View Functions

Solidity commonly exposes view methods that return auction state or derived metadata.

Solidity

function getAuction(uint256 nftId_) external view returns (Auction memory) {
    return _auctions[nftId_];
}

Move

Move view functions are often used to recover object handles deterministically:

#[view]
public fun get_auction_object(token_name: String): Object<Auction> {
    let auction_seed = get_auction_seed(token_name);
    let auction_address = object::create_object_address(
        &@dutch_auction_address,
        auction_seed
    );
    object::address_to_object(auction_address)
}

Because Objects have stable addresses derived from seeds, view functions often help clients resolve the right object first, then read its state through the SDK or APIs.

You can call these view functions from the TypeScript SDK without submitting a transaction.