add state object / outline of how the keeper will work

apps/argus/src/keeper/state.rs

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+pub struct Block {
+    pub hash: [u8; 32],
+    pub parent: Option<[u8; 32]>,
+    pub block_number: u64,
+
+    pub events: Vec<PulseEvent>,
+    pub state_after: PulseRequests,
+}
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+
+pub struct BlockchainState {
+    pub block_number: u64,
+
+    // block[i]'s parent must equal block[i-1].hash
+    // prune this at a certain length?
+    pub blocks: Vec<Block>,
+}
+
+// TODO: implement this so we can mock out the provider and the blockchain requests so we can test
+// TODO: whatever interface we choose for mocking out the provider, we should implement with multiple redundant RPCs
+impl BlockchainState {
+    pub fn on_new_block_number(&mut self, block_number: u64) {
+        let header = provider.get_block_header(block_number);
+
+        let my_current_block = self.blocks[self.blocks.len() - 1];
+
+        let mut headers = Vec::new();
+        headers.push(header);
+
+        // get all headers for block numbers that are ahead of the current block we have
+        let current_block_number = my_current_block.block_number;
+        while (current_block_number + 1 < block_number) {
+            let header = provider.get_block_header(current_block_number);
+            headers.push(header);
+        }
+
+        // check if there is a reorg (meaning the latest header's parent doesn't match our current block).
+        // If there is a reorg, walk backward in our history and the header history until we find the common ancestor.
+        // Also need to handle the case where the reorg spans the whole block history
+        let mut current_block_index = self.blocks.len() - 1;
+        if headers[headers.len() - 1].parent_hash != self.blocks[current_block_index].hash {
+            current_block_index -= 1;
+            let header = provider.get_block_header(current_block_number);
+            headers.push(header);
+        }
+
+        // Fetch the events for each header
+        // make some blocks and put them in the array
+
+        // play forward the events to get the state.
+    }
+}
+
+// full set of currently pending on-chain requests
+pub struct PulseRequests {
+
+}
+
+impl PulseRequests {
+    pub fn apply_events(events: &Vec<PulseEvent>) -> PulseRequests {
+
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct PulseRequest {
+    // whatever parameters you need for the callback
+}
+
+
+pub struct CallbackState {
+    pub pending_requests: HashMap<PulseRequest, CallbackStatus>,
+}
+
+impl CallbackState {
+    pub fn update(requests: PulseRequests) {
+        // add in new requests to pending_requests
+        // remove any fulfilled requests or disappeared requests
+    }
+
+    // this probably gets called in a loop forever
+    pub fn spawn_tasks() {
+        // loop over pending_requests and spawn a thread to fulfill the request
+        // only spawn threads for requests that we think we can fulfill at the current time.
+        // check status.task
+        // - None - spawnable task
+        // - Some(fut) -- see if fut is done, if so, increment num_retries. Potentially keep around the Result ?
+        //     - you could spawn a new task to retry here
+        //
+
+        // keep pulse requests around for a long time and keep retrying them over that time
+        // if any request has been around longer than XX minutes, then fire an alert.
+        // (we have failed_requests counter that goes into grafana and then we trigger an alert from there)
+        // log the request and the block where it was created.
+
+        // can potentially keep pending requests around if we think the blockchain is offline until it comes back.
+    }
+
+    fn spawn_task(request: &PulseRequest) {
+        // implement escalation policy to determine multipliers
+        // call fulfill_request
+    }
+}
+
+// core logic of fulfilling pulse requests
+pub async fn fulfill_request(request: &PulseRequest, hermes: &str,  gas_estimate_multiplier_pct: u64,
+    fee_estimate_multiplier_pct: u64,) -> Result<()> {
+    // get price update by calling hermes
+    // create contract call and submit it
+}
+
+
+pub struct CallbackStatus {
+    // task needs the ability to update these values.
+    num_retries: u64,
+    last_retry_time: Instant,
+    task: Option<JoinHandle<Result<()>>>,
+}