refactor: use time.Duration instead of uint/float

rln/rln.go

@@ -220,8 +220,9 @@ func (r *RLN) InsertMember(idComm IDCommitment) bool {
 	return bool(res)
 }
 
-// index is the position of the id commitment key to be deleted from the tree
-// the deleted id commitment key is replaced with a zero leaf
+// DeleteMember removes an IDCommitment key from the tree. The index
+// parameter is the position of the id commitment key to be deleted from the tree.
+// The deleted id commitment key is replaced with a zero leaf
 func (r *RLN) DeleteMember(index MembershipIndex) bool {
 	deletionSuccess := bool(C.delete_member(r.ptr, C.ulong(index)))
 	return deletionSuccess
@@ -266,3 +267,54 @@ func ToRLNSignal(wakuMessage *pb.WakuMessage) []byte {
 	contentTopicBytes := []byte(wakuMessage.ContentTopic)
 	return append(wakuMessage.Payload, contentTopicBytes...)
 }
+
+// CalcMerkleRoot returns the root of the Merkle tree that is computed from the supplied list
+func CalcMerkleRoot(list []IDCommitment) (MerkleNode, error) {
+	rln, err := NewRLN()
+	if err != nil {
+		return MerkleNode{}, err
+	}
+
+	// create a Merkle tree
+	for _, c := range list {
+		if !rln.InsertMember(c) {
+			return MerkleNode{}, errors.New("could not add member")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return rln.GetMerkleRoot()
+}
+
+// CreateMembershipList produces a list of membership key pairs and also returns the root of a Merkle tree constructed
+// out of the identity commitment keys of the generated list. The output of this function is used to initialize a static
+// group keys (to test waku-rln-relay in the off-chain mode)
+func CreateMembershipList(n int) ([]MembershipKeyPair, MerkleNode, error) {
+	// initialize a Merkle tree
+	rln, err := NewRLN()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, MerkleNode{}, err
+	}
+
+	var output []MembershipKeyPair
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		// generate a keypair
+		keypair, err := rln.MembershipKeyGen()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, MerkleNode{}, err
+		}
+
+		output = append(output, *keypair)
+
+		// insert the key to the Merkle tree
+		if !rln.InsertMember(keypair.IDCommitment) {
+			return nil, MerkleNode{}, errors.New("could not insert member")
+		}
+	}
+
+	root, err := rln.GetMerkleRoot()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, MerkleNode{}, err
+	}
+
+	return output, root, nil
+}

rln/rln_test.go

@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@ type WakuRLNRelaySuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
 }
 
-// SetupTest is used here for reinitializing the mock before every
-// test function to avoid faulty execution.
-func (s *WakuRLNRelaySuite) SetupTest() {
-}
-
-func (s *WakuRLNRelaySuite) TearDownTest() {
-	//
-}
-
 func (s *WakuRLNRelaySuite) TestMembershipKeyGen() {
 	rln, err := NewRLNWithDepth(32)
 	s.NoError(err)
@@ -127,7 +118,7 @@ func (s *WakuRLNRelaySuite) TestHash() {
 
 func (s *WakuRLNRelaySuite) TestCreateListMembershipKeysAndCreateMerkleTreeFromList() {
 	groupSize := 100
-	list, root, err := createMembershipList(groupSize)
+	list, root, err := CreateMembershipList(groupSize)
 	s.NoError(err)
 	s.Len(list, groupSize)
 	s.Len(root, HASH_HEX_SIZE) // check the size of the calculated tree root

rln/types.go

@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ const ETH_CLIENT = "ws://localhost:8540/"
 // HASH_BIT_SIZE is the size of poseidon hash output in bits
 const HASH_BIT_SIZE = 256
 
-// HASH_HEX_SIZE is the size of poseidon hash output as the number hex digits
-const HASH_HEX_SIZE = int(HASH_BIT_SIZE / 4)
+// HASH_HEX_SIZE is the size of poseidon hash output as the number of bytes
+const HASH_HEX_SIZE = int(HASH_BIT_SIZE / 8)
 
 // temporary variables to test waku-rln-relay performance in the static group mode
 
@@ -232,11 +232,11 @@ const STATIC_GROUP_MERKLE_ROOT = "a1877a553eff12e1b21632a0545a916a5c5b8060ad7cc6
 
 // the rln-relay epoch length in seconds
 // TODO: change data type
-const EPOCH_UNIT_SECONDS = float64(10)
+const EPOCH_UNIT_SECONDS = time.Second * 10
 
 // the maximum clock difference between peers in seconds
 // TODO: change data type
-const MAX_CLOCK_GAP_SECONDS = 20.0
+const MAX_CLOCK_GAP_SECONDS = 20 * time.Second
 
 // maximum allowed gap between the epochs of messages' RateLimitProofs
 const MAX_EPOCH_GAP = int64(MAX_CLOCK_GAP_SECONDS / EPOCH_UNIT_SECONDS)
@@ -261,8 +261,7 @@ func (e Epoch) Uint64() uint64 {
 
 // CalcEpoch gets time `t` as `float64` with subseconds resolution in the fractional part
 //  and returns its corresponding rln `Epoch` value
-// TODO: change data type
-func CalcEpoch(t float64) Epoch {
+func CalcEpoch(t time.Duration) Epoch {
 	e := uint64(t / EPOCH_UNIT_SECONDS)
 	return ToEpoch(e)
 }