mobile: better api for java users (#21580)

* (mobile): Adds string representations for types

* mobile: better interfaces add stringer to types

Co-authored-by: sarath <sarath@melvault.com>

mobile/common.go

@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ func (h *Hash) GetHex() string {
 	return h.hash.Hex()
 }
 
+// String implements Stringer interface for printable representation of the hash.
+func (h *Hash) String() string {
+	return h.GetHex()
+}
+
 // Hashes represents a slice of hashes.
 type Hashes struct{ hashes []common.Hash }
 
@@ -188,6 +193,11 @@ func (a *Address) GetHex() string {
 	return a.address.Hex()
 }
 
+// String returns a printable representation of the address.
+func (a *Address) String() string {
+	return a.GetHex()
+}
+
 // Addresses represents a slice of addresses.
 type Addresses struct{ addresses []common.Address }
 

mobile/geth.go

@@ -90,6 +90,22 @@ func NewNodeConfig() *NodeConfig {
 	return &config
 }
 
+// AddBootstrapNode adds an additional bootstrap node to the node config.
+func (conf *NodeConfig) AddBootstrapNode(node *Enode) {
+	conf.BootstrapNodes.Append(node)
+}
+
+// EncodeJSON encodes a NodeConfig into a JSON data dump.
+func (conf *NodeConfig) EncodeJSON() (string, error) {
+	data, err := json.Marshal(conf)
+	return string(data), err
+}
+
+// String returns a printable representation of the node config.
+func (conf *NodeConfig) String() string {
+	return encodeOrError(conf)
+}
+
 // Node represents a Geth Ethereum node instance.
 type Node struct {
 	node *node.Node

mobile/types.go

@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 )
 
+type jsonEncoder interface {
+	EncodeJSON() (string, error)
+}
+
+// encodeOrError tries to encode the object into json.
+// If the encoding fails the resulting error is returned.
+func encodeOrError(encoder jsonEncoder) string {
+	enc, err := encoder.EncodeJSON()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err.Error()
+	}
+	return enc
+}
+
 // A Nonce is a 64-bit hash which proves (combined with the mix-hash) that
 // a sufficient amount of computation has been carried out on a block.
 type Nonce struct {
@@ -44,6 +58,11 @@ func (n *Nonce) GetHex() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("0x%x", n.nonce[:])
 }
 
+// String returns a printable representation of the nonce.
+func (n *Nonce) String() string {
+	return n.GetHex()
+}
+
 // Bloom represents a 256 bit bloom filter.
 type Bloom struct {
 	bloom types.Bloom
@@ -59,6 +78,11 @@ func (b *Bloom) GetHex() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("0x%x", b.bloom[:])
 }
 
+// String returns a printable representation of the bloom filter.
+func (b *Bloom) String() string {
+	return b.GetHex()
+}
+
 // Header represents a block header in the Ethereum blockchain.
 type Header struct {
 	header *types.Header
@@ -97,6 +121,11 @@ func (h *Header) EncodeJSON() (string, error) {
 	return string(data), err
 }
 
+// String returns a printable representation of the header.
+func (h *Header) String() string {
+	return encodeOrError(h)
+}
+
 func (h *Header) GetParentHash() *Hash   { return &Hash{h.header.ParentHash} }
 func (h *Header) GetUncleHash() *Hash    { return &Hash{h.header.UncleHash} }
 func (h *Header) GetCoinbase() *Address  { return &Address{h.header.Coinbase} }
@@ -168,6 +197,11 @@ func (b *Block) EncodeJSON() (string, error) {
 	return string(data), err
 }
 
+// String returns a printable representation of the block.
+func (b *Block) String() string {
+	return encodeOrError(b)
+}
+
 func (b *Block) GetParentHash() *Hash           { return &Hash{b.block.ParentHash()} }
 func (b *Block) GetUncleHash() *Hash            { return &Hash{b.block.UncleHash()} }
 func (b *Block) GetCoinbase() *Address          { return &Address{b.block.Coinbase()} }
@@ -244,6 +278,11 @@ func (tx *Transaction) EncodeJSON() (string, error) {
 	return string(data), err
 }
 
+// String returns a printable representation of the transaction.
+func (tx *Transaction) String() string {
+	return encodeOrError(tx)
+}
+
 func (tx *Transaction) GetData() []byte      { return tx.tx.Data() }
 func (tx *Transaction) GetGas() int64        { return int64(tx.tx.Gas()) }
 func (tx *Transaction) GetGasPrice() *BigInt { return &BigInt{tx.tx.GasPrice()} }
@@ -336,6 +375,11 @@ func (r *Receipt) EncodeJSON() (string, error) {
 	return string(data), err
 }
 
+// String returns a printable representation of the receipt.
+func (r *Receipt) String() string {
+	return encodeOrError(r)
+}
+
 func (r *Receipt) GetStatus() int               { return int(r.receipt.Status) }
 func (r *Receipt) GetPostState() []byte         { return r.receipt.PostState }
 func (r *Receipt) GetCumulativeGasUsed() int64  { return int64(r.receipt.CumulativeGasUsed) }