以前,你使用提供的ABI文件部署了eosio.token
合约,本教程将概述ABI文件如何与eosio.token
合约相关联。git
可使用eosio.cdt
提供的eosio-cpp
实用程序生成ABI文件,可是,有几种状况可能致使ABI的生成出现故障或彻底失败,高级C++模式能够将其提高,自定义类型有时会致使ABI生成的问题,所以,你必须了解ABI文件的工做原理,以便在必要时进行调试和修复。github
应用程序二进制接口(ABI)是一个基于JSON的描述,介绍如何在JSON和二进制表示之间转换用户操做,ABI还描述了如何将数据库状态转换为JSON或从JSON转换,经过ABI描述合约后,开发人员和用户将可以经过JSON无缝地与你的合约进行交互。数据库
安全说明
执行交易时能够绕过ABI,传递给合约的消息和操做没必要符合ABI,ABI是一个指南,而不是看门人。segmentfault
从空的ABI开始,将其命名为eosio.token.abi
安全
{ "version": "eosio::abi/1.0", "types": [], "structs": [], "actions": [], "tables": [], "ricardian_clauses": [], "abi_extensions": [], "___comment" : "" }
ABI容许任何客户端或接口解释甚至为你的合约生成GUI,为了使其以一致的方式工做,请描述在ABI中须要描述的任何公共操做或结构中用做参数的自定义类型。函数
内置类型
EOSIO实现了许多自定义内置类型,不须要在ABI文件中描述内置类型,若是你想熟悉EOSIO的内置类型,它们定义在这里。ui
{ "new_type_name": "name", "type": "name" }
ABI如今看起来像这样:this
{ "version": "eosio::abi/1.0", "types": [{ "new_type_name": "name", "type": "name" }], "structs": [], "actions": [], "tables": [], "ricardian_clauses": [], "abi_extensions": [] }
暴露于ABI的结构也须要描述,经过查看eosio.token.hpp
,能够快速肯定公共操做使用了哪些结构,这对下一步尤其重要。调试
JSON中的结构对象定义以下所示:code
{ "name": "issue", //The name "base": "", //Inheritance, parent struct "fields": [] //Array of field objects describing the struct's fields. }
{ "name":"", // The field's name "type":"" // The field's type }
在eosio.token
合约中,有许多结构须要定义,请注意,并不是全部结构都是显式定义的,有些结构对应于操做的参数,如下是须要对eosio.token
合约进行ABI描述的结构列表。
如下结构是隐式的,由于结构从未在合约中显式定义,查看create操做,你将找到两个参数,类型为name
的issuer
和asset
类型的maximum_supply
,为简洁起见,本教程不会分解每一个结构,但应用相同的逻辑,你将获得如下结果:
{ "name": "create", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"issuer", "type":"name" }, { "name":"maximum_supply", "type":"asset" } ] }
{ "name": "issue", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"to", "type":"name" }, { "name":"quantity", "type":"asset" }, { "name":"memo", "type":"string" } ] }
{ "name": "retire", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"quantity", "type":"asset" }, { "name":"memo", "type":"string" } ] }
{ "name": "transfer", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"from", "type":"name" }, { "name":"to", "type":"name" }, { "name":"quantity", "type":"asset" }, { "name":"memo", "type":"string" } ] }
{ "name": "close", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"owner", "type":"name" }, { "name":"symbol", "type":"symbol" } ] }
这些结构是显式定义的,由于它们是实例化多索引表的条件,描述它们与定义如上所示的隐式结构没有什么不一样。
{ "name": "account", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"balance", "type":"asset" } ] }
{ "name": "currency_stats", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"supply", "type":"asset" }, { "name":"max_supply", "type":"asset" }, { "name":"issuer", "type":"account_name" } ] }
操做的JSON对象定义以下所示:
{ "name": "transfer", //The name of the action as defined in the contract "type": "transfer", //The name of the implicit struct as described in the ABI "ricardian_contract": "" //An optional ricardian clause to associate to this action describing its intended functionality. }
经过聚合eosio.token
合约头文件中描述的全部公共函数来描述eosio.token
合约的操做。
而后根据以前描述的结构描述每一个操做的类型,在大多数状况下,函数名称和结构名称将相等,但没必要相等。
下面是连接到其源代码的操做列表,其中提供了示例JSON,以了解每一个操做的描述方式。
{ "name": "create", "type": "create", "ricardian_contract": "" }
{ "name": "issue", "type": "issue", "ricardian_contract": "" }
{ "name": "retire", "type": "retire", "ricardian_contract": "" }
{ "name": "transfer", "type": "transfer", "ricardian_contract": "" }
{ "name": "close", "type": "close", "ricardian_contract": "" }
描述表,这是表的JSON对象定义:
{ "name": "", //The name of the table, determined during instantiation. "type": "", //The table's corresponding struct "index_type": "", //The type of primary index of this table "key_names" : [], //An array of key names, length must equal length of key_types member "key_types" : [] //An array of key types that correspond to key names array member, length of array must equal length of key names array. }
eosio.token合约实例化两个表,accounts和stats。
accounts表是一个i64索引,基于account struct,有一个uint64做为它的主键。
如下是如何在ABI中描述accounts表。
{ "name": "accounts", "type": "account", // Corresponds to previously defined struct "index_type": "i64", "key_names" : ["primary_key"], "key_types" : ["uint64"] }
stat表是一个i64索引,基于currenct_stats struct,有一个uint64做为它的主键。
如下是如何在ABI中描述stat表。
{ "name": "stat", "type": "currency_stats", "index_type": "i64", "key_names" : ["primary_key"], "key_types" : ["uint64"] }
你会注意到上面的表格具备相同的“key name”,将键命名为类似的名称是象征性的,由于它可能暗示一种主观关系,与此实现同样,这意味着可使用任何给定的值来查询不一样的表。
最后,一个准确描述eosio.token
合约的ABI文件。
{ "version": "eosio::abi/1.0", "types": [ { "new_type_name": "name", "type": "name" } ], "structs": [ { "name": "create", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"issuer", "type":"name" }, { "name":"maximum_supply", "type":"asset" } ] }, { "name": "issue", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"to", "type":"name" }, { "name":"quantity", "type":"asset" }, { "name":"memo", "type":"string" } ] }, { "name": "retire", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"quantity", "type":"asset" }, { "name":"memo", "type":"string" } ] }, { "name": "close", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"owner", "type":"name" }, { "name":"symbol", "type":"symbol" } ] }, { "name": "transfer", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"from", "type":"name" }, { "name":"to", "type":"name" }, { "name":"quantity", "type":"asset" }, { "name":"memo", "type":"string" } ] }, { "name": "account", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"balance", "type":"asset" } ] }, { "name": "currency_stats", "base": "", "fields": [ { "name":"supply", "type":"asset" }, { "name":"max_supply", "type":"asset" }, { "name":"issuer", "type":"name" } ] } ], "actions": [ { "name": "transfer", "type": "transfer", "ricardian_contract": "" }, { "name": "issue", "type": "issue", "ricardian_contract": "" }, { "name": "retire", "type": "retire", "ricardian_contract": "" }, { "name": "create", "type": "create", "ricardian_contract": "" }, { "name": "close", "type": "close", "ricardian_contract": "" } ], "tables": [ { "name": "accounts", "type": "account", "index_type": "i64", "key_names" : ["currency"], "key_types" : ["uint64"] }, { "name": "stat", "type": "currency_stats", "index_type": "i64", "key_names" : ["currency"], "key_types" : ["uint64"] } ], "ricardian_clauses": [], "abi_extensions": [] }
在ABI文件中描述向量时,只需使用[]
附加类型,所以若是须要描述权限级别的向量,你能够这样描述:permission_level[]
。
这是一个不多使用的属性,值得一提,你可使用base ABI结构属性来引用另外一个继承结构,只要该结构也在同一个ABI文件中描述,若是你的智能合约逻辑不支持继承,Base将不执行任何操做或可能抛出错误。
你能够在系统合约源代码和ABI中看到正在使用的base的示例。
为简洁起见,此处省略了ABI规范的一些属性,可是,有一个待定的ABI规范将完整地概述ABI的每一个属性。
李嘉图条款描述了特定行为的预期结果,它也可用于在发件人和合约之间创建条款。
一个通用的“面向将来”的层,容许旧客户端跳过解析扩展数据的“块”,目前,此属性还没有使用,未来,每一个扩展在该向量中都有本身的“块”,以便旧客户端跳过它,以及了解如何解释它的新客户端。
每次更改结构、添加表、添加操做或向操做添加参数、使用新类型时,你都须要记住更新ABI文件,在许多状况下,更新ABI文件失败不会产生任何错误。
检查你的表是否在GLOSSARY:ABI文件中准确描述,例如,若是使用cleos
在具备格式错误的GLOSSARY:ABI定义的合约上添加表,而后从该表中获取行,则将收到空结果。当合约未能在其GLOSSARY:ABI文件中正确描述其表时,cleos
在添加行或读取行时不会产生错误。