minor refactor

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name": "fixed-merkle-tree",
-  "version": "0.5.1",
+  "version": "0.6.0",
   "description": "Fixed depth merkle tree implementation with sequential inserts",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/tornadocash/fixed-merkle-tree.git",
   "main": "src/merkleTree.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha",

src/merkleTree.js

@@ -25,19 +25,18 @@ class MerkleTree {
   constructor(levels, elements = [], { hashFunction, zeroElement = DEFAULT_ZERO } = {}) {
     this.levels = levels
     this.capacity = 2 ** levels
-    this.zeroElement = zeroElement
-    this._hash = hashFunction || defaultHash
     if (elements.length > this.capacity) {
       throw new Error('Tree is full')
     }
-
+    this._hash = hashFunction || defaultHash
+    this.zeroElement = zeroElement
     this._zeros = []
-    this._layers = []
+    this._zeros[0] = zeroElement
-    this._layers[0] = elements
-    this._zeros[0] = this.zeroElement
     for (let i = 1; i <= levels; i++) {
       this._zeros[i] = this._hash(this._zeros[i - 1], this._zeros[i - 1])
     }
+    this._layers = []
+    this._layers[0] = elements.slice()
     this._rebuild()
   }
 
@@ -152,6 +151,14 @@ class MerkleTree {
     return this._layers[0].slice()
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a copy of n-th zero elements array
+   * @returns {Object[]}
+   */
+  zeros() {
+    return this._zeros.slice()
+  }
+
   /**
    * Serialize entire tree state including intermediate layers into a plain object
    * Deserializing it back will not require to recompute any hashes