src/pkg/rpc/jsonrpc/client.go

// Copyright 2010 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Package jsonrpc implements a JSON-RPC ClientCodec and ServerCodec
// for the rpc package.
package jsonrpc

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"json"
	"net"
	"os"
	"rpc"
	"sync"
)

type clientCodec struct {
	dec *json.Decoder // for reading JSON values
	enc *json.Encoder // for writing JSON values
	c   io.Closer

	// temporary work space
	req  clientRequest
	resp clientResponse

	// JSON-RPC responses include the request id but not the request method.
	// Package rpc expects both.
	// We save the request method in pending when sending a request
	// and then look it up by request ID when filling out the rpc Response.
	mutex   sync.Mutex        // protects pending
	pending map[uint64]string // map request id to method name
}

// NewClientCodec returns a new rpc.ClientCodec using JSON-RPC on conn.
func NewClientCodec(conn io.ReadWriteCloser) rpc.ClientCodec {
	return &clientCodec{
		dec:     json.NewDecoder(conn),
		enc:     json.NewEncoder(conn),
		c:       conn,
		pending: make(map[uint64]string),
	}
}

type clientRequest struct {
	Method string         "method"
	Params [1]interface{} "params"
	Id     uint64         "id"
}

func (c *clientCodec) WriteRequest(r *rpc.Request, param interface{}) os.Error {
	c.mutex.Lock()
	c.pending[r.Seq] = r.ServiceMethod
	c.mutex.Unlock()
	c.req.Method = r.ServiceMethod
	c.req.Params[0] = param
	c.req.Id = r.Seq
	return c.enc.Encode(&c.req)
}

type clientResponse struct {
	Id     uint64           "id"
	Result *json.RawMessage "result"
	Error  interface{}      "error"
}

func (r *clientResponse) reset() {
	r.Id = 0
	r.Result = nil
	r.Error = nil
}

func (c *clientCodec) ReadResponseHeader(r *rpc.Response) os.Error {
	c.resp.reset()
	if err := c.dec.Decode(&c.resp); err != nil {
		return err
	}

	c.mutex.Lock()
	r.ServiceMethod = c.pending[c.resp.Id]
	c.pending[c.resp.Id] = "", false
	c.mutex.Unlock()

	r.Error = ""
	r.Seq = c.resp.Id
	if c.resp.Error != nil {
		x, ok := c.resp.Error.(string)
		if !ok {
			return fmt.Errorf("invalid error %v", c.resp.Error)
		}
		if x == "" {
			x = "unspecified error"
		}
		r.Error = x
	}
	return nil
}

func (c *clientCodec) ReadResponseBody(x interface{}) os.Error {
	return json.Unmarshal(*c.resp.Result, x)
}

func (c *clientCodec) Close() os.Error {
	return c.c.Close()
}

// NewClient returns a new rpc.Client to handle requests to the
// set of services at the other end of the connection.
func NewClient(conn io.ReadWriteCloser) *rpc.Client {
	return rpc.NewClientWithCodec(NewClientCodec(conn))
}

// Dial connects to a JSON-RPC server at the specified network address.
func Dial(network, address string) (*rpc.Client, os.Error) {
	conn, err := net.Dial(network, "", address)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return NewClient(conn), err
}