From ad6303f031c8afcbba33a55aeff5871ef13470fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anatoly Yakovenko <aeyakovenko@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 12:29:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] docs

---
 src/accountant_skel.rs | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/accountant_skel.rs b/src/accountant_skel.rs
index 793a01567..5d46067ed 100644
--- a/src/accountant_skel.rs
+++ b/src/accountant_skel.rs
@@ -245,6 +245,34 @@ impl<W: Write + Send + 'static> AccountantSkel<W> {
         }
         Ok(())
     }
+    /// Process verified blobs, already in order
+    /// Respond with a signed hash of the state
+    fn replicate_state(
+        obj: &Arc<Mutex<AccountantSkel<W>>>,
+        verified_receiver: &BlobReceiver,
+        blob_sender: &streamer::BlobSender,
+        blob_recycler: &packet::BlobRecycler,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        let timer = Duration::new(1, 0);
+        let blobs = verified_receiver.recv_timeout(timer)?;
+        for msgs in blobs {
+            let entries = b.read().unwrap().data.deserialize();
+            let req_vers = reqs.into_iter()
+                .zip(vers)
+                .filter_map(|(req, ver)| req.map(|(msg, addr)| (msg, addr, ver)))
+                .filter(|x| x.0.verify())
+                .collect();
+            let rsps = obj.lock().unwrap().process_packets(req_vers)?;
+            let blobs = Self::serialize_responses(rsps, blob_recycler)?;
+            if !blobs.is_empty() {
+                //don't wake up the other side if there is nothing
+                blob_sender.send(blobs)?;
+            }
+            packet_recycler.recycle(msgs);
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
 
     /// Create a UDP microservice that forwards messages the given AccountantSkel.
     /// This service is the network leader
@@ -307,7 +335,7 @@ impl<W: Write + Send + 'static> AccountantSkel<W> {
     /// 3. reconstruct contiguous window
     ///     a. order the blobs
     ///     b. use erasure coding to reconstruct missing blobs
-    ///     c. ask the network for missing blobs
+    ///     c. ask the network for missing blobs, if erasure coding is insufficient
     ///     d. make sure that the blobs PoH sequences connect (TODO)
     /// 4. process the transaction state machine
     /// 5. respond with the hash of the state back to the leader