package message import ( "errors" ) /* Node will process the content of the p2p message ---- content start ----- 1 byte - message category 0x00: COMMITTEE 0x01: NODE... 1 byte - message type - for COMMITTEE category 0x00: consensus 0x01: sharding ... - for NODE category 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 CONTROL // 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 }