eth/filters: simplify query object decoding

eth/filters/api.go

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package filters
 
 import (
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/types"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
@@ -459,52 +459,28 @@ func (args *FilterCriteria) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 
 	if raw.Addresses != nil {
 		// raw.Address can contain a single address or an array of addresses
-		var addresses []common.Address
-		if strAddrs, ok := raw.Addresses.([]interface{}); ok {
-			for i, addr := range strAddrs {
+		switch rawAddr := raw.Addresses.(type) {
+		case []interface{}:
+			for i, addr := range rawAddr {
 				if strAddr, ok := addr.(string); ok {
-					if len(strAddr) >= 2 && strAddr[0] == '0' && (strAddr[1] == 'x' || strAddr[1] == 'X') {
-						strAddr = strAddr[2:]
-					}
-					if decAddr, err := hex.DecodeString(strAddr); err == nil {
-						addresses = append(addresses, common.BytesToAddress(decAddr))
-					} else {
-						return fmt.Errorf("invalid address given")
+					addr, err := decodeAddress(strAddr)
+					if err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("invalid address at index %d: %v", i, err)
 					}
+					args.Addresses = append(args.Addresses, addr)
 				} else {
-					return fmt.Errorf("invalid address on index %d", i)
+					return fmt.Errorf("non-string address at index %d", i)
 				}
 			}
-		} else if singleAddr, ok := raw.Addresses.(string); ok {
-			if len(singleAddr) >= 2 && singleAddr[0] == '0' && (singleAddr[1] == 'x' || singleAddr[1] == 'X') {
-				singleAddr = singleAddr[2:]
-			}
-			if decAddr, err := hex.DecodeString(singleAddr); err == nil {
-				addresses = append(addresses, common.BytesToAddress(decAddr))
-			} else {
-				return fmt.Errorf("invalid address given")
+		case string:
+			addr, err := decodeAddress(rawAddr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid address: %v", err)
 			}
-		} else {
-			return errors.New("invalid address(es) given")
-		}
-		args.Addresses = addresses
-	}
-
-	// helper function which parses a string to a topic hash
-	topicConverter := func(raw string) (common.Hash, error) {
-		if len(raw) == 0 {
-			return common.Hash{}, nil
-		}
-		if len(raw) >= 2 && raw[0] == '0' && (raw[1] == 'x' || raw[1] == 'X') {
-			raw = raw[2:]
-		}
-		if len(raw) != 2*common.HashLength {
-			return common.Hash{}, errors.New("invalid topic(s)")
-		}
-		if decAddr, err := hex.DecodeString(raw); err == nil {
-			return common.BytesToHash(decAddr), nil
+			args.Addresses = []common.Address{addr}
+		default:
+			return errors.New("invalid addresses in query")
 		}
-		return common.Hash{}, errors.New("invalid topic(s)")
 	}
 
 	// topics is an array consisting of strings and/or arrays of strings.
@@ -512,20 +488,25 @@ func (args *FilterCriteria) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	if len(raw.Topics) > 0 {
 		args.Topics = make([][]common.Hash, len(raw.Topics))
 		for i, t := range raw.Topics {
-			if t == nil { // ignore topic when matching logs
+			switch topic := t.(type) {
+			case nil:
+				// ignore topic when matching logs
 				args.Topics[i] = []common.Hash{common.Hash{}}
-			} else if topic, ok := t.(string); ok { // match specific topic
-				top, err := topicConverter(topic)
+
+			case string:
+				// match specific topic
+				top, err := decodeTopic(topic)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
 				args.Topics[i] = []common.Hash{top}
-			} else if topics, ok := t.([]interface{}); ok { // or case e.g. [null, "topic0", "topic1"]
-				for _, rawTopic := range topics {
+			case []interface{}:
+				// or case e.g. [null, "topic0", "topic1"]
+				for _, rawTopic := range topic {
 					if rawTopic == nil {
 						args.Topics[i] = append(args.Topics[i], common.Hash{})
 					} else if topic, ok := rawTopic.(string); ok {
-						parsed, err := topicConverter(topic)
+						parsed, err := decodeTopic(topic)
 						if err != nil {
 							return err
 						}
@@ -534,7 +515,7 @@ func (args *FilterCriteria) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 						return fmt.Errorf("invalid topic(s)")
 					}
 				}
-			} else {
+			default:
 				return fmt.Errorf("invalid topic(s)")
 			}
 		}
@@ -542,3 +523,19 @@ func (args *FilterCriteria) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func decodeAddress(s string) (common.Address, error) {
+	b, err := hexutil.Decode(s)
+	if err == nil && len(b) != common.AddressLength {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("hex has invalid length %d after decoding", len(b))
+	}
+	return common.BytesToAddress(b), err
+}
+
+func decodeTopic(s string) (common.Hash, error) {
+	b, err := hexutil.Decode(s)
+	if err == nil && len(b) != common.HashLength {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("hex has invalid length %d after decoding", len(b))
+	}
+	return common.BytesToHash(b), err
+}