Merge pull request #1239 from bas-vk/rpc-apis

RPC refactoring

1 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rpc/api/api.go b/rpc/api/api.go
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+package api
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/shared"
+)
+
+const (
+	AdminApiName    = "admin"
+	EthApiName      = "eth"
+	DebugApiName    = "debug"
+	MergedApiName   = "merged"
+	MinerApiName    = "miner"
+	NetApiName      = "net"
+	ShhApiName      = "shh"
+	TxPoolApiName   = "txpool"
+	PersonalApiName = "personal"
+	Web3ApiName     = "web3"
+)
+
+var (
+	// List with all API's which are offered over the IPC interface by default
+	DefaultIpcApis = strings.Join([]string{
+		AdminApiName, EthApiName, DebugApiName, MinerApiName, NetApiName,
+		ShhApiName, TxPoolApiName, PersonalApiName, Web3ApiName,
+	}, ",")
+)
+
+// Ethereum RPC API interface
+type EthereumApi interface {
+	// API identifier
+	Name() string
+
+	// API version
+	ApiVersion() string
+
+	// Execute the given request and returns the response or an error
+	Execute(*shared.Request) (interface{}, error)
+
+	// List of supported RCP methods this API provides
+	Methods() []string
+}
+
+// Merge multiple API's to a single API instance
+func Merge(apis ...EthereumApi) EthereumApi {
+	return newMergedApi(apis...)
+}