Rating System Contract Technical Reference

The RatingSystem contract enables the management of the rating system for providers in any initialized marketplace. It allows clients to rate providers and retrieve the average rating for a provider.

Structs

The Rating struct stores the sum of ratings and the count of ratings received by a provider.

struct Rating {
    uint256 sum;
    uint256 count;
}

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State Variables

• clientRatings: This is a mapping that stores the ratings given by clients to providers. It maps the marketplace ID to the client's address and the provider's address to the rating value.
• providerRatings: This is a mapping that stores the ratings received by providers. It maps the marketplace ID to the provider's address and the Rating struct, which contains the sum of ratings and the count of ratings received.

Functions

getMarketplace

Retrieves the marketplace contract address.

function getMarketplace() public view returns(address)

Return values:

Name	Type
	address	The address of the marketplace contract.

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setMarketplace

Sets the marketplace contract address.

function setMarketplace(Marketplace _marketplace) external onlyOwner returns (bool)

Parameters:

Name	Type
_marketplace	Marketplace	The address of the marketplace contract.

Return values:

Type
bool	Whether the setting was successful or not.

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rateProvider

Allows a client to rate a provider for a specific deal.

function rateProvider(uint marketplaceId, uint256 dealId, uint8 rating) external

Parameters:

Name	Type
marketplaceId	uint	The id of the marketplace.
dealId	uint256	The id of the deal.
rating	uint8	The rating value (1-5).

removeRating

Allows a client to remove a rating for a provider.

function removeRating(uint marketplaceId, uint256 dealId) external

Parameters:

Name	Type
marketplaceId	uint	The id of the marketplace.
dealId	uint256	The id of the deal.

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getAverageRating

Retrieves the average rating for a provider.

function getAverageRating(uint marketplaceId, address provider) external view returns (uint256)

Parameters:

Name	Type
marketplaceId	uint	The id of the marketplace.
provider	address	The address of the provider.

Return values:

Name	Type
	uint256	The average rating for the provider.

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note

This is a high-level technical breakdown. For a deep understanding of each function's inner workings and logic, refer to the smart contract's actual implementation.