Make handleRequest public and add comment for it

7 files changed, 70 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/empty_wallet_subprovider.ts b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/empty_wallet_subprovider.ts
index 4cf3ece69..dc570b152 100644
--- a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/empty_wallet_subprovider.ts
+++ b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/empty_wallet_subprovider.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,16 @@ import { Subprovider } from './subprovider';
  * It intercepts the `eth_accounts` JSON RPC requests and never returns any addresses when queried.
  */
 export class EmptyWalletSubprovider extends Subprovider {
-    // This method must conform to the web3-provider-engine interface
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-function-over-method underscore-private-and-protected
-    private handleRequest(payload: Web3.JSONRPCRequestPayload, next: Callback, end: ErrorCallback) {
+    /**
+     * This method conforms to the web3-provider-engine interface.
+     * It is called internally by the ProviderEngine when it is this subproviders
+     * turn to handle a JSON RPC request.
+     * @param payload JSON RPC payload
+     * @param next Callback to call if this subprovider decides not to handle the request
+     * @param end Callback to call if subprovider handled the request and wants to pass back the request.
+     */
+    // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-function-over-method
+    public handleRequest(payload: Web3.JSONRPCRequestPayload, next: Callback, end: ErrorCallback) {
         switch (payload.method) {
             case 'eth_accounts':
                 end(null, []);
diff --git a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/fake_gas_estimate_subprovider.ts b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/fake_gas_estimate_subprovider.ts
index eff4439b4..a6f978db1 100644
--- a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/fake_gas_estimate_subprovider.ts
+++ b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/fake_gas_estimate_subprovider.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,16 @@ export class FakeGasEstimateSubprovider extends Subprovider {
         super();
         this._constantGasAmount = constantGasAmount;
     }
-    // This method must conform to the web3-provider-engine interface
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-function-over-method underscore-private-and-protected
-    private handleRequest(payload: Web3.JSONRPCRequestPayload, next: Callback, end: ErrorCallback) {
+    /**
+     * This method conforms to the web3-provider-engine interface.
+     * It is called internally by the ProviderEngine when it is this subproviders
+     * turn to handle a JSON RPC request.
+     * @param payload JSON RPC payload
+     * @param next Callback to call if this subprovider decides not to handle the request
+     * @param end Callback to call if subprovider handled the request and wants to pass back the request.
+     */
+    // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-function-over-method
+    public handleRequest(payload: Web3.JSONRPCRequestPayload, next: Callback, end: ErrorCallback) {
         switch (payload.method) {
             case 'eth_estimateGas':
                 end(null, this._constantGasAmount);
diff --git a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/ganache.ts b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/ganache.ts
index feb17f8c5..fc0b9c3d2 100644
--- a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/ganache.ts
+++ b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/ganache.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,16 @@ export class GanacheSubprovider extends Subprovider {
         super();
         this._ganacheProvider = Ganache.provider(opts);
     }
-    // This method must conform to the web3-provider-engine interface
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-function-over-method underscore-private-and-protected
-    private handleRequest(payload: Web3.JSONRPCRequestPayload, next: Callback, end: ErrorCallback) {
+    /**
+     * This method conforms to the web3-provider-engine interface.
+     * It is called internally by the ProviderEngine when it is this subproviders
+     * turn to handle a JSON RPC request.
+     * @param payload JSON RPC payload
+     * @param next Callback to call if this subprovider decides not to handle the request
+     * @param end Callback to call if subprovider handled the request and wants to pass back the request.
+     */
+    // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-function-over-method
+    public handleRequest(payload: Web3.JSONRPCRequestPayload, next: Callback, end: ErrorCallback) {
         this._ganacheProvider.sendAsync(payload, (err: Error | null, result: any) => {
             end(err, result && result.result);
         });
diff --git a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/injected_web3.ts b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/injected_web3.ts
index 73c7e59db..cd9b0b603 100644
--- a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/injected_web3.ts
+++ b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/injected_web3.ts
@@ -21,9 +21,16 @@ export class InjectedWeb3Subprovider extends Subprovider {
         super();
         this._injectedWeb3 = new Web3(provider);
     }
-    // This method must conform to the web3-provider-engine interface
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-function-over-method underscore-private-and-protected
-    private handleRequest(payload: Web3.JSONRPCRequestPayload, next: Callback, end: ErrorCallback) {
+    /**
+     * This method conforms to the web3-provider-engine interface.
+     * It is called internally by the ProviderEngine when it is this subproviders
+     * turn to handle a JSON RPC request.
+     * @param payload JSON RPC payload
+     * @param next Callback to call if this subprovider decides not to handle the request
+     * @param end Callback to call if subprovider handled the request and wants to pass back the request.
+     */
+    // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-function-over-method
+    public handleRequest(payload: Web3.JSONRPCRequestPayload, next: Callback, end: ErrorCallback) {
         switch (payload.method) {
             case 'web3_clientVersion':
                 this._injectedWeb3.version.getNode(end);
diff --git a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/ledger.ts b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/ledger.ts
index 3a63ff80f..8bc70d8b6 100644
--- a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/ledger.ts
+++ b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/ledger.ts
@@ -198,9 +198,16 @@ export class LedgerSubprovider extends Subprovider {
             throw err;
         }
     }
-    // Required to implement this public interface which doesn't conform to our linting rule.
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:async-suffix underscore-private-and-protected
-    private async handleRequest(
+    /**
+     * This method conforms to the web3-provider-engine interface.
+     * It is called internally by the ProviderEngine when it is this subproviders
+     * turn to handle a JSON RPC request.
+     * @param payload JSON RPC payload
+     * @param next Callback to call if this subprovider decides not to handle the request
+     * @param end Callback to call if subprovider handled the request and wants to pass back the request.
+     */
+    // tslint:disable-next-line:async-suffix
+    public async handleRequest(
         payload: Web3.JSONRPCRequestPayload,
         next: Callback,
         end: (err: Error | null, result?: any) => void,
diff --git a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/nonce_tracker.ts b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/nonce_tracker.ts
index 919aa861f..249f16199 100644
--- a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/nonce_tracker.ts
+++ b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/nonce_tracker.ts
@@ -46,9 +46,16 @@ export class NonceTrackerSubprovider extends Subprovider {
                 throw new Error(NonceSubproviderErrors.CannotDetermineAddressFromPayload);
         }
     }
-    // This method must conform to the web3-provider-engine interface
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-function-over-method underscore-private-and-protected
-    private async handleRequest(
+    /**
+     * This method conforms to the web3-provider-engine interface.
+     * It is called internally by the ProviderEngine when it is this subproviders
+     * turn to handle a JSON RPC request.
+     * @param payload JSON RPC payload
+     * @param next Callback to call if this subprovider decides not to handle the request
+     * @param end Callback to call if subprovider handled the request and wants to pass back the request.
+     */
+    // tslint:disable-next-line:async-suffix
+    public async handleRequest(
         payload: Web3.JSONRPCRequestPayload,
         next: NextCallback,
         end: ErrorCallback,
diff --git a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/redundant_rpc.ts b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/redundant_rpc.ts
index 55b4128f4..ace2ed3c8 100644
--- a/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/redundant_rpc.ts
+++ b/packages/subproviders/src/subproviders/redundant_rpc.ts
@@ -45,9 +45,16 @@ export class RedundantRPCSubprovider extends Subprovider {
             });
         });
     }
-    // This method must conform to the web3-provider-engine interface
-    // tslint:disable-next-line:prefer-function-over-method underscore-private-and-protected
-    private async handleRequest(
+    /**
+     * This method conforms to the web3-provider-engine interface.
+     * It is called internally by the ProviderEngine when it is this subproviders
+     * turn to handle a JSON RPC request.
+     * @param payload JSON RPC payload
+     * @param next Callback to call if this subprovider decides not to handle the request
+     * @param end Callback to call if subprovider handled the request and wants to pass back the request.
+     */
+    // tslint:disable-next-line:async-suffix
+    public async handleRequest(
         payload: Web3.JSONRPCRequestPayload,
         next: Callback,
         end: (err: Error | null, data?: any) => void,