Sets serialization gate between each deploy and wrap to ensure application lifecycle invariance.

CodexContractsPlugin/CodexContractsAccess.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
 {
     public interface ICodexContracts
     {
-        string MarketplaceAddress { get; }
+        ICodexContractsDeployment Deployment { get; }
 
         void MintTestTokens(IGethNode gethNode, IHasEthAddress owner, TestToken testTokens);
         void MintTestTokens(IGethNode gethNode, IEthAddress ethAddress, TestToken testTokens);
@@ -17,17 +17,13 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
     {
         private readonly ILog log;
 
-        public CodexContractsAccess(ILog log, string marketplaceAddress, string abi, string tokenAddress)
+        public CodexContractsAccess(ILog log, ICodexContractsDeployment deployment)
         {
             this.log = log;
-            MarketplaceAddress = marketplaceAddress;
+            Deployment = deployment;
-            Abi = abi;
-            TokenAddress = tokenAddress;
         }
 
-        public string MarketplaceAddress { get; }
+        public ICodexContractsDeployment Deployment { get; }
-        public string Abi { get; }
-        public string TokenAddress { get; }
 
         public void MintTestTokens(IGethNode gethNode, IHasEthAddress owner, TestToken testTokens)
         {
@@ -37,7 +33,7 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
         public void MintTestTokens(IGethNode gethNode, IEthAddress ethAddress, TestToken testTokens)
         {
             var interaction = new ContractInteractions(log, gethNode);
-            interaction.MintTestTokens(ethAddress, testTokens.Amount, TokenAddress);
+            interaction.MintTestTokens(ethAddress, testTokens.Amount, Deployment.TokenAddress);
         }
 
         public TestToken GetTestTokenBalance(IGethNode gethNode, IHasEthAddress owner)
@@ -48,7 +44,7 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
         public TestToken GetTestTokenBalance(IGethNode gethNode, IEthAddress ethAddress)
         {
             var interaction = new ContractInteractions(log, gethNode);
-            var balance = interaction.GetBalance(TokenAddress, ethAddress.Address);
+            var balance = interaction.GetBalance(Deployment.TokenAddress, ethAddress.Address);
             return balance.TestTokens();
         }
     }

CodexContractsPlugin/CodexContractsDeployment.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+namespace CodexContractsPlugin
+{
+    public interface ICodexContractsDeployment
+    {
+        string MarketplaceAddress { get; }
+        string Abi { get; }
+        string TokenAddress { get; }
+    }
+
+    public class CodexContractsDeployment : ICodexContractsDeployment
+    {
+        public CodexContractsDeployment(string marketplaceAddress, string abi, string tokenAddress)
+        {
+            MarketplaceAddress = marketplaceAddress;
+            Abi = abi;
+            TokenAddress = tokenAddress;
+        }
+
+        public string MarketplaceAddress { get; }
+        public string Abi { get; }
+        public string TokenAddress { get; }
+    }
+}

CodexContractsPlugin/CodexContractsPlugin.cs

@@ -30,9 +30,14 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
         {
         }
 
-        public ICodexContracts DeployContracts(IGethNode gethNode)
+        public ICodexContractsDeployment DeployContracts(IGethNode gethNode)
         {
-            return starter.Start(gethNode);
+            return starter.Deploy(gethNode);
+        }
+
+        public ICodexContracts WrapDeploy(ICodexContractsDeployment deployment)
+        {
+            return starter.Wrap(SerializeGate.Gate(deployment));
         }
     }
 }

CodexContractsPlugin/CodexContractsStarter.cs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
             this.tools = tools;
         }
 
-        public ICodexContracts Start(IGethNode gethNode)
+        public ICodexContractsDeployment Deploy(IGethNode gethNode)
         {
             Log("Deploying Codex SmartContracts...");
 
@@ -47,7 +47,12 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
 
             Log("Synced. Codex SmartContracts deployed.");
 
-            return new CodexContractsAccess(tools.GetLog(), marketplaceAddress, abi, tokenAddress);
+            return new CodexContractsDeployment(marketplaceAddress, abi, tokenAddress);
+        }
+
+        public ICodexContracts Wrap(ICodexContractsDeployment deployment)
+        {
+            return new CodexContractsAccess(tools.GetLog(), deployment);
         }
 
         private void Log(string msg)

CodexContractsPlugin/CoreInterfaceExtensions.cs

@@ -5,11 +5,22 @@ namespace CodexContractsPlugin
 {
     public static class CoreInterfaceExtensions
     {
-        public static ICodexContracts DeployCodexContracts(this CoreInterface ci, IGethNode gethNode)
+        public static ICodexContractsDeployment DeployCodexContracts(this CoreInterface ci, IGethNode gethNode)
         {
             return Plugin(ci).DeployContracts(gethNode);
         }
 
+        public static ICodexContracts WrapCodexContractsDeployment(this CoreInterface ci, ICodexContractsDeployment deployment)
+        {
+            return Plugin(ci).WrapDeploy(deployment);
+        }
+
+        public static ICodexContracts StartCodexContracts(this CoreInterface ci, IGethNode gethNode)
+        {
+            var deployment = DeployCodexContracts(ci, gethNode);
+            return WrapCodexContractsDeployment(ci, deployment);
+        }
+
         private static CodexContractsPlugin Plugin(CoreInterface ci)
         {
             return ci.GetPlugin<CodexContractsPlugin>();

CodexPlugin/CodexContainerRecipe.cs

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ namespace CodexPlugin
 
         protected override void Initialize(StartupConfig startupConfig)
         {
-            SetResourcesRequest(milliCPUs: 1000, memory: 6.GB());
+            //SetResourcesRequest(milliCPUs: 1000, memory: 6.GB());
-            SetResourceLimits(milliCPUs: 4000, memory: 12.GB());
+            //SetResourceLimits(milliCPUs: 4000, memory: 12.GB());
 
             var config = startupConfig.Get<CodexStartupConfig>();
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace CodexPlugin
                 var gethStart = mconfig.GethNode.StartResult;
                 var ip = gethStart.RunningContainer.Pod.PodInfo.Ip;
                 var port = gethStart.WsPort.Number;
-                var marketplaceAddress = mconfig.CodexContracts.MarketplaceAddress;
+                var marketplaceAddress = mconfig.CodexContracts.Deployment.MarketplaceAddress;
 
                 AddEnvVar("CODEX_ETH_PROVIDER", $"ws://{ip}:{port}");
                 AddEnvVar("CODEX_MARKETPLACE_ADDRESS", marketplaceAddress);

CodexPlugin/CodexPlugin.cs

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ namespace CodexPlugin
 
         public ICodexNodeGroup WrapCodexContainers(CoreInterface coreInterface, RunningContainers[] containers)
         {
-            return codexStarter.WrapCodexContainers(coreInterface, containers);
+            var cs = containers.Select(c => SerializeGate.Gate(c)).ToArray();
+            return codexStarter.WrapCodexContainers(coreInterface, cs);
         }
 
         public void WireUpMarketplace(ICodexNodeGroup result, Action<ICodexSetup> setup)

Core/SerializeGate.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace Core
+{
+    public static class SerializeGate
+    {
+        public static T Gate<T>(T anything)
+        {
+            var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(anything);
+            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json)!;
+        }
+    }
+}

GethPlugin/CoreInterfaceExtensions.cs

@@ -4,10 +4,20 @@ namespace GethPlugin
 {
     public static class CoreInterfaceExtensions
     {
+        public static IGethDeployment DeployGeth(this CoreInterface ci, Action<IGethSetup> setup)
+        {
+            return Plugin(ci).DeployGeth(setup);
+        }
+
+        public static IGethNode WrapGethDeployment(this CoreInterface ci, IGethDeployment deployment)
+        {
+            return Plugin(ci).WrapGethDeployment(deployment);
+        }
+
         public static IGethNode StartGethNode(this CoreInterface ci, Action<IGethSetup> setup)
         {
-            var p = Plugin(ci);
+            var deploy = DeployGeth(ci, setup);
-            return p.WrapGethContainer(p.StartGeth(setup));
+            return WrapGethDeployment(ci, deploy);
         }
 
         private static GethPlugin Plugin(CoreInterface ci)

GethPlugin/GethDeployment.cs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace GethPlugin
 {
-    public interface IGethStartResult
+    public interface IGethDeployment
     {
         RunningContainer RunningContainer { get; }
         Port DiscoveryPort { get; }
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ namespace GethPlugin
         string PubKey { get; }
     }
 
-    public class GethStartResult : IGethStartResult
+    public class GethDeployment : IGethDeployment
     {
-        public GethStartResult(RunningContainer runningContainer, Port discoveryPort, Port httpPort, Port wsPort, AllGethAccounts allAccounts, string pubKey)
+        public GethDeployment(RunningContainer runningContainer, Port discoveryPort, Port httpPort, Port wsPort, AllGethAccounts allAccounts, string pubKey)
         {
             RunningContainer = runningContainer;
             DiscoveryPort = discoveryPort;

GethPlugin/GethNode.cs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace GethPlugin
 {
     public interface IGethNode
     {
-        IGethStartResult StartResult { get; }
+        IGethDeployment StartResult { get; }
 
         Ether GetEthBalance();
         Ether GetEthBalance(IHasEthAddress address);
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ namespace GethPlugin
     {
         private readonly ILog log;
 
-        public GethNode(ILog log, IGethStartResult startResult)
+        public GethNode(ILog log, IGethDeployment startResult)
         {
             this.log = log;
             StartResult = startResult;
             Account = startResult.AllAccounts.Accounts.First();
         }
 
-        public IGethStartResult StartResult { get; }
+        public IGethDeployment StartResult { get; }
         public GethAccount Account { get; }
 
         public Ether GetEthBalance()

GethPlugin/GethPlugin.cs

@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ namespace GethPlugin
         {
         }
 
-        public IGethStartResult StartGeth(Action<IGethSetup> setup)
+        public IGethDeployment DeployGeth(Action<IGethSetup> setup)
         {
             var startupConfig = new GethStartupConfig();
             setup(startupConfig);
             return starter.StartGeth(startupConfig);
         }
 
-        public IGethNode WrapGethContainer(IGethStartResult startResult)
+        public IGethNode WrapGethDeployment(IGethDeployment startResult)
         {
-            return starter.WrapGethContainer(startResult);
+            return starter.WrapGethContainer(SerializeGate.Gate(startResult));
         }
     }
 }

GethPlugin/GethStarter.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace GethPlugin
             this.tools = tools;
         }
 
-        public IGethStartResult StartGeth(GethStartupConfig gethStartupConfig)
+        public IGethDeployment StartGeth(GethStartupConfig gethStartupConfig)
         {
             Log("Starting Geth bootstrap node...");
 
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ namespace GethPlugin
 
             Log($"Geth node started.");
 
-            return new GethStartResult(container, discoveryPort, httpPort, wsPort, accounts, pubKey);
+            return new GethDeployment(container, discoveryPort, httpPort, wsPort, accounts, pubKey);
         }
 
-        public IGethNode WrapGethContainer(IGethStartResult startResult)
+        public IGethNode WrapGethContainer(IGethDeployment startResult)
         {
-            return new GethNode(tools.GetLog(), startResult);
+            return new GethNode(tools.GetLog(), SerializeGate.Gate(startResult));
         }
 
         private void Log(string msg)

MetricsPlugin/CoreInterfaceExtensions.cs

@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ namespace MetricsPlugin
 {
     public static class CoreInterfaceExtensions
     {
-        public static RunningContainer StartMetricsCollector(this CoreInterface ci, params IHasMetricsScrapeTarget[] scrapeTargets)
+        public static RunningContainer DeployMetricsCollector(this CoreInterface ci, params IHasMetricsScrapeTarget[] scrapeTargets)
         {
-            return Plugin(ci).StartMetricsCollector(scrapeTargets.Select(t => t.MetricsScrapeTarget).ToArray());
+            return Plugin(ci).DeployMetricsCollector(scrapeTargets.Select(t => t.MetricsScrapeTarget).ToArray());
         }
 
-        public static RunningContainer StartMetricsCollector(this CoreInterface ci, params IMetricsScrapeTarget[] scrapeTargets)
+        public static RunningContainer DeployMetricsCollector(this CoreInterface ci, params IMetricsScrapeTarget[] scrapeTargets)
         {
-            return Plugin(ci).StartMetricsCollector(scrapeTargets);
+            return Plugin(ci).DeployMetricsCollector(scrapeTargets);
         }
 
-        public static IMetricsAccess GetMetricsFor(this CoreInterface ci, RunningContainer metricsContainer, IMetricsScrapeTarget scrapeTarget)
+        public static IMetricsAccess WrapMetricsCollector(this CoreInterface ci, RunningContainer metricsContainer, IMetricsScrapeTarget scrapeTarget)
         {
-            return Plugin(ci).CreateAccessForTarget(metricsContainer, scrapeTarget);
+            return Plugin(ci).WrapMetricsCollectorDeployment(metricsContainer, scrapeTarget);
         }
 
         public static IMetricsAccess[] GetMetricsFor(this CoreInterface ci, params IHasManyMetricScrapeTargets[] manyScrapeTargets)
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ namespace MetricsPlugin
 
         public static IMetricsAccess[] GetMetricsFor(this CoreInterface ci, params IMetricsScrapeTarget[] scrapeTargets)
         {
-            var rc = ci.StartMetricsCollector(scrapeTargets);
+            var rc = ci.DeployMetricsCollector(scrapeTargets);
-            return scrapeTargets.Select(t => ci.GetMetricsFor(rc, t)).ToArray();
+            return scrapeTargets.Select(t => ci.WrapMetricsCollector(rc, t)).ToArray();
         }
 
         public static LogFile? DownloadAllMetrics(this CoreInterface ci, IMetricsAccess metricsAccess, string targetName)

MetricsPlugin/MetricsPlugin.cs

@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ namespace MetricsPlugin
         {
         }
 
-        public RunningContainer StartMetricsCollector(IMetricsScrapeTarget[] scrapeTargets)
+        public RunningContainer DeployMetricsCollector(IMetricsScrapeTarget[] scrapeTargets)
         {
             return starter.CollectMetricsFor(scrapeTargets);
         }
 
-        public MetricsAccess CreateAccessForTarget(RunningContainer runningContainer, IMetricsScrapeTarget target)
+        public IMetricsAccess WrapMetricsCollectorDeployment(RunningContainer runningContainer, IMetricsScrapeTarget target)
         {
-            return starter.CreateAccessForTarget(runningContainer, target);
+            return starter.CreateAccessForTarget(SerializeGate.Gate(runningContainer), target);
         }
 
         public LogFile? DownloadAllMetrics(IMetricsAccess metricsAccess, string targetName)

Tests/BasicTests/ExampleTests.cs

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace Tests.BasicTests
             var fileSize = 10.MB();
 
             var geth = Ci.StartGethNode(s => s.IsMiner().WithName("disttest-geth"));
-            var contracts = Ci.DeployCodexContracts(geth);
+            var contracts = Ci.StartCodexContracts(geth);
 
             var seller = AddCodex(s => s
                             .WithStorageQuota(11.GB())