Module io.hotmoka.node.api

Package io.hotmoka.node.api.values

Interface StorageReference

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<StorageValue>, io.hotmoka.marshalling.api.Marshallable, Serializable, StorageValue

public interface StorageReference
extends StorageValue, Serializable

A reference to an object of class type that can be stored in the the store of a Hotmoka node. It knows the transaction that created the object. Objects created during the same transaction are disambiguated by a progressive number.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
BigInteger	getProgressive()	Yields the progressive number of the object among those that have been created during the same transaction.
TransactionReference	getTransaction()	Yields the transaction that created the object.
void	intoWithoutSelector(io.hotmoka.marshalling.api.MarshallingContext context)	Marshals this object into the given context, without the selector that, instead, gets added by Marshallable.into(MarshallingContext).
byte[]	toByteArrayWithoutSelector()	Transforms this object into a byte array, without the selector that, instead, gets added by io.hotmoka.marshalling.api.Marshallable#toByteArray().

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface io.hotmoka.marshalling.api.Marshallable

into, size, toByteArray

Methods inherited from interface io.hotmoka.node.api.values.StorageValue

asBigInteger, asBoolean, asByte, asChar, asDouble, asFloat, asInt, asLong, asReference, asReturnedBigInteger, asReturnedBoolean, asReturnedByte, asReturnedChar, asReturnedDouble, asReturnedFloat, asReturnedInt, asReturnedLong, asReturnedReference, asReturnedShort, asReturnedString, asShort, asString, equals, hashCode, toString

Method Details

getTransaction

TransactionReference getTransaction()

Yields the transaction that created the object.

Returns:

the transaction that created the object

getProgressive

BigInteger getProgressive()

Yields the progressive number of the object among those that have been created during the same transaction.

Returns:

the progressive number of the object among those that have been created during the same transaction

toByteArrayWithoutSelector

byte[] toByteArrayWithoutSelector()

Transforms this object into a byte array, without the selector that, instead, gets added by io.hotmoka.marshalling.api.Marshallable#toByteArray().

Returns:

the byte array resulting from marshalling this object

intoWithoutSelector

void intoWithoutSelector(io.hotmoka.marshalling.api.MarshallingContext context)
                  throws IOException

Marshals this object into the given context, without the selector that, instead, gets added by Marshallable.into(MarshallingContext).

Parameters:

context - the context

Throws:

IOException - if the object cannot be marshalled