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  • // Copyright 2016 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 rpc
    
    import (
    	"bytes"
    
    	"encoding/json"
    	"errors"
    	"fmt"
    	"net"
    	"net/url"
    	"reflect"
    	"strconv"
    
    	"sync"
    	"sync/atomic"
    	"time"
    
    
    	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
    
    	ErrClientQuit                = errors.New("client is closed")
    	ErrNoResult                  = errors.New("no result in JSON-RPC response")
    	ErrSubscriptionQueueOverflow = errors.New("subscription queue overflow")
    
    	// Timeouts
    	tcpKeepAliveInterval = 30 * time.Second
    	defaultDialTimeout   = 10 * time.Second // used when dialing if the context has no deadline
    	defaultWriteTimeout  = 10 * time.Second // used for calls if the context has no deadline
    	subscribeTimeout     = 5 * time.Second  // overall timeout eth_subscribe, rpc_modules calls
    )
    
    const (
    	// Subscriptions are removed when the subscriber cannot keep up.
    	//
    	// This can be worked around by supplying a channel with sufficiently sized buffer,
    	// but this can be inconvenient and hard to explain in the docs. Another issue with
    	// buffered channels is that the buffer is static even though it might not be needed
    	// most of the time.
    	//
    	// The approach taken here is to maintain a per-subscription linked list buffer
    	// shrinks on demand. If the buffer reaches the size below, the subscription is
    	// dropped.
    	maxClientSubscriptionBuffer = 8000
    
    )
    
    // BatchElem is an element in a batch request.
    type BatchElem struct {
    	Method string
    	Args   []interface{}
    	// The result is unmarshaled into this field. Result must be set to a
    	// non-nil pointer value of the desired type, otherwise the response will be
    	// discarded.
    	Result interface{}
    	// Error is set if the server returns an error for this request, or if
    	// unmarshaling into Result fails. It is not set for I/O errors.
    	Error error
    }
    
    // A value of this type can a JSON-RPC request, notification, successful response or
    // error response. Which one it is depends on the fields.
    type jsonrpcMessage struct {
    	Version string          `json:"jsonrpc"`
    	ID      json.RawMessage `json:"id,omitempty"`
    	Method  string          `json:"method,omitempty"`
    	Params  json.RawMessage `json:"params,omitempty"`
    	Error   *jsonError      `json:"error,omitempty"`
    	Result  json.RawMessage `json:"result,omitempty"`
    }
    
    func (msg *jsonrpcMessage) isNotification() bool {
    	return msg.ID == nil && msg.Method != ""
    }
    
    func (msg *jsonrpcMessage) isResponse() bool {
    	return msg.hasValidID() && msg.Method == "" && len(msg.Params) == 0
    }
    
    func (msg *jsonrpcMessage) hasValidID() bool {
    	return len(msg.ID) > 0 && msg.ID[0] != '{' && msg.ID[0] != '['
    }
    
    func (msg *jsonrpcMessage) String() string {
    	b, _ := json.Marshal(msg)
    	return string(b)
    }
    
    // Client represents a connection to an RPC server.
    type Client struct {
    	idCounter   uint32
    	connectFunc func(ctx context.Context) (net.Conn, error)
    	isHTTP      bool
    
    	// writeConn is only safe to access outside dispatch, with the
    	// write lock held. The write lock is taken by sending on
    	// requestOp and released by sending on sendDone.
    	writeConn net.Conn
    
    	// for dispatch
    	close       chan struct{}
    	didQuit     chan struct{}                  // closed when client quits
    	reconnected chan net.Conn                  // where write/reconnect sends the new connection
    	readErr     chan error                     // errors from read
    	readResp    chan []*jsonrpcMessage         // valid messages from read
    	requestOp   chan *requestOp                // for registering response IDs
    	sendDone    chan error                     // signals write completion, releases write lock
    	respWait    map[string]*requestOp          // active requests
    	subs        map[string]*ClientSubscription // active subscriptions
    }
    
    type requestOp struct {
    	ids  []json.RawMessage
    	err  error
    	resp chan *jsonrpcMessage // receives up to len(ids) responses
    	sub  *ClientSubscription  // only set for EthSubscribe requests
    }
    
    func (op *requestOp) wait(ctx context.Context) (*jsonrpcMessage, error) {
    	select {
    	case <-ctx.Done():
    		return nil, ctx.Err()
    	case resp := <-op.resp:
    		return resp, op.err
    	}
    }
    
    // Dial creates a new client for the given URL.
    //
    // The currently supported URL schemes are "http", "https", "ws" and "wss". If rawurl is a
    // file name with no URL scheme, a local socket connection is established using UNIX
    // domain sockets on supported platforms and named pipes on Windows. If you want to
    // configure transport options, use DialHTTP, DialWebsocket or DialIPC instead.
    //
    // For websocket connections, the origin is set to the local host name.
    //
    // The client reconnects automatically if the connection is lost.
    func Dial(rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
    	return DialContext(context.Background(), rawurl)
    }
    
    // DialContext creates a new RPC client, just like Dial.
    //
    // The context is used to cancel or time out the initial connection establishment. It does
    // not affect subsequent interactions with the client.
    func DialContext(ctx context.Context, rawurl string) (*Client, error) {
    	u, err := url.Parse(rawurl)
    	if err != nil {
    		return nil, err
    	}
    	switch u.Scheme {
    	case "http", "https":
    		return DialHTTP(rawurl)
    	case "ws", "wss":
    		return DialWebsocket(ctx, rawurl, "")
    	case "":
    		return DialIPC(ctx, rawurl)
    	default:
    		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no known transport for URL scheme %q", u.Scheme)
    	}
    }
    
    func newClient(initctx context.Context, connectFunc func(context.Context) (net.Conn, error)) (*Client, error) {
    	conn, err := connectFunc(initctx)
    	if err != nil {
    		return nil, err
    	}
    	_, isHTTP := conn.(*httpConn)
    
    	c := &Client{
    		writeConn:   conn,
    		isHTTP:      isHTTP,
    		connectFunc: connectFunc,
    		close:       make(chan struct{}),
    		didQuit:     make(chan struct{}),
    		reconnected: make(chan net.Conn),
    		readErr:     make(chan error),
    		readResp:    make(chan []*jsonrpcMessage),
    		requestOp:   make(chan *requestOp),
    		sendDone:    make(chan error, 1),
    		respWait:    make(map[string]*requestOp),
    		subs:        make(map[string]*ClientSubscription),
    	}
    	if !isHTTP {
    		go c.dispatch(conn)
    	}
    	return c, nil
    }
    
    func (c *Client) nextID() json.RawMessage {
    	id := atomic.AddUint32(&c.idCounter, 1)
    	return []byte(strconv.FormatUint(uint64(id), 10))
    }
    
    // SupportedModules calls the rpc_modules method, retrieving the list of
    // APIs that are available on the server.
    func (c *Client) SupportedModules() (map[string]string, error) {
    	var result map[string]string
    	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), subscribeTimeout)
    	defer cancel()
    	err := c.CallContext(ctx, &result, "rpc_modules")
    	return result, err
    }
    
    // Close closes the client, aborting any in-flight requests.
    func (c *Client) Close() {
    	if c.isHTTP {
    		return
    	}
    	select {
    	case c.close <- struct{}{}:
    		<-c.didQuit
    	case <-c.didQuit:
    	}
    }
    
    // Call performs a JSON-RPC call with the given arguments and unmarshals into
    // result if no error occurred.
    //
    // The result must be a pointer so that package json can unmarshal into it. You
    // can also pass nil, in which case the result is ignored.
    func (c *Client) Call(result interface{}, method string, args ...interface{}) error {
    	ctx := context.Background()
    	return c.CallContext(ctx, result, method, args...)
    }
    
    // CallContext performs a JSON-RPC call with the given arguments. If the context is
    // canceled before the call has successfully returned, CallContext returns immediately.
    //
    // The result must be a pointer so that package json can unmarshal into it. You
    // can also pass nil, in which case the result is ignored.
    func (c *Client) CallContext(ctx context.Context, result interface{}, method string, args ...interface{}) error {
    	msg, err := c.newMessage(method, args...)
    	if err != nil {
    		return err
    	}
    	op := &requestOp{ids: []json.RawMessage{msg.ID}, resp: make(chan *jsonrpcMessage, 1)}
    
    	if c.isHTTP {
    		err = c.sendHTTP(ctx, op, msg)
    	} else {
    		err = c.send(ctx, op, msg)
    	}
    	if err != nil {
    		return err
    	}
    
    	// dispatch has accepted the request and will close the channel it when it quits.
    	switch resp, err := op.wait(ctx); {
    	case err != nil:
    		return err
    	case resp.Error != nil:
    		return resp.Error
    	case len(resp.Result) == 0:
    		return ErrNoResult
    	default:
    		return json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, &result)
    	}
    }
    
    // BatchCall sends all given requests as a single batch and waits for the server
    // to return a response for all of them.
    //
    // In contrast to Call, BatchCall only returns I/O errors. Any error specific to
    // a request is reported through the Error field of the corresponding BatchElem.
    //
    // Note that batch calls may not be executed atomically on the server side.
    func (c *Client) BatchCall(b []BatchElem) error {
    	ctx := context.Background()
    	return c.BatchCallContext(ctx, b)
    }
    
    // BatchCall sends all given requests as a single batch and waits for the server
    // to return a response for all of them. The wait duration is bounded by the
    // context's deadline.
    //
    
    // In contrast to CallContext, BatchCallContext only returns errors that have occurred
    // while sending the request. Any error specific to a request is reported through the
    // Error field of the corresponding BatchElem.
    
    //
    // Note that batch calls may not be executed atomically on the server side.
    func (c *Client) BatchCallContext(ctx context.Context, b []BatchElem) error {
    	msgs := make([]*jsonrpcMessage, len(b))
    	op := &requestOp{
    		ids:  make([]json.RawMessage, len(b)),
    		resp: make(chan *jsonrpcMessage, len(b)),
    	}
    	for i, elem := range b {
    		msg, err := c.newMessage(elem.Method, elem.Args...)
    		if err != nil {
    			return err
    		}
    		msgs[i] = msg
    		op.ids[i] = msg.ID
    	}
    
    	var err error
    	if c.isHTTP {
    		err = c.sendBatchHTTP(ctx, op, msgs)
    	} else {
    		err = c.send(ctx, op, msgs)
    	}
    
    	// Wait for all responses to come back.
    	for n := 0; n < len(b) && err == nil; n++ {
    		var resp *jsonrpcMessage
    		resp, err = op.wait(ctx)
    		if err != nil {
    			break
    		}
    		// Find the element corresponding to this response.
    		// The element is guaranteed to be present because dispatch
    		// only sends valid IDs to our channel.
    		var elem *BatchElem
    		for i := range msgs {
    			if bytes.Equal(msgs[i].ID, resp.ID) {
    				elem = &b[i]
    				break
    			}
    		}
    		if resp.Error != nil {
    			elem.Error = resp.Error
    			continue
    		}
    		if len(resp.Result) == 0 {
    			elem.Error = ErrNoResult
    			continue
    		}
    		elem.Error = json.Unmarshal(resp.Result, elem.Result)
    	}
    	return err
    }
    
    
    // EthSubscribe registers a subscripion under the "eth" namespace.
    func (c *Client) EthSubscribe(ctx context.Context, channel interface{}, args ...interface{}) (*ClientSubscription, error) {
    	return c.Subscribe(ctx, "eth", channel, args...)
    }
    
    // ShhSubscribe registers a subscripion under the "shh" namespace.
    func (c *Client) ShhSubscribe(ctx context.Context, channel interface{}, args ...interface{}) (*ClientSubscription, error) {
    	return c.Subscribe(ctx, "shh", channel, args...)
    
    // Subscribe calls the "<namespace>_subscribe" method with the given arguments,
    
    // registering a subscription. Server notifications for the subscription are
    // sent to the given channel. The element type of the channel must match the
    // expected type of content returned by the subscription.
    //
    
    // The context argument cancels the RPC request that sets up the subscription but has no
    
    // effect on the subscription after Subscribe has returned.
    
    // Slow subscribers will be dropped eventually. Client buffers up to 8000 notifications
    // before considering the subscriber dead. The subscription Err channel will receive
    // ErrSubscriptionQueueOverflow. Use a sufficiently large buffer on the channel or ensure
    // that the channel usually has at least one reader to prevent this issue.
    
    func (c *Client) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, namespace string, channel interface{}, args ...interface{}) (*ClientSubscription, error) {
    
    	// Check type of channel first.
    	chanVal := reflect.ValueOf(channel)
    	if chanVal.Kind() != reflect.Chan || chanVal.Type().ChanDir()&reflect.SendDir == 0 {
    
    		panic("first argument to Subscribe must be a writable channel")
    
    	}
    	if chanVal.IsNil() {
    
    		panic("channel given to Subscribe must not be nil")
    
    	}
    	if c.isHTTP {
    		return nil, ErrNotificationsUnsupported
    	}
    
    
    	msg, err := c.newMessage(namespace+subscribeMethodSuffix, args...)
    
    	if err != nil {
    		return nil, err
    	}
    	op := &requestOp{
    		ids:  []json.RawMessage{msg.ID},
    		resp: make(chan *jsonrpcMessage),
    
    		sub:  newClientSubscription(c, namespace, chanVal),
    
    	}
    
    	// Send the subscription request.
    	// The arrival and validity of the response is signaled on sub.quit.
    	if err := c.send(ctx, op, msg); err != nil {
    		return nil, err
    	}
    	if _, err := op.wait(ctx); err != nil {
    		return nil, err
    	}
    	return op.sub, nil
    }
    
    func (c *Client) newMessage(method string, paramsIn ...interface{}) (*jsonrpcMessage, error) {
    	params, err := json.Marshal(paramsIn)
    	if err != nil {
    		return nil, err
    	}
    	return &jsonrpcMessage{Version: "2.0", ID: c.nextID(), Method: method, Params: params}, nil
    }
    
    // send registers op with the dispatch loop, then sends msg on the connection.
    // if sending fails, op is deregistered.
    func (c *Client) send(ctx context.Context, op *requestOp, msg interface{}) error {
    	select {
    	case c.requestOp <- op:
    
    		log.Trace("", "msg", log.Lazy{Fn: func() string {
    			return fmt.Sprint("sending ", msg)
    		}})
    
    		err := c.write(ctx, msg)
    		c.sendDone <- err
    		return err
    
    	case <-ctx.Done():
    		// This can happen if the client is overloaded or unable to keep up with
    		// subscription notifications.
    		return ctx.Err()
    
    	case <-c.didQuit:
    		return ErrClientQuit
    	}
    }
    
    func (c *Client) write(ctx context.Context, msg interface{}) error {
    	deadline, ok := ctx.Deadline()
    	if !ok {
    		deadline = time.Now().Add(defaultWriteTimeout)
    	}
    	// The previous write failed. Try to establish a new connection.
    	if c.writeConn == nil {
    		if err := c.reconnect(ctx); err != nil {
    			return err
    		}
    	}
    	c.writeConn.SetWriteDeadline(deadline)
    	err := json.NewEncoder(c.writeConn).Encode(msg)
    	if err != nil {
    		c.writeConn = nil
    	}
    	return err
    }
    
    func (c *Client) reconnect(ctx context.Context) error {
    	newconn, err := c.connectFunc(ctx)
    	if err != nil {
    
    		log.Trace(fmt.Sprintf("reconnect failed: %v", err))
    
    		return err
    	}
    	select {
    	case c.reconnected <- newconn:
    		c.writeConn = newconn
    		return nil
    	case <-c.didQuit:
    		newconn.Close()
    		return ErrClientQuit
    	}
    }
    
    // dispatch is the main loop of the client.
    // It sends read messages to waiting calls to Call and BatchCall
    // and subscription notifications to registered subscriptions.
    func (c *Client) dispatch(conn net.Conn) {
    	// Spawn the initial read loop.
    	go c.read(conn)
    
    	var (
    		lastOp        *requestOp    // tracks last send operation
    		requestOpLock = c.requestOp // nil while the send lock is held
    		reading       = true        // if true, a read loop is running
    	)
    	defer close(c.didQuit)
    	defer func() {
    		c.closeRequestOps(ErrClientQuit)
    		conn.Close()
    		if reading {
    			// Empty read channels until read is dead.
    			for {
    				select {
    				case <-c.readResp:
    				case <-c.readErr:
    					return
    				}
    			}
    		}
    	}()
    
    	for {
    		select {
    		case <-c.close:
    			return
    
    		// Read path.
    		case batch := <-c.readResp:
    			for _, msg := range batch {
    				switch {
    				case msg.isNotification():
    
    					log.Trace("", "msg", log.Lazy{Fn: func() string {
    						return fmt.Sprint("<-readResp: notification ", msg)
    					}})
    
    					c.handleNotification(msg)
    				case msg.isResponse():
    
    					log.Trace("", "msg", log.Lazy{Fn: func() string {
    						return fmt.Sprint("<-readResp: response ", msg)
    					}})
    
    					c.handleResponse(msg)
    				default:
    
    					log.Debug("", "msg", log.Lazy{Fn: func() string {
    						return fmt.Sprint("<-readResp: dropping weird message", msg)
    					}})
    
    					// TODO: maybe close
    				}
    			}
    
    		case err := <-c.readErr:
    
    			log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("<-readErr: %v", err))
    
    			c.closeRequestOps(err)
    			conn.Close()
    			reading = false
    
    		case newconn := <-c.reconnected:
    
    			log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("<-reconnected: (reading=%t) %v", reading, conn.RemoteAddr()))
    
    			if reading {
    				// Wait for the previous read loop to exit. This is a rare case.
    				conn.Close()
    				<-c.readErr
    			}
    			go c.read(newconn)
    			reading = true
    			conn = newconn
    
    		// Send path.
    		case op := <-requestOpLock:
    			// Stop listening for further send ops until the current one is done.
    			requestOpLock = nil
    			lastOp = op
    			for _, id := range op.ids {
    				c.respWait[string(id)] = op
    			}
    
    		case err := <-c.sendDone:
    			if err != nil {
    				// Remove response handlers for the last send. We remove those here
    				// because the error is already handled in Call or BatchCall. When the
    				// read loop goes down, it will signal all other current operations.
    				for _, id := range lastOp.ids {
    					delete(c.respWait, string(id))
    				}
    			}
    			// Listen for send ops again.
    			requestOpLock = c.requestOp
    			lastOp = nil
    		}
    	}
    }
    
    // closeRequestOps unblocks pending send ops and active subscriptions.
    func (c *Client) closeRequestOps(err error) {
    	didClose := make(map[*requestOp]bool)
    
    	for id, op := range c.respWait {
    		// Remove the op so that later calls will not close op.resp again.
    		delete(c.respWait, id)
    
    		if !didClose[op] {
    			op.err = err
    			close(op.resp)
    			didClose[op] = true
    		}
    	}
    	for id, sub := range c.subs {
    		delete(c.subs, id)
    		sub.quitWithError(err, false)
    	}
    }
    
    func (c *Client) handleNotification(msg *jsonrpcMessage) {
    
    	if !strings.HasSuffix(msg.Method, notificationMethodSuffix) {
    
    		log.Debug(fmt.Sprint("dropping non-subscription message: ", msg))
    
    		return
    	}
    	var subResult struct {
    		ID     string          `json:"subscription"`
    		Result json.RawMessage `json:"result"`
    	}
    	if err := json.Unmarshal(msg.Params, &subResult); err != nil {
    
    		log.Debug(fmt.Sprint("dropping invalid subscription message: ", msg))
    
    		return
    	}
    	if c.subs[subResult.ID] != nil {
    		c.subs[subResult.ID].deliver(subResult.Result)
    	}
    }
    
    func (c *Client) handleResponse(msg *jsonrpcMessage) {
    	op := c.respWait[string(msg.ID)]
    	if op == nil {
    
    		log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("unsolicited response %v", msg))
    
    		return
    	}
    	delete(c.respWait, string(msg.ID))
    	// For normal responses, just forward the reply to Call/BatchCall.
    	if op.sub == nil {
    		op.resp <- msg
    		return
    	}
    	// For subscription responses, start the subscription if the server
    	// indicates success. EthSubscribe gets unblocked in either case through
    	// the op.resp channel.
    	defer close(op.resp)
    	if msg.Error != nil {
    		op.err = msg.Error
    		return
    	}
    	if op.err = json.Unmarshal(msg.Result, &op.sub.subid); op.err == nil {
    		go op.sub.start()
    		c.subs[op.sub.subid] = op.sub
    	}
    }
    
    // Reading happens on a dedicated goroutine.
    
    func (c *Client) read(conn net.Conn) error {
    	var (
    		buf json.RawMessage
    		dec = json.NewDecoder(conn)
    	)
    	readMessage := func() (rs []*jsonrpcMessage, err error) {
    		buf = buf[:0]
    		if err = dec.Decode(&buf); err != nil {
    			return nil, err
    		}
    		if isBatch(buf) {
    			err = json.Unmarshal(buf, &rs)
    		} else {
    			rs = make([]*jsonrpcMessage, 1)
    			err = json.Unmarshal(buf, &rs[0])
    		}
    		return rs, err
    	}
    
    	for {
    		resp, err := readMessage()
    		if err != nil {
    			c.readErr <- err
    			return err
    		}
    		c.readResp <- resp
    	}
    }
    
    // Subscriptions.
    
    // A ClientSubscription represents a subscription established through EthSubscribe.
    type ClientSubscription struct {
    
    	client    *Client
    	etype     reflect.Type
    	channel   reflect.Value
    	namespace string
    	subid     string
    	in        chan json.RawMessage
    
    
    	quitOnce sync.Once     // ensures quit is closed once
    	quit     chan struct{} // quit is closed when the subscription exits
    	errOnce  sync.Once     // ensures err is closed once
    	err      chan error
    }
    
    
    func newClientSubscription(c *Client, namespace string, channel reflect.Value) *ClientSubscription {
    
    	sub := &ClientSubscription{
    
    		client:    c,
    		namespace: namespace,
    		etype:     channel.Type().Elem(),
    		channel:   channel,
    		quit:      make(chan struct{}),
    		err:       make(chan error, 1),
    		in:        make(chan json.RawMessage),
    
    	}
    	return sub
    }
    
    // Err returns the subscription error channel. The intended use of Err is to schedule
    // resubscription when the client connection is closed unexpectedly.
    //
    // The error channel receives a value when the subscription has ended due
    
    // to an error. The received error is nil if Close has been called
    
    // on the underlying client and no other error has occurred.
    //
    // The error channel is closed when Unsubscribe is called on the subscription.
    func (sub *ClientSubscription) Err() <-chan error {
    	return sub.err
    }
    
    // Unsubscribe unsubscribes the notification and closes the error channel.
    // It can safely be called more than once.
    func (sub *ClientSubscription) Unsubscribe() {
    	sub.quitWithError(nil, true)
    	sub.errOnce.Do(func() { close(sub.err) })
    }
    
    func (sub *ClientSubscription) quitWithError(err error, unsubscribeServer bool) {
    	sub.quitOnce.Do(func() {
    
    		// The dispatch loop won't be able to execute the unsubscribe call
    		// if it is blocked on deliver. Close sub.quit first because it
    		// unblocks deliver.
    		close(sub.quit)
    
    		if unsubscribeServer {
    			sub.requestUnsubscribe()
    		}
    		if err != nil {
    
    			if err == ErrClientQuit {
    				err = nil // Adhere to subscription semantics.
    			}
    
    			sub.err <- err
    		}
    	})
    }
    
    func (sub *ClientSubscription) deliver(result json.RawMessage) (ok bool) {
    	select {
    	case sub.in <- result:
    		return true
    	case <-sub.quit:
    		return false
    	}
    }
    
    func (sub *ClientSubscription) start() {
    	sub.quitWithError(sub.forward())
    }
    
    func (sub *ClientSubscription) forward() (err error, unsubscribeServer bool) {
    	cases := []reflect.SelectCase{
    		{Dir: reflect.SelectRecv, Chan: reflect.ValueOf(sub.quit)},
    
    		{Dir: reflect.SelectRecv, Chan: reflect.ValueOf(sub.in)},
    
    		{Dir: reflect.SelectSend, Chan: sub.channel},
    	}
    
    	buffer := list.New()
    	defer buffer.Init()
    
    		var chosen int
    		var recv reflect.Value
    		if buffer.Len() == 0 {
    			// Idle, omit send case.
    			chosen, recv, _ = reflect.Select(cases[:2])
    		} else {
    			// Non-empty buffer, send the first queued item.
    			cases[2].Send = reflect.ValueOf(buffer.Front().Value)
    			chosen, recv, _ = reflect.Select(cases)
    		}
    
    		switch chosen {
    		case 0: // <-sub.quit
    			return nil, false
    		case 1: // <-sub.in
    			val, err := sub.unmarshal(recv.Interface().(json.RawMessage))
    
    			if err != nil {
    				return err, true
    			}
    
    			if buffer.Len() == maxClientSubscriptionBuffer {
    				return ErrSubscriptionQueueOverflow, true
    
    			buffer.PushBack(val)
    		case 2: // sub.channel<-
    			cases[2].Send = reflect.Value{} // Don't hold onto the value.
    			buffer.Remove(buffer.Front())
    
    func (sub *ClientSubscription) unmarshal(result json.RawMessage) (interface{}, error) {
    
    	val := reflect.New(sub.etype)
    	err := json.Unmarshal(result, val.Interface())
    
    	return val.Elem().Interface(), err
    
    }
    
    func (sub *ClientSubscription) requestUnsubscribe() error {
    	var result interface{}
    
    	return sub.client.Call(&result, sub.namespace+unsubscribeMethodSuffix, sub.subid)