me.edwards.des.block
Class BlockChain.Node

java.lang.Object
  me.edwards.des.block.BlockChain.Node

Enclosing class:

BlockChain

public class BlockChain.Node
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a tree node in the BlockChain

Created on: Dec 21, 2015 at 5:20:30 PM

Author:

Matthew Edwards

Field Summary

private Block	block
private int	height
private BlockChain.Node	parent

Constructor Summary

BlockChain.Node()

Method Summary

Block	getBlock() Returns the Block contained in this node.
int	getHeight() Returns the height of this node in the BlockChain.
BlockChain.Node	getParent() Returns the parent node.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

parent

private BlockChain.Node parent

height

private int height

block

private Block block

Constructor Detail

BlockChain.Node

public BlockChain.Node()

Method Detail

getParent

public BlockChain.Node getParent()

Returns the parent node.

Returns:

Parent node of this node. If this node is at the bottom of the chain, the parent node is null

getHeight

public int getHeight()

Returns the height of this node in the BlockChain.

Returns:

Height of this node. The node at the bottom of the chain has a height of 0

getBlock

public Block getBlock()

Returns the Block contained in this node.

Returns:

Block contained in this node