2 files changed, 122 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/rpc/codec/codec.go b/rpc/codec/codec.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e8f38438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/codec/codec.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package codec
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/shared"
+)
+
+type Codec int
+
+// (de)serialization support for rpc interface
+type ApiCoder interface {
+	// Parse message to request from underlying stream
+	ReadRequest() (*shared.Request, error)
+	// Parse response message from underlying stream
+	ReadResponse() (interface{}, error)
+	// Encode response to encoded form in underlying stream
+	WriteResponse(interface{}) error
+	// Decode single message from data
+	Decode([]byte, interface{}) error
+	// Encode msg to encoded form
+	Encode(msg interface{}) ([]byte, error)
+	// close the underlying stream
+	Close()
+}
+
+// supported codecs
+const (
+	JSON Codec = iota
+	nCodecs
+)
+
+var (
+	// collection with supported coders
+	coders = make([]func(net.Conn) ApiCoder, nCodecs)
+)
+
+// create a new coder instance
+func (c Codec) New(conn net.Conn) ApiCoder {
+	switch c {
+	case JSON:
+		return NewJsonCoder(conn)
+	}
+
+	panic("codec: request for codec #" + strconv.Itoa(int(c)) + " is unavailable")
+}
diff --git a/rpc/codec/json.go b/rpc/codec/json.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31024ee74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/codec/json.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package codec
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc/shared"
+)
+
+const (
+	MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE = 64 * 1024
+)
+
+// Json serialization support
+type JsonCodec struct {
+	c net.Conn
+	d *json.Decoder
+	e *json.Encoder
+}
+
+// Create new JSON coder instance
+func NewJsonCoder(conn net.Conn) ApiCoder {
+	return &JsonCodec{
+		c: conn,
+		d: json.NewDecoder(conn),
+		e: json.NewEncoder(conn),
+	}
+}
+
+// Serialize obj to JSON and write it to conn
+func (self *JsonCodec) ReadRequest() (*shared.Request, error) {
+	req := shared.Request{}
+	err := self.d.Decode(&req)
+	if err == nil {
+		return &req, nil
+	}
+	return nil, err
+}
+
+func (self *JsonCodec) ReadResponse() (interface{}, error) {
+	var err error
+	buf := make([]byte, MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE)
+	n, _ := self.c.Read(buf)
+
+	var failure shared.ErrorResponse
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(buf[:n], &failure); err == nil && failure.Error != nil {
+		return failure, nil
+	}
+
+	var success shared.SuccessResponse
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(buf[:n], &success); err == nil {
+		return success, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, err
+}
+
+// Encode response to encoded form in underlying stream
+func (self *JsonCodec) Decode(data []byte, msg interface{}) error {
+	return json.Unmarshal(data, msg)
+}
+
+func (self *JsonCodec) Encode(msg interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(msg)
+}
+
+// Parse JSON data from conn to obj
+func (self *JsonCodec) WriteResponse(res interface{}) error {
+	return self.e.Encode(&res)
+}
+
+// Close decoder and encoder
+func (self *JsonCodec) Close() {
+	self.c.Close()
+}