refactor: change Material.metadata from string to Uint8Array

packages/wasm-dot/js/types.ts

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ export interface Material {
   specVersion: number;
   /** Transaction format version */
   txVersion: number;
-  /** Runtime metadata bytes (hex encoded) - required for encoding calls */
-  metadata: string;
+  /** Runtime metadata bytes - required for encoding calls */
+  metadata: Uint8Array;
 }
 
 /**

packages/wasm-dot/src/address.rs

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pub fn decode_ss58(address: &str) -> Result<(Vec<u8>, u16), WasmDotError> {
 /// Validate an SS58 address
 pub fn validate_address(address: &str, expected_prefix: Option<u16>) -> bool {
     match decode_ss58(address) {
-        Ok((_, prefix)) => expected_prefix.map_or(true, |expected| prefix == expected),
+        Ok((_, prefix)) => expected_prefix.is_none_or(|expected| prefix == expected),
         Err(_) => false,
     }
 }

packages/wasm-dot/src/builder/calls.rs

@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ fn account_id(address: &str) -> Result<Value<()>, WasmDotError> {
             v.len()
         ))
     })?;
-    Ok(Value::from_bytes(&bytes))
+    Ok(Value::from_bytes(bytes))
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]

packages/wasm-dot/src/builder/mod.rs

@@ -46,12 +46,9 @@ pub fn build_transaction(
     Ok(tx)
 }
 
-/// Decode metadata from hex string
-fn decode_metadata(metadata_hex: &str) -> Result<subxt_core::metadata::Metadata, WasmDotError> {
-    let bytes = hex::decode(metadata_hex.trim_start_matches("0x"))
-        .map_err(|e| WasmDotError::InvalidInput(format!("Invalid metadata hex: {}", e)))?;
-
-    subxt_core::metadata::decode_from(&bytes[..])
+/// Decode metadata from raw bytes
+fn decode_metadata(metadata_bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<subxt_core::metadata::Metadata, WasmDotError> {
+    subxt_core::metadata::decode_from(metadata_bytes)
         .map_err(|e| WasmDotError::InvalidInput(format!("Failed to decode metadata: {}", e)))
 }
 
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ fn compute_era(validity: &Validity) -> Era {
     if validity.max_duration == 0 {
         Era::Immortal
     } else {
-        let period = validity.max_duration.next_power_of_two().min(65536).max(4);
+        let period = validity.max_duration.next_power_of_two().clamp(4, 65536);
         let phase = validity.first_valid % period;
         Era::Mortal { period, phase }
     }

packages/wasm-dot/src/builder/types.rs

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ mod tests {
                 "specName": "polkadot",
                 "specVersion": 9150,
                 "txVersion": 9,
-                "metadata": "0x00"
+                "metadata": [0]
             },
             "validity": {
                 "firstValid": 1000,

packages/wasm-dot/src/parser.rs

@@ -99,12 +99,9 @@ pub fn parse_transaction(
     })
 }
 
-/// Decode metadata from hex string (same pattern as builder)
-fn decode_metadata(metadata_hex: &str) -> Result<subxt_core::metadata::Metadata, WasmDotError> {
-    let bytes = hex::decode(metadata_hex.trim_start_matches("0x"))
-        .map_err(|e| WasmDotError::InvalidInput(format!("Invalid metadata hex: {}", e)))?;
-
-    subxt_core::metadata::decode_from(&bytes[..])
+/// Decode metadata from raw bytes
+fn decode_metadata(metadata_bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<subxt_core::metadata::Metadata, WasmDotError> {
+    subxt_core::metadata::decode_from(metadata_bytes)
         .map_err(|e| WasmDotError::InvalidInput(format!("Failed to decode metadata: {}", e)))
 }
 

packages/wasm-dot/src/transaction.rs

@@ -399,12 +399,9 @@ impl Transaction {
 // Helper functions
 // =============================================================================
 
-/// Decode metadata from hex string
-fn decode_metadata(metadata_hex: &str) -> Result<Metadata, WasmDotError> {
-    let bytes = hex::decode(metadata_hex.trim_start_matches("0x"))
-        .map_err(|e| WasmDotError::InvalidInput(format!("Invalid metadata hex: {}", e)))?;
-
-    subxt_core::metadata::decode_from(&bytes[..])
+/// Decode metadata from raw bytes
+fn decode_metadata(metadata_bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Metadata, WasmDotError> {
+    subxt_core::metadata::decode_from(metadata_bytes)
         .map_err(|e| WasmDotError::InvalidInput(format!("Failed to decode metadata: {}", e)))
 }
 
@@ -438,22 +435,22 @@ pub(crate) fn encode_era(era: &Era) -> Vec<u8> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Parsed extrinsic data: (is_signed, sender, signature, era, nonce, tip, call_data)
+type ParsedExtrinsic = (
+    bool,
+    Option<[u8; 32]>,
+    Option<[u8; 64]>,
+    Era,
+    u32,
+    u128,
+    Vec<u8>,
+);
+
 /// Parse a raw extrinsic
 fn parse_extrinsic(
     bytes: &[u8],
     metadata: Option<&Metadata>,
-) -> Result<
-    (
-        bool,
-        Option<[u8; 32]>,
-        Option<[u8; 64]>,
-        Era,
-        u32,
-        u128,
-        Vec<u8>,
-    ),
-    WasmDotError,
-> {
+) -> Result<ParsedExtrinsic, WasmDotError> {
     use parity_scale_codec::{Compact, Decode};
 
     let mut cursor = 0;

packages/wasm-dot/src/types.rs

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ pub struct Material {
     pub spec_version: u32,
     /// Transaction format version
     pub tx_version: u32,
-    /// Runtime metadata bytes (hex encoded)
+    /// Runtime metadata bytes
     /// Required for encoding calls - handles runtime upgrades automatically
-    pub metadata: String,
+    pub metadata: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
 /// Validity window for mortal transactions

packages/wasm-dot/src/wasm/transaction.rs

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ impl MaterialJs {
         spec_name: &str,
         spec_version: u32,
         tx_version: u32,
-        metadata: &str,
+        metadata: &[u8],
     ) -> MaterialJs {
         MaterialJs {
             inner: Material {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ impl MaterialJs {
                 spec_name: spec_name.to_string(),
                 spec_version,
                 tx_version,
-                metadata: metadata.to_string(),
+                metadata: metadata.to_vec(),
             },
         }
     }

packages/wasm-dot/test/builder.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as assert from "assert";
 import { buildTransaction, type TransactionIntent, type BuildContext } from "../js/index.js";
-import { westendMetadataRpc } from "./resources/westend.js";
+import { getWestendMetadata } from "./resources/westend.js";
 
 /** Convert Uint8Array to hex string (no 0x prefix) */
 function toHex(bytes: Uint8Array): string {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe("buildTransaction", () => {
     specName: "westend",
     specVersion: 9420,
     txVersion: 16,
-    metadata: westendMetadataRpc,
+    metadata: getWestendMetadata(),
   };
 
   // Reference block (use genesis for testing)

packages/wasm-dot/test/explain.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   type TransactionIntent,
   type BuildContext,
 } from "../js/index.js";
-import { westendMetadataRpc } from "./resources/westend.js";
+import { getWestendMetadata } from "./resources/westend.js";
 
 describe("explainTransaction", () => {
   const SENDER = "5EGoFA95omzemRssELLDjVenNZ68aXyUeqtKQScXSEBvVJkr";
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe("explainTransaction", () => {
     specName: "westend",
     specVersion: 9420,
     txVersion: 16,
-    metadata: westendMetadataRpc,
+    metadata: getWestendMetadata(),
   };
 
   const REFERENCE_BLOCK = "0xe143f23803ac50e8f6f8e62695d1ce9e4e1d68aa36c1cd2cfd15340213f3423e";