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# Migration from Casper .NET SDK v2.x to v3.0 | ||
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To migrate your application from Casper .NET SDK v2.x to Casper .NET SDK v3.0, you’ll need to make several changes to your code. The good news is that version 3 of this SDK keeps compatibility with Casper v1.5.6 nodes; therefore, once you update your application, it will work before and after the Condor upgrade. | ||
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This guide outlines the changes necessary for your application. However, it's worth noting that it doesn't replace other Condor-related documents introducing the new concepts in Casper 2.0 or migration guides. We strongly advise the reader to understand these new concepts first, as they will significantly aid in grasping the changes. | ||
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## Blocks | ||
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With Condor, produced blocks are stored in a new format that extends the information contained compared to old blocks. Blocks produced before the upgrade keep their original format. Thus, the SDK implements `BlockV1` and `BlocV2` classes to handle old and new block formats, respectively. | ||
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To facilitate handling different versions, the SDK also implements the type `Block`, which can represent either a V1 or V2 type in the network. This is the type obtained by default in the RPC queries and the SSE channel and contains all the data you may want to query: | ||
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```csharp | ||
public class Block | ||
{ | ||
public int Version { get; init; } | ||
public string Hash { get; init; } | ||
public string AccumulatedSeed { get; init; } | ||
public ulong EraId { get; init; } | ||
public ulong Height { get; init; } | ||
public string ParentHash { get; init; } | ||
public string ProtocolVersion { get; init; } | ||
public bool RandomBit { get; init; } | ||
public string StateRootHash { get; init; } | ||
public string Timestamp { get; init; } | ||
public EraEnd EraEnd { get; init; } | ||
public UInt16 CurrentGasPrice { get; init; } | ||
public Proposer Proposer { get; init; } | ||
public string LastSwitchBlockHash { get; init; } | ||
public List<BlockTransaction> Transactions { get; init; } | ||
public List<List<UInt16>> RewardedSignatures { get; init; } | ||
} | ||
``` | ||
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Note that `Block` does not have a header or body parts. | ||
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Also, some properties may have a `null` value if they’re not part of the versioned block. For example, `LastSwitchBlockHas` is present only for V2 blocks and `null` for V1 blocks. | ||
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### Recovering the versioned block object | ||
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If, for any reason, you need to work with the original format of the block, you can cast a Block into BlockV1 or BlockV2. For example: | ||
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```csharp | ||
if (block.Version == 2) { | ||
var blockv2 = (BlockV2)block; | ||
// ... | ||
} else if (block.Version == 1) { | ||
var blockv1 = (BlockV1)block; | ||
// ... | ||
} | ||
``` | ||
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### EraEnd | ||
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EraEnd structure also differs for switch blocks produced before and after Condor. In most cases, you can just use the EraEnd object from the common Block class. But again, if necessary, you can recover an EraEndV1 object from a Version 1 Block instance: | ||
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```csharp | ||
if (block.Version == 1) { | ||
var blockv1 = (BlockV1)block; | ||
var eraEnd = blockv1.Header.EraEnd; | ||
// ... | ||
} | ||
``` | ||
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### Transactions included in a block | ||
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Blocks produced on Casper v1.x contain a list of deploys that differentiate between native transfers and all other types of deploys. On Condor, transactions (this includes legacy deploys too) have a category field that determines the processing lane to which the transaction is sent. The chainspec of the network determines the properties of each lane: | ||
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1. Maximum transaction size in bytes for a given transaction in a certain lane. | ||
2. Maximum args length size in bytes for a given transaction in a certain lane. | ||
3. Transaction gas limit size in motes for a given transaction in a certain lane. | ||
4. The maximum number of transactions the lane can contain for one block. | ||
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The categories (i.e., lanes) defined so far are: | ||
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1. Mint (native CSPR transfers) transactions | ||
2. Auction (native interaction with the Auction contract) transactions | ||
3. Install/Upgrade transactions | ||
4. Large transactions | ||
5. Medium transactions | ||
6. Small transactions | ||
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A `Block` contains a list of transactions: | ||
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```csharp | ||
public List<BlockTransaction> Transactions { get; init; } | ||
``` | ||
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The category, version (either a legacy Deploy or the new TransactionV1 type), and the hash are provided for each transaction. | ||
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`Deploy`s in V1 blocks are categorized as `Mint` for native transfer deploys and `Large` for all the rest. The same happens for legacy deploys sent to a Casper v2.x node. | ||
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### Block height type | ||
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The type to represent block height is now `ulong` everywhere. `int` was used in some methods or types in the previous | ||
version. That's not the case with Casper .NET SDK v3. | ||
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## Transfers | ||
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The `Transfer` class contained in the response for a `GetBlockTransfers()` call or in a `ExecutionResult` object is also a versioned object. It contains all the information related to the transfer. | ||
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If you need to recover the original format, cast an instance to a `TransferV1` or `TransferV2` object: | ||
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```csharp | ||
var response = await rpcClient.GetBlockTransfers(); | ||
var result = response.Parse(); | ||
foreach(var transfer in result.Transfers) | ||
{ | ||
if (transfer.Version == 1) { | ||
var transferv1 = (TransferV1)transfer; | ||
// ... | ||
} | ||
} | ||
``` | ||
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## Account/Contract Merge | ||
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On Condor, accounts and contracts are stored with the new type AddressableEntity. The EntityKind property in this type permits knowing whether the record is an Account, a stored SmartContract, or a System contract. | ||
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### GetEntity RPC method | ||
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Use the new method GetEntity(IEntityIdentifier) in the RPC interface to retrieve a record. PublicKey, AccountHashKey, and AddressableEntityKey implement the IEntityIdentiifer interface and can be used to retrieve an AddressableEntity from the network. While PublicKey and AccountHashKeyare known types from Casper v1.x, the AddressableEntitykey is new, but the developer must become familiar with it to work with Condor. Some examples of this key are: | ||
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``` | ||
entity-account-2f3fb80d362ad0a922f446915a259c9aaec9ba99292b3e50ff2359c458007309 | ||
entity-contract-a5cf5917505ef60a6f0df395dd19e86a0f075d00f2e6ce49f5aa0e18f6e26f5d | ||
entity-system-a1b5f200a58533875ef83cb98de14f128342b34162cbc14d4f41f3ccbc451dc3 | ||
``` | ||
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### Legacy accounts | ||
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Existing accounts are migrated either during the Condor upgrade or when they interact with the network for the first time after the upgrade. The exact time depends on the `chainspec` agreed for the Condor upgrade. Hash values for the `AccountHashKey` and the `EntityKey` are shared and remain unchanged for migrated accounts. | ||
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Non-migrated accounts can also be retrieved using the new `GetEntity` method. In this case, the response contains the account info in the `LegacyAccount` property instead of the `Entity` property. | ||
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Alternatively, the legacy method `GetAccountInfo` also works for non-migrated accounts. | ||
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### Contract information | ||
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Like accounts, contract records have also been migrated to the new `AddressableEntity`. After the migration, only the `GetEntity` method can be used to retrieve contract information. Hash values for contracts and packages remain unchanged for the migrated records. | ||
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To retrieve information about the contract package, use the `QueryGlobalState` method with the `PackageKey` of the contract. | ||
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### Backwards compatibility | ||
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When using the SDK v3 with a Casper v1.x network, only GetAccountInfo can be used to retrieve account information. For contract and package information use QueryGlobalState. | ||
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## Balances | ||
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The new `NoFee` mode in Condor introduces the concept of a ‘balance hold’. In this mode of operation, for each transaction, the network holds the amount paid for its execution in the paying purse. Thus, entities have a total balance and an available balance, where the available balance is equal to the total balance minus the balance holds. | ||
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To get detailed information on an entity balance, use the new method `QueryBalanceDetails(IPurseIdentifier)` with a purse identifier. `PublicKey`, `AccountHashKey`, `AddressableEntityKey`, and `URef` keys implement the `IPurseIdentifier` interface and can be used to retrieve the balance details for an entity. | ||
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`GetAccountBalance` has been renamed to `GetBalance` since this method can be used for any type of entity, not only for accounts. | ||
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## Deploys and Transactions | ||
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Condor introduces a new transaction model to support advanced use cases. While `Deploy`s continue to work in Condor, this type is deprecated, and Casper recommends switching to the new `TransactionV1` type. | ||
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Similar to the `DeployTemplates` class, which provides deploy templates for most common use cases, we plan to implement a TransactionV1Templates class for the new transaction model in the next release of this SDK. | ||
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Use the new method `PutTransaction` to send a `TransactionV1` to the network. Use the new `GetTransaction` method to retrieve an accepted transaction. Both methods can also be used to send and retrieve a Deploy. For unprocessed transactions, the ExecutionInfo in the response is `null`. Upon processing, this property contains all information about the execution, including cost, payments, errors (if any), and execution effects. | ||
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### GetDeploy() | ||
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Response from the `GetDeploy()` method has changed. Instead of a list of `ExecutionResult` objects, it now returns an instance of `ExecutionInfo` for a processed deploy. This instance contains block information and a results object. | ||
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### Payments and costs | ||
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For a transaction (old and new versions) processed in Condor, the execution results object contains three properties related to the gas consumed and the CSPR tokens paid: | ||
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- `limit`: The maximum allowed gas limit for the transaction. | ||
- `consumed`: Gas consumed executing the transaction. | ||
- `cost`: CSPR paid/held for the transaction. | ||
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In the NoFee model, the user does not specify any amount for payment. Instead, he must use the Fixed pricing mode with a gas price tolerance. The network chainspec defines the gas limit for each transaction category (see the ‘Transactions included in a block’ section above). Then, the network determines a gas price for each era based on the previous era's load. This price works as a multiplier for the consumed gas and relates to the gas price tolerance specified in the transaction. The transaction won't be processed if the tolerance is lower than the gas price. The gas consumed in a transaction must always be lower than the limit, or it will fail with an out-of-gas error. Finally, the cost in the no-fee model is the limit multiplied by the gas price. | ||
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### Execution results | ||
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The `ExecutionResult` class is a versioned object. Deploys processed before the Condor upgrade are stored in the global state as `ExecutionResultV1`records, and deploys and transactions processed after the Condor upgrade are stored as `ExecutionResultV2` records. | ||
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For a processed transaction, the `GetTransaction` method always returns an `ExecutionResult` instance regardless of the version. It has the same fields as `ExecutionResultV2`. The user can obtain the original structure by casting this instance to the correct version: | ||
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```csharp | ||
if (executionResult.Version == 2) { | ||
var executionResultV2 = (ExecutionResultV2)executionResult; | ||
// ... | ||
} else if (executionResult.Version == 1) { | ||
var executionResultV1 = (ExecutionResultV1)executionResult; | ||
// ... | ||
} | ||
``` | ||
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The Effect property contains a list of Transforms that modify the global state due to the transaction execution. Note that the ExecutionEffect type in Casper v1.x, which also contained a list of operations in addition to the transforms, has been removed in Condor execution results. | ||
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## Auction contract | ||
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The auction contract also has changed in Condor. If your application tracks validator bids, rewards, and delegators, you must rework how network responses are parsed and interpreted. A complete description of the changes cannot covered in this guide. | ||
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## Server Sent Events | ||
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The ServerEventsClient class can listen to an event stream from a v1.x node and from v2.x. | ||
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### Blocks | ||
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The BlockedAdded event contains a Block object. The original block structure, BlockV1 or BlockV2, can be obtained with the cast operator, as described above. | ||
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### Transactions | ||
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On Condor, the `DeployAccepted`, `DeployProcessed`, and `DeployExpired` events are replaced with the equivalent `TransactionAccepted`, `TransactionProcessed`, and `TransactionExpired` events. These are emitted for both `Deploy` and `TransactionV1` types of transactions. | ||
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A `TransactionAccepted` event contains a `Transaction` property with either a `Deploy` or a `TransactionV1`. `TransactionProcessed` and `TransactionExpired` events contain a `TransactionHash` property with either a deploy hash or a transaction version 1 hash. | ||
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### Finality signatures | ||
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The `FinalitySignature` event contains an instance of the versioned `FinalitySignature` class. Version 2 of this type is an extension that contains all properties in version 1 plus the block height and the chain name hash. | ||
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The user can obtain the original structure by casting this instance to the correct version: | ||
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```csharp | ||
if (finalitySignature.Version == 2) { | ||
var finalitySignatureV2 = (FinalitySignatureV2)finalitySignature; | ||
// ... | ||
} else if (finalitySignature.Version == 1) { | ||
var finalitySignatureV1 = (FinalitySignatureV1)finalitySignature; | ||
// ... | ||
} | ||
``` | ||
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## Other changes | ||
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### Last switch block hash | ||
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For a Condor network, the `GetNodeStatus` method can be used to get the latest switch block hash. The response contains the `LatestSwitchBlockHash` property with this value. | ||
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Also, for blocks produced in Casper 2.0, the `Block` instance contains the previous switch block hash in the `LastSwitchBlockHash` property. | ||
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### Checksums (CEP-57) | ||
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On SDK v3 only public keys are checksummed with the CEP-57 standard. The rest of the keys and hashes are not checksummed anymore. | ||
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