added RPC start/stop support

2 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rpc/shared/types.go b/rpc/shared/types.go
index dd38a4559..7c4b04e83 100644
--- a/rpc/shared/types.go
+++ b/rpc/shared/types.go
@@ -7,6 +7,21 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
 )
 
+// 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(*Request) (interface{}, error)
+
+	// List of supported RCP methods this API provides
+	Methods() []string
+}
+
 // RPC request
 type Request struct {
 	Id      interface{}     `json:"id"`
diff --git a/rpc/shared/utils.go b/rpc/shared/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7953d6c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/shared/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package shared
+
+import "strings"
+
+const (
+	AdminApiName    = "admin"
+	EthApiName      = "eth"
+	DbApiName       = "db"
+	DebugApiName    = "debug"
+	MergedApiName   = "merged"
+	MinerApiName    = "miner"
+	NetApiName      = "net"
+	ShhApiName      = "shh"
+	TxPoolApiName   = "txpool"
+	PersonalApiName = "personal"
+	Web3ApiName     = "web3"
+
+	JsonRpcVersion = "2.0"
+)
+
+var (
+	// All API's
+	AllApis = strings.Join([]string{
+		AdminApiName, DbApiName, EthApiName, DebugApiName, MinerApiName, NetApiName,
+		ShhApiName, TxPoolApiName, PersonalApiName, Web3ApiName,
+	}, ",")
+)
+