web3-eth 4.0.1-rc.0

v4.0.1-rc.0

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Added

web3

• registeredSubscriptions was added by default in web3 constructor (#5792)
• Add named exports for all objects which are the default-exported-object in their packages (#5771)
• Export all packages' objects organized by namespaces (#5771)
• Add Additional flat exports for all types and constants from web3-types, web3-errors and web3. (#5771)
• Fix few issues with new Web3().eth.contract (#5824)

web3-core

• Added rpc exception codes following eip-1474 as an experimental feature (if useRpcCallSpecification at enableExperimentalFeatures is true) (#5525)
• Added support of safe and finalized block tags (#5823)

web3-errors

• Added error class InvalidMethodParamsError and error code ERR_INVALID_METHOD_PARAMS = 207 (#5824)
• request property to ResponseError (#5854)
• data property to TransactionRevertInstructionError (#5854)
• TransactionRevertWithCustomError was added to handle custom solidity errors (#5854)

web3-eth

• Added createAccessList functionality ( #5780 )
• Added support of safe and finalized block tags (#5823)
• contractAbi option to SendTransactionOptions and SendSignedTransactionOptions to added the ability to parse custom solidity errors (#5854)

web3-eth-abi

• decodeErrorData from web3-eth-contract is now exported from this package and was renamed to decodeContractErrorData (#5844)

web3-eth-contract

• Added functionality of createAccessList for contracts ( #5780 )
• An instance of Contract will subscribeToContextEvents upon instantiation if syncWithContext is set to true and the constructor is passed an instance of Web3Context (#5833)
• Added support of safe and finalized block tags (#5823)

web3-providers-http

• Added named export for HttpProvider (#5771)

web3-providers-ipc

• Added named export for IpcProvider (#5771)
• Pass _socketOptions from IpcProvider constructor to the underlying Socket (#5891)
• The getter of SocketConnection in IpcProvider (inherited from SocketProvider) returns net.Socket (#5891)

web3-providers-ws

• Added named export for WebSocketProvider (#5771)
• The getter of SocketConnection in WebSocketProvider (inherited from SocketProvider) returns isomorphic WebSocket (#5891)

web3-rpc-methods

• Added createAccessList functionality ( #5780 )
• Added support of safe and finalized block tags (#5823)

web3-types

• Added types from web3-eth-abi and TypedArray from (#5771)
• Added TypedArray from web3-utils and web3-validator (it was defined twice) (#5771)
• Added safe and finalized block tags in BlockTags and BlockTag types (#5823)

web3-utils

• Added support of safe and finalized block tags (#5823)

web3-validator

• Added support of safe and finalized block tags in isBlockTag method (#5823)

Changed

web3

• require('web3') will now return all web3 exported-objects organized in namespaces . (#5771)

web3-errors

• The abstract class Web3Error is renamed to BaseWeb3Error (#5771)
• Renamed TransactionRevertError to TransactionRevertInstructionError to remain consistent with 1.x
• Using MaxAttemptsReachedOnReconnectingError with the same message for 1.x but also adding the maxAttempts (#5894)

web3-eth

• Update imports statements for objects that was moved between web3 packages (#5771)
• sendTransaction and sendSignedTransaction now errors with (and error event emits) the following possible errors: TransactionRevertedWithoutReasonError, TransactionRevertInstructionError, TransactionRevertWithCustomError, InvalidResponseError, or ContractExecutionError (#5854)

web3-eth-accounts

• Updated dependencies (#5912)

web3-eth-contract

• Update imports statements for objects that was moved between web3 packages (#5771)

web3-eth-ens

• Updated dependencies (#5912)

web3-eth-iban

• Updated dependencies (#5912)

web3-eth-personal

• Updated dependencies (#5912)

web3-net

• Updated dependencies (#5912)

web3-utils

• compareBlockNumbers function now only supports comparison of both blocktags params ( except earliest vs number) or both block number params (#5842)
• SocketProvider abstract class now resolves JSON RPC response errors instead of rejecting them (#5844)
• Exposes the getter of SocketConnection in SocketProvider (#5891)

Removed

web3

• Private static _contracts:Contract[] and static setProvider function was removed (#5792)

web3-eth

• getRevertReason is no longer exported (#5844)

web3-eth-abi

• Moved all types and interfaces to web3-types (#5771)

web3-eth-contract

• decodeErrorData is no longer exported (method was moved to web3-eth-abi and renamed decodeContractErrorData) (#5844)

web3-utils

• Moved TypedArray to web3-types (was also duplicated at web3-validator) (#5771)
• Removed support of genesis tag in compareBlockNumbers function (#5823)

web3-validator

• Moved TypedArray to web3-types (was also duplicated at web3-utils) (#5771)

Fixed

web3-eth-contract

• Fix contract defaults (#5756)
• Fixed getPastEventsError (#5819)