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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/httprpc.js b/lib/httprpc.js index d315201f1..de3ae8478 100644 --- a/lib/httprpc.js +++ b/lib/httprpc.js @@ -26,11 +26,21 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'build') { var XMLHttpRequest = require('xmlhttprequest').XMLHttpRequest; // jshint ignore:line } +/** + * HttpRpcProvider object prototype is implementing 'provider protocol' + * Should be used when we want to connect to ethereum backend over http && jsonrpc + * It's compatible with cpp client + * The contructor allows to specify host uri + * This provider is using in-browser polling mechanism + */ var HttpRpcProvider = function (host) { this.handlers = []; this.host = host; }; +/// Transforms inner message to proper jsonrpc object +/// @param inner message object +/// @returns jsonrpc object function formatJsonRpcObject(object) { return { jsonrpc: '2.0', @@ -40,6 +50,9 @@ function formatJsonRpcObject(object) { }; } +/// Transforms jsonrpc object to inner message +/// @param incoming jsonrpc message +/// @returns inner message object function formatJsonRpcMessage(message) { var object = JSON.parse(message); @@ -50,6 +63,10 @@ function formatJsonRpcMessage(message) { }; } +/// Prototype object method +/// Asynchronously sends request to server +/// @param payload is inner message object +/// @param cb is callback which is being called when response is comes back HttpRpcProvider.prototype.sendRequest = function (payload, cb) { var data = formatJsonRpcObject(payload); @@ -63,6 +80,11 @@ HttpRpcProvider.prototype.sendRequest = function (payload, cb) { }; }; +/// Prototype object method +/// Should be called when we want to send single api request to server +/// Asynchronous +/// On response it passes message to handlers +/// @param payload is inner message object HttpRpcProvider.prototype.send = function (payload) { var self = this; this.sendRequest(payload, function (request) { @@ -72,6 +94,13 @@ HttpRpcProvider.prototype.send = function (payload) { }); }; +/// Prototype object method +/// Should be called only for polling requests +/// Asynchronous +/// On response it passege message to handlers, but only if message's result is true or not empty array +/// Otherwise response is being silently ignored +/// @param payload is inner message object +/// @id is id of poll that we are calling HttpRpcProvider.prototype.poll = function (payload, id) { var self = this; this.sendRequest(payload, function (request) { @@ -85,6 +114,8 @@ HttpRpcProvider.prototype.poll = function (payload, id) { }); }; +/// Prototype object property +/// Should be used to set message handlers for this provider Object.defineProperty(HttpRpcProvider.prototype, "onmessage", { set: function (handler) { this.handlers.push(handler); @@ -92,3 +123,4 @@ Object.defineProperty(HttpRpcProvider.prototype, "onmessage", { }); module.exports = HttpRpcProvider; + |