Merge pull request #2551 from obscuren/abi-interface-slice-fix

accounts/abi: fixed unpacking in to already sliced interfaces

accounts/abi/abi.go

@@ -238,8 +238,16 @@ func (abi ABI) Unpack(v interface{}, name string, output []byte) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("abi: unmarshalling empty output")
 	}
 
-	value := reflect.ValueOf(v).Elem()
+	// make sure the passed value is a pointer
-	typ := value.Type()
+	valueOf := reflect.ValueOf(v)
+	if reflect.Ptr != valueOf.Kind() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("abi: Unpack(non-pointer %T)", v)
+	}
+
+	var (
+		value = valueOf.Elem()
+		typ   = value.Type()
+	)
 
 	if len(method.Outputs) > 1 {
 		switch value.Kind() {
@@ -268,6 +276,25 @@ func (abi ABI) Unpack(v interface{}, name string, output []byte) error {
 				return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal tuple in to slice %T (only []interface{} is supported)", v)
 			}
 
+			// if the slice already contains values, set those instead of the interface slice itself.
+			if value.Len() > 0 {
+				if len(method.Outputs) > value.Len() {
+					return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to slices of unequal size (require: %v, got: %v)", len(method.Outputs), value.Len())
+				}
+
+				for i := 0; i < len(method.Outputs); i++ {
+					marshalledValue, err := toGoType(i, method.Outputs[i], output)
+					if err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+					reflectValue := reflect.ValueOf(marshalledValue)
+					if err := set(value.Index(i).Elem(), reflectValue, method.Outputs[i]); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				}
+				return nil
+			}
+
 			// create a new slice and start appending the unmarshalled
 			// values to the new interface slice.
 			z := reflect.MakeSlice(typ, 0, len(method.Outputs))
@@ -296,34 +323,6 @@ func (abi ABI) Unpack(v interface{}, name string, output []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// set attempts to assign src to dst by either setting, copying or otherwise.
-//
-// set is a bit more lenient when it comes to assignment and doesn't force an as
-// strict ruleset as bare `reflect` does.
-func set(dst, src reflect.Value, output Argument) error {
-	dstType := dst.Type()
-	srcType := src.Type()
-
-	switch {
-	case dstType.AssignableTo(src.Type()):
-		dst.Set(src)
-	case dstType.Kind() == reflect.Array && srcType.Kind() == reflect.Slice:
-		if !dstType.Elem().AssignableTo(r_byte) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unmarshal %v in to array of elem %v", src.Type(), dstType.Elem())
-		}
-
-		if dst.Len() < output.Type.SliceSize {
-			return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unmarshal src (len=%d) in to dst (len=%d)", output.Type.SliceSize, dst.Len())
-		}
-		reflect.Copy(dst, src)
-	case dstType.Kind() == reflect.Interface:
-		dst.Set(src)
-	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unmarshal %v in to %v", src.Type(), dst.Type())
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (abi *ABI) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	var fields []struct {
 		Type     string

accounts/abi/abi_test.go

@@ -289,6 +289,37 @@ func TestSimpleMethodUnpack(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUnpackSetInterfaceSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		var1 = new(uint8)
+		var2 = new(uint8)
+	)
+	out := []interface{}{var1, var2}
+	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(`[{"type":"function", "name":"ints", "outputs":[{"type":"uint8"}, {"type":"uint8"}]}]`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	marshalledReturn := append(pad([]byte{1}, 32, true), pad([]byte{2}, 32, true)...)
+	err = abi.Unpack(&out, "ints", marshalledReturn)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if *var1 != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected var1 to be 1, got", *var1)
+	}
+	if *var2 != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected var2 to be 2, got", *var2)
+	}
+
+	out = []interface{}{var1}
+	err = abi.Unpack(&out, "ints", marshalledReturn)
+
+	expErr := "abi: cannot marshal in to slices of unequal size (require: 2, got: 1)"
+	if err == nil || err.Error() != expErr {
+		t.Error("expected err:", expErr, "Got:", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPack(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, test := range []struct {
 		typ string

accounts/abi/reflect.go

@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 package abi
 
-import "reflect"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+)
 
 // indirect recursively dereferences the value until it either gets the value
 // or finds a big.Int
@@ -62,3 +65,33 @@ func mustArrayToByteSlice(value reflect.Value) reflect.Value {
 	reflect.Copy(slice, value)
 	return slice
 }
+
+// set attempts to assign src to dst by either setting, copying or otherwise.
+//
+// set is a bit more lenient when it comes to assignment and doesn't force an as
+// strict ruleset as bare `reflect` does.
+func set(dst, src reflect.Value, output Argument) error {
+	dstType := dst.Type()
+	srcType := src.Type()
+
+	switch {
+	case dstType.AssignableTo(src.Type()):
+		dst.Set(src)
+	case dstType.Kind() == reflect.Array && srcType.Kind() == reflect.Slice:
+		if !dstType.Elem().AssignableTo(r_byte) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unmarshal %v in to array of elem %v", src.Type(), dstType.Elem())
+		}
+
+		if dst.Len() < output.Type.SliceSize {
+			return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unmarshal src (len=%d) in to dst (len=%d)", output.Type.SliceSize, dst.Len())
+		}
+		reflect.Copy(dst, src)
+	case dstType.Kind() == reflect.Interface:
+		dst.Set(src)
+	case dstType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr:
+		return set(dst.Elem(), src, output)
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot unmarshal %v in to %v", src.Type(), dst.Type())
+	}
+	return nil
+}