// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity >0.5.0 <0.8.0;

/**
 * @title iOVM_ChainStorageContainer
 */
interface iOVM_ChainStorageContainer {

    /********************
     * Public Functions *
     ********************/

    /**
     * Sets the container's global metadata field. We're using `bytes27` here because we use five
     * bytes to maintain the length of the underlying data structure, meaning we have an extra
     * 27 bytes to store arbitrary data.
     * @param _globalMetadata New global metadata to set.
     */
    function setGlobalMetadata(
        bytes27 _globalMetadata
    )
        external;

    /**
     * Retrieves the container's global metadata field.
     * @return Container global metadata field.
     */
    function getGlobalMetadata()
        external
        view
        returns (
            bytes27
        );

    /**
     * Retrieves the number of objects stored in the container.
     * @return Number of objects in the container.
     */
    function length()
        external
        view
        returns (
            uint256
        );

    /**
     * Pushes an object into the container.
     * @param _object A 32 byte value to insert into the container.
     */
    function push(
        bytes32 _object
    )
        external;

    /**
     * Pushes an object into the container. Function allows setting the global metadata since
     * we'll need to touch the "length" storage slot anyway, which also contains the global
     * metadata (it's an optimization).
     * @param _object A 32 byte value to insert into the container.
     * @param _globalMetadata New global metadata for the container.
     */
    function push(
        bytes32 _object,
        bytes27 _globalMetadata
    )
        external;

    /**
     * Retrieves an object from the container.
     * @param _index Index of the particular object to access.
     * @return 32 byte object value.
     */
    function get(
        uint256 _index
    )
        external
        view
        returns (
            bytes32
        );

    /**
     * Removes all objects after and including a given index.
     * @param _index Object index to delete from.
     */
    function deleteElementsAfterInclusive(
        uint256 _index
    )
        external;

    /**
     * Removes all objects after and including a given index. Also allows setting the global
     * metadata field.
     * @param _index Object index to delete from.
     * @param _globalMetadata New global metadata for the container.
     */
    function deleteElementsAfterInclusive(
        uint256 _index,
        bytes27 _globalMetadata
    )
        external;

    /**
     * Marks an index as overwritable, meaing the underlying buffer can start to write values over
     * any objects before and including the given index.
     */
    function setNextOverwritableIndex(
        uint256 _index
    )
        external;
}
