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diff --git a/accounts/abi/method.go b/accounts/abi/method.go
index 206c7d408..f3d1a44b5 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/method.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/method.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package abi
import (
"fmt"
+ "reflect"
"strings"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
@@ -38,6 +39,44 @@ type Method struct {
Outputs []Argument
}
+func (m Method) pack(method Method, args ...interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+ // Make sure arguments match up and pack them
+ if len(args) != len(method.Inputs) {
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("argument count mismatch: %d for %d", len(args), len(method.Inputs))
+ }
+ // variable input is the output appended at the end of packed
+ // output. This is used for strings and bytes types input.
+ var variableInput []byte
+
+ var ret []byte
+ for i, a := range args {
+ input := method.Inputs[i]
+ // pack the input
+ packed, err := input.Type.pack(reflect.ValueOf(a))
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("`%s` %v", method.Name, err)
+ }
+
+ // check for a slice type (string, bytes, slice)
+ if input.Type.requiresLengthPrefix() {
+ // calculate the offset
+ offset := len(method.Inputs)*32 + len(variableInput)
+ // set the offset
+ ret = append(ret, packNum(reflect.ValueOf(offset), UintTy)...)
+ // Append the packed output to the variable input. The variable input
+ // will be appended at the end of the input.
+ variableInput = append(variableInput, packed...)
+ } else {
+ // append the packed value to the input
+ ret = append(ret, packed...)
+ }
+ }
+ // append the variable input at the end of the packed input
+ ret = append(ret, variableInput...)
+
+ return ret, nil
+}
+
// Sig returns the methods string signature according to the ABI spec.
//
// Example