// Create and initialize a state object.
func CreateState(messageRouter common.MessageRouter) (s *State, err error) {
s = new(State)
// check that we have a non-nil messageSender
if messageRouter == nil {
err = fmt.Errorf("Cannot initialize with a nil messageRouter")
return
}
// create a signature keypair for this state
pubKey, secKey, err := crypto.CreateKeyPair()
if err != nil {
return
}
// calculate the value of an empty hash (default for storedEntropyStage2 on all hosts is a blank array)
emptyHash, err := crypto.CalculateTruncatedHash(s.storedEntropyStage2[:])
if err != nil {
return
}
// set state variables to their defaults
s.messageRouter = messageRouter
s.self = new(participant)
s.self.address = messageRouter.AddMessageHandler(s)
s.self.publicKey = pubKey
s.secretKey = secKey
for i := range s.previousEntropyStage1 {
s.previousEntropyStage1[i] = emptyHash
}
s.participantIndex = 255
s.currentStep = 1
s.wallets = make(map[string]uint64)
return
}
