BYTES+ACTION_TYPE_BYTES:], nil
}