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Emit a new transaction from the hook

Concepts

Behaviour

  • Read a transaction from read_ptr
  • Validate the transaction against the emission rules
  • Emit the transaction into consensus when valid
  • Write canonical transaction hash to write_ptr

Definition

int64_t emit (
    uint32_t write_ptr,
  	uint32_t write_len,
    uint32_t read_ptr,
    uint32_t read_len
);

Example

if (emit(tx, tx_len) < 0)
    rollback("Failed to emit!", 15, 1);

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
write_ptruint32_tPointer to a buffer to write the transaction hash to
write_lenuint32_tThe size of the buffer to write the transaction hash to (should be 32.)
read_ptruint32_tPointer to the transaction to emit
read_lenuint32_tThe length of the transaction

Return Code

TypeDescription
int64_tOn success, the number of bytes of transaction hash written (32), or:

If negative, an error:
OUT_OF_BOUNDS
- pointers/lengths specified outside of hook memory.

PREREQUISITE_NOT_MET
- emit_reserve must be called first

TOO_MANY_EMITTED_TXN
- the number of emitted transactions is now greater than the promise made when emit_reserve was called earlier

EMISSION_FAILURE
- the transaction was malformed according to the emission rules.