Glossary¶
- ABI
- A JSON description of the external interface for a Contract Instance, or for the description of a common interface of all instances of a Contract
- Address
- 0x-prefixed hexadecimal string representing an account’s public identifier
- Artifact
- A JSON file describing a single Contract.
- AST
- Abstract syntax tree. A representation of a particular Source as a deeply-nested JSON object.
- Bytecode
0x-prefixed hexadecimal string representing EVM-compatible operation instruction data.
May contain unresolved Link References.
- Compilation
- A description of the data generated when a contract is compiled. Includes Compiler information as well as any Source, Source Map and Contract information used to generate an artifact for a contract.
- Compiler
- A description of the compiler name, version, and any and all settings, to compile high-level Source code to EVM Bytecode.
- Constructor
- Contains the bytecode needed to create the associated Contract Instance.
- Contract
- An abstract entity, representing a single Contract Instance.
- Contract Interface
- Refers to the collection of methods through which one may interact with a contract.
- Contract Instance
- A contract account with its own address, storage, and balance, representing a single deployment of a particular Contract.
- Contract Instance Creation
- Represents the data needed to recreate a contract instance, comprised of the TransactionHash that points to the transaction that created the related Contract Instance as well as the ConstructorArgs, which are the parameters passed to the constructor, used for creating the Contract Instance.
- Contracts Directory
By default this is
build/contracts/in the Project directoryContains Artifacts for all of the project’s known Contracts.
- Instruction
- Detailed information regarding how the Ethereum Virtual Machine should handle the associated Bytecode
- Library
- A Contract Instance with composable behavior, for use by other contract
instances via the EVM’s
DELEGATECALLmechanism. - Linked Bytecode
- Bytecode, with reference to any Link Values referred to within that bytecode.
- Link Reference
A placeholder representing a runtime or Network-specific value, at a particular byte offset or offsets. Identified by name.
Filled in with corresponding Link Value by Truffle.
- Link Value
- The value used to replace Link Reference placeholders.
- Metadata
- Represents information about the compiled Contract that can be used to interact with the contract and verify its source code. See relevant Solidity documentation for more information.
- Name Record
- Represents a linked list of current and past resource name references for a given resource type. Each Name has
nameandroleattributes, as well as atypeto represent its underlying resource type, areferenceto point to the entity it represents, andpreviousto point to the previous name. - Network
- A particular Ethereum or Ethereum-flavored blockchain network, supporting
the EVM. Examples include:
mainnet,rinkeby, and local Ganache [1] instances. - Network Directory
A directory containing Artifacts for a particular Network.
build/networks/<network-name>/by default in the Project directory.- Project
- A resource that serves as the aggregation point for the heads of linked lists of :term Name Records<Name Record>
- Processed Source
- Output from the compiler about a particular Source, including list of represented Contracts and optional AST information.
- Snapshot
- An immutable collection of data representing the result of a single compilation and/or a single deployment.
- Source
- High-level language code text, usually for a particular file on disk.
- Source Map
- Data describing how to translate Bytecode instructions into sections of Source files.
- Source Range
- Contains the instructions for accessing a source’s Bytecode.
- Transaction Hash
- An identifier that uniquely identifies a blockchain transaction.