typecache.go

// Copyright 2014 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of go-ethereum.
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package rlp

import (
	"reflect"
	"sync"
)

var (
	typeCacheMutex sync.RWMutex
	typeCache      = make(map[typekey]*typeinfo)
)

type typeinfo struct {
	decoder
	writer
}

// represents struct tags
type tags struct {
	nilOK bool
}

type typekey struct {
	reflect.Type
	// the key must include the struct tags because they
	// might generate a different decoder.
	tags
}

type decoder func(*Stream, reflect.Value) error

type writer func(reflect.Value, *encbuf) error

func cachedTypeInfo(typ reflect.Type, tags tags) (*typeinfo, error) {
	typeCacheMutex.RLock()
	info := typeCache[typekey{typ, tags}]
	typeCacheMutex.RUnlock()
	if info != nil {
		return info, nil
	}
	// not in the cache, need to generate info for this type.
	typeCacheMutex.Lock()
	defer typeCacheMutex.Unlock()
	return cachedTypeInfo1(typ, tags)
}

func cachedTypeInfo1(typ reflect.Type, tags tags) (*typeinfo, error) {
	key := typekey{typ, tags}
	info := typeCache[key]
	if info != nil {
		// another goroutine got the write lock first
		return info, nil
	}
	// put a dummmy value into the cache before generating.
	// if the generator tries to lookup itself, it will get
	// the dummy value and won't call itself recursively.
	typeCache[key] = new(typeinfo)
	info, err := genTypeInfo(typ, tags)
	if err != nil {
		// remove the dummy value if the generator fails
		delete(typeCache, key)
		return nil, err
	}
	*typeCache[key] = *info
	return typeCache[key], err
}

type field struct {
	index int
	info  *typeinfo
}

func structFields(typ reflect.Type) (fields []field, err error) {
	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
		if f := typ.Field(i); f.PkgPath == "" { // exported
			tags := parseStructTag(f.Tag.Get("rlp"))
			info, err := cachedTypeInfo1(f.Type, tags)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			fields = append(fields, field{i, info})
		}
	}
	return fields, nil
}

func parseStructTag(tag string) tags {
	return tags{nilOK: tag == "nil"}
}

func genTypeInfo(typ reflect.Type, tags tags) (info *typeinfo, err error) {
	info = new(typeinfo)
	if info.decoder, err = makeDecoder(typ, tags); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	if info.writer, err = makeWriter(typ); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return info, nil
}

func isUint(k reflect.Kind) bool {
	return k >= reflect.Uint && k <= reflect.Uintptr
}