icepick/crates/icepick-module/src/lib.rs

/// The types used to build the `help` documentation for a module, as well as determine the
/// arguments that can be automatically detected by Icepick.
pub mod help {
    use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

    /// An operation that can be exposed to a frontend.
    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
    pub struct Operation {
        /// The name of the argument, in the format expected by the deserializer.
        pub name: String,

        /// A description of what the operation does.
        pub description: String,

        /// The arguments to be provided to the operation's deserializer.
        pub arguments: Vec<Argument>,
    }

    /*
    /// The context of whether a signature is signed, needs to be signed, or has been signed.
    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
    pub enum SigningContext {
        /// This operation accepts a signed blob.
        Signed,

        /// This operation accepts an unsigned blob and will return a signed blob.
        Signer,

        /// This operation will return an unsigned blob.
        Unsigned,
    }
    */

    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
    #[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
    pub enum ArgumentType {
        Required,
        Optional,
    }

    /// An argument to an operation.
    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
    pub struct Argument {
        /// The name of the argument, in the format expected by the deserializer.
        pub name: String,

        /// A description of the format and parameters of an argument.
        pub description: String,

        /// The type of argument - this may affect how it displays in the frontend.
        pub r#type: ArgumentType,
    }
}

/// Implementation methods for Icepick Modules, performed over command I/O using JSON.
pub trait Module {
    /// The error type returned by an operation.
    type Error: std::error::Error + 'static;

    /// The request type. See [`Module::handle_request`] for more information.
    type Request: serde::de::DeserializeOwned + std::fmt::Debug + 'static;

    /// Describe the operations interface of RPC calls. This information will be used to generate a
    /// frontend for users to perform requests.
    fn describe_operations() -> Vec<help::Operation>;

    /// Handle an incoming request. Requests can often be formed using the following schema:
    ///
    /// ```rust
    /// #[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize, Debug)]
    /// #[serde(tag = "operation", rename_all="kebab-case")]
    /// enum Request {
    ///     Transfer {
    ///         // This is the amount of the "primary" currency you'd be receiving, such as Ether,
    ///         // Bitcoin, or Sol.
    ///         amount: f64,
    ///
    ///         // This would be your native wallet address type. In this example, we'll just use a
    ///         // String.
    ///         to_address: String,
    ///         
    ///         // This is the address of the derivation account.
    ///         from_account: u32,
    ///     }
    ///
    ///     Stake {
    ///         amount: f64,
    ///         from_account: u32,
    ///     }
    ///
    ///     Sign {
    ///         blob:
    ///     }
    /// }
    /// ```
    fn handle_request(request: Self::Request) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Self::Error>;

    fn run_responder() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
        let mut lines = std::io::stdin().lines();
        while let Some(line) = lines.next().transpose()? {
            let value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&line)?;
            if let Some(serde_json::Value::String(operation)) = value.get("operation") {
                if operation == "help" {
                    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string(&Self::describe_operations())?);
                    continue;
                }
                if operation == "exit" {
                    break;
                }
            }
            // TODO: error handling
            let request: Self::Request = serde_json::from_value(value).expect("good value");
            let response = Self::handle_request(request)?;
            println!("{}", serde_json::to_string(&response).unwrap());
        }
        Ok(())
    }
}