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+// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package utils
+
+import (
+ "encoding/json"
+ "fmt"
+
+ "strings"
+
+ "github.com/codegangsta/cli"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/logger/glog"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/node"
+ "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
+)
+
+// NewInProcRPCClient will start a new RPC server for the given node and returns a client to interact with it.
+func NewInProcRPCClient(stack *node.Node) *inProcClient {
+ server := rpc.NewServer()
+
+ offered := stack.APIs()
+ for _, api := range offered {
+ server.RegisterName(api.Namespace, api.Service)
+ }
+
+ web3 := node.NewPublicWeb3API(stack)
+ server.RegisterName("web3", web3)
+
+ var ethereum *eth.Ethereum
+ if err := stack.Service(&ethereum); err == nil {
+ net := eth.NewPublicNetAPI(stack.Server(), ethereum.NetVersion())
+ server.RegisterName("net", net)
+ } else {
+ glog.V(logger.Warn).Infof("%v\n", err)
+ }
+
+ buf := &buf{
+ requests: make(chan []byte),
+ responses: make(chan []byte),
+ }
+ client := &inProcClient{
+ server: server,
+ buf: buf,
+ }
+
+ go func() {
+ server.ServeCodec(rpc.NewJSONCodec(client.buf))
+ }()
+
+ return client
+}
+
+// buf represents the connection between the RPC server and console
+type buf struct {
+ readBuf []byte // store remaining request bytes after a partial read
+ requests chan []byte // list with raw serialized requests
+ responses chan []byte // list with raw serialized responses
+}
+
+// will read the next request in json format
+func (b *buf) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+ // last read didn't read entire request, return remaining bytes
+ if len(b.readBuf) > 0 {
+ n := copy(p, b.readBuf)
+ if n < len(b.readBuf) {
+ b.readBuf = b.readBuf[:n]
+ } else {
+ b.readBuf = b.readBuf[:0]
+ }
+ return n, nil
+ }
+
+ // read next request
+ req := <-b.requests
+ n := copy(p, req)
+ if n < len(req) {
+ // buf too small, store remaining chunk for next read
+ b.readBuf = req[n:]
+ }
+
+ return n, nil
+}
+
+// Write send the given buffer to the backend
+func (b *buf) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+ b.responses <- p
+ return len(p), nil
+}
+
+// Close cleans up obtained resources.
+func (b *buf) Close() error {
+ close(b.requests)
+ close(b.responses)
+
+ return nil
+}
+
+// inProcClient starts a RPC server and uses buf to communicate with it.
+type inProcClient struct {
+ server *rpc.Server
+ buf *buf
+}
+
+// Close will stop the RPC server
+func (c *inProcClient) Close() {
+ c.server.Stop()
+}
+
+// Send a msg to the endpoint
+func (c *inProcClient) Send(msg interface{}) error {
+ d, err := json.Marshal(msg)
+ if err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ c.buf.requests <- d
+ return nil
+}
+
+// Recv reads a message and tries to parse it into the given msg
+func (c *inProcClient) Recv(msg interface{}) error {
+ data := <-c.buf.responses
+ return json.Unmarshal(data, &msg)
+}
+
+// Returns the collection of modules the RPC server offers.
+func (c *inProcClient) SupportedModules() (map[string]string, error) {
+ return rpc.SupportedModules(c)
+}
+
+// NewRemoteRPCClient returns a RPC client which connects to a running geth instance.
+// Depending on the given context this can either be a IPC or a HTTP client.
+func NewRemoteRPCClient(ctx *cli.Context) (rpc.Client, error) {
+ if ctx.Args().Present() {
+ endpoint := ctx.Args().First()
+ return NewRemoteRPCClientFromString(endpoint)
+ }
+
+ // use IPC by default
+ endpoint := IPCSocketPath(ctx)
+ return rpc.NewIPCClient(endpoint)
+}
+
+// NewRemoteRPCClientFromString returns a RPC client which connects to the given
+// endpoint. It must start with either `ipc:` or `rpc:` (HTTP).
+func NewRemoteRPCClientFromString(endpoint string) (rpc.Client, error) {
+ if strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "ipc:") {
+ return rpc.NewIPCClient(endpoint[4:])
+ }
+ if strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "rpc:") {
+ return rpc.NewHTTPClient(endpoint[4:])
+ }
+ if strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "http://") {
+ return rpc.NewHTTPClient(endpoint)
+ }
+ if strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "ws:") {
+ return rpc.NewWSClient(endpoint)
+ }
+
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid endpoint")
+}