package record import ( "errors" "reflect" ) var ( // ErrPayloadTypeNotRegistered is returned from ConsumeEnvelope when the Envelope's // PayloadType does not match any registered Record types. ErrPayloadTypeNotRegistered = errors.New("payload type is not registered") payloadTypeRegistry = make(map[string]reflect.Type) ) // Record represents a data type that can be used as the payload of an Envelope. // The Record interface defines the methods used to marshal and unmarshal a Record // type to a byte slice. // // Record types may be "registered" as the default for a given Envelope.PayloadType // using the RegisterType function. Once a Record type has been registered, // an instance of that type will be created and used to unmarshal the payload of // any Envelope with the registered PayloadType when the Envelope is opened using // the ConsumeEnvelope function. // // To use an unregistered Record type instead, use ConsumeTypedEnvelope and pass in // an instance of the Record type that you'd like the Envelope's payload to be // unmarshaled into. type Record interface { // Domain is the "signature domain" used when signing and verifying a particular // Record type. The Domain string should be unique to your Record type, and all // instances of the Record type must have the same Domain string. Domain() string // Codec is a binary identifier for this type of record, ideally a registered multicodec // (see https://github.com/multiformats/multicodec). // When a Record is put into an Envelope (see record.Seal), the Codec value will be used // as the Envelope's PayloadType. When the Envelope is later unsealed, the PayloadType // will be used to lookup the correct Record type to unmarshal the Envelope payload into. Codec() []byte // MarshalRecord converts a Record instance to a []byte, so that it can be used as an // Envelope payload. MarshalRecord() ([]byte, error) // UnmarshalRecord unmarshals a []byte payload into an instance of a particular Record type. UnmarshalRecord([]byte) error } // RegisterType associates a binary payload type identifier with a concrete // Record type. This is used to automatically unmarshal Record payloads from Envelopes // when using ConsumeEnvelope, and to automatically marshal Records and determine the // correct PayloadType when calling Seal. // // Callers must provide an instance of the record type to be registered, which must be // a pointer type. Registration should be done in the init function of the package // where the Record type is defined: // // package hello_record // import record "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/record" // // func init() { // record.RegisterType(&HelloRecord{}) // } // // type HelloRecord struct { } // etc.. // func RegisterType(prototype Record) { payloadTypeRegistry[string(prototype.Codec())] = getValueType(prototype) } func unmarshalRecordPayload(payloadType []byte, payloadBytes []byte) (Record, error) { rec, err := blankRecordForPayloadType(payloadType) if err != nil { return nil, err } err = rec.UnmarshalRecord(payloadBytes) if err != nil { return nil, err } return rec, nil } func blankRecordForPayloadType(payloadType []byte) (Record, error) { valueType, ok := payloadTypeRegistry[string(payloadType)] if !ok { return nil, ErrPayloadTypeNotRegistered } val := reflect.New(valueType) asRecord := val.Interface().(Record) return asRecord, nil } func getValueType(i interface{}) reflect.Type { valueType := reflect.TypeOf(i) if valueType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr { valueType = valueType.Elem() } return valueType }