Fix: parseTransactionFlags unintentionally modifies transaction

packages/xrpl/HISTORY.md

@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 
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-## Unreleased Changes
+## Unreleased
+
+### Added
+* `convertTxFlagsToNumber` as a utility function in xrpl to return the number conversion of a transaction's flags
+
+### Changed
+* Deprecated `setTransactionFlagsToNumber`. Start using convertTxFlagsToNumber instead
 
 ## 4.1.0 (2024-12-23)
 

packages/xrpl/src/client/index.ts

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import type {
   OnEventToListenerMap,
 } from '../models/methods/subscribe'
 import type { SubmittableTransaction } from '../models/transactions'
-import { setTransactionFlagsToNumber } from '../models/utils/flags'
+import { convertTxFlagsToNumber } from '../models/utils/flags'
 import {
   ensureClassicAddress,
   submitRequest,
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter<EventTypes> {
     const tx = { ...transaction }
 
     setValidAddresses(tx)
-    setTransactionFlagsToNumber(tx)
+    tx.Flags = convertTxFlagsToNumber(tx)
 
     const promises: Array<Promise<void>> = []
     if (tx.NetworkID == null) {

packages/xrpl/src/models/index.ts

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
  */
 export * as LedgerEntry from './ledger'
 export {
-  setTransactionFlagsToNumber,
   parseAccountRootFlags,
+  setTransactionFlagsToNumber,
+  convertTxFlagsToNumber,
   parseTransactionFlags,
 } from './utils/flags'
 export * from './methods'

packages/xrpl/src/models/transactions/transaction.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import { ValidationError } from '../../errors'
 import { IssuedCurrencyAmount, Memo } from '../common'
 import { isHex } from '../utils'
-import { setTransactionFlagsToNumber } from '../utils/flags'
+import { convertTxFlagsToNumber } from '../utils/flags'
 
 import { AccountDelete, validateAccountDelete } from './accountDelete'
 import { AccountSet, validateAccountSet } from './accountSet'
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export function validate(transaction: Record<string, unknown>): void {
   })
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions -- okay here
-  setTransactionFlagsToNumber(tx as unknown as Transaction)
+  tx.Flags = convertTxFlagsToNumber(tx as unknown as Transaction)
   switch (tx.TransactionType) {
     case 'AMMBid':
       validateAMMBid(tx)

packages/xrpl/src/models/utils/flags.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-param-reassign -- param reassign is safe */
 /* eslint-disable no-bitwise -- flags require bitwise operations */
 import { ValidationError } from '../../errors'
 import {
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@ import {
 import { AccountSetTfFlags } from '../transactions/accountSet'
 import { AMMDepositFlags } from '../transactions/AMMDeposit'
 import { AMMWithdrawFlags } from '../transactions/AMMWithdraw'
-import { GlobalFlags } from '../transactions/common'
 import { MPTokenAuthorizeFlags } from '../transactions/MPTokenAuthorize'
 import { MPTokenIssuanceCreateFlags } from '../transactions/MPTokenIssuanceCreate'
 import { MPTokenIssuanceSetFlags } from '../transactions/MPTokenIssuanceSet'
@@ -63,37 +61,61 @@ const txToFlag = {
   XChainModifyBridge: XChainModifyBridgeFlags,
 }
 
+function istxToFlagKey(
+  transactionType: string,
+): transactionType is keyof typeof txToFlag {
+  return transactionType in txToFlag
+}
+
 /**
  * Sets a transaction's flags to its numeric representation.
  *
+ * @deprecated
+ * This utility function is deprecated.
+ * Use convertTxFlagsToNumber() instead and use the returned value to modify the tx.Flags from the caller.
+ *
  * @param tx - A transaction to set its flags to its numeric representation.
  */
 export function setTransactionFlagsToNumber(tx: Transaction): void {
-  if (tx.Flags == null) {
-    tx.Flags = 0
-    return
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console -- intended deprecation warning
+  console.warn(
+    'This function is deprecated. Use convertTxFlagsToNumber() instead and use the returned value to modify the tx.Flags from the caller.',
+  )
+
+  if (tx.Flags) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign -- intended param reassign in setter, retain old functionality for compatibility
+    tx.Flags = convertTxFlagsToNumber(tx)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a transaction's flags as its numeric representation.
+ *
+ * @param tx - A transaction to parse flags for
+ * @returns A numerical representation of a transaction's flags
+ */
+export function convertTxFlagsToNumber(tx: Transaction): number {
+  if (!tx.Flags) {
+    return 0
   }
   if (typeof tx.Flags === 'number') {
-    return
+    return tx.Flags
   }
 
-  tx.Flags = txToFlag[tx.TransactionType]
-    ? convertFlagsToNumber(tx.Flags, txToFlag[tx.TransactionType])
-    : 0
-}
+  if (istxToFlagKey(tx.TransactionType)) {
+    const flagEnum = txToFlag[tx.TransactionType]
+    return Object.keys(tx.Flags).reduce((resultFlags, flag) => {
+      if (flagEnum[flag] == null) {
+        throw new ValidationError(
+          `flag ${flag} doesn't exist in flagEnum: ${JSON.stringify(flagEnum)}`,
+        )
+      }
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any -- added ValidationError check for flagEnum
-function convertFlagsToNumber(flags: GlobalFlags, flagEnum: any): number {
-  return Object.keys(flags).reduce((resultFlags, flag) => {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access -- safe member access
-    if (flagEnum[flag] == null) {
-      throw new ValidationError(
-        `flag ${flag} doesn't exist in flagEnum: ${JSON.stringify(flagEnum)}`,
-      )
-    }
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access -- safe member access
-    return flags[flag] ? resultFlags | flagEnum[flag] : resultFlags
-  }, 0)
+      return tx.Flags?.[flag] ? resultFlags | flagEnum[flag] : resultFlags
+    }, 0)
+  }
+
+  return 0
 }
 
 /**
@@ -103,22 +125,24 @@ function convertFlagsToNumber(flags: GlobalFlags, flagEnum: any): number {
  * @returns A map with all flags as booleans.
  */
 export function parseTransactionFlags(tx: Transaction): object {
-  setTransactionFlagsToNumber(tx)
-  if (typeof tx.Flags !== 'number' || !tx.Flags || tx.Flags === 0) {
+  const flags = convertTxFlagsToNumber(tx)
+  if (flags === 0) {
     return {}
   }
 
-  const flags = tx.Flags
-  const flagsMap = {}
+  const booleanFlagMap = {}
 
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment -- safe member access
-  const flagEnum = txToFlag[tx.TransactionType]
-  Object.values(flagEnum).forEach((flag) => {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access -- safe member access
-    if (typeof flag === 'string' && isFlagEnabled(flags, flagEnum[flag])) {
-      flagsMap[flag] = true
-    }
-  })
+  if (istxToFlagKey(tx.TransactionType)) {
+    const transactionTypeFlags = txToFlag[tx.TransactionType]
+    Object.values(transactionTypeFlags).forEach((flag) => {
+      if (
+        typeof flag === 'string' &&
+        isFlagEnabled(flags, transactionTypeFlags[flag])
+      ) {
+        booleanFlagMap[flag] = true
+      }
+    })
+  }
 
-  return flagsMap
+  return booleanFlagMap
 }