CChain Class Reference

An in-memory indexed chain of blocks. More...

#include <chain.h>

Public Member Functions
CBlockIndex *	Genesis () const
	Returns the index entry for the genesis block of this chain, or nullptr if none.
CBlockIndex *	Tip () const
	Returns the index entry for the tip of this chain, or nullptr if none.
CBlockIndex *	operator[] (int nHeight) const
	Returns the index entry at a particular height in this chain, or nullptr if no such height exists.
bool	Contains (const CBlockIndex *pindex) const
	Efficiently check whether a block is present in this chain.
CBlockIndex *	Next (const CBlockIndex *pindex) const
	Find the successor of a block in this chain, or nullptr if the given index is not found or is the tip.
int	Height () const
	Return the maximal height in the chain.
void	SetTip (CBlockIndex &block)
	Set/initialize a chain with a given tip.
CBlockLocator	GetLocator () const
	Return a CBlockLocator that refers to the tip of this chain.
const CBlockIndex *	FindFork (const CBlockIndex *pindex) const
	Find the last common block between this chain and a block index entry.
CBlockIndex *	FindEarliestAtLeast (int64_t nTime, int height) const
	Find the earliest block with timestamp equal or greater than the given time and height equal or greater than the given height.

Private Attributes
std::vector< CBlockIndex * >	vChain

Detailed Description

An in-memory indexed chain of blocks.

Definition at line 134 of file chain.h.

Member Function Documentation

Contains()

bool CChain::Contains ( const CBlockIndex *  pindex ) const

inline

Efficiently check whether a block is present in this chain.

Definition at line 166 of file chain.h.

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FindEarliestAtLeast()

CBlockIndex * CChain::FindEarliestAtLeast	(	int64_t	nTime,
		int	height
	)		const

Find the earliest block with timestamp equal or greater than the given time and height equal or greater than the given height.

Definition at line 62 of file chain.cpp.

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FindFork()

const CBlockIndex * CChain::FindFork

(

const CBlockIndex *

pindex

)

const

Find the last common block between this chain and a block index entry.

Definition at line 49 of file chain.cpp.

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Genesis()

CBlockIndex * CChain::Genesis ( ) const

inline

Returns the index entry for the genesis block of this chain, or nullptr if none.

Definition at line 143 of file chain.h.

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GetLocator()

CBlockLocator CChain::GetLocator

(

)

const

Return a CBlockLocator that refers to the tip of this chain.

Definition at line 45 of file chain.cpp.

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Height()

int CChain::Height ( ) const

inline

Return the maximal height in the chain.

Is equal to chain.Tip() ? chain.Tip()->nHeight : -1.

Definition at line 186 of file chain.h.

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Next()

CBlockIndex * CChain::Next ( const CBlockIndex *  pindex ) const

inline

Find the successor of a block in this chain, or nullptr if the given index is not found or is the tip.

Definition at line 174 of file chain.h.

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operator[]()

CBlockIndex * CChain::operator[] ( int  nHeight ) const

inline

Returns the index entry at a particular height in this chain, or nullptr if no such height exists.

Definition at line 158 of file chain.h.

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SetTip()

void CChain::SetTip

(

CBlockIndex &

block

)

Set/initialize a chain with a given tip.

Definition at line 8 of file chain.cpp.

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Tip()

CBlockIndex * CChain::Tip ( ) const

inline

Returns the index entry for the tip of this chain, or nullptr if none.

Definition at line 150 of file chain.h.

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Member Data Documentation

vChain

std::vector<CBlockIndex *> CChain::vChain

private

Definition at line 136 of file chain.h.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• src/chain.h
• src/chain.cpp