util: revert some PrefixedHexString breaking changes

packages/block/src/block.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   getProvider,
   hexToBytes,
   intToHex,
-  isHexPrefixed,
+  isHexString,
 } from '@ethereumjs/util'
 import { keccak256 } from 'ethereum-cryptography/keccak.js'
 
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ export class Block {
         params: [bigIntToHex(blockTag), true],
       })
     } else if (
-      isHexPrefixed(blockTag) ||
+      isHexString(blockTag) ||
       blockTag === 'latest' ||
       blockTag === 'earliest' ||
       blockTag === 'pending' ||

packages/block/test/block.spec.ts

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe('[Block]: block functions', () => {
 
   it('should test block validation on pow chain', async () => {
     const common = new Common({ chain: Chain.Mainnet, hardfork: Hardfork.Istanbul })
-    const blockRlp = toBytes(testDataPreLondon.blocks[0].rlp as PrefixedHexString)
+    const blockRlp = hexToBytes(testDataPreLondon.blocks[0].rlp as PrefixedHexString)
     try {
       Block.fromRLPSerializedBlock(blockRlp, { common })
       assert.ok(true, 'should pass')
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe('[Block]: block functions', () => {
   }
 
   it('should test transaction validation - invalid tx trie', async () => {
-    const blockRlp = toBytes(testDataPreLondon.blocks[0].rlp as PrefixedHexString)
+    const blockRlp = hexToBytes(testDataPreLondon.blocks[0].rlp as PrefixedHexString)
     const common = new Common({ chain: Chain.Mainnet, hardfork: Hardfork.London })
     const block = Block.fromRLPSerializedBlock(blockRlp, { common, freeze: false })
     await testTransactionValidation(block)
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ describe('[Block]: block functions', () => {
 
   it('should test transaction validation with legacy tx in london', async () => {
     const common = new Common({ chain: Chain.Mainnet, hardfork: Hardfork.London })
-    const blockRlp = toBytes(testDataPreLondon.blocks[0].rlp as PrefixedHexString)
+    const blockRlp = hexToBytes(testDataPreLondon.blocks[0].rlp as PrefixedHexString)
     const block = Block.fromRLPSerializedBlock(blockRlp, { common, freeze: false })
     await testTransactionValidation(block)
     ;(block.transactions[0] as any).gasPrice = BigInt(0)
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ describe('[Block]: block functions', () => {
 
   it('should test uncles hash validation', async () => {
     const common = new Common({ chain: Chain.Mainnet, hardfork: Hardfork.Istanbul })
-    const blockRlp = toBytes(testDataPreLondon2.blocks[2].rlp as PrefixedHexString)
+    const blockRlp = hexToBytes(testDataPreLondon2.blocks[2].rlp as PrefixedHexString)
     const block = Block.fromRLPSerializedBlock(blockRlp, { common, freeze: false })
     assert.equal(block.uncleHashIsValid(), true)
     ;(block.header as any).uncleHash = new Uint8Array(32)

packages/client/src/rpc/modules/engine/engine.ts

@@ -927,8 +927,8 @@ export class Engine {
     const { headBlockHash, finalizedBlockHash, safeBlockHash } = params[0]
     const payloadAttributes = params[1]
 
-    const safe = toBytes(safeBlockHash)
-    const finalized = toBytes(finalizedBlockHash)
+    const safe = hexToBytes(safeBlockHash)
+    const finalized = hexToBytes(finalizedBlockHash)
 
     if (!equalsBytes(finalized, zeroBlockHash) && equalsBytes(safe, zeroBlockHash)) {
       throw {

packages/common/src/utils.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { intToHex, isHexPrefixed, stripHexPrefix } from '@ethereumjs/util'
+import { intToHex, isHexString, stripHexPrefix } from '@ethereumjs/util'
 
 import { Hardfork } from './enums.js'
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function formatNonce(nonce: string): PrefixedHexString {
   if (!nonce || nonce === '0x0') {
     return '0x0000000000000000'
   }
-  if (isHexPrefixed(nonce)) {
+  if (isHexString(nonce)) {
     return `0x${stripHexPrefix(nonce).padStart(16, '0')}`
   }
   return `0x${nonce.padStart(16, '0')}`
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function parseGethParams(json: any, mergeForkIdPostMerge: boolean = true) {
     unparsedExtraData === '' ? '0x' : (unparsedExtraData as PrefixedHexString)
 
   // geth may use number for timestamp
-  const timestamp: PrefixedHexString = isHexPrefixed(unparsedTimestamp)
+  const timestamp: PrefixedHexString = isHexString(unparsedTimestamp)
     ? unparsedTimestamp
     : intToHex(parseInt(unparsedTimestamp))
 

packages/devp2p/src/protocol/eth.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   bytesToUnprefixedHex,
   hexToBytes,
   intToBytes,
-  isHexPrefixed,
+  isHexString,
 } from '@ethereumjs/util'
 import * as snappy from 'snappyjs'
 
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ export class ETH extends Protocol {
         this._latestBlock = latestBlock
       }
       const forkHashB = hexToBytes(
-        isHexPrefixed(this._forkHash) ? this._forkHash : `0x${this._forkHash}`
+        isHexString(this._forkHash) ? this._forkHash : `0x${this._forkHash}`
       )
 
       const nextForkB =

packages/rlp/src/index.ts

@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ function padToEven(a: string): string {
 }
 
 /** Check if a string is prefixed by 0x */
-function isHexPrefixed(str: string): boolean {
+function isHexString(str: string): boolean {
   return str.length >= 2 && str[0] === '0' && str[1] === 'x'
 }
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ function stripHexPrefix(str: string): string {
   if (typeof str !== 'string') {
     return str
   }
-  return isHexPrefixed(str) ? str.slice(2) : str
+  return isHexString(str) ? str.slice(2) : str
 }
 
 /** Transform anything into a Uint8Array */
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ function toBytes(v: Input): Uint8Array {
     return v
   }
   if (typeof v === 'string') {
-    if (isHexPrefixed(v)) {
+    if (isHexString(v)) {
       return hexToBytes(padToEven(stripHexPrefix(v)))
     }
     return utf8ToBytes(v)

packages/trie/src/util/genesisState.ts

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import { RLP } from '@ethereumjs/rlp'
 import {
   Account,
   hexToBytes,
-  isHexPrefixed,
-  toBytes,
+  isHexString,
   unpadBytes,
   unprefixedHexToBytes,
 } from '@ethereumjs/util'
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ import type { AccountState, GenesisState } from '@ethereumjs/util'
 export async function genesisStateRoot(genesisState: GenesisState) {
   const trie = new Trie({ useKeyHashing: true })
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(genesisState)) {
-    const address = isHexPrefixed(key) ? hexToBytes(key) : unprefixedHexToBytes(key)
+    const address = isHexString(key) ? hexToBytes(key) : unprefixedHexToBytes(key)
     const account = new Account()
     if (typeof value === 'string') {
       account.balance = BigInt(value)
@@ -29,15 +28,15 @@ export async function genesisStateRoot(genesisState: GenesisState) {
         account.balance = BigInt(balance)
       }
       if (code !== undefined) {
-        const codeBytes = isHexPrefixed(code) ? toBytes(code) : unprefixedHexToBytes(code)
+        const codeBytes = isHexString(code) ? hexToBytes(code) : unprefixedHexToBytes(code)
         account.codeHash = keccak256(codeBytes)
       }
       if (storage !== undefined) {
         const storageTrie = new Trie({ useKeyHashing: true })
         for (const [k, val] of storage) {
-          const storageKey = isHexPrefixed(k) ? toBytes(k) : unprefixedHexToBytes(k)
+          const storageKey = isHexString(k) ? hexToBytes(k) : unprefixedHexToBytes(k)
           const storageVal = RLP.encode(
-            unpadBytes(isHexPrefixed(val) ? toBytes(val) : unprefixedHexToBytes(val))
+            unpadBytes(isHexString(val) ? hexToBytes(val) : unprefixedHexToBytes(val))
           )
           await storageTrie.put(storageKey, storageVal)
         }

packages/trie/test/official.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { bytesToHex, hexToBytes, isHexPrefixed, utf8ToBytes } from '@ethereumjs/util'
+import { bytesToHex, hexToBytes, isHexString, utf8ToBytes } from '@ethereumjs/util'
 import { assert, describe, it } from 'vitest'
 
 import { Trie } from '../src/index.js'
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ describe('official tests any order', async () => {
       for (key of keys) {
         let val = test.in[key]
 
-        if (typeof key === 'string' && isHexPrefixed(key)) {
+        if (typeof key === 'string' && isHexString(key)) {
           key = hexToBytes(key)
         } else if (typeof key === 'string') {
           key = utf8ToBytes(key)
         }
 
-        if (typeof val === 'string' && isHexPrefixed(val)) {
+        if (typeof val === 'string' && isHexString(val)) {
           val = hexToBytes(val)
         } else if (typeof val === 'string') {
           val = utf8ToBytes(val)

packages/util/README.md

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ Genesis related interfaces and helpers.
 
 ### Module: [internal](src/internal.ts)
 
-Internalized simple helper methods like `isHexPrefixed`. Note that methods from this module might get deprectared in the future.
+Internalized simple helper methods like `isHexString`. Note that methods from this module might get deprecated in the future.
 
 ### Module: [kzg](src/kzg.ts)
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ The following methods are available by an internalized version of the [ethjs-uti
 - arrayContainsArray
 - getBinarySize
 - stripHexPrefix
-- isHexPrefixed
+- isHexString
 - isHexString
 - padToEven
 - fromAscii

packages/util/src/bytes.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { getRandomBytesSync } from 'ethereum-cryptography/random.js'
 import { bytesToHex as _bytesToUnprefixedHex } from 'ethereum-cryptography/utils.js'
 
 import { assertIsArray, assertIsBytes, assertIsHexString } from './helpers.js'
-import { isHexPrefixed, isHexString, padToEven, stripHexPrefix } from './internal.js'
+import { isHexString, padToEven, stripHexPrefix } from './internal.js'
 
 import type { PrefixedHexString, TransformabletoBytes } from './types.js'
 
@@ -107,13 +107,14 @@ export const bytesToInt = (bytes: Uint8Array): number => {
   return res
 }
 
+// TODO: Restrict the input type to only PrefixedHexString
 /**
  * Converts a {@link PrefixedHexString} to a {@link Uint8Array}
- * @param {PrefixedHexString} hex The 0x-prefixed hex string to convert
+ * @param {PrefixedHexString | string} hex The 0x-prefixed hex string to convert
  * @returns {Uint8Array} The converted bytes
  * @throws If the input is not a valid 0x-prefixed hex string
  */
-export const hexToBytes = (hex: PrefixedHexString): Uint8Array => {
+export const hexToBytes = (hex: PrefixedHexString | string): Uint8Array => {
   if (typeof hex !== 'string') {
     throw new Error(`hex argument type ${typeof hex} must be of type string`)
   }
@@ -256,12 +257,13 @@ export const unpadArray = (a: number[]): number[] => {
   return stripZeros(a)
 }
 
+// TODO: Restrict the input type to only PrefixedHexString
 /**
  * Trims leading zeros from a `PrefixedHexString`.
- * @param {PrefixedHexString} a
+ * @param {PrefixedHexString | string} a
  * @return {PrefixedHexString}
  */
-export const unpadHex = (a: PrefixedHexString): PrefixedHexString => {
+export const unpadHex = (a: PrefixedHexString | string): PrefixedHexString => {
   assertIsHexString(a)
   return `0x${stripZeros(stripHexPrefix(a))}`
 }
@@ -353,7 +355,7 @@ export const addHexPrefix = (str: string): PrefixedHexString => {
     return str
   }
 
-  return isHexPrefixed(str) ? str : `0x${str}`
+  return isHexString(str) ? str : `0x${str}`
 }
 
 /**
@@ -540,6 +542,7 @@ export function bigInt64ToBytes(value: bigint, littleEndian: boolean = false): U
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-imports
 export { bytesToUtf8, equalsBytes, utf8ToBytes } from 'ethereum-cryptography/utils.js'
 
-export function hexToBigInt(input: PrefixedHexString): bigint {
-  return bytesToBigInt(hexToBytes(input))
+// TODO: Restrict the input type to only PrefixedHexString
+export function hexToBigInt(input: PrefixedHexString | string): bigint {
+  return bytesToBigInt(hexToBytes(isHexString(input) ? input : `0x${input}`))
 }

packages/util/src/genesis.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { addHexPrefix, bigIntToHex } from './bytes.js'
-import { isHexPrefixed } from './internal.js'
+import { isHexString } from './internal.js'
 
 import type { PrefixedHexString } from './types.js'
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function parseGethGenesisState(json: any) {
     let { balance, code, storage, nonce } = json.alloc[address]
     // create a map with lowercase for easy lookups
     const prefixedAddress = addHexPrefix(address.toLowerCase())
-    balance = isHexPrefixed(balance) ? balance : bigIntToHex(BigInt(balance))
+    balance = isHexString(balance) ? balance : bigIntToHex(BigInt(balance))
     code = code !== undefined ? addHexPrefix(code) : undefined
     storage = storage !== undefined ? Object.entries(storage) : undefined
     nonce = nonce !== undefined ? addHexPrefix(nonce) : undefined

packages/util/src/index.ts

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ export {
   fromUtf8,
   getBinarySize,
   getKeys,
-  isHexPrefixed,
   isHexString,
   padToEven,
   stripHexPrefix,

packages/util/src/internal.ts

@@ -27,17 +27,17 @@ import { bytesToUnprefixedHex, utf8ToBytes } from './bytes.js'
 import type { PrefixedHexString } from './types.js'
 
 /**
- * Returns a `Boolean` on whether or not the a `String` starts with '0x'
- * @param str the string input value
- * @return a boolean if it is or is not hex prefixed
- * @throws if the str input is not a string
+ * Returns a boolean on whether or not the the input starts with '0x' and matches the optional length
+ * @param {string} value the string input value
+ * @param {number|undefined} length the optional length of the hex string in bytes
+ * @returns {boolean} Whether or not the string is a valid PrefixedHexString matching the optional length
  */
-export function isHexPrefixed(str: string): str is PrefixedHexString {
-  if (typeof str !== 'string') {
-    throw new Error(`[isHexPrefixed] input must be type 'string', received type ${typeof str}`)
-  }
+export function isHexString(value: string, length?: number): value is PrefixedHexString {
+  if (typeof value !== 'string' || !value.match(/^0x[0-9A-Fa-f]*$/)) return false
 
-  return str[0] === '0' && str[1] === 'x'
+  if (typeof length !== 'undefined' && length > 0 && value.length !== 2 + 2 * length) return false
+
+  return true
 }
 
 /**
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const stripHexPrefix = (str: string): string => {
   if (typeof str !== 'string')
     throw new Error(`[stripHexPrefix] input must be type 'string', received ${typeof str}`)
 
-  return isHexPrefixed(str) ? str.slice(2) : str
+  return isHexString(str) ? str.slice(2) : str
 }
 
 /**
@@ -197,18 +197,3 @@ export function getKeys(params: Record<string, string>[], key: string, allowEmpt
 
   return result
 }
-
-/**
- * Is the string a hex string.
- *
- * @param  value
- * @param  length
- * @returns output the string is a hex string
- */
-export function isHexString(value: string, length?: number): value is PrefixedHexString {
-  if (typeof value !== 'string' || !value.match(/^0x[0-9A-Fa-f]*$/)) return false
-
-  if (typeof length !== 'undefined' && length > 0 && value.length !== 2 + 2 * length) return false
-
-  return true
-}

packages/util/test/internal.spec.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   fromUtf8,
   getBinarySize,
   getKeys,
-  isHexPrefixed,
   isHexString,
   padToEven,
   stripHexPrefix,
@@ -18,9 +17,12 @@ import {
 const buf = utf8ToBytes('hello')
 
 describe('internal', () => {
-  it('isHexPrefixed', () => {
-    assert.equal(isHexPrefixed('0xabc'), true)
-    assert.equal(isHexPrefixed('abc'), false)
+  it('isHexString', () => {
+    assert.isTrue(isHexString('0x123'))
+    assert.isTrue(isHexString('0xabc'))
+    assert.isFalse(isHexString('abc'))
+    assert.isFalse(isHexString('123'))
+    assert.isTrue(isHexString('0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000'))
   })
   it('stripHexPrefix', () => {
     assert.equal(stripHexPrefix('0xabc'), 'abc')
@@ -65,20 +67,6 @@ describe('internal', () => {
       ['', '3']
     )
   })
-  it('isHexString', () => {
-    assert.equal(isHexString('0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000'), true)
-    assert.equal(isHexString('123'), false)
-  })
-
-  describe('isHexPrefixed', () => {
-    it('should return true for hex-prefixed string', () => {
-      assert.isTrue(isHexPrefixed('0x123'))
-    })
-
-    it('should return false for non-hex-prefixed string', () => {
-      assert.isFalse(isHexPrefixed('123'))
-    })
-  })
 
   describe('padToEven', () => {
     it('should pad odd-length string to even', () => {