AbstractSigner

An AbstractSigner includes most of teh functionality required to get a Signer working as expected, but requires a few Signer-specific methods be overridden.

Extended by

• JsonRpcSigner
• VoidSigner

Type parameters

Type parameter	Value
P extends null | Provider	null | Provider

Implements

• Signer

Constructors

new AbstractSigner()

new AbstractSigner<P>(provider?): AbstractSigner<P>

Creates a new Signer connected to provider.

Parameters

Parameter	Type
provider?	P

Returns

AbstractSigner<P>

Source

signers/abstract-signer.ts:63

Properties

Property	Modifier	Type	Description
provider	readonly	P	The provider this signer is connected to.

Methods

connect()

abstract connect(provider): Signer

Returns the signer connected to provider.

This may throw, for example, a Signer connected over a Socket or to a specific instance of a node may not be transferrable.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
provider	null | Provider	The provider to connect to.

Returns

Signer

The connected signer.

Implementation of

Signer.connect

Source

signers/abstract-signer.ts:92

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getAddress()

abstract getAddress(): Promise<string>

Resolves to the Signer address.

Returns

Promise<string>

Implementation of

Signer.getAddress

Source

signers/abstract-signer.ts:70