go-ethereum/eth/tracers/tracers.go

// Copyright 2017 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
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// Package tracers is a manager for transaction tracing engines.
package tracers

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"math/big"

	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm"
)

// Context contains some contextual infos for a transaction execution that is not
// available from within the EVM object.
type Context struct {
	BlockHash   common.Hash // Hash of the block the tx is contained within (zero if dangling tx or call)
	BlockNumber *big.Int    // Number of the block the tx is contained within (zero if dangling tx or call)
	TxIndex     int         // Index of the transaction within a block (zero if dangling tx or call)
	TxHash      common.Hash // Hash of the transaction being traced (zero if dangling call)
}

// Tracer interface extends vm.EVMLogger and additionally
// allows collecting the tracing result.
type Tracer interface {
	vm.EVMLogger
	GetResult() (json.RawMessage, error)
	// Stop terminates execution of the tracer at the first opportune moment.
	Stop(err error)
}

type ctorFn func(*Context, json.RawMessage) (Tracer, error)
type jsCtorFn func(string, *Context, json.RawMessage) (Tracer, error)

type elem struct {
	ctor ctorFn
	isJS bool
}

// DefaultDirectory is the collection of tracers bundled by default.
var DefaultDirectory = directory{elems: make(map[string]elem)}

// directory provides functionality to lookup a tracer by name
// and a function to instantiate it. It falls back to a JS code evaluator
// if no tracer of the given name exists.
type directory struct {
	elems  map[string]elem
	jsEval jsCtorFn
}

// Register registers a method as a lookup for tracers, meaning that
// users can invoke a named tracer through that lookup.
func (d *directory) Register(name string, f ctorFn, isJS bool) {
	d.elems[name] = elem{ctor: f, isJS: isJS}
}

// RegisterJSEval registers a tracer that is able to parse
// dynamic user-provided JS code.
func (d *directory) RegisterJSEval(f jsCtorFn) {
	d.jsEval = f
}

// New returns a new instance of a tracer, by iterating through the
// registered lookups. Name is either name of an existing tracer
// or an arbitrary JS code.
func (d *directory) New(name string, ctx *Context, cfg json.RawMessage) (Tracer, error) {
	if elem, ok := d.elems[name]; ok {
		return elem.ctor(ctx, cfg)
	}
	// Assume JS code
	return d.jsEval(name, ctx, cfg)
}

// IsJS will return true if the given tracer will evaluate
// JS code. Because code evaluation has high overhead, this
// info will be used in determining fast and slow code paths.
func (d *directory) IsJS(name string) bool {
	if elem, ok := d.elems[name]; ok {
		return elem.isJS
	}
	// JS eval will execute JS code
	return true
}