RoleByRoles

RoleByRoles is an electoral mandate that assigns or revokes a role based on whether an account holds any of a set of prerequisite roles. It provides a mechanism for composing “grouped” roles and automatic role management based on prerequisite role ownership.

Overview

This mandate provides a mechanism to:

• Assign a target role to accounts holding prerequisite roles
• Revoke the target role when prerequisite roles are lost
• Compose hierarchical role structures
• Automatically manage role assignments
• Track role dependencies

Configuration

When adopting a RoleByRoles instance, two parameters must be provided:

1. newRoleId (uint256): The role ID to assign/revoke based on prerequisites
2. roleIdsNeeded (uint256[]): Array of prerequisite role IDs

Usage

Proposing an Action

When calling the mandate, one parameter must be provided:

1. account (address): The account to check and potentially assign/revoke the role for

Execution Flow

1. Prerequisite Check

   • Checks if the account holds any of the prerequisite roles
   • Verifies current role status for the target role
   • Determines required action

2. Role Assignment Logic

   • If account has prerequisite roles and doesn’t have target role:
     • Assigns the target role
   • If account lacks prerequisite roles but has target role:
     • Revokes the target role
   • If no change needed:
     • Returns empty execution data

3. State Management

   • Records role assignment/revocation
   • Updates role holder lists
   • Tracks role dependencies

Technical Specifications

State Variables

struct Data {
    uint256 newRoleId;        // Role ID to assign/revoke
    uint256[] roleIdsNeeded;  // Array of prerequisite role IDs
}

mapping(bytes32 mandateHash => Data) public data;

Functions

initializeMandate

function initializeMandate(
    uint16 index,
    string memory nameDescription,
    bytes memory inputParams,
    bytes memory config
) public override

• Initializes mandate with configuration parameters
• Sets up target role and prerequisite roles
• Configures role dependency structure

handleRequest

function handleRequest(
    address caller,
    address powers,
    uint16 mandateId,
    bytes memory mandateCalldata,
    uint256 nonce
) public view virtual override returns (
    uint256 actionId,
    address[] memory targets,
    uint256[] memory values,
    bytes[] memory calldatas
)

• Processes the role management request
• Checks prerequisite role ownership
• Prepares role assignment/revocation call
• Returns execution data

Error Conditions

1. Role Assignment Errors

   • “Account already has role”
   • “Account does not have prerequisite roles”

2. Role Revocation Errors

   • “Account does not have role”
   • “Account still has prerequisite roles”

3. Validation Errors

   • Invalid role ID
   • Invalid account address
   • Zero address account

Current Deployments

Chain ID	Chain Name	Address
421614	Arbitrum Sepolia	0xa797799EE0C6FA7d9b76eF52e993288a04982267
11155420	Optimism Sepolia	0xa797799EE0C6FA7d9b76eF52e993288a04982267
11155111	Ethereum Sepolia	0xa797799EE0C6FA7d9b76eF52e993288a04982267