# Timelock

## Timelock

The Timelock contract.

## Solidity API

#### setDelay

Setter for the transaction queue delay

```solidity
function setDelay(uint256 delay_) public
```

**Parameters**

| Name    | Type    | Description                                    |
| ------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| delay\_ | uint256 | The new delay period for the transaction queue |

***

#### acceptAdmin

Method for accepting a proposed admin

```solidity
function acceptAdmin() public
```

***

#### setPendingAdmin

Method to propose a new admin authorized to call timelock functions. This should be the Governor Contract

```solidity
function setPendingAdmin(address pendingAdmin_) public
```

**Parameters**

| Name           | Type    | Description                   |
| -------------- | ------- | ----------------------------- |
| pendingAdmin\_ | address | Address of the proposed admin |

***

#### queueTransaction

Called for each action when queuing a proposal

```solidity
function queueTransaction(address target, uint256 value, string signature, bytes data, uint256 eta) public returns (bytes32)
```

**Parameters**

| Name      | Type    | Description                                           |
| --------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| target    | address | Address of the contract with the method to be called  |
| value     | uint256 | Native token amount sent with the transaction         |
| signature | string  | Ssignature of the function to be called               |
| data      | bytes   | Arguments to be passed to the function when called    |
| eta       | uint256 | Timestamp after which the transaction can be executed |

**Return Values**

| Name | Type    | Description                    |
| ---- | ------- | ------------------------------ |
| \[0] | bytes32 | Hash of the queued transaction |

***

#### cancelTransaction

Called to cancel a queued transaction

```solidity
function cancelTransaction(address target, uint256 value, string signature, bytes data, uint256 eta) public
```

**Parameters**

| Name      | Type    | Description                                           |
| --------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| target    | address | Address of the contract with the method to be called  |
| value     | uint256 | Native token amount sent with the transaction         |
| signature | string  | Ssignature of the function to be called               |
| data      | bytes   | Arguments to be passed to the function when called    |
| eta       | uint256 | Timestamp after which the transaction can be executed |

***

#### executeTransaction

Called to execute a queued transaction

```solidity
function executeTransaction(address target, uint256 value, string signature, bytes data, uint256 eta) public payable returns (bytes)
```

**Parameters**

| Name      | Type    | Description                                           |
| --------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| target    | address | Address of the contract with the method to be called  |
| value     | uint256 | Native token amount sent with the transaction         |
| signature | string  | Ssignature of the function to be called               |
| data      | bytes   | Arguments to be passed to the function when called    |
| eta       | uint256 | Timestamp after which the transaction can be executed |

***


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