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frame_decode/methods/extrinsic_encoder/
transaction_extension.rs

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15
16use alloc::boxed::Box;
17use alloc::vec::Vec;
18use scale_type_resolver::TypeResolver;
19
20/// This can be implemented for anything which is a valid Substrate transaction extension.
21/// Transaction extensions each have a unique name to identify them, and are able to encode
22/// explicit `value` bytes to a transaction, or "implicit" bytes to a transaction signer payload.
23pub trait TransactionExtension<Resolver: TypeResolver> {
24    /// The name of this transaction extension.
25    const NAME: &str;
26
27    /// Does this extension authorize the transaction, eg by containing a signature
28    /// like `VerifyMultiSignature` does? Such an extension signs the transaction
29    /// extension version, the call data, and the values and implicits of only the
30    /// extensions _after_ it, and so when a V5 signer payload is built, the value
31    /// and implicit bytes of an authorization extension, and of every extension
32    /// before it, are excluded from the payload.
33    ///
34    /// This defaults to `false`, which is correct for any extension which doesn't
35    /// authorize the transaction.
36    fn is_authorization_extension(&self) -> bool {
37        false
38    }
39
40    /// Given type information for the expected transaction extension,
41    /// this should encode the value (ie the bytes that will appear in the
42    /// transaction) to the provided `Vec`, or encode nothing and emit an error.
43    fn encode_value_to(
44        &self,
45        type_id: Resolver::TypeId,
46        type_resolver: &Resolver,
47        out: &mut Vec<u8>,
48    ) -> Result<(), TransactionExtensionError>;
49
50    /// Given type information for the expected transaction extension,
51    /// this should encode the implicit (ie the bytes that will appear in the
52    /// signer payload) to the provided `Vec`, or encode nothing and emit an error.
53    fn encode_implicit_to(
54        &self,
55        type_id: Resolver::TypeId,
56        type_resolver: &Resolver,
57        out: &mut Vec<u8>,
58    ) -> Result<(), TransactionExtensionError>;
59}
60
61/// This error will be returned if any of the methods in [`TransactionExtension`] fail.
62pub type TransactionExtensionError = Box<dyn core::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>;