Merge bitcoin#11050: Avoid treating null RPC arguments different from…

… missing arguments

745d2e3 Clean up getbalance RPC parameter handling (Russell Yanofsky)
fd5d71e Update developer notes after params.size() cleanup (Russell Yanofsky)
e067673 Avoid treating null RPC arguments different from missing arguments (Russell Yanofsky)
e666efc Get rid of redundant RPC params.size() checks (Russell Yanofsky)

Pull request description:

  This is a followup to bitcoin#10783.

  - The first commit doesn't change behavior at all, just simplifies code.
  - The second commit just changes RPC methods to treat null arguments the same as missing arguments instead of throwing type errors.
  - The third commit updates developer notes after the cleanup.
  - The forth commit does some additional code cleanup in `getbalance`.

  Followup changes that should happen in future PRs:

  - [ ] Replace uses of `.isTrue()` with calls to `.get_bool()` so numbers, objects, and strings cause type errors instead of being interpreted as false. bitcoin#11050 (comment)
  - [ ] Add braces around if statements. bitcoin#11050 (comment)
  - [ ] Maybe improve UniValue type error exceptions and eliminate RPCTypeCheck and RPCTypeCheckArgument functions. bitcoin#11050 (comment)

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doc/developer-notes.md

@@ -583,16 +583,14 @@ A few guidelines for introducing and reviewing new RPC interfaces:
     is specified as-is in BIP22.
 
 - Missing arguments and 'null' should be treated the same: as default values. If there is no
-  default value, both cases should fail in the same way.
+  default value, both cases should fail in the same way. The easiest way to follow this
+  guideline is detect unspecified arguments with `params[x].isNull()` instead of
+  `params.size() <= x`. The former returns true if the argument is either null or missing,
+  while the latter returns true if is missing, and false if it is null.
 
   - *Rationale*: Avoids surprises when switching to name-based arguments. Missing name-based arguments
   are passed as 'null'.
 
-  - *Exception*: Many legacy exceptions to this exist, one of the worst ones is
-    `getbalance` which follows a completely different code path based on the
-    number of arguments. We are still in the process of cleaning these up. Do not introduce
-    new ones.
-
 - Try not to overload methods on argument type. E.g. don't make `getblock(true)` and `getblock("hash")`
   do different things.
 

src/rpc/blockchain.cpp

@@ -1786,11 +1786,11 @@ UniValue getchaintxstats(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     const CBlockIndex* pindex;
     int blockcount = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 / Params().GetConsensus().nPowTargetSpacing; // By default: 1 month
 
-    if (request.params.size() > 0 && !request.params[0].isNull()) {
+    if (!request.params[0].isNull()) {
         blockcount = request.params[0].get_int();
     }
 
-    bool havehash = request.params.size() > 1 && !request.params[1].isNull();
+    bool havehash = !request.params[1].isNull();
     uint256 hash;
     if (havehash) {
         hash = uint256S(request.params[1].get_str());

src/rpc/mining.cpp

@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ UniValue estimatesmartfee(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     RPCTypeCheckArgument(request.params[0], UniValue::VNUM);
     unsigned int conf_target = ParseConfirmTarget(request.params[0]);
     bool conservative = true;
-    if (request.params.size() > 1 && !request.params[1].isNull()) {
+    if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
         FeeEstimateMode fee_mode;
         if (!FeeModeFromString(request.params[1].get_str(), fee_mode)) {
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid estimate_mode parameter");

src/rpc/misc.cpp

@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ UniValue getmemoryinfo(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             + HelpExampleRpc("getmemoryinfo", "")
         );
 
-    std::string mode = (request.params.size() < 1 || request.params[0].isNull()) ? "stats" : request.params[0].get_str();
+    std::string mode = request.params[0].isNull() ? "stats" : request.params[0].get_str();
     if (mode == "stats") {
         UniValue obj(UniValue::VOBJ);
         obj.push_back(Pair("locked", RPCLockedMemoryInfo()));
@@ -1241,11 +1241,11 @@ UniValue logging(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     }
 
     uint64_t originalLogCategories = logCategories;
-    if (request.params.size() > 0 && request.params[0].isArray()) {
+    if (request.params[0].isArray()) {
         logCategories |= getCategoryMask(request.params[0]);
     }
 
-    if (request.params.size() > 1 && request.params[1].isArray()) {
+    if (request.params[1].isArray()) {
         logCategories &= ~getCategoryMask(request.params[1]);
     }
 

src/rpc/net.cpp

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ UniValue getpeerinfo(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 UniValue addnode(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 {
     std::string strCommand;
-    if (request.params.size() == 2)
+    if (!request.params[1].isNull())
         strCommand = request.params[1].get_str();
     if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() != 2 ||
         (strCommand != "onetry" && strCommand != "add" && strCommand != "remove"))
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ UniValue disconnectnode(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 
     bool success;
     const UniValue &address_arg = request.params[0];
-    const UniValue &id_arg = request.params.size() < 2 ? NullUniValue : request.params[1];
+    const UniValue &id_arg = request.params[1];
 
     if (!address_arg.isNull() && id_arg.isNull()) {
         /* handle disconnect-by-address */
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ UniValue getaddednodeinfo(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 
     std::vector<AddedNodeInfo> vInfo = g_connman->GetAddedNodeInfo();
 
-    if (request.params.size() == 1 && !request.params[0].isNull()) {
+    if (!request.params[0].isNull()) {
         bool found = false;
         for (const AddedNodeInfo& info : vInfo) {
             if (info.strAddedNode == request.params[0].get_str()) {
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ UniValue getnetworkinfo(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 UniValue setban(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 {
     std::string strCommand;
-    if (request.params.size() >= 2)
+    if (!request.params[1].isNull())
         strCommand = request.params[1].get_str();
     if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() < 2 ||
         (strCommand != "add" && strCommand != "remove"))
@@ -536,11 +536,11 @@ UniValue setban(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_CLIENT_NODE_ALREADY_ADDED, "Error: IP/Subnet already banned");
 
         int64_t banTime = 0; //use standard bantime if not specified
-        if (request.params.size() >= 3 && !request.params[2].isNull())
+        if (!request.params[2].isNull())
             banTime = request.params[2].get_int64();
 
         bool absolute = false;
-        if (request.params.size() == 4 && request.params[3].isTrue())
+        if (request.params[3].isTrue())
             absolute = true;
 
         isSubnet ? g_connman->Ban(subNet, BanReasonManuallyAdded, banTime, absolute) : g_connman->Ban(netAddr, BanReasonManuallyAdded, banTime, absolute);

src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp

@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ UniValue createrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 
     CMutableTransaction rawTx;
 
-    if (request.params.size() > 2 && !request.params[2].isNull()) {
+    if (!request.params[2].isNull()) {
         int64_t nLockTime = request.params[2].get_int64();
         if (nLockTime < 0 || nLockTime > std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max())
             throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Invalid parameter, locktime out of range");
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ UniValue signrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 
     bool fGivenKeys = false;
     CBasicKeyStore tempKeystore;
-    if (request.params.size() > 2 && !request.params[2].isNull()) {
+    if (!request.params[2].isNull()) {
         fGivenKeys = true;
         UniValue keys = request.params[2].get_array();
         for (unsigned int idx = 0; idx < keys.size(); idx++) {
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ UniValue signrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 #endif
 
     // Add previous txouts given in the RPC call:
-    if (request.params.size() > 1 && !request.params[1].isNull()) {
+    if (!request.params[1].isNull()) {
         UniValue prevTxs = request.params[1].get_array();
         for (unsigned int idx = 0; idx < prevTxs.size(); idx++) {
             const UniValue& p = prevTxs[idx];
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ UniValue signrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 #endif
 
     int nHashType = SIGHASH_ALL;
-    if (request.params.size() > 3 && !request.params[3].isNull()) {
+    if (!request.params[3].isNull()) {
         static std::map<std::string, int> mapSigHashValues = {
             {std::string("ALL"), int(SIGHASH_ALL)},
             {std::string("ALL|ANYONECANPAY"), int(SIGHASH_ALL|SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY)},
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ UniValue sendrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
     const uint256& hashTx = tx->GetHash();
 
     CAmount nMaxRawTxFee = maxTxFee;
-    if (request.params.size() > 1 && request.params[1].get_bool())
+    if (!request.params[1].isNull() && request.params[1].get_bool())
         nMaxRawTxFee = 0;
 
     bool fBypassLimits = false;