types: block json unmarshal method added

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/types/block.go b/core/types/block.go
index c93452fa7..d7963981e 100644
--- a/core/types/block.go
+++ b/core/types/block.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package types
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/big"
@@ -80,6 +82,28 @@ func (self *Header) RlpData() interface{} {
 	return self.rlpData(true)
 }
 
+func (h *Header) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	var ext struct {
+		ParentHash string
+		Coinbase   string
+		Difficulty string
+		GasLimit   string
+		Time       uint64
+		Extra      string
+	}
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(data))
+	if err := dec.Decode(&ext); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	h.ParentHash = common.HexToHash(ext.ParentHash)
+	h.Coinbase = common.HexToAddress(ext.Coinbase)
+	h.Difficulty = common.String2Big(ext.Difficulty)
+	h.Time = ext.Time
+	h.Extra = []byte(ext.Extra)
+	return nil
+}
+
 func rlpHash(x interface{}) (h common.Hash) {
 	hw := sha3.NewKeccak256()
 	rlp.Encode(hw, x)