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* Split off `ReadOnlyStateDB` from `AccountStateDB` from `state_db.nim`
why:
Apart from testing, applications use `ReadOnlyStateDB` as an easy
way to access the accounts ledger. This is well supported by the
`Aristo` db, but writable mode is only parially supported.
The writable AccountStateDB` object for modifying accounts is not
used by production code.
So, for lecgacy and testing apps, the full support of the previous
`AccountStateDB` is now enabled by `import db/state_db/read_write`
and the `import db/state_db` provides read-only mode.
* Encapsulate `AccountStateDB` as `GenesisLedgerRef` or genesis creation
why:
`AccountStateDB` has poor support for `Aristo` and is not widely used
in favour of `AccountsLedger` (which will be abstracted as `ledger`.)
Currently, using other than the `AccountStateDB` ledgers within the
`GenesisLedgerRef` wrapper is experimental and test only. Eventually,
the wrapper should disappear so that the `Ledger` object (which
encapsulates `AccountsCache` and `AccountsLedger`) will prevail.
* For the `Ledger`, provide access to raw accounts `MPT`
why:
This gives to the `CoreDbMptRef` descriptor from the `CoreDb` (which is
the legacy version of CoreDxMptRef`.) For the new `ledger` API, the
accounts are based on the `CoreDxMAccRef` descriptor which uses a
particular sub-system for accounts while legacy applications use the
`CoreDbPhkRef` equivalent of the `SecureHexaryTrie`.
The only place where this feature will currently be used is the
`genesis.nim` source file.
* Fix `Aristo` bugs, missing boundary checks, typos, etc.
* Verify root vertex in `MPT` and account constructors
why:
Was missing so far, in particular the accounts constructor must
verify `VertexID(1)
* Fix include file
Core database replacement wrapper object
This wrapper replaces the TrieDatabaseRef and its derivatives by the new object CoreDbRef.
Relations to current TrieDatabaseRef implementation
Here are some incomplete translations for objects and constructors.
Object types:
| Legacy notation | CoreDbRef based replacement |
|---|---|
| ChainDB | (don't use/avoid) |
| ChainDbRef | CoreDbRef |
| TrieDatabaseRef | CoreDbKvtRef |
| HexaryTrie | CoreDbMptRef |
| SecureHexaryTrie | CoreDbPhkRef |
| DbTransaction | CoreDbTxRef |
| TransactionID | CoreDbTxID |
Constructors:
| Legacy notation | CoreDbRef based replacement |
|---|---|
| trieDB newChainDB("..") | newCoreDbRef(LegacyDbPersistent,"..") |
| newMemoryDB() | newCoreDbRef(LegacyDbMemory) |
| -- | |
| initHexaryTrie(db,..) | db.mpt(..) (no pruning) |
| db.mptPrune(..) (w/pruning true/false) | |
| -- | |
| initSecureHexaryTrie(db,..) | db.phk(..) (no pruning) |
| db.phkPrune(..) (w/pruning true/false) | |
| -- | |
| newCaptureDB(db,memDB) | db.capture() (see below) |
Usage of the replacement wrapper
Objects pedigree:
CoreDbRef -- base descriptor
| | | |
| | | +-- CoreDbMptRef -- hexary trie instance
| | | | : :
| | | +-- CoreDbMptRef -- hexary trie instance
| | |
| | |
| | +---- CoreDbPhkRef -- pre-hashed key hexary trie instance
| | | : :
| | +---- CoreDbPhkRef -- pre-hashed key hexary trie instance
| |
| |
| +------ CoreDbKvtRef -- single static key-value table
|
|
+-------- CoreDbCaptRef -- tracer support descriptor
Instantiating standard database object descriptors works as follows:
let
db = newCoreDbRef(..) # new base descriptor
mpt = db.mpt(..) # hexary trie/Merkle Patricia Tree
phk = db.phk(..) # pre-hashed key hexary trie/MPT
kvt = db.kvt # key-value table
Tracer support setup by hiding the current CoreDbRef behind a replacement:
let
capture = db.capture()
db = capture.recorder # use the recorder in place of db
...
for key,value in capture.recorder.kvt:
... # process recorded data