// Package shardingconfig defines types and utilities that deal with Harmony
// sharding configuration schedule.
package shardingconfig

import (
	"math/big"
)

// Schedule returns the sharding configuration instance for the given
// epoch.
type Schedule interface {
	InstanceForEpoch(epoch *big.Int) Instance
}

// Instance is one sharding configuration instance.
type Instance interface {
	// NumShards returns the number of shards in the network.
	NumShards() uint32

	// NumNodesPerShard returns number of nodes in each shard.
	NumNodesPerShard() int

	// NumHarmonyOperatedNodesPerShard returns number of nodes in each shard
	// that are operated by Harmony.
	NumHarmonyOperatedNodesPerShard() int
}