rpc/lib/types: RPCResponse.Result is not a pointer

rpc/client/httpclient.go

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func (w *WSEvents) eventListener() {
 				continue
 			}
 			result := new(ctypes.ResultEvent)
-			err := json.Unmarshal(*resp.Result, result)
+			err := json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, result)
 			if err != nil {
 				// ignore silently (eg. subscribe, unsubscribe and maybe other events)
 				// TODO: ?

rpc/lib/client/http_client.go

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func unmarshalResponseBytes(responseBytes []byte, result interface{}) (interface
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("Response error: %v", response.Error)
 	}
 	// unmarshal the RawMessage into the result
-	err = json.Unmarshal(*response.Result, result)
+	err = json.Unmarshal(response.Result, result)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("Error unmarshalling rpc response result: %v", err)
 	}

rpc/lib/client/ws_client_test.go

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (h *myHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		h.mtx.RUnlock()
 
 		res := json.RawMessage(`{}`)
-		emptyRespBytes, _ := json.Marshal(types.RPCResponse{Result: &res})
+		emptyRespBytes, _ := json.Marshal(types.RPCResponse{Result: res})
 		if err := conn.WriteMessage(messageType, emptyRespBytes); err != nil {
 			return
 		}
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func callWgDoneOnResult(t *testing.T, c *WSClient, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 			if resp.Error != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", resp.Error)
 			}
-			if *resp.Result != nil {
+			if resp.Result != nil {
 				wg.Done()
 			}
 		case <-c.Quit:

rpc/lib/rpc_test.go

@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func echoViaWS(cl *client.WSClient, val string) (string, error) {
 
 		}
 		result := new(ResultEcho)
-		err = json.Unmarshal(*msg.Result, result)
+		err = json.Unmarshal(msg.Result, result)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", nil
 		}
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func echoBytesViaWS(cl *client.WSClient, bytes []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 
 		}
 		result := new(ResultEchoBytes)
-		err = json.Unmarshal(*msg.Result, result)
+		err = json.Unmarshal(msg.Result, result)
 		if err != nil {
 			return []byte{}, nil
 		}
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func TestWSNewWSRPCFunc(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 		result := new(ResultEcho)
-		err = json.Unmarshal(*msg.Result, result)
+		err = json.Unmarshal(msg.Result, result)
 		require.Nil(t, err)
 		got := result.Value
 		assert.Equal(t, got, val)
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func TestWSHandlesArrayParams(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("%+v", err)
 		}
 		result := new(ResultEcho)
-		err = json.Unmarshal(*msg.Result, result)
+		err = json.Unmarshal(msg.Result, result)
 		require.Nil(t, err)
 		got := result.Value
 		assert.Equal(t, got, val)

rpc/lib/types/types.go

@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ func (err RPCError) Error() string {
 }
 
 type RPCResponse struct {
-	JSONRPC string           `json:"jsonrpc"`
-	ID      string           `json:"id"`
-	Result  *json.RawMessage `json:"result,omitempty"`
-	Error   *RPCError        `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	JSONRPC string          `json:"jsonrpc"`
+	ID      string          `json:"id"`
+	Result  json.RawMessage `json:"result,omitempty"`
+	Error   *RPCError       `json:"error,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func NewRPCSuccessResponse(id string, res interface{}) RPCResponse {
-	var raw *json.RawMessage
+	var rawMsg json.RawMessage
 
 	if res != nil {
 		var js []byte
@@ -82,11 +82,10 @@ func NewRPCSuccessResponse(id string, res interface{}) RPCResponse {
 		if err != nil {
 			return RPCInternalError(id, errors.Wrap(err, "Error marshalling response"))
 		}
-		rawMsg := json.RawMessage(js)
-		raw = &rawMsg
+		rawMsg = json.RawMessage(js)
 	}
 
-	return RPCResponse{JSONRPC: "2.0", ID: id, Result: raw}
+	return RPCResponse{JSONRPC: "2.0", ID: id, Result: rawMsg}
 }
 
 func NewRPCErrorResponse(id string, code int, msg string, data string) RPCResponse {
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ func NewRPCErrorResponse(id string, code int, msg string, data string) RPCRespon
 }
 
 func (resp RPCResponse) String() string {
-	if resp.Error == nil {
+	if resp.Error != nil {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("[%s %v]", resp.ID, resp.Result)
 	} else {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("[%s %s]", resp.ID, resp.Error)