/**
  * Returns the set of contiguous blocks between 'higher' and 'lower'. Higher is included, lower is
  * not.
  */
 private static LinkedList<StoredBlock> getPartialChain(
     StoredBlock higher, StoredBlock lower, BlockStore store) throws BlockStoreException {
   checkArgument(higher.getHeight() > lower.getHeight(), "higher and lower are reversed");
   LinkedList<StoredBlock> results = new LinkedList<StoredBlock>();
   StoredBlock cursor = higher;
   while (true) {
     results.add(cursor);
     cursor = checkNotNull(cursor.getPrev(store), "Ran off the end of the chain");
     if (cursor.equals(lower)) break;
   }
   return results;
 }
 /**
  * Locates the point in the chain at which newStoredBlock and chainHead diverge. Returns null if
  * no split point was found (ie they are not part of the same chain). Returns newChainHead or
  * chainHead if they don't actually diverge but are part of the same chain.
  */
 private static StoredBlock findSplit(
     StoredBlock newChainHead, StoredBlock oldChainHead, BlockStore store)
     throws BlockStoreException {
   StoredBlock currentChainCursor = oldChainHead;
   StoredBlock newChainCursor = newChainHead;
   // Loop until we find the block both chains have in common. Example:
   //
   //    A -> B -> C -> D
   //         \--> E -> F -> G
   //
   // findSplit will return block B. oldChainHead = D and newChainHead = G.
   while (!currentChainCursor.equals(newChainCursor)) {
     if (currentChainCursor.getHeight() > newChainCursor.getHeight()) {
       currentChainCursor = currentChainCursor.getPrev(store);
       checkNotNull(currentChainCursor, "Attempt to follow an orphan chain");
     } else {
       newChainCursor = newChainCursor.getPrev(store);
       checkNotNull(newChainCursor, "Attempt to follow an orphan chain");
     }
   }
   return currentChainCursor;
 }
  // expensiveChecks enables checks that require looking at blocks further back in the chain
  // than the previous one when connecting (eg median timestamp check)
  // It could be exposed, but for now we just set it to shouldVerifyTransactions()
  private void connectBlock(
      final Block block,
      StoredBlock storedPrev,
      boolean expensiveChecks,
      @Nullable final List<Sha256Hash> filteredTxHashList,
      @Nullable final Map<Sha256Hash, Transaction> filteredTxn)
      throws BlockStoreException, VerificationException, PrunedException {
    checkState(lock.isHeldByCurrentThread());
    boolean filtered = filteredTxHashList != null && filteredTxn != null;
    // Check that we aren't connecting a block that fails a checkpoint check
    if (!params.passesCheckpoint(storedPrev.getHeight() + 1, block.getHash()))
      throw new VerificationException(
          "Block failed checkpoint lockin at " + (storedPrev.getHeight() + 1));
    if (shouldVerifyTransactions()) {
      checkNotNull(block.transactions);
      for (Transaction tx : block.transactions)
        if (!tx.isFinal(storedPrev.getHeight() + 1, block.getTimeSeconds()))
          throw new VerificationException("Block contains non-final transaction");
    }

    StoredBlock head = getChainHead();
    if (storedPrev.equals(head)) {
      if (filtered && filteredTxn.size() > 0) {
        log.debug(
            "Block {} connects to top of best chain with {} transaction(s) of which we were sent {}",
            block.getHashAsString(),
            filteredTxHashList.size(),
            filteredTxn.size());
        for (Sha256Hash hash : filteredTxHashList) log.debug("  matched tx {}", hash);
      }
      if (expensiveChecks
          && block.getTimeSeconds() <= getMedianTimestampOfRecentBlocks(head, blockStore))
        throw new VerificationException("Block's timestamp is too early");

      // This block connects to the best known block, it is a normal continuation of the system.
      TransactionOutputChanges txOutChanges = null;
      if (shouldVerifyTransactions())
        txOutChanges = connectTransactions(storedPrev.getHeight() + 1, block);
      StoredBlock newStoredBlock =
          addToBlockStore(
              storedPrev, block.transactions == null ? block : block.cloneAsHeader(), txOutChanges);
      setChainHead(newStoredBlock);
      log.debug("Chain is now {} blocks high, running listeners", newStoredBlock.getHeight());
      informListenersForNewBlock(
          block, NewBlockType.BEST_CHAIN, filteredTxHashList, filteredTxn, newStoredBlock);
    } else {
      // This block connects to somewhere other than the top of the best known chain. We treat these
      // differently.
      //
      // Note that we send the transactions to the wallet FIRST, even if we're about to re-organize
      // this block
      // to become the new best chain head. This simplifies handling of the re-org in the Wallet
      // class.
      StoredBlock newBlock = storedPrev.build(block);
      boolean haveNewBestChain = newBlock.moreWorkThan(head);
      if (haveNewBestChain) {
        log.info("Block is causing a re-organize");
      } else {
        StoredBlock splitPoint = findSplit(newBlock, head, blockStore);
        if (splitPoint != null && splitPoint.equals(newBlock)) {
          // newStoredBlock is a part of the same chain, there's no fork. This happens when we
          // receive a block
          // that we already saw and linked into the chain previously, which isn't the chain head.
          // Re-processing it is confusing for the wallet so just skip.
          log.warn(
              "Saw duplicated block in main chain at height {}: {}",
              newBlock.getHeight(),
              newBlock.getHeader().getHash());
          return;
        }
        if (splitPoint == null) {
          // This should absolutely never happen
          // (lets not write the full block to disk to keep any bugs which allow this to happen
          //  from writing unreasonable amounts of data to disk)
          throw new VerificationException("Block forks the chain but splitPoint is null");
        } else {
          // We aren't actually spending any transactions (yet) because we are on a fork
          addToBlockStore(storedPrev, block);
          int splitPointHeight = splitPoint.getHeight();
          String splitPointHash = splitPoint.getHeader().getHashAsString();
          log.info(
              "Block forks the chain at height {}/block {}, but it did not cause a reorganize:\n{}",
              splitPointHeight,
              splitPointHash,
              newBlock.getHeader().getHashAsString());
        }
      }

      // We may not have any transactions if we received only a header, which can happen during fast
      // catchup.
      // If we do, send them to the wallet but state that they are on a side chain so it knows not
      // to try and
      // spend them until they become activated.
      if (block.transactions != null || filtered) {
        informListenersForNewBlock(
            block, NewBlockType.SIDE_CHAIN, filteredTxHashList, filteredTxn, newBlock);
      }

      if (haveNewBestChain) handleNewBestChain(storedPrev, newBlock, block, expensiveChecks);
    }
  }