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// Copyright (c) 2014 The btcsuite developers
Reimagine btcjson package with version 2. This commit implements a reimagining of the way the btcjson package functions based upon how the project has evolved and lessons learned while using it since it was first written. It therefore contains significant changes to the API. For now, it has been implemented in a v2 subdirectory to prevent breaking existing callers, but the ultimate goal is to update all callers to use the new version and then to replace the old API with the new one. This also removes the need for the btcws completely since those commands have been rolled in. The following is an overview of the changes and some reasoning behind why they were made: - The infrastructure has been completely changed to be reflection based instead of requiring thousands and thousands of lines of manual, and therefore error prone, marshal/unmarshal code - This makes it much easier to add new commands without making marshalling mistakes since it is simply a struct definition and a call to register that new struct (plus a trivial New<foo>Cmd function and tests, of course) - It also makes it much easier to gain a lot of information from simply looking at the struct definition which was previously not possible such as the order of the parameters, which parameters are required versus optional, and what the default values for optional parameters are - Each command now has usage flags associated with them that can be queried which are intended to allow classification of the commands such as for chain server and wallet server and websocket-only - The help infrastructure has been completely redone to provide automatic generation with caller provided description map and result types. This is in contrast to the previous method of providing the help directly which meant it would end up in the binary of anything that imported the package - Many of the structs have been renamed to use the terminology from the JSON-RPC specification: - RawCmd/Message is now only a single struct named Request to reflect the fact it is a JSON-RPC request - Error is now called RPCError to reflect the fact it is specifically an RPC error as opposed to many of the other errors that are possible - All RPC error codes except the standard JSON-RPC 2.0 errors have been converted from full structs to only codes since an audit of the codebase has shown that the messages are overridden the vast majority of the time with specifics (as they should be) and removing them also avoids the temptation to return non-specific, and therefore not as helpful, error messages - There is now an Error which provides a type assertable error with error codes so callers can better ascertain failure reasons programatically - The ID is no longer a part of the command and is instead specified at the time the command is marshalled into a JSON-RPC request. This aligns better with the way JSON-RPC functions since it is the caller who manages the ID that is sent with any given _request_, not the package - All <Foo>Cmd structs now treat non-pointers as required fields and pointers as optional fields - All New<Foo>Cmd functions now accept the exact number of parameters, with pointers to the appropriate type for optional parameters - This is preferrable to the old vararg syntax since it means the code will fail to compile if the optional arguments are changed now which helps prevent errors creep in over time from missed modifications to optional args - All of the connection related code has been completely eliminated since this package is not intended to used a client, rather it is intended to provide the infrastructure needed to marshal/unmarshal Bitcoin-specific JSON-RPC requests and replies from static types - The btcrpcclient package provides a robust client with connection management and higher-level types that in turn uses the primitives provided by this package - Even if the caller does not wish to use btcrpcclient for some reason, they should still be responsible for connection management since they might want to use any number of connection features which the package would not necessarily support - Synced a few of the commands that have added new optional fields that have since been added to Bitcoin Core - Includes all of the commands and notifications that were previously in btcws - Now provides 100% test coverage with parallel tests - The code is completely golint and go vet clean This has the side effect of addressing nearly everything in, and therefore closes #26. Also fixes #18 and closes #19.
2014-12-31 08:05:03 +01:00
// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package btcjson
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"reflect"
"strconv"
"strings"
)
// makeParams creates a slice of interface values for the given struct.
func makeParams(rt reflect.Type, rv reflect.Value) []interface{} {
numFields := rt.NumField()
params := make([]interface{}, 0, numFields)
for i := 0; i < numFields; i++ {
rtf := rt.Field(i)
rvf := rv.Field(i)
if rtf.Type.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
if rvf.IsNil() {
break
}
rvf.Elem()
}
params = append(params, rvf.Interface())
}
return params
}
// MarshalCmd marshals the passed command to a JSON-RPC request byte slice that
// is suitable for transmission to an RPC server. The provided command type
// must be a registered type. All commands provided by this package are
// registered by default.
func MarshalCmd(id interface{}, cmd interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
// Look up the cmd type and error out if not registered.
rt := reflect.TypeOf(cmd)
registerLock.RLock()
method, ok := concreteTypeToMethod[rt]
registerLock.RUnlock()
if !ok {
str := fmt.Sprintf("%q is not registered", method)
return nil, makeError(ErrUnregisteredMethod, str)
}
// The provided command must not be nil.
rv := reflect.ValueOf(cmd)
if rv.IsNil() {
str := "the specified command is nil"
Reimagine btcjson package with version 2. This commit implements a reimagining of the way the btcjson package functions based upon how the project has evolved and lessons learned while using it since it was first written. It therefore contains significant changes to the API. For now, it has been implemented in a v2 subdirectory to prevent breaking existing callers, but the ultimate goal is to update all callers to use the new version and then to replace the old API with the new one. This also removes the need for the btcws completely since those commands have been rolled in. The following is an overview of the changes and some reasoning behind why they were made: - The infrastructure has been completely changed to be reflection based instead of requiring thousands and thousands of lines of manual, and therefore error prone, marshal/unmarshal code - This makes it much easier to add new commands without making marshalling mistakes since it is simply a struct definition and a call to register that new struct (plus a trivial New<foo>Cmd function and tests, of course) - It also makes it much easier to gain a lot of information from simply looking at the struct definition which was previously not possible such as the order of the parameters, which parameters are required versus optional, and what the default values for optional parameters are - Each command now has usage flags associated with them that can be queried which are intended to allow classification of the commands such as for chain server and wallet server and websocket-only - The help infrastructure has been completely redone to provide automatic generation with caller provided description map and result types. This is in contrast to the previous method of providing the help directly which meant it would end up in the binary of anything that imported the package - Many of the structs have been renamed to use the terminology from the JSON-RPC specification: - RawCmd/Message is now only a single struct named Request to reflect the fact it is a JSON-RPC request - Error is now called RPCError to reflect the fact it is specifically an RPC error as opposed to many of the other errors that are possible - All RPC error codes except the standard JSON-RPC 2.0 errors have been converted from full structs to only codes since an audit of the codebase has shown that the messages are overridden the vast majority of the time with specifics (as they should be) and removing them also avoids the temptation to return non-specific, and therefore not as helpful, error messages - There is now an Error which provides a type assertable error with error codes so callers can better ascertain failure reasons programatically - The ID is no longer a part of the command and is instead specified at the time the command is marshalled into a JSON-RPC request. This aligns better with the way JSON-RPC functions since it is the caller who manages the ID that is sent with any given _request_, not the package - All <Foo>Cmd structs now treat non-pointers as required fields and pointers as optional fields - All New<Foo>Cmd functions now accept the exact number of parameters, with pointers to the appropriate type for optional parameters - This is preferrable to the old vararg syntax since it means the code will fail to compile if the optional arguments are changed now which helps prevent errors creep in over time from missed modifications to optional args - All of the connection related code has been completely eliminated since this package is not intended to used a client, rather it is intended to provide the infrastructure needed to marshal/unmarshal Bitcoin-specific JSON-RPC requests and replies from static types - The btcrpcclient package provides a robust client with connection management and higher-level types that in turn uses the primitives provided by this package - Even if the caller does not wish to use btcrpcclient for some reason, they should still be responsible for connection management since they might want to use any number of connection features which the package would not necessarily support - Synced a few of the commands that have added new optional fields that have since been added to Bitcoin Core - Includes all of the commands and notifications that were previously in btcws - Now provides 100% test coverage with parallel tests - The code is completely golint and go vet clean This has the side effect of addressing nearly everything in, and therefore closes #26. Also fixes #18 and closes #19.
2014-12-31 08:05:03 +01:00
return nil, makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
// Create a slice of interface values in the order of the struct fields
// while respecting pointer fields as optional params and only adding
// them if they are non-nil.
params := makeParams(rt.Elem(), rv.Elem())
// Generate and marshal the final JSON-RPC request.
rawCmd, err := NewRequest(id, method, params)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return json.Marshal(rawCmd)
}
// checkNumParams ensures the supplied number of params is at least the minimum
// required number for the command and less than the maximum allowed.
func checkNumParams(numParams int, info *methodInfo) error {
if numParams < info.numReqParams || numParams > info.maxParams {
if info.numReqParams == info.maxParams {
str := fmt.Sprintf("wrong number of params (expected "+
"%d, received %d)", info.numReqParams,
numParams)
return makeError(ErrNumParams, str)
}
str := fmt.Sprintf("wrong number of params (expected "+
"between %d and %d, received %d)", info.numReqParams,
info.maxParams, numParams)
return makeError(ErrNumParams, str)
}
return nil
}
// populateDefaults populates default values into any remaining optional struct
// fields that did not have parameters explicitly provided. The caller should
// have previously checked that the number of parameters being passed is at
// least the required number of parameters to avoid unnecessary work in this
// function, but since required fields never have default values, it will work
// properly even without the check.
func populateDefaults(numParams int, info *methodInfo, rv reflect.Value) {
// When there are no more parameters left in the supplied parameters,
// any remaining struct fields must be optional. Thus, populate them
// with their associated default value as needed.
for i := numParams; i < info.maxParams; i++ {
rvf := rv.Field(i)
if defaultVal, ok := info.defaults[i]; ok {
rvf.Set(defaultVal)
}
}
}
// UnmarshalCmd unmarshals a JSON-RPC request into a suitable concrete command
// so long as the method type contained within the marshalled request is
// registered.
func UnmarshalCmd(r *Request) (interface{}, error) {
registerLock.RLock()
rtp, ok := methodToConcreteType[r.Method]
info := methodToInfo[r.Method]
registerLock.RUnlock()
if !ok {
str := fmt.Sprintf("%q is not registered", r.Method)
return nil, makeError(ErrUnregisteredMethod, str)
}
rt := rtp.Elem()
rvp := reflect.New(rt)
rv := rvp.Elem()
// Ensure the number of parameters are correct.
numParams := len(r.Params)
if err := checkNumParams(numParams, &info); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// Loop through each of the struct fields and unmarshal the associated
// parameter into them.
for i := 0; i < numParams; i++ {
rvf := rv.Field(i)
// Unmarshal the parameter into the struct field.
concreteVal := rvf.Addr().Interface()
if err := json.Unmarshal(r.Params[i], &concreteVal); err != nil {
// The most common error is the wrong type, so
// explicitly detect that error and make it nicer.
fieldName := strings.ToLower(rt.Field(i).Name)
if jerr, ok := err.(*json.UnmarshalTypeError); ok {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' must "+
"be type %v (got %v)", i+1, fieldName,
jerr.Type, jerr.Value)
return nil, makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
// Fallback to showing the underlying error.
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' failed to "+
"unmarshal: %v", i+1, fieldName, err)
return nil, makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
}
// When there are less supplied parameters than the total number of
// params, any remaining struct fields must be optional. Thus, populate
// them with their associated default value as needed.
if numParams < info.maxParams {
populateDefaults(numParams, &info, rv)
}
return rvp.Interface(), nil
}
// isNumeric returns whether the passed reflect kind is a signed or unsigned
// integer of any magnitude or a float of any magnitude.
func isNumeric(kind reflect.Kind) bool {
switch kind {
case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64,
reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32,
reflect.Uint64, reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
return true
}
return false
}
// typesMaybeCompatible returns whether the source type can possibly be
// assigned to the destination type. This is intended as a relatively quick
// check to weed out obviously invalid conversions.
func typesMaybeCompatible(dest reflect.Type, src reflect.Type) bool {
// The same types are obviously compatible.
if dest == src {
return true
}
// When both types are numeric, they are potentially compatible.
Reimagine btcjson package with version 2. This commit implements a reimagining of the way the btcjson package functions based upon how the project has evolved and lessons learned while using it since it was first written. It therefore contains significant changes to the API. For now, it has been implemented in a v2 subdirectory to prevent breaking existing callers, but the ultimate goal is to update all callers to use the new version and then to replace the old API with the new one. This also removes the need for the btcws completely since those commands have been rolled in. The following is an overview of the changes and some reasoning behind why they were made: - The infrastructure has been completely changed to be reflection based instead of requiring thousands and thousands of lines of manual, and therefore error prone, marshal/unmarshal code - This makes it much easier to add new commands without making marshalling mistakes since it is simply a struct definition and a call to register that new struct (plus a trivial New<foo>Cmd function and tests, of course) - It also makes it much easier to gain a lot of information from simply looking at the struct definition which was previously not possible such as the order of the parameters, which parameters are required versus optional, and what the default values for optional parameters are - Each command now has usage flags associated with them that can be queried which are intended to allow classification of the commands such as for chain server and wallet server and websocket-only - The help infrastructure has been completely redone to provide automatic generation with caller provided description map and result types. This is in contrast to the previous method of providing the help directly which meant it would end up in the binary of anything that imported the package - Many of the structs have been renamed to use the terminology from the JSON-RPC specification: - RawCmd/Message is now only a single struct named Request to reflect the fact it is a JSON-RPC request - Error is now called RPCError to reflect the fact it is specifically an RPC error as opposed to many of the other errors that are possible - All RPC error codes except the standard JSON-RPC 2.0 errors have been converted from full structs to only codes since an audit of the codebase has shown that the messages are overridden the vast majority of the time with specifics (as they should be) and removing them also avoids the temptation to return non-specific, and therefore not as helpful, error messages - There is now an Error which provides a type assertable error with error codes so callers can better ascertain failure reasons programatically - The ID is no longer a part of the command and is instead specified at the time the command is marshalled into a JSON-RPC request. This aligns better with the way JSON-RPC functions since it is the caller who manages the ID that is sent with any given _request_, not the package - All <Foo>Cmd structs now treat non-pointers as required fields and pointers as optional fields - All New<Foo>Cmd functions now accept the exact number of parameters, with pointers to the appropriate type for optional parameters - This is preferrable to the old vararg syntax since it means the code will fail to compile if the optional arguments are changed now which helps prevent errors creep in over time from missed modifications to optional args - All of the connection related code has been completely eliminated since this package is not intended to used a client, rather it is intended to provide the infrastructure needed to marshal/unmarshal Bitcoin-specific JSON-RPC requests and replies from static types - The btcrpcclient package provides a robust client with connection management and higher-level types that in turn uses the primitives provided by this package - Even if the caller does not wish to use btcrpcclient for some reason, they should still be responsible for connection management since they might want to use any number of connection features which the package would not necessarily support - Synced a few of the commands that have added new optional fields that have since been added to Bitcoin Core - Includes all of the commands and notifications that were previously in btcws - Now provides 100% test coverage with parallel tests - The code is completely golint and go vet clean This has the side effect of addressing nearly everything in, and therefore closes #26. Also fixes #18 and closes #19.
2014-12-31 08:05:03 +01:00
srcKind := src.Kind()
destKind := dest.Kind()
if isNumeric(destKind) && isNumeric(srcKind) {
return true
}
if srcKind == reflect.String {
// Strings can potentially be converted to numeric types.
if isNumeric(destKind) {
return true
}
switch destKind {
// Strings can potentially be converted to bools by
// strconv.ParseBool.
case reflect.Bool:
return true
// Strings can be converted to any other type which has as
// underlying type of string.
case reflect.String:
return true
// Strings can potentially be converted to arrays, slice,
// structs, and maps via json.Unmarshal.
case reflect.Array, reflect.Slice, reflect.Struct, reflect.Map:
return true
}
}
return false
}
// baseType returns the type of the argument after indirecting through all
// pointers along with how many indirections were necessary.
func baseType(arg reflect.Type) (reflect.Type, int) {
var numIndirects int
for arg.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
arg = arg.Elem()
numIndirects++
}
return arg, numIndirects
}
// assignField is the main workhorse for the NewCmd function which handles
// assigning the provided source value to the destination field. It supports
// direct type assignments, indirection, conversion of numeric types, and
// unmarshaling of strings into arrays, slices, structs, and maps via
// json.Unmarshal.
func assignField(paramNum int, fieldName string, dest reflect.Value, src reflect.Value) error {
// Just error now when the types have no chance of being compatible.
destBaseType, destIndirects := baseType(dest.Type())
srcBaseType, srcIndirects := baseType(src.Type())
if !typesMaybeCompatible(destBaseType, srcBaseType) {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' must be type %v (got "+
"%v)", paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType, srcBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
// Check if it's possible to simply set the dest to the provided source.
// This is the case when the base types are the same or they are both
// pointers that can be indirected to be the same without needing to
// create pointers for the destination field.
if destBaseType == srcBaseType && srcIndirects >= destIndirects {
for i := 0; i < srcIndirects-destIndirects; i++ {
src = src.Elem()
}
dest.Set(src)
return nil
}
// When the destination has more indirects than the source, the extra
// pointers have to be created. Only create enough pointers to reach
// the same level of indirection as the source so the dest can simply be
// set to the provided source when the types are the same.
destIndirectsRemaining := destIndirects
if destIndirects > srcIndirects {
indirectDiff := destIndirects - srcIndirects
for i := 0; i < indirectDiff; i++ {
dest.Set(reflect.New(dest.Type().Elem()))
dest = dest.Elem()
destIndirectsRemaining--
}
}
if destBaseType == srcBaseType {
dest.Set(src)
return nil
}
// Make any remaining pointers needed to get to the base dest type since
// the above direct assign was not possible and conversions are done
// against the base types.
for i := 0; i < destIndirectsRemaining; i++ {
dest.Set(reflect.New(dest.Type().Elem()))
dest = dest.Elem()
}
// Indirect through to the base source value.
for src.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
src = src.Elem()
}
// Perform supported type conversions.
switch src.Kind() {
// Source value is a signed integer of various magnitude.
case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32,
reflect.Int64:
switch dest.Kind() {
// Destination is a signed integer of various magnitude.
case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32,
reflect.Int64:
srcInt := src.Int()
if dest.OverflowInt(srcInt) {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' "+
"overflows destination type %v",
paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
dest.SetInt(srcInt)
// Destination is an unsigned integer of various magnitude.
case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32,
reflect.Uint64:
srcInt := src.Int()
if srcInt < 0 || dest.OverflowUint(uint64(srcInt)) {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' "+
"overflows destination type %v",
paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
dest.SetUint(uint64(srcInt))
default:
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' must be type "+
"%v (got %v)", paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType,
srcBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
// Source value is an unsigned integer of various magnitude.
case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32,
reflect.Uint64:
switch dest.Kind() {
// Destination is a signed integer of various magnitude.
case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32,
reflect.Int64:
srcUint := src.Uint()
if srcUint > uint64(1<<63)-1 {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' "+
"overflows destination type %v",
paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
if dest.OverflowInt(int64(srcUint)) {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' "+
"overflows destination type %v",
paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
dest.SetInt(int64(srcUint))
// Destination is an unsigned integer of various magnitude.
case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32,
reflect.Uint64:
srcUint := src.Uint()
if dest.OverflowUint(srcUint) {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' "+
"overflows destination type %v",
paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
dest.SetUint(srcUint)
default:
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' must be type "+
"%v (got %v)", paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType,
srcBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
// Source value is a float.
case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
destKind := dest.Kind()
if destKind != reflect.Float32 && destKind != reflect.Float64 {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' must be type "+
"%v (got %v)", paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType,
srcBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
srcFloat := src.Float()
if dest.OverflowFloat(srcFloat) {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' overflows "+
"destination type %v", paramNum, fieldName,
destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
dest.SetFloat(srcFloat)
// Source value is a string.
case reflect.String:
switch dest.Kind() {
// String -> bool
case reflect.Bool:
b, err := strconv.ParseBool(src.String())
if err != nil {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' must "+
"parse to a %v", paramNum, fieldName,
destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
dest.SetBool(b)
// String -> signed integer of varying size.
case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32,
reflect.Int64:
srcInt, err := strconv.ParseInt(src.String(), 0, 0)
if err != nil {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' must "+
"parse to a %v", paramNum, fieldName,
destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
if dest.OverflowInt(srcInt) {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' "+
"overflows destination type %v",
paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
dest.SetInt(srcInt)
// String -> unsigned integer of varying size.
case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16,
reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64:
srcUint, err := strconv.ParseUint(src.String(), 0, 0)
if err != nil {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' must "+
"parse to a %v", paramNum, fieldName,
destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
if dest.OverflowUint(srcUint) {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' "+
"overflows destination type %v",
paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
dest.SetUint(srcUint)
// String -> float of varying size.
case reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64:
srcFloat, err := strconv.ParseFloat(src.String(), 0)
if err != nil {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' must "+
"parse to a %v", paramNum, fieldName,
destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
if dest.OverflowFloat(srcFloat) {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' "+
"overflows destination type %v",
paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
dest.SetFloat(srcFloat)
// String -> string (typecast).
case reflect.String:
dest.SetString(src.String())
// String -> arrays, slices, structs, and maps via
// json.Unmarshal.
case reflect.Array, reflect.Slice, reflect.Struct, reflect.Map:
concreteVal := dest.Addr().Interface()
err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(src.String()), &concreteVal)
if err != nil {
str := fmt.Sprintf("parameter #%d '%s' must "+
"be valid JSON which unsmarshals to a %v",
paramNum, fieldName, destBaseType)
return makeError(ErrInvalidType, str)
}
dest.Set(reflect.ValueOf(concreteVal).Elem())
}
}
return nil
}
// NewCmd provides a generic mechanism to create a new command that can marshal
// to a JSON-RPC request while respecting the requirements of the provided
// method. The method must have been registered with the package already along
// with its type definition. All methods associated with the commands exported
// by this package are already registered by default.
//
// The arguments are most efficient when they are the exact same type as the
// underlying field in the command struct associated with the the method,
// however this function also will perform a variety of conversions to make it
// more flexible. This allows, for example, command line args which are strings
// to be passed unaltered. In particular, the following conversions are
// supported:
//
// - Conversion between any size signed or unsigned integer so long as the
// value does not overflow the destination type
// - Conversion between float32 and float64 so long as the value does not
// overflow the destination type
// - Conversion from string to boolean for everything strconv.ParseBool
// recognizes
// - Conversion from string to any size integer for everything
// strconv.ParseInt and strconv.ParseUint recognizes
// - Conversion from string to any size float for everything
// strconv.ParseFloat recognizes
// - Conversion from string to arrays, slices, structs, and maps by treating
// the string as marshalled JSON and calling json.Unmarshal into the
// destination field
Reimagine btcjson package with version 2. This commit implements a reimagining of the way the btcjson package functions based upon how the project has evolved and lessons learned while using it since it was first written. It therefore contains significant changes to the API. For now, it has been implemented in a v2 subdirectory to prevent breaking existing callers, but the ultimate goal is to update all callers to use the new version and then to replace the old API with the new one. This also removes the need for the btcws completely since those commands have been rolled in. The following is an overview of the changes and some reasoning behind why they were made: - The infrastructure has been completely changed to be reflection based instead of requiring thousands and thousands of lines of manual, and therefore error prone, marshal/unmarshal code - This makes it much easier to add new commands without making marshalling mistakes since it is simply a struct definition and a call to register that new struct (plus a trivial New<foo>Cmd function and tests, of course) - It also makes it much easier to gain a lot of information from simply looking at the struct definition which was previously not possible such as the order of the parameters, which parameters are required versus optional, and what the default values for optional parameters are - Each command now has usage flags associated with them that can be queried which are intended to allow classification of the commands such as for chain server and wallet server and websocket-only - The help infrastructure has been completely redone to provide automatic generation with caller provided description map and result types. This is in contrast to the previous method of providing the help directly which meant it would end up in the binary of anything that imported the package - Many of the structs have been renamed to use the terminology from the JSON-RPC specification: - RawCmd/Message is now only a single struct named Request to reflect the fact it is a JSON-RPC request - Error is now called RPCError to reflect the fact it is specifically an RPC error as opposed to many of the other errors that are possible - All RPC error codes except the standard JSON-RPC 2.0 errors have been converted from full structs to only codes since an audit of the codebase has shown that the messages are overridden the vast majority of the time with specifics (as they should be) and removing them also avoids the temptation to return non-specific, and therefore not as helpful, error messages - There is now an Error which provides a type assertable error with error codes so callers can better ascertain failure reasons programatically - The ID is no longer a part of the command and is instead specified at the time the command is marshalled into a JSON-RPC request. This aligns better with the way JSON-RPC functions since it is the caller who manages the ID that is sent with any given _request_, not the package - All <Foo>Cmd structs now treat non-pointers as required fields and pointers as optional fields - All New<Foo>Cmd functions now accept the exact number of parameters, with pointers to the appropriate type for optional parameters - This is preferrable to the old vararg syntax since it means the code will fail to compile if the optional arguments are changed now which helps prevent errors creep in over time from missed modifications to optional args - All of the connection related code has been completely eliminated since this package is not intended to used a client, rather it is intended to provide the infrastructure needed to marshal/unmarshal Bitcoin-specific JSON-RPC requests and replies from static types - The btcrpcclient package provides a robust client with connection management and higher-level types that in turn uses the primitives provided by this package - Even if the caller does not wish to use btcrpcclient for some reason, they should still be responsible for connection management since they might want to use any number of connection features which the package would not necessarily support - Synced a few of the commands that have added new optional fields that have since been added to Bitcoin Core - Includes all of the commands and notifications that were previously in btcws - Now provides 100% test coverage with parallel tests - The code is completely golint and go vet clean This has the side effect of addressing nearly everything in, and therefore closes #26. Also fixes #18 and closes #19.
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func NewCmd(method string, args ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
// Look up details about the provided method. Any methods that aren't
// registered are an error.
registerLock.RLock()
rtp, ok := methodToConcreteType[method]
info := methodToInfo[method]
registerLock.RUnlock()
if !ok {
str := fmt.Sprintf("%q is not registered", method)
return nil, makeError(ErrUnregisteredMethod, str)
}
// Ensure the number of parameters are correct.
numParams := len(args)
if err := checkNumParams(numParams, &info); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
// Create the appropriate command type for the method. Since all types
// are enforced to be a pointer to a struct at registration time, it's
// safe to indirect to the struct now.
rvp := reflect.New(rtp.Elem())
rv := rvp.Elem()
rt := rtp.Elem()
// Loop through each of the struct fields and assign the associated
// parameter into them after checking its type validity.
for i := 0; i < numParams; i++ {
// Attempt to assign each of the arguments to the according
// struct field.
rvf := rv.Field(i)
fieldName := strings.ToLower(rt.Field(i).Name)
err := assignField(i+1, fieldName, rvf, reflect.ValueOf(args[i]))
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
}
return rvp.Interface(), nil
}