kubo/exchange/interface.go

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package bitswap
import (
"time"
blocks "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/blocks"
u "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/util"
)
// Any type that implements exchange.Interface may be used as an IPFS block
// exchange protocol.
type Interface interface {
// Block returns the block associated with a given key.
// TODO(brian): pass a context instead of a timeout
Block(k u.Key, timeout time.Duration) (*blocks.Block, error)
// HasBlock asserts the existence of this block
// TODO(brian): rename -> HasBlock
// TODO(brian): accept a value, not a pointer
// TODO(brian): remove error return value. Should callers be concerned with
// whether the block was made available on the network?
HasBlock(blocks.Block) error
}