Update context

client/context/context.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	rpcclient "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client"
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
+	clientx "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/tx"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/crypto/keys"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ type CLIContext struct {
 	FromAddress   sdk.AccAddress
 	Client        rpcclient.Client
 	ChainID       string
+	TxGenerator   clientx.TxGenerator
+	Marshaler     codec.Marshaler
 	Keybase       keys.Keybase
 	Input         io.Reader
 	Output        io.Writer
@@ -36,13 +39,15 @@ type CLIContext struct {
 	BroadcastMode string
 	Verifier      tmlite.Verifier
 	FromName      string
-	Codec         *codec.Codec
 	TrustNode     bool
 	UseLedger     bool
 	Simulate      bool
 	GenerateOnly  bool
 	Indent        bool
 	SkipConfirm   bool
+
+	// TODO: Deprecated (remove).
+	Codec *codec.Codec
 }
 
 // NewCLIContextWithInputAndFrom returns a new initialized CLIContext with parameters from the
@@ -130,7 +135,20 @@ func (ctx CLIContext) WithInput(r io.Reader) CLIContext {
 	return ctx
 }
 
+// WithTxGenerator returns a copy of the CLIContext with an updated TxGenerator.
+func (ctx CLIContext) WithTxGenerator(txg clientx.TxGenerator) CLIContext {
+	ctx.TxGenerator = txg
+	return ctx
+}
+
+// WithMarshaler returns a copy of the CLIContext with an updated Marshaler.
+func (ctx CLIContext) WithMarshaler(m codec.Marshaler) CLIContext {
+	ctx.Marshaler = m
+	return ctx
+}
+
 // WithCodec returns a copy of the context with an updated codec.
+// TODO: Deprecated (remove).
 func (ctx CLIContext) WithCodec(cdc *codec.Codec) CLIContext {
 	ctx.Codec = cdc
 	return ctx

client/tx/tx.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package client
+package tx
 
 import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 type (
-	// ClientMarshaler defines an interface that REST and CLI handler will use to
-	// create application-specific transactions and be able to serialize types
-	// specific to the application including transactions.
-	ClientMarshaler interface {
-		TxGenerator
-		codec.Marshaler
-	}
-
 	// TxGenerator defines an interface a client can utilize to generate an
 	// application-defined concrete transaction type. The type returned must
 	// implement ClientTx.

codec/std/tx.go

@@ -1,17 +1,27 @@
 package std
 
 import (
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
+	clientx "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/tx"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	sdkerrors "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/errors"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/auth"
 )
 
 var (
-	_ sdk.Tx          = (*Transaction)(nil)
-	_ client.ClientTx = (*Transaction)(nil)
+	_ sdk.Tx              = (*Transaction)(nil)
+	_ clientx.ClientTx    = (*Transaction)(nil)
+	_ clientx.TxGenerator = TxGenerator{}
 )
 
+// TxGenerator defines a transaction generator that allows clients to construct
+// transactions.
+type TxGenerator struct{}
+
+// NewTx returns a reference to an empty Transaction type.
+func (TxGenerator) NewTx() clientx.ClientTx {
+	return &Transaction{}
+}
+
 func NewTransaction(fee auth.StdFee, memo string, sdkMsgs []sdk.Msg) (*Transaction, error) {
 	tx := &Transaction{
 		StdTxBase: auth.NewStdTxBase(fee, nil, memo),

docs/architecture/adr-020-protobuf-transaction-encoding.md

@@ -123,18 +123,11 @@ type ClientTx interface {
 }
 ```
 
-We then extend `codec.Marshaler` to also require fulfillment of `TxGenerator`.
+We then update `CLIContext` to have two new fields: `TxGenerator` and `TxGenerator`.
 
-```go
-type ClientMarshaler interface {
-  TxGenerator
-  codec.Marshaler
-}
-```
-
-Then, each module will at the minimum accept a `ClientMarshaler` instead of a concrete
+Then, each module will at the minimum accept a `Marshaler` instead of a concrete
 Amino codec. If the module needs to work with any interface types, it will use
-the `Codec` interface defined by the module which also extends `ClientMarshaler`.
+the `Codec` interface defined by the module which also extends `Marshaler`.
 
 ## Future Improvements