whisper: generic server

Preparation work for enabling libp2p in wnode.

cmd/wnode/main.go

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const entropySize = 32
 
 // singletons
 var (
-	server     *p2p.Server
+	server     WhisperServer
 	shh        *whisper.Whisper
 	done       chan struct{}
 	mailServer mailserver.WMailServer
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ var (
 	argEnode   = flag.String("boot", "", "bootstrap node you want to connect to (e.g. enode://e454......08d50@52.176.211.200:16428)")
 	argTopic   = flag.String("topic", "", "topic in hexadecimal format (e.g. 70a4beef)")
 	argSaveDir = flag.String("savedir", "", "directory where all incoming messages will be saved as files")
+
+	useLibP2P = flag.Bool("libp2p", false, "Use libp2p as the protocol layer")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -274,11 +276,14 @@ func initialize() {
 		mailServer.Init(shh, *argDBPath, msPassword, *argServerPoW)
 	}
 
+	if *useLibP2P {
+		server = NewLibP2PWhisperServer()
+	} else {
 		server = &p2p.Server{
 			Config: p2p.Config{
 				PrivateKey:     nodeid,
 				MaxPeers:       maxPeers,
-			Name:           common.MakeName("wnode", "6.0"),
+				Name:           common.MakeName("wnode", "6.1"),
 				Protocols:      shh.Protocols(),
 				ListenAddr:     *argIP,
 				NAT:            nat.Any(),
@@ -286,6 +291,7 @@ func initialize() {
 				StaticNodes:    peers,
 				TrustedNodes:   peers,
 			},
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -614,6 +620,7 @@ func messageLoop() {
 					printMessageInfo(msg)
 					reportedOnce = true
 				}
+			}
 
 				// All messages are saved upon specifying argSaveDir.
 				// fileExMode only specifies how messages are displayed on the console after they are saved.

whisper/whisperv6/devp2p_glue.go

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package whisperv6
+
+import (
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/p2p"
+)
+
+type DevP2PWhisperServer struct {
+	server *p2p.Server
+}
+
+func (server *DevP2PWhisperServer) Start() error {
+	return server.Start()
+}

whisper/whisperv6/libp2p_glue.go

@@ -107,3 +107,14 @@ func (stream *LibP2PStream) WriteMsg(msg p2p.Msg) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+type LibP2PWhisperServer struct {
+}
+
+func (server *LibP2PWhisperServer) Start() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func NewLibP2PWhisperServer() WhisperServer {
+	return &LibP2PWhisperServer{}
+}

whisper/whisperv6/whisper.go

@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ const (
 	bloomFilterToleranceIdx        // Bloom filter tolerated by the whisper node for a limited time
 )
 
+type WhisperServer interface {
+	Start() error
+}
+
 // Whisper represents a dark communication interface through the Ethereum
 // network, using its very own P2P communication layer.
 type Whisper struct {
@@ -597,7 +601,7 @@ func (whisper *Whisper) Send(envelope *Envelope) error {
 
 // Start implements node.Service, starting the background data propagation thread
 // of the Whisper protocol.
-func (whisper *Whisper) Start(*p2p.Server) error {
+func (whisper *Whisper) Start(WhisperServer) error {
 	log.Info("started whisper v." + ProtocolVersionStr)
 	go whisper.update()