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Smart contract ERC777 utilities and implementations

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As of v4.9, OpenZeppelin’s implementation of ERC-777 is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release.

This set of interfaces and contracts are all related to the ERC777 token standard.

For an overview of ERC777 tokens and a walk through on how to create a token contract read our ERC777 guide.

The token behavior itself is implemented in the core contracts: IERC777, ERC777.

Additionally there are interfaces used to develop contracts that react to token movements: IERC777Sender, IERC777Recipient.

Core

IERC777

ERC777

Hooks

IERC777Sender

IERC777Recipient

Presets

These contracts are preconfigured combinations of features. They can be used through inheritance or as models to copy and paste their source code.

ERC777PresetFixedSupply

ERC777

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC777/ERC777.sol";

Implementation of the IERC777 interface.

This implementation is agnostic to the way tokens are created. This means that a supply mechanism has to be added in a derived contract using ERC1155._mint.

Support for ERC20 is included in this contract, as specified by the EIP: both the ERC777 and ERC20 interfaces can be safely used when interacting with it. Both IERC777.Sent and IERC20.Transfer events are emitted on token movements.

Additionally, the IERC777.granularity value is hard-coded to 1, meaning that there are no special restrictions in the amount of tokens that created, moved, or destroyed. This makes integration with ERC20 applications seamless.

CAUTION: This file is deprecated as of v4.9 and will be removed in the next major release.

Functions

IERC20

IERC777

Events

IERC20

IERC777

constructor(string name_, string symbol_, address[] defaultOperators_)

public

#

defaultOperators may be an empty array.

name() → string

public

#

See IERC777.name.

symbol() → string

public

#

See IERC777.symbol.

decimals() → uint8

public

#

See ERC20.decimals.

Always returns 18, as per the ERC777 EIP.

granularity() → uint256

public

#

See IERC777.granularity.

This implementation always returns 1.

totalSupply() → uint256

public

#

See IERC777.totalSupply.

balanceOf(address tokenHolder) → uint256

public

#

Returns the amount of tokens owned by an account (tokenHolder).

send(address recipient, uint256 amount, bytes data)

public

#

See IERC777.send.

Also emits a IERC20.Transfer event for ERC20 compatibility.

transfer(address recipient, uint256 amount) → bool

public

#

See IERC20.transfer.

Unlike send, recipient is not required to implement the IERC777Recipient interface if it is a contract.

Also emits a IERC777.Sent event.

burn(uint256 amount, bytes data)

public

#

See IERC777.burn.

Also emits a IERC20.Transfer event for ERC20 compatibility.

isOperatorFor(address operator, address tokenHolder) → bool

public

#

See IERC777.isOperatorFor.

authorizeOperator(address operator)

public

#

See IERC777.authorizeOperator.

revokeOperator(address operator)

public

#

See IERC777.revokeOperator.

defaultOperators() → address[]

public

#

See IERC777.defaultOperators.

operatorSend(address sender, address recipient, uint256 amount, bytes data, bytes operatorData)

public

#

See IERC777.operatorSend.

Emits IERC777.Sent and IERC20.Transfer events.

operatorBurn(address account, uint256 amount, bytes data, bytes operatorData)

public

#

See IERC777.operatorBurn.

Emits IERC777.Burned and IERC20.Transfer events.

allowance(address holder, address spender) → uint256

public

#

See IERC20.allowance.

Note that operator and allowance concepts are orthogonal: operators may not have allowance, and accounts with allowance may not be operators themselves.

approve(address spender, uint256 value) → bool

public

#

See IERC20.approve.

NOTE: If value is the maximum uint256, the allowance is not updated on transferFrom. This is semantically equivalent to an infinite approval.

Note that accounts cannot have allowance issued by their operators.

transferFrom(address holder, address recipient, uint256 amount) → bool

public

#

See IERC20.transferFrom.

NOTE: Does not update the allowance if the current allowance is the maximum uint256.

Note that operator and allowance concepts are orthogonal: operators cannot call transferFrom (unless they have allowance), and accounts with allowance cannot call operatorSend (unless they are operators).

Emits IERC777.Sent, IERC20.Transfer and IERC20.Approval events.

_mint(address account, uint256 amount, bytes userData, bytes operatorData)

internal

#

Creates amount tokens and assigns them to account, increasing the total supply.

If a send hook is registered for account, the corresponding function will be called with the caller address as the operator and with userData and operatorData.

See IERC777Sender and IERC777Recipient.

Emits IERC777.Minted and IERC20.Transfer events.

Requirements

  • account cannot be the zero address.
  • if account is a contract, it must implement the IERC777Recipient interface.

_mint(address account, uint256 amount, bytes userData, bytes operatorData, bool requireReceptionAck)

internal

#

Creates amount tokens and assigns them to account, increasing the total supply.

If requireReceptionAck is set to true, and if a send hook is registered for account, the corresponding function will be called with operator, data and operatorData.

See IERC777Sender and IERC777Recipient.

Emits IERC777.Minted and IERC20.Transfer events.

Requirements

  • account cannot be the zero address.
  • if account is a contract, it must implement the IERC777Recipient interface.

_send(address from, address to, uint256 amount, bytes userData, bytes operatorData, bool requireReceptionAck)

internal

#

Send tokens

_burn(address from, uint256 amount, bytes data, bytes operatorData)

internal

#

Burn tokens

_approve(address holder, address spender, uint256 value)

internal

#

See ERC20._approve.

Note that accounts cannot have allowance issued by their operators.

_spendAllowance(address owner, address spender, uint256 amount)

internal

#

Updates owner s allowance for spender based on spent amount.

Does not update the allowance amount in case of infinite allowance. Revert if not enough allowance is available.

Might emit an IERC20.Approval event.

_beforeTokenTransfer(address operator, address from, address to, uint256 amount)

internal

#

Hook that is called before any token transfer. This includes calls to ERC777.send, ERC20.transfer, ERC777.operatorSend, ERC20.transferFrom, minting and burning.

Calling conditions:

  • when from and to are both non-zero, amount of from's tokens will be to transferred to to.
  • when from is zero, amount tokens will be minted for to.
  • when to is zero, amount of from's tokens will be burned.
  • from and to are never both zero.

To learn more about hooks, head to xref:ROOT:extending-contracts#using-hooks[Using Hooks].

IERC777

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC777/IERC777.sol";

Interface of the ERC777Token standard as defined in the EIP.

This contract uses the ERC1820 registry standard to let token holders and recipients react to token movements by using setting implementers for the associated interfaces in said registry. See IERC1820Registry and ERC1820Implementer.

Functions

Events

name() → string

external

#

Returns the name of the token.

symbol() → string

external

#

Returns the symbol of the token, usually a shorter version of the name.

granularity() → uint256

external

#

Returns the smallest part of the token that is not divisible. This means all token operations (creation, movement and destruction) must have amounts that are a multiple of this number.

For most token contracts, this value will equal 1.

totalSupply() → uint256

external

#

Returns the amount of tokens in existence.

balanceOf(address owner) → uint256

external

#

Returns the amount of tokens owned by an account (owner).

send(address recipient, uint256 amount, bytes data)

external

#

Moves amount tokens from the caller's account to recipient.

If send or receive hooks are registered for the caller and recipient, the corresponding functions will be called with data and empty operatorData. See IERC777Sender and IERC777Recipient.

Emits a IERC777.Sent event.

Requirements

  • the caller must have at least amount tokens.
  • recipient cannot be the zero address.
  • if recipient is a contract, it must implement the IERC777Recipient interface.

burn(uint256 amount, bytes data)

external

#

Destroys amount tokens from the caller's account, reducing the total supply.

If a send hook is registered for the caller, the corresponding function will be called with data and empty operatorData. See IERC777Sender.

Emits a IERC777.Burned event.

Requirements

  • the caller must have at least amount tokens.

isOperatorFor(address operator, address tokenHolder) → bool

external

#

Returns true if an account is an operator of tokenHolder. Operators can send and burn tokens on behalf of their owners. All accounts are their own operator.

See ERC777.operatorSend and ERC777.operatorBurn.

authorizeOperator(address operator)

external

#

Make an account an operator of the caller.

See ERC777.isOperatorFor.

Emits an IERC777.AuthorizedOperator event.

Requirements

  • operator cannot be calling address.

revokeOperator(address operator)

external

#

Revoke an account's operator status for the caller.

See ERC777.isOperatorFor and ERC777.defaultOperators.

Emits a IERC777.RevokedOperator event.

Requirements

  • operator cannot be calling address.

defaultOperators() → address[]

external

#

Returns the list of default operators. These accounts are operators for all token holders, even if ERC777.authorizeOperator was never called on them.

This list is immutable, but individual holders may revoke these via ERC777.revokeOperator, in which case ERC777.isOperatorFor will return false.

operatorSend(address sender, address recipient, uint256 amount, bytes data, bytes operatorData)

external

#

Moves amount tokens from sender to recipient. The caller must be an operator of sender.

If send or receive hooks are registered for sender and recipient, the corresponding functions will be called with data and operatorData. See IERC777Sender and IERC777Recipient.

Emits a IERC777.Sent event.

Requirements

  • sender cannot be the zero address.
  • sender must have at least amount tokens.
  • the caller must be an operator for sender.
  • recipient cannot be the zero address.
  • if recipient is a contract, it must implement the IERC777Recipient interface.

operatorBurn(address account, uint256 amount, bytes data, bytes operatorData)

external

#

Destroys amount tokens from account, reducing the total supply. The caller must be an operator of account.

If a send hook is registered for account, the corresponding function will be called with data and operatorData. See IERC777Sender.

Emits a IERC777.Burned event.

Requirements

  • account cannot be the zero address.
  • account must have at least amount tokens.
  • the caller must be an operator for account.

Minted(address indexed operator, address indexed to, uint256 amount, bytes data, bytes operatorData)

event

#

Emitted when amount tokens are created by operator and assigned to to.

Note that some additional user data and operatorData can be logged in the event.

Burned(address indexed operator, address indexed from, uint256 amount, bytes data, bytes operatorData)

event

#

Emitted when operator destroys amount tokens from account.

Note that some additional user data and operatorData can be logged in the event.

AuthorizedOperator(address indexed operator, address indexed tokenHolder)

event

#

Emitted when operator is made operator for tokenHolder.

RevokedOperator(address indexed operator, address indexed tokenHolder)

event

#

Emitted when operator is revoked its operator status for tokenHolder.

Sent(address indexed operator, address indexed from, address indexed to, uint256 amount, bytes data, bytes operatorData)

event

#

IERC777Recipient

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC777/IERC777Recipient.sol";

Interface of the ERC777TokensRecipient standard as defined in the EIP.

Accounts can be notified of IERC777 tokens being sent to them by having a contract implement this interface (contract holders can be their own implementer) and registering it on the ERC1820 global registry.

See IERC1820Registry and ERC1820Implementer.

Functions

tokensReceived(address operator, address from, address to, uint256 amount, bytes userData, bytes operatorData)

external

#

Called by an IERC777 token contract whenever tokens are being moved or created into a registered account (to). The type of operation is conveyed by from being the zero address or not.

This call occurs after the token contract's state is updated, so IERC777.balanceOf, etc., can be used to query the post-operation state.

This function may revert to prevent the operation from being executed.

IERC777Sender

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC777/IERC777Sender.sol";

Interface of the ERC777TokensSender standard as defined in the EIP.

IERC777 Token holders can be notified of operations performed on their tokens by having a contract implement this interface (contract holders can be their own implementer) and registering it on the ERC1820 global registry.

See IERC1820Registry and ERC1820Implementer.

Functions

tokensToSend(address operator, address from, address to, uint256 amount, bytes userData, bytes operatorData)

external

#

Called by an IERC777 token contract whenever a registered holder's (from) tokens are about to be moved or destroyed. The type of operation is conveyed by to being the zero address or not.

This call occurs before the token contract's state is updated, so IERC777.balanceOf, etc., can be used to query the pre-operation state.

This function may revert to prevent the operation from being executed.

ERC777PresetFixedSupply

import "@openzeppelin/contracts/token/ERC777/presets/ERC777PresetFixedSupply.sol";

ERC777 token, including:

  • Preminted initial supply
  • No access control mechanism (for minting/pausing) and hence no governance

Available since v3.4.

Functions

ERC777

IERC20

IERC777

Events

ERC777

IERC20

IERC777

constructor(string name, string symbol, address[] defaultOperators, uint256 initialSupply, address owner)

public

#

Mints initialSupply amount of token and transfers them to owner.

See ERC777.constructor.

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