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Version: v2.x

Minimal Anti Collusion Infrastructure (MACI) / Ballot

Class: Ballot

Defined in: ballot.ts:11

A Ballot represents a User's votes in a Poll, as well as their next valid nonce.

Constructors​

new Ballot()​

new Ballot(_numVoteOptions, _voteOptionTreeDepth): Ballot

Defined in: ballot.ts:23

Create a new Ballot instance

Parameters​

_numVoteOptions​

number

How many vote options are available in the poll

_voteOptionTreeDepth​

number

The depth of the merkle tree holding the vote options

Returns​

Ballot

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[]

Defined in: ballot.ts:52

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

asCircuitInputs()​

asCircuitInputs(): bigint[]

Defined in: ballot.ts:45

Convert in a format suitable for the circuit

Returns​

bigint[]

the ballot as a BigInt array

copy()​

copy(): Ballot

Defined in: ballot.ts:68

Create a deep clone of this Ballot

Returns​

Ballot

a copy of the ballot

equals()​

equals(b): boolean

Defined in: ballot.ts:81

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

Parameters​

b​

Ballot

The ballot to compare with

Returns​

boolean

whether the two ballots are equal

hash()​

hash(): bigint

Defined in: ballot.ts:36

Generate an hash of this ballot

Returns​

bigint

The hash of the ballot

toJSON()​

toJSON(): IJsonBallot

Defined in: ballot.ts:112

Serialize to a JSON object

Returns​

IJsonBallot

fromJSON()​

static fromJSON(json): Ballot

Defined in: ballot.ts:125

Deserialize into a Ballot instance

Parameters​

json​

IJsonBallot

the json representation

Returns​

Ballot

the deserialized object as a Ballot instance

genBlankBallot()​

static genBlankBallot(numVoteOptions, voteOptionTreeDepth): Ballot

Defined in: ballot.ts:104

Generate a blank ballot

Parameters​

numVoteOptions​

number

How many vote options are available

voteOptionTreeDepth​

number

How deep is the merkle tree holding the vote options

Returns​

Ballot

a Blank Ballot object

genRandomBallot()​

static genRandomBallot(numVoteOptions, voteOptionTreeDepth): Ballot

Defined in: ballot.ts:92

Generate a random ballot

Parameters​

numVoteOptions​

number

How many vote options are available

voteOptionTreeDepth​

number

How deep is the merkle tree holding the vote options

Returns​

Ballot

a random Ballot