com.r3corda.core.node / ServiceHub

# ServiceHub

`interface ServiceHub`

A service hub simply vends references to the other services a node has. Some of those services may be missing or mocked out. This class is useful to pass to chunks of pluggable code that might have need of many different kinds of functionality and you dont want to hard-code which types in the interface.

Any services exposed to protocols (public view) need to implement SerializeAsToken or similar to avoid their internal state from being serialized in checkpoints.

### Properties

clock | `abstract val clock: Clock`
identityService | `abstract val identityService: IdentityService`
keyManagementService | `abstract val keyManagementService: KeyManagementService`
legalIdentityKey | `open val legalIdentityKey: KeyPair` Helper property to shorten code for fetching the Nodes KeyPair associated with the public legalIdentity Party from the key management service. Typical use is during signing in protocols and for unit test signing.
myInfo | `abstract val myInfo: NodeInfo`
networkMapCache | `abstract val networkMapCache: NetworkMapCache`
networkService | `abstract val networkService: MessagingService`
notaryIdentityKey | `open val notaryIdentityKey: KeyPair` Helper property to shorten code for fetching the Nodes KeyPair associated with the public notaryIdentity Party from the key management service. It is assumed that this is only used in contexts where the Node knows it is hosting a Notary Service. Otherwise, it will throw an IllegalArgumentException. Typical use is during signing in protocols and for unit test signing.
schedulerService | `abstract val schedulerService: SchedulerService`
storageService | `abstract val storageService: StorageService`
vaultService | `abstract val vaultService: VaultService`

### Functions

invokeProtocolAsync | `abstract fun <T : Any> invokeProtocolAsync(logicType: Class<out ProtocolLogic<T>>, vararg args: Any?): <ERROR CLASS><T>` Will check logicType and args against a whitelist and if acceptable then construct and initiate the protocol.
loadState | `open fun loadState(stateRef: StateRef): TransactionState<*>` Given a StateRef loads the referenced transaction and looks up the specified output ContractState.
recordTransactions | `abstract fun recordTransactions(txs: Iterable<SignedTransaction>): Unit` Given a list of SignedTransactions, writes them to the local storage for validated transactions and then sends them to the vault for further processing.

### Extension Functions

fillWithSomeTestCash | `fun ServiceHub.fillWithSomeTestCash(howMuch: Amount<Currency>, outputNotary: Party = DUMMY_NOTARY, atLeastThisManyStates: Int = 3, atMostThisManyStates: Int = 10, rng: Random = Random(), ref: OpaqueBytes = OpaqueBytes(ByteArray(1, { 1 })), ownedBy: PublicKey? = null, issuedBy: PartyAndReference = DUMMY_CASH_ISSUER, issuerKey: KeyPair = DUMMY_CASH_ISSUER_KEY): Vault` Creates a random set of between (by default) 3 and 10 cash states that add up to the given amount and adds them to the vault. This is intended for unit tests. The cash is issued by DUMMY_CASH_ISSUER and owned by the legal identity key from the storage service.
recordTransactions | `fun ServiceHub.recordTransactions(vararg txs: SignedTransaction): Unit` Given some SignedTransactions, writes them to the local storage for validated transactions and then sends them to the vault for further processing.

### Inheritors

PluginServiceHub | `interface PluginServiceHub : ServiceHub` A service hub to be used by the CordaPluginRegistry