CliqueNoEmptyBlockValidationRule.java

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package org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.clique.headervalidationrules;

import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Hash;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockHeader;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.mainnet.DetachedBlockHeaderValidationRule;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/** The No empty block validation rule. */
public class CliqueNoEmptyBlockValidationRule implements DetachedBlockHeaderValidationRule {

  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CliqueNoEmptyBlockValidationRule.class);

  /**
   * Responsible for ensuring there are no empty transactions. This is used when createEmptyBlocks
   * is false, to ensure that no empty blocks are created.
   *
   * @param header the block header to validate
   * @param parent the block header corresponding to the parent of the header being validated.
   * @return true if the transactionsRoot in the header is not the empty trie hash.
   */
  @Override
  public boolean validate(final BlockHeader header, final BlockHeader parent) {
    final boolean hasTransactions = !header.getTransactionsRoot().equals(Hash.EMPTY_TRIE_HASH);
    if (!hasTransactions) {
      LOG.info(
          "Invalid block header: {} has no transactions but create empty blocks is not enabled",
          header.toLogString());
    }
    return hasTransactions;
  }
}