util.go

package iterator

import (
	"bytes"

	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/trie"
)

func CompareNodes(a, b trie.NodeIterator) int {
	if cmp := bytes.Compare(a.Path(), b.Path()); cmp != 0 {
		return cmp
	}
	if a.Leaf() && !b.Leaf() {
		return -1
	} else if b.Leaf() && !a.Leaf() {
		return 1
	}
	if cmp := bytes.Compare(a.Hash().Bytes(), b.Hash().Bytes()); cmp != 0 {
		return cmp
	}
	if a.Leaf() && b.Leaf() {
		return bytes.Compare(a.LeafBlob(), b.LeafBlob())
	}
	return 0
}

// HexToKeyBytes turns hex nibbles into key bytes.
// This can only be used for keys of even length.
func HexToKeyBytes(hex []byte) []byte {
	if hasTerm(hex) {
		hex = hex[:len(hex)-1]
	}
	if len(hex)&1 != 0 {
		panic("can't convert hex key of odd length")
	}
	key := make([]byte, len(hex)/2)
	decodeNibbles(hex, key)
	return key
}

func decodeNibbles(nibbles []byte, bytes []byte) {
	for bi, ni := 0, 0; ni < len(nibbles); bi, ni = bi+1, ni+2 {
		bytes[bi] = nibbles[ni]<<4 | nibbles[ni+1]
	}
}

// hasTerm returns whether a hex key has the terminator flag.
func hasTerm(s []byte) bool {
	return len(s) > 0 && s[len(s)-1] == 16
}