Ballot
A Ballot represents a User's votes in a Poll, as well as their next valid nonce.
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Constructors
Properties
Methods
Constructors
constructor
• new Ballot(_numVoteOptions, _voteOptionTreeDepth): Ballot
Create a new Ballot instance
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
_numVoteOptions | number | How many vote options are available in the poll |
_voteOptionTreeDepth | number | The depth of the merkle tree holding the vote options |
Returns
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Properties
nonce
• nonce: bigint
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voteOptionTreeDepth
• voteOptionTreeDepth: number
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votes
• votes: bigint[] = []
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Methods
asArray
▸ asArray(): bigint[]
Convert in a an array of bigints
Returns
bigint[]
the ballot as a bigint array
Notice
this is the nonce and the root of the vote option tree
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asCircuitInputs
▸ asCircuitInputs(): bigint[]
Convert in a format suitable for the circuit
Returns
bigint[]
the ballot as a BigInt array
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copy
▸ copy(): Ballot
Create a deep clone of this Ballot
Returns
a copy of the ballot
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equals
▸ equals(b): boolean
Check if two ballots are equal (same votes and same nonce)
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
b | Ballot | The ballot to compare with |
Returns
boolean
whether the two ballots are equal
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hash
▸ hash(): bigint
Generate an hash of this ballot
Returns
bigint
The hash of the ballot
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toJSON
▸ toJSON(): IJsonBallot
Serialize to a JSON object
Returns
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fromJSON
▸ fromJSON(json): Ballot
Deserialize into a Ballot instance
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
json | IJsonBallot | the json representation |
Returns
the deserialized object as a Ballot instance
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genBlankBallot
▸ genBlankBallot(numVoteOptions, voteOptionTreeDepth): Ballot
Generate a blank ballot
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
numVoteOptions | number | How many vote options are available |
voteOptionTreeDepth | number | How deep is the merkle tree holding the vote options |
Returns
a Blank Ballot object
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genRandomBallot
▸ genRandomBallot(numVoteOptions, voteOptionTreeDepth): Ballot
Generate a random ballot
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
numVoteOptions | number | How many vote options are available |
voteOptionTreeDepth | number | How deep is the merkle tree holding the vote options |
Returns
a random Ballot