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## Node Architecture (WIP)
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### Services
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In Harmony network, a node can be treated as one of the roles: validator, leader, beacon validator, beacon leader depending on its context. With each role, a node can run a certian set of services.
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For example, a leader needs to run explorer support service, client support service, syncing support service etc.. while a normal validator does not run such many.
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### Service Manager
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To support such behavior, we architecture Node logic with service manager which can wait for actions which each triggers its management operation such as starting some service, stopping some service.
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Each service needs to implement minimal interace behavior like Start, Stop so that the service manager can handle those operation.
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// ServiceInterface is the collection of functions any service needs to implement.
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type ServiceInterface interface {
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StartService()
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StopService()
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}
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```
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### Creating a service.
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To create a service, you need to have an struct which implements above interface function `StartService`, `StopService`.
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Since different services may have different ways to be created you may need to have a method `NewServiceABC` for service ABC with its own hooked params which returns the service object.
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### Action
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Action is the input to operate Service Manager. We can send action to action channel of service manager to start or stop a service.
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// Action is type of service action.
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type Action struct {
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action ActionType
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serviceType Type
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params map[string]interface{}
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}
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```
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### Resharding
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Service Manager is very handy to transform a node role from validator to leader or anything else. All we need to do is to stop all current services and start all services of the new role.
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### LibP2P Integration
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We have enabled libp2p based gossiping using pubsub. Nodes no longer send messages to individual nodes.
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All message communication is via SendMessageToGroups function.
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* There would be 4 topics for sending and receiving of messages
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* **GroupIDBeacon** This topic serves for consensus within the beaconchain
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* **GroupIDBeaconClient** This topic serves for receipt of staking transactions by beacon chain and broadcast of blocks (by beacon leader)
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* **GroupIDShard** (_under construction_) This topic serves for consensus related and pingpong messages within the shard
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* **GroupIDShardClient** (_under construction_) This topic serves to receive transactions from client and send confirmed blocks back to client (like txgen). The shard leader (only) sends back the confirmed blocks.
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* Beacon chain nodes need to subscribe to _TWO_ topics
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* **GroupIDBeacon**
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* **GroupIDBeaconClient**.
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* Every new node other than beacon chain nodes, including txgen and wallet needs to subscribe to _THREE_ topics.
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* **GroupIDBeaconClient**
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* **GroupIDShard**
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* **GroupIDShardClient** |