path: root/rpc/inproc.go

// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
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package rpc

import (
    "encoding/json"
    "io"
    "net"
)

// inProcClient is an in-process buffer stream attached to an RPC server.
type inProcClient struct {
    server *Server
    cl     io.Closer
    enc    *json.Encoder
    dec    *json.Decoder
}

// Close tears down the request channel of the in-proc client.
func (c *inProcClient) Close() {
    c.cl.Close()
}

// NewInProcRPCClient creates an in-process buffer stream attachment to a given
// RPC server.
func NewInProcRPCClient(handler *Server) Client {
    p1, p2 := net.Pipe()
    go handler.ServeCodec(NewJSONCodec(p1), OptionMethodInvocation|OptionSubscriptions)
    return &inProcClient{handler, p2, json.NewEncoder(p2), json.NewDecoder(p2)}
}

// Send marshals a message into a json format and injects in into the client
// request channel.
func (c *inProcClient) Send(msg interface{}) error {
    return c.enc.Encode(msg)
}

// Recv reads a message from the response channel and tries to parse it into the
// given msg interface.
func (c *inProcClient) Recv(msg interface{}) error {
    return c.dec.Decode(msg)
}

// Returns the collection of modules the RPC server offers.
func (c *inProcClient) SupportedModules() (map[string]string, error) {
    return SupportedModules(c)
}