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<aname="migration-v4"></a><aname="migration-v4"></a><h1class="show-anchors"><div>Migration: From Ethers v4<divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/migration/ethers-v4/#migration-v4"></a></div></div></h1>
<aname="migration-v4--bignumber--namespace"></a><h3class="show-anchors"><div>Namespace<divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/migration/ethers-v4/#migration-v4--bignumber--namespace"></a></div></div></h3><p>Since <ahref="/v5/api/utils/bignumber/">BigNumber</a> is used quite frequently, it has been moved to the top level of the umbrella package.</p>
<divclass="code">// v4
ethers.utils.BigNumber
ethers.utils.BigNumberish
// v5
ethers.BigNumber
ethers.BigNumberish</div><aname="migration-v4--bignumber--creating-instances"></a><h3class="show-anchors"><div>Creating Instances<divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/migration/ethers-v4/#migration-v4--bignumber--creating-instances"></a></div></div></h3><p>The <codeclass="inline">bigNumberify</code> method was always preferred over the constructor since it could short-circuit an object instantiation for [[BigNumber] objects (since they are immutable). This has been moved to a static <codeclass="inline">from</code> class method.</p>
<aname="migration-v4--errors--namespace"></a><h3class="show-anchors"><div>Namespace<divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/migration/ethers-v4/#migration-v4--errors--namespace"></a></div></div></h3><p>All errors now belong to the <ahref="/v5/api/utils/logger/#Logger">Logger</a> class and the related functions have been moved to <ahref="/v5/api/utils/logger/#Logger">Logger</a> instances, which can include a per-package version string.</p>
<p>Global error fucntions have been moved <ahref="/v5/api/utils/logger/#Logger">Logger</a> class methods.</p>
logger.info(...)</div><aname="migration-v4--interface"></a><h2class="show-anchors"><div>Interface<divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/migration/ethers-v4/#migration-v4--interface"></a></div></div></h2><p>The <ahref="/v5/api/utils/abi/interface/">Interface</a> object has undergone the most dramatic changes.</p>
<p>It is no longer a meta-class and now has methods that simplify handling contract interface operations without the need for object inspection and special edge cases.</p>
<divclass="code">// v4 (example: "transfer(address to, uint amount)")
interface.functions.transfer.encode(to, amount)
interface.functions.transfer.decode(callData)
// v5
interface.encodeData("transfer", [ to, amount ])
interface.decodeResult("transfer", data)
// Or you can use any compatible signature or Fragment objects.
// Notice that signature normalization is performed for you,
// e.g. "uint" and "uint256" will be automatically converted
interface.encodeData("transfer(address,uint)", [ to, amount ])
interface.decodeResult("transfer(address to, uint256 amount)", data)</div><aname="migration-v4--interface--events"></a><h3class="show-anchors"><div>Events<divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/migration/ethers-v4/#migration-v4--interface--events"></a></div></div></h3>
interface.encodeEventLog("Transfer", data, topics)</div><aname="migration-v4--interface--inspection"></a><h3class="show-anchors"><div>Inspection<divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/migration/ethers-v4/#migration-v4--interface--inspection"></a></div></div></h3><p>Interrogating properties about a function or event can now (mostly) be done directly on the <ahref="/v5/api/utils/abi/fragments/#Fragment">Fragment</a> object.</p>
<aname="migration-v4--wallet--mnemonic-phrases"></a><h3class="show-anchors"><div>Mnemonic Phrases<divclass="anchors"><aclass="self"href="/v5/migration/ethers-v4/#migration-v4--wallet--mnemonic-phrases"></a></div></div></h3><p>The <b>mnemonic</b> phrase and related properties have been merged into a single <codeclass="inline">mnemonic</code> object, which also now includes the <codeclass="inline">locale</code>.</p>
<divclass="code">// v4
wallet.mnemonic
wallet.path
// v5
// - Mnemonic phrase and path are a Mnemonic object
// - Note: wallet.mnemonic is null if there is no mnemonic
wallet.mnemonic.phrase
wallet.mnemonic.path</div>
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