SWS-5: Following Interface

sws-5-following.md

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GroupId: "SWS-5"
Title: "Following Interface"
Description: "This document describes the standard interface for SmartWeave Contracts that represent a list for the tracking of unique blockchain addresses (i.e. "following")."
Topics: 
- "specs"
- "standard"
- "sws"
- "smartweave"
- "following"
- "social"
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SWS-5: Following Interface

Status: Draft

Version: 1.0.0

Author: Jim Toth (jim@artby.city)

Abstract

This document describes the standard interface for SmartWeave Contracts that represent a list for the tracking of unique blockchain addresses (i.e. "following").

Motivation

While it is possible to design a protocol using simple data uploads to represent a unique list of blockchain addresses, at scale this begins to behave like the SmartWeave Protocol itself. Additionally, developers may wish to implement custom logic for following list contracts for different purposes, such as enabling chain-verified collaboration on these contracts.

Specification

The base specification describes a simple interface for adding, removing, and reading the represented list of blockchain addresses. Note that tracked addresses may be from any blockchain.

Standard Interface

follow

follow(address: string) => void

• Adds address to the list
• SHOULD THROW if address is already found in the list

unfollow

unfollow(address: string) => void

• Removes address from the list
• SHOULD THROW if address is not found in the list

following

following() => string[]

• Returns a list of address strings currently tracked by the contract