path: root/rpc/ipc.go

// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
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// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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//
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// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
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// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

package rpc

import (
    "fmt"
    "net"

    "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"

    "golang.org/x/net/context"
)

// CreateIPCListener creates an listener, on Unix platforms this is a unix socket, on
// Windows this is a named pipe
func CreateIPCListener(endpoint string) (net.Listener, error) {
    return ipcListen(endpoint)
}

// ServeListener accepts connections on l, serving JSON-RPC on them.
func (srv *Server) ServeListener(l net.Listener) error {
    for {
        conn, err := l.Accept()
        if err != nil {
            return err
        }
        log.Trace(fmt.Sprint("accepted conn", conn.RemoteAddr()))
        go srv.ServeCodec(NewJSONCodec(conn), OptionMethodInvocation|OptionSubscriptions)
    }
}

// DialIPC create a new IPC client that connects to the given endpoint. On Unix it assumes
// the endpoint is the full path to a unix socket, and Windows the endpoint is an
// identifier for a named pipe.
//
// The context is used for the initial connection establishment. It does not
// affect subsequent interactions with the client.
func DialIPC(ctx context.Context, endpoint string) (*Client, error) {
    return newClient(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) (net.Conn, error) {
        return newIPCConnection(ctx, endpoint)
    })
}