feat(contract): add_calls and call_array for multicall

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 - [#842](https://github.com/gakonst/ethers-rs/issues/842) Add support for I256 types in `parse_units` and `format_units`.
   Added `twos_complement` function for I256.
 - [#1934](https://github.com/gakonst/ethers-rs/pull/1934) Allow 16 calls in multicall.
+- [#1941](https://github.com/gakonst/ethers-rs/pull/1941) Add `add_calls` and `call_array` for `Multicall`.
 
 ## ethers-contract-abigen
 

ethers-contract/src/multicall/mod.rs

@@ -437,6 +437,27 @@ impl<M: Middleware> Multicall<M> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Appends multiple `call`s to the list of calls of the Multicall instance.
+    ///
+    /// Version specific details:
+    /// - 1: `allow_failure` is ignored.
+    /// - >=2: `allow_failure` specifies whether or not this call is allowed to revert in the
+    ///   multicall.
+    /// - 3: Transaction values are used when broadcasting transactions with [`send`], otherwise
+    ///   they are always ignored.
+    ///
+    /// [`send`]: #method.send
+    pub fn add_calls<D: Detokenize>(
+        &mut self,
+        allow_failure: bool,
+        calls: impl IntoIterator<Item = ContractCall<M, D>>,
+    ) -> &mut Self {
+        for call in calls {
+            self.add_call(call, allow_failure);
+        }
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Appends a `call` to the list of calls of the Multicall instance for querying the block hash
     /// of a given block number.
     ///
@@ -615,6 +636,45 @@ impl<M: Middleware> Multicall<M> {
         Ok(data)
     }
 
+    /// Queries the Ethereum blockchain using `eth_call`, but via the Multicall contract, assuming
+    /// that every call returns same data type.
+    ///
+    /// Note: this method _does not_ send a transaction from your account.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// Returns a [`MulticallError`] if there are any errors in the RPC call or while detokenizing
+    /// the tokens back to the expected return type.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// The return type must be annotated while calling this method:
+    ///
+    /// ```no_run
+    /// # async fn foo() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    /// # use ethers_core::types::{U256, Address};
+    /// # use ethers_providers::{Provider, Http};
+    /// # use ethers_contract::Multicall;
+    /// # use std::convert::TryFrom;
+    /// #
+    /// # let client = Provider::<Http>::try_from("http://localhost:8545")?;
+    /// #
+    /// # let multicall = Multicall::new(client, None).await?;
+    /// // If the all Solidity function calls `returns (uint256)`:
+    /// let result: Vec<U256> = multicall.call().await?;
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    pub async fn call_array<D: Detokenize>(&self) -> Result<Vec<D>, M> {
+        let tokens = self.call_raw().await?;
+        let res: std::result::Result<Vec<D>, ContractError<M>> = tokens
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|token| D::from_tokens(vec![token]).map_err(ContractError::DetokenizationError))
+            .collect();
+
+        Ok(res?)
+    }
+
     /// Queries the Ethereum blockchain using `eth_call`, but via the Multicall contract and
     /// without detokenization.
     ///
@@ -882,3 +942,4 @@ impl<M: Middleware> Multicall<M> {
         call
     }
 }
+

ethers-contract/tests/it/contract.rs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ mod eth_tests {
     use ethers_derive_eip712::*;
     use ethers_providers::{Http, Middleware, PendingTransaction, Provider, StreamExt};
     use ethers_signers::{LocalWallet, Signer};
-    use std::{convert::TryFrom, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
+    use std::{convert::TryFrom, iter::FromIterator, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn deploy_and_call_contract() {
@@ -517,10 +517,26 @@ mod eth_tests {
             .add_get_eth_balance(addrs[5], false)
             .add_get_eth_balance(addrs[6], false);
 
+        let valid_balances = [
+            U256::from(10_000_000_000_000_000_000_000u128),
+            U256::from(10_000_000_000_000_000_000_000u128),
+            U256::from(10_000_000_000_000_000_000_000u128),
+        ];
+
         let balances: (U256, U256, U256) = multicall.call().await.unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(balances.0, U256::from(10_000_000_000_000_000_000_000u128));
-        assert_eq!(balances.1, U256::from(10_000_000_000_000_000_000_000u128));
-        assert_eq!(balances.2, U256::from(10_000_000_000_000_000_000_000u128));
+        assert_eq!(balances.0, valid_balances[0]);
+        assert_eq!(balances.1, valid_balances[1]);
+        assert_eq!(balances.2, valid_balances[2]);
+
+        // call_array
+        multicall
+            .clear_calls()
+            .add_get_eth_balance(addrs[4], false)
+            .add_get_eth_balance(addrs[5], false)
+            .add_get_eth_balance(addrs[6], false);
+
+        let balances: Vec<U256> = multicall.call_array().await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(balances, Vec::from_iter(valid_balances.iter().copied()));
 
         // clear multicall so we can test `call_raw` w/ >16 calls
         multicall.clear_calls();
@@ -535,11 +551,11 @@ mod eth_tests {
             .await
             .unwrap();
 
-        // build up a list of calls greater than the 16 max restriction
-        for i in 0..=16 {
-            let call = simple_contract.method::<_, String>("getValue", ()).unwrap();
-            multicall.add_call(call, false);
-        }
+        multicall.add_calls(
+            false,
+            std::iter::repeat(simple_contract.method::<_, String>("getValue", ()).unwrap())
+                .take(17), // .collect(),
+        );
 
         // must use `call_raw` as `.calls` > 16
         let tokens = multicall.call_raw().await.unwrap();