dcrd/dcrjson/cmdinfo.go
Dave Collins b6d426241d blockchain: Rework to use new db interface.
This commit is the first stage of several that are planned to convert
the blockchain package into a concurrent safe package that will
ultimately allow support for multi-peer download and concurrent chain
processing.  The goal is to update btcd proper after each step so it can
take advantage of the enhancements as they are developed.

In addition to the aforementioned benefit, this staged approach has been
chosen since it is absolutely critical to maintain consensus.
Separating the changes into several stages makes it easier for reviewers
to logically follow what is happening and therefore helps prevent
consensus bugs.  Naturally there are significant automated tests to help
prevent consensus issues as well.

The main focus of this stage is to convert the blockchain package to use
the new database interface and implement the chain-related functionality
which it no longer handles.  It also aims to improve efficiency in
various areas by making use of the new database and chain capabilities.

The following is an overview of the chain changes:

- Update to use the new database interface
- Add chain-related functionality that the old database used to handle
  - Main chain structure and state
  - Transaction spend tracking
- Implement a new pruned unspent transaction output (utxo) set
  - Provides efficient direct access to the unspent transaction outputs
  - Uses a domain specific compression algorithm that understands the
    standard transaction scripts in order to significantly compress them
  - Removes reliance on the transaction index and paves the way toward
    eventually enabling block pruning
- Modify the New function to accept a Config struct instead of
  inidividual parameters
- Replace the old TxStore type with a new UtxoViewpoint type that makes
  use of the new pruned utxo set
- Convert code to treat the new UtxoViewpoint as a rolling view that is
  used between connects and disconnects to improve efficiency
- Make best chain state always set when the chain instance is created
  - Remove now unnecessary logic for dealing with unset best state
- Make all exported functions concurrent safe
  - Currently using a single chain state lock as it provides a straight
    forward and easy to review path forward however this can be improved
    with more fine grained locking
- Optimize various cases where full blocks were being loaded when only
  the header is needed to help reduce the I/O load
- Add the ability for callers to get a snapshot of the current best
  chain stats in a concurrent safe fashion
  - Does not block callers while new blocks are being processed
- Make error messages that reference transaction outputs consistently
  use <transaction hash>:<output index>
- Introduce a new AssertError type an convert internal consistency
  checks to use it
- Update tests and examples to reflect the changes
- Add a full suite of tests to ensure correct functionality of the new
  code

The following is an overview of the btcd changes:

- Update to use the new database and chain interfaces
- Temporarily remove all code related to the transaction index
- Temporarily remove all code related to the address index
- Convert all code that uses transaction stores to use the new utxo
  view
- Rework several calls that required the block manager for safe
  concurrency to use the chain package directly now that it is
  concurrent safe
- Change all calls to obtain the best hash to use the new best state
  snapshot capability from the chain package
- Remove workaround for limits on fetching height ranges since the new
  database interface no longer imposes them
- Correct the gettxout RPC handler to return the best chain hash as
  opposed the hash the txout was found in
- Optimize various RPC handlers:
  - Change several of the RPC handlers to use the new chain snapshot
    capability to avoid needlessly loading data
  - Update several handlers to use new functionality to avoid accessing
    the block manager so they are able to return the data without
    blocking when the server is busy processing blocks
  - Update non-verbose getblock to avoid deserialization and
    serialization overhead
  - Update getblockheader to request the block height directly from
    chain and only load the header
  - Update getdifficulty to use the new cached data from chain
  - Update getmininginfo to use the new cached data from chain
  - Update non-verbose getrawtransaction to avoid deserialization and
    serialization overhead
  - Update gettxout to use the new utxo store versus loading
    full transactions using the transaction index

The following is an overview of the utility changes:
- Update addblock to use the new database and chain interfaces
- Update findcheckpoint to use the new database and chain interfaces
- Remove the dropafter utility which is no longer supported

NOTE: The transaction index and address index will be reimplemented in
another commit.
2016-08-18 15:42:18 -04:00

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// Copyright (c) 2015 The btcsuite developers
// Copyright (c) 2015-2016 The Decred developers
// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package dcrjson
import (
"fmt"
"reflect"
"strings"
)
// CmdMethod returns the method for the passed command. The provided command
// type must be a registered type. All commands provided by this package are
// registered by default.
func CmdMethod(cmd interface{}) (string, 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 "", makeError(ErrUnregisteredMethod, str)
}
return method, nil
}
// MethodUsageFlags returns the usage flags for the passed command method. The
// provided method must be associated with a registered type. All commands
// provided by this package are registered by default.
func MethodUsageFlags(method string) (UsageFlag, error) {
// Look up details about the provided method and error out if not
// registered.
registerLock.RLock()
info, ok := methodToInfo[method]
registerLock.RUnlock()
if !ok {
str := fmt.Sprintf("%q is not registered", method)
return 0, makeError(ErrUnregisteredMethod, str)
}
return info.flags, nil
}
// subStructUsage returns a string for use in the one-line usage for the given
// sub struct. Note that this is specifically for fields which consist of
// structs (or an array/slice of structs) as opposed to the top-level command
// struct.
//
// Any fields that include a jsonrpcusage struct tag will use that instead of
// being automatically generated.
func subStructUsage(structType reflect.Type) string {
numFields := structType.NumField()
fieldUsages := make([]string, 0, numFields)
for i := 0; i < structType.NumField(); i++ {
rtf := structType.Field(i)
// When the field has a jsonrpcusage struct tag specified use
// that instead of automatically generating it.
if tag := rtf.Tag.Get("jsonrpcusage"); tag != "" {
fieldUsages = append(fieldUsages, tag)
continue
}
// Create the name/value entry for the field while considering
// the type of the field. Not all possible types are covered
// here and when one of the types not specifically covered is
// encountered, the field name is simply reused for the value.
fieldName := strings.ToLower(rtf.Name)
fieldValue := fieldName
fieldKind := rtf.Type.Kind()
switch {
case isNumeric(fieldKind):
if fieldKind == reflect.Float32 || fieldKind == reflect.Float64 {
fieldValue = "n.nnn"
} else {
fieldValue = "n"
}
case fieldKind == reflect.String:
fieldValue = `"value"`
case fieldKind == reflect.Struct:
fieldValue = subStructUsage(rtf.Type)
case fieldKind == reflect.Array || fieldKind == reflect.Slice:
fieldValue = subArrayUsage(rtf.Type, fieldName)
}
usage := fmt.Sprintf("%q:%s", fieldName, fieldValue)
fieldUsages = append(fieldUsages, usage)
}
return fmt.Sprintf("{%s}", strings.Join(fieldUsages, ","))
}
// subArrayUsage returns a string for use in the one-line usage for the given
// array or slice. It also contains logic to convert plural field names to
// singular so the generated usage string reads better.
func subArrayUsage(arrayType reflect.Type, fieldName string) string {
// Convert plural field names to singular. Only works for English.
singularFieldName := fieldName
if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "ies") {
singularFieldName = strings.TrimSuffix(fieldName, "ies")
singularFieldName = singularFieldName + "y"
} else if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "es") {
singularFieldName = strings.TrimSuffix(fieldName, "es")
} else if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "s") {
singularFieldName = strings.TrimSuffix(fieldName, "s")
}
elemType := arrayType.Elem()
switch elemType.Kind() {
case reflect.String:
return fmt.Sprintf("[%q,...]", singularFieldName)
case reflect.Struct:
return fmt.Sprintf("[%s,...]", subStructUsage(elemType))
}
// Fall back to simply showing the field name in array syntax.
return fmt.Sprintf(`[%s,...]`, singularFieldName)
}
// fieldUsage returns a string for use in the one-line usage for the struct
// field of a command.
//
// Any fields that include a jsonrpcusage struct tag will use that instead of
// being automatically generated.
func fieldUsage(structField reflect.StructField, defaultVal *reflect.Value) string {
// When the field has a jsonrpcusage struct tag specified use that
// instead of automatically generating it.
if tag := structField.Tag.Get("jsonrpcusage"); tag != "" {
return tag
}
// Indirect the pointer if needed.
fieldType := structField.Type
if fieldType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
fieldType = fieldType.Elem()
}
// When there is a default value, it must also be a pointer due to the
// rules enforced by RegisterCmd.
if defaultVal != nil {
indirect := defaultVal.Elem()
defaultVal = &indirect
}
// Handle certain types uniquely to provide nicer usage.
fieldName := strings.ToLower(structField.Name)
switch fieldType.Kind() {
case reflect.String:
if defaultVal != nil {
return fmt.Sprintf("%s=%q", fieldName,
defaultVal.Interface())
}
return fmt.Sprintf("%q", fieldName)
case reflect.Array, reflect.Slice:
return subArrayUsage(fieldType, fieldName)
case reflect.Struct:
return subStructUsage(fieldType)
}
// Simply return the field name when none of the above special cases
// apply.
if defaultVal != nil {
return fmt.Sprintf("%s=%v", fieldName, defaultVal.Interface())
}
return fieldName
}
// methodUsageText returns a one-line usage string for the provided command and
// method info. This is the main work horse for the exported MethodUsageText
// function.
func methodUsageText(rtp reflect.Type, defaults map[int]reflect.Value, method string) string {
// Generate the individual usage for each field in the command. Several
// simplifying assumptions are made here because the RegisterCmd
// function has already rigorously enforced the layout.
rt := rtp.Elem()
numFields := rt.NumField()
reqFieldUsages := make([]string, 0, numFields)
optFieldUsages := make([]string, 0, numFields)
for i := 0; i < numFields; i++ {
rtf := rt.Field(i)
var isOptional bool
if kind := rtf.Type.Kind(); kind == reflect.Ptr {
isOptional = true
}
var defaultVal *reflect.Value
if defVal, ok := defaults[i]; ok {
defaultVal = &defVal
}
// Add human-readable usage to the appropriate slice that is
// later used to generate the one-line usage.
usage := fieldUsage(rtf, defaultVal)
if isOptional {
optFieldUsages = append(optFieldUsages, usage)
} else {
reqFieldUsages = append(reqFieldUsages, usage)
}
}
// Generate and return the one-line usage string.
usageStr := method
if len(reqFieldUsages) > 0 {
usageStr += " " + strings.Join(reqFieldUsages, " ")
}
if len(optFieldUsages) > 0 {
usageStr += fmt.Sprintf(" (%s)", strings.Join(optFieldUsages, " "))
}
return usageStr
}
// MethodUsageText returns a one-line usage string for the provided method. The
// provided method must be associated with a registered type. All commands
// provided by this package are registered by default.
func MethodUsageText(method string) (string, error) {
// Look up details about the provided method and error out if not
// registered.
registerLock.RLock()
rtp, ok := methodToConcreteType[method]
info := methodToInfo[method]
registerLock.RUnlock()
if !ok {
str := fmt.Sprintf("%q is not registered", method)
return "", makeError(ErrUnregisteredMethod, str)
}
// When the usage for this method has already been generated, simply
// return it.
if info.usage != "" {
return info.usage, nil
}
// Generate and store the usage string for future calls and return it.
usage := methodUsageText(rtp, info.defaults, method)
registerLock.Lock()
info.usage = usage
methodToInfo[method] = info
registerLock.Unlock()
return usage, nil
}