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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/node/service.go b/node/service.go
index ec838dbe8..28fc34764 100644
--- a/node/service.go
+++ b/node/service.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package node
import (
"path/filepath"
+ "reflect"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/event"
@@ -28,18 +29,39 @@ import (
// the protocol stack, that is passed to all constructors to be optionally used;
// as well as utility methods to operate on the service environment.
type ServiceContext struct {
- dataDir string // Data directory for protocol persistence
- EventMux *event.TypeMux // Event multiplexer used for decoupled notifications
+ datadir string // Data directory for protocol persistence
+ services map[string]Service // Index of the already constructed services
+ EventMux *event.TypeMux // Event multiplexer used for decoupled notifications
}
// Database opens an existing database with the given name (or creates one if no
// previous can be found) from within the node's data directory. If the node is
// an ephemeral one, a memory database is returned.
func (ctx *ServiceContext) Database(name string, cache int) (ethdb.Database, error) {
- if ctx.dataDir == "" {
+ if ctx.datadir == "" {
return ethdb.NewMemDatabase()
}
- return ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(filepath.Join(ctx.dataDir, name), cache)
+ return ethdb.NewLDBDatabase(filepath.Join(ctx.datadir, name), cache)
+}
+
+// Service retrieves an already constructed service registered under a given id.
+func (ctx *ServiceContext) Service(id string) Service {
+ return ctx.services[id]
+}
+
+// SingletonService retrieves an already constructed service using a specific type
+// implementing the Service interface. This is a utility function for scenarios
+// where it is known that only one instance of a given service type is running,
+// allowing to access services without needing to know their specific id with
+// which they were registered.
+func (ctx *ServiceContext) SingletonService(service interface{}) (string, error) {
+ for id, running := range ctx.services {
+ if reflect.TypeOf(running) == reflect.ValueOf(service).Elem().Type() {
+ reflect.ValueOf(service).Elem().Set(reflect.ValueOf(running))
+ return id, nil
+ }
+ }
+ return "", ErrServiceUnknown
}
// ServiceConstructor is the function signature of the constructors needed to be
@@ -58,8 +80,9 @@ type Service interface {
// Protocol retrieves the P2P protocols the service wishes to start.
Protocols() []p2p.Protocol
- // Start spawns any goroutines required by the service.
- Start() error
+ // Start is called after all services have been constructed and the networking
+ // layer was also initialized to spawn any goroutines required by the service.
+ Start(server *p2p.Server) error
// Stop terminates all goroutines belonging to the service, blocking until they
// are all terminated.