Enum Op 

pub enum Op {
    StoreRecord(StoreRecord),
    StoreEntry(StoreEntry),
    RegisterUpdate(RegisterUpdate),
    RegisterDelete(RegisterDelete),
    RegisterAgentActivity(RegisterAgentActivity),
    RegisterCreateLink(RegisterCreateLink),
    RegisterDeleteLink(RegisterDeleteLink),
}

These are the operations that can be applied to Holochain data. Every Action produces a set of operations. These operations are each sent to an authority for validation.

Examples

Validate a new entry: https://github.com/holochain/holochain/blob/develop/crates/test_utils/wasm/wasm_workspace/validate/src/integrity.rs

Producing Operations

The following is a list of the operations that can be produced by each Action:

• Every Action produces a Op::RegisterAgentActivity and a Op::StoreRecord.
• Action::Create also produces a Op::StoreEntry.
• Action::Update also produces a Op::StoreEntry and a Op::RegisterUpdate.
• Action::Delete also produces a Op::RegisterDelete.
• Action::CreateLink also produces a Op::RegisterCreateLink.
• Action::DeleteLink also produces a Op::RegisterDeleteLink.

Authorities

There are three types of authorities in Holochain:

The Action Authority

This set of authorities receives the Op::StoreRecord. This is where you can implement your own logic for checking that it is valid to store any of the Action variants according to your own applications rules.

The Entry Authority

This set of authorities receives the Op::StoreEntry. This is where you can implement your own logic for checking that it is valid to store an Entry. You can think of this as the “Create” from the CRUD acronym.

Metadata

The entry authority is also responsible for storing the metadata for each entry. They receive the Op::RegisterUpdate and Op::RegisterDelete. This is where you can implement your own logic for checking that it is valid to update or delete any of the Entry types defined in your application. You can think of this as the “Update” and “Delete” from the CRUD acronym.

They receive the Op::RegisterCreateLink and Op::RegisterDeleteLink. This is where you can implement your own logic for checking that it is valid to place a link on a base Entry.

The Chain Authority

This set of authorities receives the Op::RegisterAgentActivity. This is where you can implement your own logic for checking that it is valid to add a new Action to an agent source chain. You are not validating the individual record but the entire agents source chain.

Author

When authoring a new Action to your source chain, the validation will be run from the perspective of every authority.

A note on metadata for the Action authority.

Technically speaking the Action authority also receives and validates the Op::RegisterUpdate and Op::RegisterDelete but they run the same callback as the Entry authority because it would be inconsistent to have two separate validation outcomes for these ops.

Running Validation

When the fn validate(op: Op) -> ExternResult<ValidateCallbackResult> is called it will be passed the operation variant for the authority that is actually running the validation.

For example the entry authority will be passed the Op::StoreEntry operation. The operations that can be applied to Holochain data. Operations beginning with Store are concerned with creating and storing data. Operations beginning with Register are concerned with registering metadata about the data.

Variants

StoreRecord(StoreRecord)

Stores a new Record in the DHT. This is the act of creating a new Action and publishing it to the DHT. Note that not all Actions contain an Entry.

StoreEntry(StoreEntry)

Stores a new Entry in the DHT. This is the act of creating a either a Action::Create or a Action::Update and publishing it to the DHT. These actions create a new instance of an Entry.

RegisterUpdate(RegisterUpdate)

Registers an update from an instance of an Entry in the DHT. This is the act of creating a Action::Update and publishing it to the DHT. Note that the Action::Update stores an new instance of an Entry and registers it as an update to the original Entry. This operation is only concerned with registering the update.

RegisterDelete(RegisterDelete)

Registers a deletion of an instance of an Entry in the DHT. This is the act of creating a Action::Delete and publishing it to the DHT.

RegisterAgentActivity(RegisterAgentActivity)

Registers a new Action on an agent source chain. This is the act of creating any Action and publishing it to the DHT.

RegisterCreateLink(RegisterCreateLink)

Registers a link between two Entrys. This is the act of creating a Action::CreateLink and publishing it to the DHT. The authority is the entry authority for the base Entry.

RegisterDeleteLink(RegisterDeleteLink)

Deletes a link between two Entrys. This is the act of creating a Action::DeleteLink and publishing it to the DHT. The delete always references a specific Action::CreateLink.

Implementations

impl Op

pub fn author(&self) -> &HoloHash<Agent>

Get the AgentPubKey for the author of this op.

pub fn timestamp(&self) -> Timestamp

Get the Timestamp for when this op was created.

pub fn action_seq(&self) -> u32

Get the action sequence this op.

pub fn prev_action(&self) -> Option<&HoloHash<Action>>

Get the ActionHash for the the previous action from this op if there is one.

pub fn action_type(&self) -> ActionType

Get the ActionType of this op.

pub fn entry_data(&self) -> Option<(&HoloHash<Entry>, &EntryType)>

Get the entry-related data for this op, if applicable

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for Op

fn clone(&self) -> Op

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for Op

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error>

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Op

fn deserialize<__D>( __deserializer: __D, ) -> Result<Op, <__D as Deserializer<'de>>::Error>

where __D: Deserializer<'de>,

Deserialize this value from the given Serde deserializer.

impl OpHelper for Op

fn flattened<ET, LT>(&self) -> Result<FlatOp<ET, LT>, WasmError>

where ET: EntryTypesHelper + UnitEnum, <ET as UnitEnum>::Unit: Into<ZomeTypesKey<EntryDefIndex>>, LT: LinkTypesHelper, WasmError: From<<ET as EntryTypesHelper>::Error> + From<<LT as LinkTypesHelper>::Error>,

Converts an Op to a FlatOp without consuming it. This will clone the required internal data.

fn to_type<ET, LT>(&self) -> Result<FlatOp<ET, LT>, WasmError>

where ET: EntryTypesHelper + UnitEnum, <ET as UnitEnum>::Unit: Into<ZomeTypesKey<EntryDefIndex>>, LT: LinkTypesHelper, WasmError: From<<ET as EntryTypesHelper>::Error> + From<<LT as LinkTypesHelper>::Error>,

👎Deprecated: to_type has been renamed to flattened, please use that name instead

Alias for flattened, for backward compatibility

impl PartialEq for Op

fn eq(&self, other: &Op) -> bool

Tests for self and other values to be equal, and is used by ==.

fn ne(&self, other: &Rhs) -> bool

Tests for !=. The default implementation is almost always sufficient, and should not be overridden without very good reason.

impl Serialize for Op

fn serialize<__S>( &self, __serializer: __S, ) -> Result<<__S as Serializer>::Ok, <__S as Serializer>::Error>

where __S: Serializer,

Serialize this value into the given Serde serializer.

impl TryFrom<&Op> for SerializedBytes

type Error = SerializedBytesError

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.

fn try_from(t: &Op) -> Result<SerializedBytes, SerializedBytesError>

Performs the conversion.

impl TryFrom<Op> for SerializedBytes

type Error = SerializedBytesError

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.

fn try_from(t: Op) -> Result<SerializedBytes, SerializedBytesError>

Performs the conversion.

impl TryFrom<SerializedBytes> for Op

type Error = SerializedBytesError

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.

fn try_from(sb: SerializedBytes) -> Result<Op, SerializedBytesError>

Performs the conversion.

impl StructuralPartialEq for Op