interface iOVM_CanonicalTransactionChain {

    /**********
     * Events *
     **********/

    event TransactionEnqueued(
        address _l1TxOrigin,
        address _target,
        uint256 _gasLimit,
        bytes _data,
        uint256 _queueIndex,
        uint256 _timestamp
    );

    event QueueBatchAppended(
        uint256 _startingQueueIndex,
        uint256 _numQueueElements,
        uint256 _totalElements
    );

    event SequencerBatchAppended(
        uint256 _startingQueueIndex,
        uint256 _numQueueElements,
        uint256 _totalElements
    );

    event TransactionBatchAppended(
        uint256 indexed _batchIndex,
        bytes32 _batchRoot,
        uint256 _batchSize,
        uint256 _prevTotalElements,
        bytes _extraData
    );


    /***********
     * Structs *
     ***********/

    struct BatchContext {
        uint256 numSequencedTransactions;
        uint256 numSubsequentQueueTransactions;
        uint256 timestamp;
        uint256 blockNumber;
    }


    /********************
     * Public Functions *
     ********************/


    /**
     * Accesses the batch storage container.
     * @return Reference to the batch storage container.
     */
    function batches()
        external
        view
        returns (
            iOVM_ChainStorageContainer
        );

    /**
     * Accesses the queue storage container.
     * @return Reference to the queue storage container.
     */
    function queue()
        external
        view
        returns (
            iOVM_ChainStorageContainer
        );

    /**
     * Retrieves the total number of elements submitted.
     * @return _totalElements Total submitted elements.
     */
    function getTotalElements()
        external
        view
        returns (
            uint256 _totalElements
        );

    /**
     * Retrieves the total number of batches submitted.
     * @return _totalBatches Total submitted batches.
     */
    function getTotalBatches()
        external
        view
        returns (
            uint256 _totalBatches
        );

    /**
     * Returns the index of the next element to be enqueued.
     * @return Index for the next queue element.
     */
    function getNextQueueIndex()
        external
        view
        returns (
            uint40
        );

    /**
     * Gets the queue element at a particular index.
     * @param _index Index of the queue element to access.
     * @return _element Queue element at the given index.
     */
    function getQueueElement(
        uint256 _index
    )
        external
        view
        returns (
            Lib_OVMCodec.QueueElement memory _element
        );

    /**
     * Returns the timestamp of the last transaction.
     * @return Timestamp for the last transaction.
     */
    function getLastTimestamp()
        external
        view
        returns (
            uint40
        );

    /**
     * Returns the blocknumber of the last transaction.
     * @return Blocknumber for the last transaction.
     */
    function getLastBlockNumber()
        external
        view
        returns (
            uint40
        );

    /**
     * Get the number of queue elements which have not yet been included.
     * @return Number of pending queue elements.
     */
    function getNumPendingQueueElements()
        external
        view
        returns (
            uint40
        );

    /**
     * Retrieves the length of the queue, including
     * both pending and canonical transactions.
     * @return Length of the queue.
     */
    function getQueueLength()
        external
        view
        returns (
            uint40
        );


    /**
     * Adds a transaction to the queue.
     * @param _target Target contract to send the transaction to.
     * @param _gasLimit Gas limit for the given transaction.
     * @param _data Transaction data.
     */
    function enqueue(
        address _target,
        uint256 _gasLimit,
        bytes memory _data
    )
        external;

    /**
     * Appends a given number of queued transactions as a single batch.
     * @param _numQueuedTransactions Number of transactions to append.
     */
    function appendQueueBatch(
        uint256 _numQueuedTransactions
    )
        external;

    /**
     * Allows the sequencer to append a batch of transactions.
     * @dev This function uses a custom encoding scheme for efficiency reasons.
     * .param _shouldStartAtElement Specific batch we expect to start appending to.
     * .param _totalElementsToAppend Total number of batch elements we expect to append.
     * .param _contexts Array of batch contexts.
     * .param _transactionDataFields Array of raw transaction data.
     */
    function appendSequencerBatch(
        // uint40 _shouldStartAtElement,
        // uint24 _totalElementsToAppend,
        // BatchContext[] _contexts,
        // bytes[] _transactionDataFields
    )
        external;

    /**
     * Verifies whether a transaction is included in the chain.
     * @param _transaction Transaction to verify.
     * @param _txChainElement Transaction chain element corresponding to the transaction.
     * @param _batchHeader Header of the batch the transaction was included in.
     * @param _inclusionProof Inclusion proof for the provided transaction chain element.
     * @return True if the transaction exists in the CTC, false if not.
     */
    function verifyTransaction(
        Lib_OVMCodec.Transaction memory _transaction,
        Lib_OVMCodec.TransactionChainElement memory _txChainElement,
        Lib_OVMCodec.ChainBatchHeader memory _batchHeader,
        Lib_OVMCodec.ChainInclusionProof memory _inclusionProof
    )
        external
        view
        returns (
            bool
        );
}
/**
 * @title iOVM_CanonicalTransactionChain
 */
function getNextQueueIndex()
    external
    view
    returns (
        uint40
    );

/**
 * Returns the index of the next element to be enqueued.
 * @return Index for the next queue element.
 */