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This module defines the API of the beans exchanged among Hotmoka nodes.

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/*
Copyright 2024 Fausto Spoto

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package io.hotmoka.beans.api.requests;

import io.hotmoka.annotations.Immutable;
import io.hotmoka.beans.api.responses.InitializationTransactionResponse;
import io.hotmoka.beans.api.transactions.TransactionReference;
import io.hotmoka.beans.api.values.StorageReference;

/**
 * A request to initialize a node. It sets the manifest of a node.
 * After the manifest has been set, no more initial transactions can be executed,
 * hence the node is considered initialized. The manifest cannot be set twice.
 */
@Immutable
public interface InitializationTransactionRequest extends InitialTransactionRequest {

	/**
	 * Yields the reference to the jar containing the basic Takamaka classes. This must
	 * have been already installed by a previous transaction.
	 * 
	 * @return the reference
	 */
	TransactionReference getClasspath();

	/**
	 * Yields the storage reference that must be set as manifest.
	 * 
	 * @return the storage reference that must be set as manifest
	 */
	StorageReference getManifest();
}