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Overhaul contract creation section in the documentation
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Creating Contracts Creating Contracts
****************** ******************
Contracts can be created "from outside" or from Solidity contracts. Contracts can be created "from outside" via Ethereum transactions or from within Solidity contracts.
IDEs, such as `Remix <https://remix.ethereum.org/>`_, make the creation process seamless using UI elements.
Creating contracts programatically on Ethereum is best done via using the JavaScript API `web3.js <https://github.com/etherem/web3.js>`_.
As of today it has a method called `web3.eth.Contract <https://web3js.readthedocs.io/en/1.0/web3-eth-contract.html#new-contract>`_
to facilitate contract creation.
When a contract is created, its constructor (a function with the same When a contract is created, its constructor (a function with the same
name as the contract) is executed once. name as the contract) is executed once.
A constructor is optional. Only one constructor is allowed, and this means A constructor is optional. Only one constructor is allowed, and this means
overloading is not supported. overloading is not supported.
From ``web3.js``, i.e. the JavaScript
API, this is done as follows::
// Need to specify some source including contract name for the data param below
var source = "contract CONTRACT_NAME { function CONTRACT_NAME(uint a, uint b) {} }";
// The json abi array generated by the compiler
var abiArray = [
{
"inputs":[
{"name":"x","type":"uint256"},
{"name":"y","type":"uint256"}
],
"type":"constructor"
},
{
"constant":true,
"inputs":[],
"name":"x",
"outputs":[{"name":"","type":"bytes32"}],
"type":"function"
}
];
var MyContract_ = web3.eth.contract(source);
MyContract = web3.eth.contract(MyContract_.CONTRACT_NAME.info.abiDefinition);
// deploy new contract
var contractInstance = MyContract.new(
10,
11,
{from: myAccount, gas: 1000000}
);
.. index:: constructor;arguments .. index:: constructor;arguments
Internally, constructor arguments are passed after the code of Internally, constructor arguments are passed :ref:`ABI encoded <ABI>` after the code of
the contract itself, but you do not have to care about this the contract itself, but you do not have to care about this if you use ``web3.js``.
if you use ``web3.js``.
If a contract wants to create another contract, the source code If a contract wants to create another contract, the source code
(and the binary) of the created contract has to be known to the creator. (and the binary) of the created contract has to be known to the creator.