Node.java

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package org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.trie;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

import org.apache.tuweni.bytes.Bytes;
import org.apache.tuweni.bytes.Bytes32;

public interface Node<V> {

  Node<V> accept(PathNodeVisitor<V> visitor, Bytes path);

  void accept(NodeVisitor<V> visitor);

  void accept(Bytes location, LocationNodeVisitor<V> visitor);

  Bytes getPath();

  default Optional<Bytes> getLocation() {
    return Optional.empty();
  }

  Optional<V> getValue();

  List<Node<V>> getChildren();

  Bytes getEncodedBytes();

  Bytes getEncodedBytesRef();

  /**
   * Whether a reference to this node should be represented as a hash of the rlp, or the node rlp
   * itself should be inlined (the rlp stored directly in the parent node). If true, the node is
   * referenced by hash. If false, the node is referenced by its rlp-encoded value.
   *
   * @return true if this node should be referenced by hash
   */
  default boolean isReferencedByHash() {
    return getEncodedBytes().size() >= 32;
  }

  Bytes32 getHash();

  Node<V> replacePath(Bytes path);

  /** Marks the node as needing to be persisted */
  void markDirty();

  /**
   * Is this node not persisted and needs to be?
   *
   * @return True if the node needs to be persisted.
   */
  boolean isDirty();

  String print();

  /** Unloads the node if it is, for example, a StoredNode. */
  default void unload() {}

  /**
   * Return if a node needs heal. If one of its children missing in the storage
   *
   * @return true if the node need heal
   */
  boolean isHealNeeded();

  /**
   * Marking a node as need heal means that one of its children is not yet present in the storage
   */
  void markHealNeeded();
}