utils.go

package shachain

import (
	"encoding/hex"

	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash"
)

// getBit return bit on index at position.
func getBit(index index, position uint8) uint8 {
	return uint8((uint64(index) >> position) & 1)
}

func getPrefix(index index, position uint8) uint64 {
	//	+ -------------------------- +
	// 	| №  | value | mask | return |
	//	+ -- + ----- + ---- + ------ +
	//	| 63 |	 1   |  0   |	 0   |
	//	| 62 |	 0   |  0   |	 0   |
	//	| 61 |   1   |  0   |	 0   |
	//		....
	//	|  4 |	 1   |  0   |	 0   |
	//	|  3 |   1   |  0   |	 0   |
	//	|  2 |   1   |  1   |	 1   | <--- position
	//	|  1 |   0   |  1   |	 0   |
	//	|  0 |   1   |  1   |	 1   |
	//	+ -- + ----- + ---- + ------ +

	var zero uint64
	mask := (zero - 1) - uint64((1<<position)-1)
	return (uint64(index) & mask)
}

// countTrailingZeros counts number of trailing zero bits, this function is
// used to determine the number of element bucket.
func countTrailingZeros(index index) uint8 {
	var zeros uint8
	for ; zeros < maxHeight; zeros++ {

		if getBit(index, zeros) != 0 {
			break
		}
	}

	return zeros
}

// hashFromString takes a hex-encoded string as input and creates an instance of
// chainhash.Hash. The chainhash.NewHashFromStr function not suitable because
// it reverse the given hash.
func hashFromString(s string) (*chainhash.Hash, error) {
	// Return an error if hash string is too long.
	if len(s) > chainhash.MaxHashStringSize {
		return nil, chainhash.ErrHashStrSize
	}

	// Hex decoder expects the hash to be a multiple of two.
	if len(s)%2 != 0 {
		s = "0" + s
	}

	// Convert string hash to bytes.
	buf, err := hex.DecodeString(s)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	hash, err := chainhash.NewHash(buf)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return hash, nil
}