Consensus: frontend get method should show accepted and finalized contract state

[kstroobants]

-> 1. might be the easiest. Both require a change in GenlayerJS (https://github.com/yeagerai/genlayer-js/blob/d941a8d6342c62916c50246269cf1cc1db471357/src/contracts/actions.ts#L25)

Two options:

1. Get method does two eth_calls, one for accepted and one for finalized.
   • Frontend does two calls and shows both return values.
   • eth_call contains a flag to choose accepted or finalized state. Put default on accepted so that the write method does not need a flag.
   • _SnapshotView class read method need to select the correct state key based on the given flag.
2. Get method does one eth_call getting the whole state dictionary.
   • Parsing/decoding needs to be updated in GenlayerJS.
   • Doubt: _SnapshotView class read method will give the whole dictionary but the write method call of the frontend uses the _SnapshotView class read method. So somehow the accepted state from the dictionary needs to be given to the genvm processing and not the whole dictionary.

[cristiam86]

@kstroobants, we must not change eth_ methods since they need to be compatible with any Ethereum-like node. If this has a different signature, we should create the gen_ specific method

[kstroobants]

we must not change eth_ methods since they need to be compatible with any Ethereum-like node. If this has a different signature, we should create the gen_ specific method

The new flag parameter (stateStatus) is part of the params: dict of the def call() of the eth_call RPC method. How is this different than the leaderOnly parameter given to eth_sendRawTransaction?

See PR #801

[cristiam86]

how we send the transactions is going to change so the leaderOnly feature needs a workaround. We probably need something specific for the Studio here.