Add block::ValidationError

Add a `ValidationError` to the `block` module and remove the two
variants out of `crate::Error`.

This error is only used by the `validate_pow` function, a specific error
better serves our purposes.
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Tobin C. Harding 2023-05-24 13:50:53 +10:00
parent 3a9b5526b3
commit 74154c2294
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2 changed files with 36 additions and 13 deletions

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@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use super::Weight;
use crate::blockdata::script;
use crate::blockdata::transaction::Transaction;
use crate::consensus::{encode, Decodable, Encodable};
use crate::error::Error::{self, BlockBadProofOfWork, BlockBadTarget};
pub use crate::hash_types::BlockHash;
use crate::hash_types::{TxMerkleNode, WitnessCommitment, WitnessMerkleNode, Wtxid};
use crate::internal_macros::impl_consensus_encoding;
@ -72,16 +71,16 @@ impl Header {
pub fn difficulty_float(&self) -> f64 { self.target().difficulty_float() }
/// Checks that the proof-of-work for the block is valid, returning the block hash.
pub fn validate_pow(&self, required_target: Target) -> Result<BlockHash, Error> {
pub fn validate_pow(&self, required_target: Target) -> Result<BlockHash, ValidationError> {
let target = self.target();
if target != required_target {
return Err(BlockBadTarget);
return Err(ValidationError::BadTarget);
}
let block_hash = self.block_hash();
if target.is_met_by(block_hash) {
Ok(block_hash)
} else {
Err(BlockBadProofOfWork)
Err(ValidationError::BadProofOfWork)
}
}
@ -391,6 +390,37 @@ impl std::error::Error for Bip34Error {
}
}
/// A block validation error.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum ValidationError {
/// The header hash is not below the target.
BadProofOfWork,
/// The `target` field of a block header did not match the expected difficulty.
BadTarget,
}
impl fmt::Display for ValidationError {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
use ValidationError::*;
match *self {
BadProofOfWork => f.write_str("block target correct but not attained"),
BadTarget => f.write_str("block target incorrect"),
}
}
}
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
impl std::error::Error for ValidationError {
fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn std::error::Error + 'static)> {
use self::ValidationError::*;
match *self {
BadProofOfWork | BadTarget => None,
}
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use hashes::hex::FromHex;
@ -528,7 +558,7 @@ mod tests {
// test with zero target
match some_header.validate_pow(Target::ZERO) {
Err(BlockBadTarget) => (),
Err(ValidationError::BadTarget) => (),
_ => panic!("unexpected result from validate_pow"),
}
@ -536,7 +566,7 @@ mod tests {
let mut invalid_header: Header = some_header;
invalid_header.version.0 += 1;
match invalid_header.validate_pow(invalid_header.target()) {
Err(BlockBadProofOfWork) => (),
Err(ValidationError::BadProofOfWork) => (),
_ => panic!("unexpected result from validate_pow"),
}
}

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@ -16,18 +16,12 @@ pub use crate::parse::ParseIntError;
pub enum Error {
/// Encoding error
Encode(encode::Error),
/// The header hash is not below the target
BlockBadProofOfWork,
/// The `target` field of a block header did not match the expected difficulty
BlockBadTarget,
}
impl fmt::Display for Error {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
match *self {
Error::Encode(ref e) => write_err!(f, "encoding error"; e),
Error::BlockBadProofOfWork => f.write_str("block target correct but not attained"),
Error::BlockBadTarget => f.write_str("block target incorrect"),
}
}
}
@ -39,7 +33,6 @@ impl std::error::Error for Error {
match self {
Encode(e) => Some(e),
BlockBadProofOfWork | BlockBadTarget => None,
}
}
}