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Version: v1.3_alpha

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

NameTypeDescription
_numVoteOptionsnumberHow many vote options are available in the poll
_voteOptionTreeDepthnumberThe depth of the merkle tree holding the vote options

Returns

Ballot

Defined in

ballot.ts:23

Properties

nonce

nonce: bigint

Defined in

ballot.ts:14


voteOptionTreeDepth

voteOptionTreeDepth: number

Defined in

ballot.ts:16


votes

votes: bigint[] = []

Defined in

ballot.ts:12

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

Defined in

ballot.ts:52


asCircuitInputs

asCircuitInputs(): bigint[]

Convert in a format suitable for the circuit

Returns

bigint[]

the ballot as a BigInt array

Defined in

ballot.ts:45


copy

copy(): Ballot

Create a deep clone of this Ballot

Returns

Ballot

a copy of the ballot

Defined in

ballot.ts:68


equals

equals(b): boolean

Check if two ballots are equal (same votes and same nonce)

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
bBallotThe ballot to compare with

Returns

boolean

whether the two ballots are equal

Defined in

ballot.ts:81


hash

hash(): bigint

Generate an hash of this ballot

Returns

bigint

The hash of the ballot

Defined in

ballot.ts:36


toJSON

toJSON(): IJsonBallot

Serialize to a JSON object

Returns

IJsonBallot

Defined in

ballot.ts:112


fromJSON

fromJSON(json): Ballot

Deserialize into a Ballot instance

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
jsonIJsonBallotthe json representation

Returns

Ballot

the deserialized object as a Ballot instance

Defined in

ballot.ts:125


genBlankBallot

genBlankBallot(numVoteOptions, voteOptionTreeDepth): Ballot

Generate a blank ballot

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
numVoteOptionsnumberHow many vote options are available
voteOptionTreeDepthnumberHow deep is the merkle tree holding the vote options

Returns

Ballot

a Blank Ballot object

Defined in

ballot.ts:104


genRandomBallot

genRandomBallot(numVoteOptions, voteOptionTreeDepth): Ballot

Generate a random ballot

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
numVoteOptionsnumberHow many vote options are available
voteOptionTreeDepthnumberHow deep is the merkle tree holding the vote options

Returns

Ballot

a random Ballot

Defined in

ballot.ts:92