arbo/tree.go

/*
Package arbo implements a Merkle Tree compatible with the circomlib
implementation of the MerkleTree (when using the Poseidon hash function),
following the specification from
https://docs.iden3.io/publications/pdfs/Merkle-Tree.pdf and
https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/955.

Also allows to define which hash function to use. So for example, when working
with zkSnarks the Poseidon hash function can be used, but when not, it can be
used the Blake3 hash function, which improves the computation time.
*/
package arbo

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/binary"
	"encoding/hex"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"math"
	"sync"

	"github.com/iden3/go-merkletree/db"
)

const (
	// PrefixValueLen defines the bytes-prefix length used for the Value
	// bytes representation stored in the db
	PrefixValueLen = 2

	// PrefixValueEmpty is used for the first byte of a Value to indicate
	// that is an Empty value
	PrefixValueEmpty = 0
	// PrefixValueLeaf is used for the first byte of a Value to indicate
	// that is a Leaf value
	PrefixValueLeaf = 1
	// PrefixValueIntermediate is used for the first byte of a Value to
	// indicate that is a Intermediate value
	PrefixValueIntermediate = 2

	// nChars is used to crop the Graphviz nodes labels
	nChars = 4
)

var (
	dbKeyRoot   = []byte("root")
	dbKeyNLeafs = []byte("nleafs")
	emptyValue  = []byte{0}

	// ErrKeyAlreadyExists is used when trying to add a key as leaf to the
	// tree that already exists.
	ErrKeyAlreadyExists = fmt.Errorf("key already exists")
	// ErrInvalidValuePrefix is used when going down into the tree, a value
	// is read from the db and has an unrecognized prefix.
	ErrInvalidValuePrefix = fmt.Errorf("invalid value prefix")
	// ErrDBNoTx is used when trying to use Tree.dbPut but Tree.tx==nil
	ErrDBNoTx = fmt.Errorf("dbPut error: no db Tx")
	// ErrMaxLevel indicates when going down into the tree, the max level is
	// reached
	ErrMaxLevel = fmt.Errorf("max level reached")
	// ErrMaxVirtualLevel indicates when going down into the tree, the max
	// virtual level is reached
	ErrMaxVirtualLevel = fmt.Errorf("max virtual level reached")
)

// Tree defines the struct that implements the MerkleTree functionalities
type Tree struct {
	sync.RWMutex
	tx        db.Tx
	db        db.Storage
	maxLevels int
	root      []byte

	hashFunction HashFunction
	// TODO in the methods that use it, check if emptyHash param is len>0
	// (check if it has been initialized)
	emptyHash []byte

	dbg *dbgStats
}

// NewTree returns a new Tree, if there is a Tree still in the given storage, it
// will load it.
func NewTree(storage db.Storage, maxLevels int, hash HashFunction) (*Tree, error) {
	t := Tree{db: storage, maxLevels: maxLevels, hashFunction: hash}
	t.emptyHash = make([]byte, t.hashFunction.Len()) // empty

	root, err := t.dbGet(dbKeyRoot)
	if err == db.ErrNotFound {
		// store new root 0
		t.tx, err = t.db.NewTx()
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		t.root = t.emptyHash
		if err = t.dbPut(dbKeyRoot, t.root); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		if err = t.setNLeafs(0); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		if err = t.tx.Commit(); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		return &t, err
	} else if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	t.root = root
	return &t, nil
}

// Root returns the root of the Tree
func (t *Tree) Root() []byte {
	return t.root
}

// HashFunction returns Tree.hashFunction
func (t *Tree) HashFunction() HashFunction {
	return t.hashFunction
}

// AddBatch adds a batch of key-values to the Tree. Returns an array containing
// the indexes of the keys failed to add.
func (t *Tree) AddBatch(keys, values [][]byte) ([]int, error) {
	t.Lock()
	defer t.Unlock()

	vt, err := t.loadVT()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// TODO check validity of keys & values for Tree.hashFunction

	invalids, err := vt.addBatch(keys, values)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// once the VirtualTree is build, compute the hashes
	pairs, err := vt.computeHashes()
	if err != nil {
		// TODO currently invalids in computeHashes are not counted
		return nil, err
	}
	t.root = vt.root.h

	// store pairs in db
	t.tx, err = t.db.NewTx()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	for i := 0; i < len(pairs); i++ {
		if err := t.dbPut(pairs[i][0], pairs[i][1]); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
	}

	// store root to db
	if err := t.dbPut(dbKeyRoot, t.root); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// update nLeafs
	if err := t.incNLeafs(len(keys) - len(invalids)); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// commit db tx
	if err := t.tx.Commit(); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return invalids, nil
}

// loadVT loads a new virtual tree (vt) from the current Tree, which contains
// the same leafs.
func (t *Tree) loadVT() (vt, error) {
	vt := newVT(t.maxLevels, t.hashFunction)
	vt.params.dbg = t.dbg
	err := t.Iterate(nil, func(k, v []byte) {
		if v[0] != PrefixValueLeaf {
			return
		}
		leafK, leafV := ReadLeafValue(v)
		if err := vt.add(0, leafK, leafV); err != nil {
			panic(err)
		}
	})

	return vt, err
}

// Add inserts the key-value into the Tree.  If the inputs come from a *big.Int,
// is expected that are represented by a Little-Endian byte array (for circom
// compatibility).
func (t *Tree) Add(k, v []byte) error {
	t.Lock()
	defer t.Unlock()

	var err error
	t.tx, err = t.db.NewTx()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// TODO check validity of key & value for Tree.hashFunction

	err = t.add(0, k, v) // add from level 0
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// store root to db
	if err := t.dbPut(dbKeyRoot, t.root); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	// update nLeafs
	if err = t.incNLeafs(1); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return t.tx.Commit()
}

func (t *Tree) add(fromLvl int, k, v []byte) error {
	keyPath := make([]byte, t.hashFunction.Len())
	copy(keyPath[:], k)

	path := getPath(t.maxLevels, keyPath)
	// go down to the leaf
	var siblings [][]byte
	_, _, siblings, err := t.down(k, t.root, siblings, path, fromLvl, false)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	leafKey, leafValue, err := t.newLeafValue(k, v)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if err := t.dbPut(leafKey, leafValue); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// go up to the root
	if len(siblings) == 0 {
		t.root = leafKey
		return nil
	}
	root, err := t.up(leafKey, siblings, path, len(siblings)-1, fromLvl)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	t.root = root
	return nil
}

// down goes down to the leaf recursively
func (t *Tree) down(newKey, currKey []byte, siblings [][]byte,
	path []bool, currLvl int, getLeaf bool) (
	[]byte, []byte, [][]byte, error) {
	if currLvl > t.maxLevels-1 {
		return nil, nil, nil, ErrMaxLevel
	}

	var err error
	var currValue []byte
	if bytes.Equal(currKey, t.emptyHash) {
		// empty value
		return currKey, emptyValue, siblings, nil
	}
	currValue, err = t.dbGet(currKey)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, nil, err
	}

	switch currValue[0] {
	case PrefixValueEmpty: // empty
		fmt.Printf("newKey: %s, currKey: %s, currLvl: %d, currValue: %s\n",
			hex.EncodeToString(newKey), hex.EncodeToString(currKey),
			currLvl, hex.EncodeToString(currValue))
		panic("This point should not be reached, as the 'if' above" +
			" should avoid reaching this point. This panic is temporary" +
			" for reporting purposes, will be deleted in future versions." +
			" Please paste this log (including the previous lines) in a" +
			" new issue: https://github.com/arnaucube/arbo/issues/new") // TMP
	case PrefixValueLeaf: // leaf
		if !bytes.Equal(currValue, emptyValue) {
			if getLeaf {
				return currKey, currValue, siblings, nil
			}
			oldLeafKey, _ := ReadLeafValue(currValue)
			if bytes.Equal(newKey, oldLeafKey) {
				return nil, nil, nil, ErrKeyAlreadyExists
			}

			oldLeafKeyFull := make([]byte, t.hashFunction.Len())
			copy(oldLeafKeyFull[:], oldLeafKey)

			// if currKey is already used, go down until paths diverge
			oldPath := getPath(t.maxLevels, oldLeafKeyFull)
			siblings, err = t.downVirtually(siblings, currKey, newKey, oldPath, path, currLvl)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, nil, nil, err
			}
		}
		return currKey, currValue, siblings, nil
	case PrefixValueIntermediate: // intermediate
		if len(currValue) != PrefixValueLen+t.hashFunction.Len()*2 {
			return nil, nil, nil,
				fmt.Errorf("intermediate value invalid length (expected: %d, actual: %d)",
					PrefixValueLen+t.hashFunction.Len()*2, len(currValue))
		}
		// collect siblings while going down
		if path[currLvl] {
			// right
			lChild, rChild := ReadIntermediateChilds(currValue)
			siblings = append(siblings, lChild)
			return t.down(newKey, rChild, siblings, path, currLvl+1, getLeaf)
		}
		// left
		lChild, rChild := ReadIntermediateChilds(currValue)
		siblings = append(siblings, rChild)
		return t.down(newKey, lChild, siblings, path, currLvl+1, getLeaf)
	default:
		return nil, nil, nil, ErrInvalidValuePrefix
	}
}

// downVirtually is used when in a leaf already exists, and a new leaf which
// shares the path until the existing leaf is being added
func (t *Tree) downVirtually(siblings [][]byte, oldKey, newKey []byte, oldPath,
	newPath []bool, currLvl int) ([][]byte, error) {
	var err error
	if currLvl > t.maxLevels-1 {
		return nil, ErrMaxVirtualLevel
	}

	if oldPath[currLvl] == newPath[currLvl] {
		siblings = append(siblings, t.emptyHash)

		siblings, err = t.downVirtually(siblings, oldKey, newKey, oldPath, newPath, currLvl+1)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		return siblings, nil
	}
	// reached the divergence
	siblings = append(siblings, oldKey)

	return siblings, nil
}

// up goes up recursively updating the intermediate nodes
func (t *Tree) up(key []byte, siblings [][]byte, path []bool, currLvl, toLvl int) ([]byte, error) {
	var k, v []byte
	var err error
	if path[currLvl+toLvl] {
		k, v, err = t.newIntermediate(siblings[currLvl], key)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
	} else {
		k, v, err = t.newIntermediate(key, siblings[currLvl])
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
	}
	// store k-v to db
	if err = t.dbPut(k, v); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	if currLvl == 0 {
		// reached the root
		return k, nil
	}

	return t.up(k, siblings, path, currLvl-1, toLvl)
}

func (t *Tree) newLeafValue(k, v []byte) ([]byte, []byte, error) {
	t.dbg.incHash()
	return newLeafValue(t.hashFunction, k, v)
}

// newLeafValue takes a key & value from a leaf, and computes the leaf hash,
// which is used as the leaf key. And the value is the concatenation of the
// inputed key & value. The output of this function is used as key-value to
// store the leaf in the DB.
// [     1 byte   |     1 byte    | N bytes | M bytes ]
// [ type of node | length of key |   key   |  value  ]
func newLeafValue(hashFunc HashFunction, k, v []byte) ([]byte, []byte, error) {
	leafKey, err := hashFunc.Hash(k, v, []byte{1})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}
	var leafValue []byte
	leafValue = append(leafValue, byte(1))
	leafValue = append(leafValue, byte(len(k)))
	leafValue = append(leafValue, k...)
	leafValue = append(leafValue, v...)
	return leafKey, leafValue, nil
}

// ReadLeafValue reads from a byte array the leaf key & value
func ReadLeafValue(b []byte) ([]byte, []byte) {
	if len(b) < PrefixValueLen {
		return []byte{}, []byte{}
	}

	kLen := b[1]
	if len(b) < PrefixValueLen+int(kLen) {
		return []byte{}, []byte{}
	}
	k := b[PrefixValueLen : PrefixValueLen+kLen]
	v := b[PrefixValueLen+kLen:]
	return k, v
}

func (t *Tree) newIntermediate(l, r []byte) ([]byte, []byte, error) {
	t.dbg.incHash()
	return newIntermediate(t.hashFunction, l, r)
}

// newIntermediate takes the left & right keys of a intermediate node, and
// computes its hash. Returns the hash of the node, which is the node key, and a
// byte array that contains the value (which contains the left & right child
// keys) to store in the DB.
// [     1 byte   |     1 byte    | N bytes  |  N bytes  ]
// [ type of node | length of key | left key | right key ]
func newIntermediate(hashFunc HashFunction, l, r []byte) ([]byte, []byte, error) {
	b := make([]byte, PrefixValueLen+hashFunc.Len()*2)
	b[0] = 2
	b[1] = byte(len(l))
	copy(b[PrefixValueLen:PrefixValueLen+hashFunc.Len()], l)
	copy(b[PrefixValueLen+hashFunc.Len():], r)

	key, err := hashFunc.Hash(l, r)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	return key, b, nil
}

// ReadIntermediateChilds reads from a byte array the two childs keys
func ReadIntermediateChilds(b []byte) ([]byte, []byte) {
	if len(b) < PrefixValueLen {
		return []byte{}, []byte{}
	}

	lLen := b[1]
	if len(b) < PrefixValueLen+int(lLen) {
		return []byte{}, []byte{}
	}
	l := b[PrefixValueLen : PrefixValueLen+lLen]
	r := b[PrefixValueLen+lLen:]
	return l, r
}

func getPath(numLevels int, k []byte) []bool {
	path := make([]bool, numLevels)
	for n := 0; n < numLevels; n++ {
		path[n] = k[n/8]&(1<<(n%8)) != 0
	}
	return path
}

// Update updates the value for a given existing key. If the given key does not
// exist, returns an error.
func (t *Tree) Update(k, v []byte) error {
	t.Lock()
	defer t.Unlock()

	var err error
	t.tx, err = t.db.NewTx()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	keyPath := make([]byte, t.hashFunction.Len())
	copy(keyPath[:], k)
	path := getPath(t.maxLevels, keyPath)

	var siblings [][]byte
	_, valueAtBottom, siblings, err := t.down(k, t.root, siblings, path, 0, true)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	oldKey, _ := ReadLeafValue(valueAtBottom)
	if !bytes.Equal(oldKey, k) {
		return fmt.Errorf("key %s does not exist", hex.EncodeToString(k))
	}

	leafKey, leafValue, err := t.newLeafValue(k, v)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	if err := t.dbPut(leafKey, leafValue); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// go up to the root
	if len(siblings) == 0 {
		t.root = leafKey
		return t.tx.Commit()
	}
	root, err := t.up(leafKey, siblings, path, len(siblings)-1, 0)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	t.root = root
	// store root to db
	if err := t.dbPut(dbKeyRoot, t.root); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return t.tx.Commit()
}

// GenProof generates a MerkleTree proof for the given key. If the key exists in
// the Tree, the proof will be of existence, if the key does not exist in the
// tree, the proof will be of non-existence.
func (t *Tree) GenProof(k []byte) ([]byte, []byte, error) {
	keyPath := make([]byte, t.hashFunction.Len())
	copy(keyPath[:], k)

	path := getPath(t.maxLevels, keyPath)
	// go down to the leaf
	var siblings [][]byte
	_, value, siblings, err := t.down(k, t.root, siblings, path, 0, true)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	leafK, leafV := ReadLeafValue(value)
	if !bytes.Equal(k, leafK) {
		fmt.Println("key not in Tree")
		fmt.Println(leafK)
		fmt.Println(leafV)
		// TODO proof of non-existence
		panic("unimplemented")
	}

	s := PackSiblings(t.hashFunction, siblings)
	return leafV, s, nil
}

// PackSiblings packs the siblings into a byte array.
// [      1 byte        | L bytes |       S * N bytes     ]
// [  bitmap length (L) |  bitmap |  N non-zero siblings  ]
// Where the bitmap indicates if the sibling is 0 or a value from the siblings
// array. And S is the size of the output of the hash function used for the
// Tree.
func PackSiblings(hashFunc HashFunction, siblings [][]byte) []byte {
	var b []byte
	var bitmap []bool
	emptySibling := make([]byte, hashFunc.Len())
	for i := 0; i < len(siblings); i++ {
		if bytes.Equal(siblings[i], emptySibling) {
			bitmap = append(bitmap, false)
		} else {
			bitmap = append(bitmap, true)
			b = append(b, siblings[i]...)
		}
	}

	bitmapBytes := bitmapToBytes(bitmap)
	l := len(bitmapBytes)

	res := make([]byte, l+1+len(b))
	res[0] = byte(l) // set the bitmapBytes length
	copy(res[1:1+l], bitmapBytes)
	copy(res[1+l:], b)
	return res
}

// UnpackSiblings unpacks the siblings from a byte array.
func UnpackSiblings(hashFunc HashFunction, b []byte) ([][]byte, error) {
	l := b[0]
	bitmapBytes := b[1 : 1+l]
	bitmap := bytesToBitmap(bitmapBytes)
	siblingsBytes := b[1+l:]
	iSibl := 0
	emptySibl := make([]byte, hashFunc.Len())
	var siblings [][]byte
	for i := 0; i < len(bitmap); i++ {
		if iSibl >= len(siblingsBytes) {
			break
		}
		if bitmap[i] {
			siblings = append(siblings, siblingsBytes[iSibl:iSibl+hashFunc.Len()])
			iSibl += hashFunc.Len()
		} else {
			siblings = append(siblings, emptySibl)
		}
	}
	return siblings, nil
}

func bitmapToBytes(bitmap []bool) []byte {
	bitmapBytesLen := int(math.Ceil(float64(len(bitmap)) / 8)) //nolint:gomnd
	b := make([]byte, bitmapBytesLen)
	for i := 0; i < len(bitmap); i++ {
		if bitmap[i] {
			b[i/8] |= 1 << (i % 8)
		}
	}
	return b
}

func bytesToBitmap(b []byte) []bool {
	var bitmap []bool
	for i := 0; i < len(b); i++ {
		for j := 0; j < 8; j++ {
			bitmap = append(bitmap, b[i]&(1<<j) > 0)
		}
	}
	return bitmap
}

// Get returns the value for a given key
func (t *Tree) Get(k []byte) ([]byte, []byte, error) {
	keyPath := make([]byte, t.hashFunction.Len())
	copy(keyPath[:], k)

	path := getPath(t.maxLevels, keyPath)
	// go down to the leaf
	var siblings [][]byte
	_, value, _, err := t.down(k, t.root, siblings, path, 0, true)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}
	leafK, leafV := ReadLeafValue(value)
	if !bytes.Equal(k, leafK) {
		return leafK, leafV, fmt.Errorf("Tree.Get error: keys doesn't match, %s != %s",
			BytesToBigInt(k), BytesToBigInt(leafK))
	}

	return leafK, leafV, nil
}

// CheckProof verifies the given proof. The proof verification depends on the
// HashFunction passed as parameter.
func CheckProof(hashFunc HashFunction, k, v, root, packedSiblings []byte) (bool, error) {
	siblings, err := UnpackSiblings(hashFunc, packedSiblings)
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}

	keyPath := make([]byte, hashFunc.Len())
	copy(keyPath[:], k)

	key, _, err := newLeafValue(hashFunc, k, v)
	if err != nil {
		return false, err
	}

	path := getPath(len(siblings), keyPath)
	for i := len(siblings) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
		if path[i] {
			key, _, err = newIntermediate(hashFunc, siblings[i], key)
			if err != nil {
				return false, err
			}
		} else {
			key, _, err = newIntermediate(hashFunc, key, siblings[i])
			if err != nil {
				return false, err
			}
		}
	}
	if bytes.Equal(key[:], root) {
		return true, nil
	}
	return false, nil
}

func (t *Tree) dbPut(k, v []byte) error {
	if t.tx == nil {
		return ErrDBNoTx
	}
	t.dbg.incDbPut()
	return t.tx.Put(k, v)
}

func (t *Tree) dbGet(k []byte) ([]byte, error) {
	// if key is empty, return empty as value
	if bytes.Equal(k, t.emptyHash) {
		return t.emptyHash, nil
	}
	t.dbg.incDbGet()

	v, err := t.db.Get(k)
	if err == nil {
		return v, nil
	}
	if t.tx != nil {
		return t.tx.Get(k)
	}
	return nil, db.ErrNotFound
}

// Warning: should be called with a Tree.tx created, and with a Tree.tx.Commit
// after the setNLeafs call.
func (t *Tree) incNLeafs(nLeafs int) error {
	oldNLeafs, err := t.GetNLeafs()
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	newNLeafs := oldNLeafs + nLeafs
	return t.setNLeafs(newNLeafs)
}

// Warning: should be called with a Tree.tx created, and with a Tree.tx.Commit
// after the setNLeafs call.
func (t *Tree) setNLeafs(nLeafs int) error {
	b := make([]byte, 8)
	binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(b, uint64(nLeafs))
	if err := t.dbPut(dbKeyNLeafs, b); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

// GetNLeafs returns the number of Leafs of the Tree.
func (t *Tree) GetNLeafs() (int, error) {
	b, err := t.dbGet(dbKeyNLeafs)
	if err != nil {
		return 0, err
	}
	nLeafs := binary.LittleEndian.Uint64(b)
	return int(nLeafs), nil
}

// Iterate iterates through the full Tree, executing the given function on each
// node of the Tree.
func (t *Tree) Iterate(rootKey []byte, f func([]byte, []byte)) error {
	// allow to define which root to use
	if rootKey == nil {
		rootKey = t.Root()
	}
	return t.iter(rootKey, f)
}

// IterateWithStop does the same than Iterate, but with int for the current
// level, and a boolean parameter used by the passed function, is to indicate to
// stop iterating on the branch when the method returns 'true'.
func (t *Tree) IterateWithStop(rootKey []byte, f func(int, []byte, []byte) bool) error {
	// allow to define which root to use
	if rootKey == nil {
		rootKey = t.Root()
	}
	return t.iterWithStop(rootKey, 0, f)
}

func (t *Tree) iterWithStop(k []byte, currLevel int, f func(int, []byte, []byte) bool) error {
	v, err := t.dbGet(k)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	currLevel++

	switch v[0] {
	case PrefixValueEmpty:
		f(currLevel, k, v)
	case PrefixValueLeaf:
		f(currLevel, k, v)
	case PrefixValueIntermediate:
		stop := f(currLevel, k, v)
		if stop {
			return nil
		}
		l, r := ReadIntermediateChilds(v)
		if err = t.iterWithStop(l, currLevel, f); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if err = t.iterWithStop(r, currLevel, f); err != nil {
			return err
		}
	default:
		return ErrInvalidValuePrefix
	}
	return nil
}

func (t *Tree) iter(k []byte, f func([]byte, []byte)) error {
	f2 := func(currLvl int, k, v []byte) bool {
		f(k, v)
		return false
	}
	return t.iterWithStop(k, 0, f2)
}

// Dump exports all the Tree leafs in a byte array of length:
// [ N * (2+len(k+v)) ]. Where N is the number of key-values, and for each k+v:
// [ 1 byte | 1 byte | S bytes | len(v) bytes ]
// [ len(k) | len(v) |   key   |     value    ]
// Where S is the size of the output of the hash function used for the Tree.
func (t *Tree) Dump(rootKey []byte) ([]byte, error) {
	// allow to define which root to use
	if rootKey == nil {
		rootKey = t.Root()
	}

	// WARNING current encoding only supports key & values of 255 bytes each
	// (due using only 1 byte for the length headers).
	var b []byte
	err := t.Iterate(rootKey, func(k, v []byte) {
		if v[0] != PrefixValueLeaf {
			return
		}
		leafK, leafV := ReadLeafValue(v)
		kv := make([]byte, 2+len(leafK)+len(leafV))
		kv[0] = byte(len(leafK))
		kv[1] = byte(len(leafV))
		copy(kv[2:2+len(leafK)], leafK)
		copy(kv[2+len(leafK):], leafV)
		b = append(b, kv...)
	})
	return b, err
}

// ImportDump imports the leafs (that have been exported with the ExportLeafs
// method) in the Tree.
func (t *Tree) ImportDump(b []byte) error {
	r := bytes.NewReader(b)
	var err error
	var keys, values [][]byte
	for {
		l := make([]byte, 2)
		_, err = io.ReadFull(r, l)
		if err == io.EOF {
			break
		} else if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		k := make([]byte, l[0])
		_, err = io.ReadFull(r, k)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		v := make([]byte, l[1])
		_, err = io.ReadFull(r, v)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		keys = append(keys, k)
		values = append(values, v)
	}
	if _, err = t.AddBatch(keys, values); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

// Graphviz iterates across the full tree to generate a string Graphviz
// representation of the tree and writes it to w
func (t *Tree) Graphviz(w io.Writer, rootKey []byte) error {
	return t.GraphvizFirstNLevels(w, rootKey, t.maxLevels)
}

// GraphvizFirstNLevels iterates across the first NLevels of the tree to
// generate a string Graphviz representation of the first NLevels of the tree
// and writes it to w
func (t *Tree) GraphvizFirstNLevels(w io.Writer, rootKey []byte, untilLvl int) error {
	fmt.Fprintf(w, `digraph hierarchy {
node [fontname=Monospace,fontsize=10,shape=box]
`)
	if rootKey == nil {
		rootKey = t.Root()
	}
	nEmpties := 0
	err := t.iterWithStop(rootKey, 0, func(currLvl int, k, v []byte) bool {
		if currLvl == untilLvl {
			return true // to stop the iter from going down
		}
		switch v[0] {
		case PrefixValueEmpty:
		case PrefixValueLeaf:
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "\"%v\" [style=filled];\n", hex.EncodeToString(k[:nChars]))
			// key & value from the leaf
			kB, vB := ReadLeafValue(v)
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "\"%v\" -> {\"k:%v\\nv:%v\"}\n",
				hex.EncodeToString(k[:nChars]), hex.EncodeToString(kB[:nChars]),
				hex.EncodeToString(vB[:nChars]))
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "\"k:%v\\nv:%v\" [style=dashed]\n",
				hex.EncodeToString(kB[:nChars]), hex.EncodeToString(vB[:nChars]))
		case PrefixValueIntermediate:
			l, r := ReadIntermediateChilds(v)
			lStr := hex.EncodeToString(l[:nChars])
			rStr := hex.EncodeToString(r[:nChars])
			eStr := ""
			if bytes.Equal(l, t.emptyHash) {
				lStr = fmt.Sprintf("empty%v", nEmpties)
				eStr += fmt.Sprintf("\"%v\" [style=dashed,label=0];\n",
					lStr)
				nEmpties++
			}
			if bytes.Equal(r, t.emptyHash) {
				rStr = fmt.Sprintf("empty%v", nEmpties)
				eStr += fmt.Sprintf("\"%v\" [style=dashed,label=0];\n",
					rStr)
				nEmpties++
			}
			fmt.Fprintf(w, "\"%v\" -> {\"%v\" \"%v\"}\n", hex.EncodeToString(k[:nChars]),
				lStr, rStr)
			fmt.Fprint(w, eStr)
		default:
		}
		return false
	})
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "}\n")
	return err
}

// PrintGraphviz prints the output of Tree.Graphviz
func (t *Tree) PrintGraphviz(rootKey []byte) error {
	if rootKey == nil {
		rootKey = t.Root()
	}
	return t.PrintGraphvizFirstNLevels(rootKey, t.maxLevels)
}

// PrintGraphvizFirstNLevels prints the output of Tree.GraphvizFirstNLevels
func (t *Tree) PrintGraphvizFirstNLevels(rootKey []byte, untilLvl int) error {
	if rootKey == nil {
		rootKey = t.Root()
	}
	w := bytes.NewBufferString("")
	fmt.Fprintf(w,
		"--------\nGraphviz of the Tree with Root "+hex.EncodeToString(rootKey)+":\n")
	err := t.GraphvizFirstNLevels(w, rootKey, untilLvl)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(w)
		return err
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w,
		"End of Graphviz of the Tree with Root "+hex.EncodeToString(rootKey)+"\n--------\n")

	fmt.Println(w)
	return nil
}

// Purge WIP: unimplemented TODO
func (t *Tree) Purge(keys [][]byte) error {
	return nil
}

// TODO circom proofs