ValidatorProvider.java

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package org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.common.validator;

import org.hyperledger.besu.datatypes.Address;
import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.BlockHeader;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Optional;

/** The interface Validator provider. */
public interface ValidatorProvider {

  /**
   * Gets validators at head.
   *
   * @return the validators at head
   */
  Collection<Address> getValidatorsAtHead();

  /**
   * Gets validators after block.
   *
   * @param header the header
   * @return the validators after block
   */
  Collection<Address> getValidatorsAfterBlock(BlockHeader header);

  /**
   * Gets validators for block.
   *
   * @param header the header
   * @return the validators for block
   */
  Collection<Address> getValidatorsForBlock(BlockHeader header);

  /**
   * Gets vote provider at head.
   *
   * @return the vote provider at head
   */
  Optional<VoteProvider> getVoteProviderAtHead();

  /**
   * Gets vote provider after block.
   *
   * @param header the header
   * @return the vote provider after block
   */
  /*
   * ForkingValidatorProvider has a specific implementation but we don't want the client code to
   * know it's using a ForkingValidatorProvider. ForkingValidatorProvider's voteProvider can be
   * different per block. Other ValidatorProviders yield the same voteProvider at every block.
   */
  default Optional<VoteProvider> getVoteProviderAfterBlock(final BlockHeader header) {
    return getVoteProviderAtHead();
  }
}