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/** @file providermanager.js
* @authors:
* Jeffrey Wilcke
* Marek Kotewicz
* Marian Oancea
* Gav Wood
* @date 2014
*/
// TODO: is these line is supposed to be here?
var web3 = require('./web3'); // jshint ignore:line
/**
* Provider manager object prototype
* It's responsible for passing messages to providers
* If no provider is set it's responsible for queuing requests
* It's also responsible for polling the ethereum node for incoming messages
* Default poll timeout is 12 seconds
* If we are running ethereum.js inside ethereum browser, there are backend based tools responsible for polling,
* and provider manager polling mechanism is not used
*/
var ProviderManager = function() {
this.queued = [];
this.polls = [];
this.ready = false;
this.provider = undefined;
this.id = 1;
var self = this;
var poll = function () {
if (self.provider && self.provider.poll) {
self.polls.forEach(function (data) {
data.data._id = self.id;
self.id++;
self.provider.poll(data.data, data.id);
});
}
setTimeout(poll, 12000);
};
poll();
};
/// sends outgoing requests, if provider is not available, enqueue the request
ProviderManager.prototype.send = function(data, cb) {
data._id = this.id;
if (cb) {
web3._callbacks[data._id] = cb;
}
data.args = data.args || [];
this.id++;
if(this.provider !== undefined) {
this.provider.send(data);
} else {
console.warn("provider is not set");
this.queued.push(data);
}
};
/// setups provider, which will be used for sending messages
ProviderManager.prototype.set = function(provider) {
if(this.provider !== undefined && this.provider.unload !== undefined) {
this.provider.unload();
}
this.provider = provider;
this.ready = true;
};
/// resends queued messages
ProviderManager.prototype.sendQueued = function() {
for(var i = 0; this.queued.length; i++) {
// Resend
this.send(this.queued[i]);
}
};
/// @returns true if the provider i properly set
ProviderManager.prototype.installed = function() {
return this.provider !== undefined;
};
/// this method is only used, when we do not have native qt bindings and have to do polling on our own
/// should be callled, on start watching for eth/shh changes
ProviderManager.prototype.startPolling = function (data, pollId) {
if (!this.provider || !this.provider.poll) {
return;
}
this.polls.push({data: data, id: pollId});
};
/// should be called to stop polling for certain watch changes
ProviderManager.prototype.stopPolling = function (pollId) {
for (var i = this.polls.length; i--;) {
var poll = this.polls[i];
if (poll.id === pollId) {
this.polls.splice(i, 1);
}
}
};
module.exports = ProviderManager;