ipc.go

// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
//
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// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
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package rpc

import (
	"context"
	"net"

	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p/netutil"
)

// ServeListener accepts connections on l, serving JSON-RPC on them.
func (s *Server) ServeListener(l net.Listener) error {
	for {
		conn, err := l.Accept()
		if netutil.IsTemporaryError(err) {
			log.Warn("RPC accept error", "err", err)
			continue
		} else if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		log.Trace("Accepted RPC connection", "conn", conn.RemoteAddr())
		go s.ServeCodec(NewJSONCodec(conn), OptionMethodInvocation|OptionSubscriptions)
	}
}

// DialIPC create a new IPC client that connects to the given endpoint. On Unix it assumes
// the endpoint is the full path to a unix socket, and Windows the endpoint is an
// identifier for a named pipe.
//
// The context is used for the initial connection establishment. It does not
// affect subsequent interactions with the client.
func DialIPC(ctx context.Context, endpoint string) (*Client, error) {
	return newClient(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) (ServerCodec, error) {
		conn, err := newIPCConnection(ctx, endpoint)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
		return NewJSONCodec(conn), err
	})
}