Deploy multiple contracts with dependencies - Truffle

Question

Say I have two contracts, an oracle and a reader. How do I test (or even deploy) them both?

    contract Oracle {
        struct DocumentStruct{bytes32 name; uint value;}
        mapping(bytes32 => DocumentStruct) public documentStructs;

        function StoreDocument(bytes32 key,bytes32 name, uint value) returns (bool success) {
            documentStructs[key].value = value;
            documentStructs[key].name = name;
            return true;
        }
    }

contract Reader {
      address public oracleID;
      Oracle d;
  function Reader(address OAddress){
      d = Oracle(OAddress);
      oracleID = OAddress;
          }
 struct DocumentStruct{bytes32 name; uint value;}
  function RetrieveData(bytes32 key) public constant returns(uint) {
    DocumentStruct memory doc;
    (doc.name,doc.value) = d.documentStructs(key);
    return doc.value;
  }
    }

So Since the reader needs an Oracle address in the starting function, is there a way to do this in Truffle (what does the deploy_contracts.js look like?) And how I just write tests to see if I can store documents and then read it?

Answer 1

You deploy the Oracle, and then you have Oracle.deployed().

You tell the Reader about Oracle with the constructor, as you have done. You tell Truffle to populate the requirement parameter in the migrations, e.g. 2_deploy_contracts.js.

For example, something like:

var oracle;
Oracle.deployed()
.then(function(instance) { 
  oracle = instance; 
  deployer.deploy(Reader, oracle}); // this is where you pass it in
});

I'm pretty sure I flubbed the syntax on this one (I'm just going by sound), but that should give you the general idea. Main takeaway, they give you a way to pass in the constructor parameters it needs.

Hope it helps.

Answer 2

I prefer this syntax:

module.exports = function(deployer, network, accounts) {

    deployer.then(async () => {
        await deployer.deploy(A);
        await deployer.deploy(B, A.address);
        //...
    });
};

since it's way more readable when you have lots of contracts.

See also: https://github.com/trufflesuite/truffle/issues/501#issuecomment-373886205

Answer 3

You can also use Oracle.address directly to deploy Reader.

var Oracle = artifacts.require("./path/to/Oracle.sol");
var Reader = artifacts.require("./path/to/Reader.sol");

deployer.deploy(Oracle)
.then(function() {
  return deployer.deploy(Reader, Oracle.address);
});

Hope you'll find this useful.