From 3de73c53cb8873ffe1dbe1e0e2bde4d0d3df072d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ra=C3=BAl=20Kripalani?= <raul@protocol.ai>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 13:09:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] events: add a generic DHT event.

---
 event/dht.go | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 event/dht.go

diff --git a/event/dht.go b/event/dht.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e01953f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/event/dht.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package event
+
+// RawJSON is a type that contains a raw JSON string.
+type RawJSON string
+
+// GenericDHTEvent is a type that encapsulates an actual DHT event by carrying
+// its raw JSON.
+//
+// Context: the DHT event system is rather bespoke and a bit messy at the time,
+// so until we unify/clean that up, this event bridges the gap. It should only
+// be consumed for informational purposes.
+//
+// EXPERIMENTAL: this will likely be removed if/when the DHT event types are
+// hoisted to core, and the DHT event system is reconciled with the eventbus.
+type GenericDHTEvent struct {
+	// Type is the type of the DHT event that occured.
+	Type string
+
+	// Raw is the raw JSON representation of the event payload.
+	Raw RawJSON
+}