1 files changed, 30 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/core_read.cpp b/src/core_read.cpp
index 6bd3d9a4f..799903066 100644
--- a/src/core_read.cpp
+++ b/src/core_read.cpp
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2014 The Bitcoin developers
-// Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 #include "core_io.h"
 
-#include "core.h"
+#include "primitives/block.h"
+#include "primitives/transaction.h"
 #include "script/script.h"
 #include "serialize.h"
+#include "streams.h"
 #include "univalue/univalue.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include "utilstrencodings.h"
+#include "version.h"
 
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/classification.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
@@ -98,7 +102,24 @@ bool DecodeHexTx(CTransaction& tx, const std::string& strHexTx)
     try {
         ssData >> tx;
     }
-    catch (const std::exception &) {
+    catch (const std::exception&) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool DecodeHexBlk(CBlock& block, const std::string& strHexBlk)
+{
+    if (!IsHex(strHexBlk))
+        return false;
+
+    std::vector<unsigned char> blockData(ParseHex(strHexBlk));
+    CDataStream ssBlock(blockData, SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+    try {
+        ssBlock >> block;
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception&) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -110,6 +131,11 @@ uint256 ParseHashUV(const UniValue& v, const string& strName)
     string strHex;
     if (v.isStr())
         strHex = v.getValStr();
+    return ParseHashStr(strHex, strName);  // Note: ParseHashStr("") throws a runtime_error
+}
+
+uint256 ParseHashStr(const std::string& strHex, const std::string& strName)
+{
     if (!IsHex(strHex)) // Note: IsHex("") is false
         throw runtime_error(strName+" must be hexadecimal string (not '"+strHex+"')");