refactor: Use LedgerHashesEntry everywhere (#8369)

include/xrpl/ledger/entries/LedgerHashesEntry.h

@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <xrpl/basics/base_uint.h>
 #include <xrpl/beast/utility/Journal.h>
 #include <xrpl/ledger/ApplyView.h>
 #include <xrpl/ledger/ReadView.h>
 #include <xrpl/ledger/entries/SLEBase.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/Indexes.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/LedgerFormats.h>
+#include <xrpl/protocol/SField.h>
+#include <xrpl/protocol/STVector256.h>
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <optional>
 
 namespace xrpl {
 
@@ -25,6 +31,31 @@ public:
         : Base(keylet::skip(), view, j)
     {
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Looks up a hash `diff` slots back from the most recent entry in the
+     * sfHashes vector (diff == 0 is the most recent entry).
+     *
+     * Callers decide which skip list entry to read and how to translate a
+     * target ledger sequence into `diff`; this only does the bounds check
+     * and vector indexing shared by both the recent (stride 1) and distant
+     * (stride 256) skip lists.
+     *
+     * @param diff how many slots back from the most recent hash to look up;
+     * 0 is the most recent hash.
+     * @return the hash at that slot, or std::nullopt if the entry does not
+     * exist or `diff` is out of range.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] std::optional<UInt256>
+    hashAt(std::size_t diff) const
+    {
+        if (!this->exists())
+            return std::nullopt;
+        STVector256 const vec = (*this)->getFieldV256(sfHashes);
+        if (vec.size() > diff)
+            return vec[vec.size() - diff - 1];
+        return std::nullopt;
+    }
 };
 
 using LedgerHashesEntryR = LedgerHashesEntry<ReadView>;