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// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

package bind

import (
    "errors"
    "math/big"

    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
)

// ErrNoCode is returned by call and transact operations for which the requested
// recipient contract to operate on does not exist in the state db or does not
// have any code associated with it (i.e. suicided).
//
// Please note, this error string is part of the RPC API and is expected by the
// native contract bindings to signal this particular error. Do not change this
// as it will break all dependent code!
var ErrNoCode = errors.New("no contract code at given address")

// ContractCaller defines the methods needed to allow operating with contract on a read
// only basis.
type ContractCaller interface {
    // ContractCall executes an Ethereum contract call with the specified data as
    // the input. The pending flag requests execution against the pending block, not
    // the stable head of the chain.
    ContractCall(contract common.Address, data []byte, pending bool) ([]byte, error)
}

// ContractTransactor defines the methods needed to allow operating with contract
// on a write only basis. Beside the transacting method, the remainder are helpers
// used when the user does not provide some needed values, but rather leaves it up
// to the transactor to decide.
type ContractTransactor interface {
    // PendingAccountNonce retrieves the current pending nonce associated with an
    // account.
    PendingAccountNonce(account common.Address) (uint64, error)

    // SuggestGasPrice retrieves the currently suggested gas price to allow a timely
    // execution of a transaction.
    SuggestGasPrice() (*big.Int, error)

    // EstimateGasLimit tries to estimate the gas needed to execute a specific
    // transaction based on the current pending state of the backend blockchain.
    // There is no guarantee that this is the true gas limit requirement as other
    // transactions may be added or removed by miners, but it should provide a basis
    // for setting a reasonable default.
    EstimateGasLimit(sender common.Address, contract *common.Address, value *big.Int, data []byte) (*big.Int, error)

    // SendTransaction injects the transaction into the pending pool for execution.
    SendTransaction(tx *types.Transaction) error
}

// ContractBackend defines the methods needed to allow operating with contract
// on a read-write basis.
type ContractBackend interface {
    ContractCaller
    ContractTransactor
}