Address().fromBuffer(buf);

lib/address.js

@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@ var Hash = require('./hash');
 var Pubkey = require('./pubkey');
 var Script = require('./script');
 
-function Address(obj) {
+function Address(buf) {
   if (!(this instanceof Address))
-    return new Address(obj);
-  if (obj)
+    return new Address(buf);
+  if (Buffer.isBuffer(buf)) {
+    this.fromBuffer(buf);
+  } else if (typeof buf === 'string') {
+    var str = buf;
+    this.fromString(str);
+  } else if (buf) {
+    var obj = buf;
     this.set(obj);
+  }
 };
 
 Address.prototype.set = function(obj) {
@@ -18,22 +25,7 @@ Address.prototype.set = function(obj) {
   return this;
 };
 
-Address.prototype.fromPubkey = function(pubkey, networkstr) {
-  this.hashbuf = Hash.sha256ripemd160(pubkey.toBuffer());
-  this.networkstr = networkstr || 'mainnet';
-  this.typestr = 'pubkeyhash';
-  return this;
-};
-
-Address.prototype.fromScript = function(script, networkstr) {
-  this.hashbuf = Hash.sha256ripemd160(script.toBuffer());
-  this.networkstr = networkstr || 'mainnet';
-  this.typestr = 'scripthash';
-  return this;
-};
-
-Address.prototype.fromString = function(str) {
-  var buf = base58check.decode(str);
+Address.prototype.fromBuffer = function(buf) {
   if (buf.length !== 1 + 20)
     throw new Error('Address buffers must be exactly 21 bytes');
   var version = buf[0];
@@ -57,6 +49,25 @@ Address.prototype.fromString = function(str) {
   this.hashbuf = buf.slice(1);
 
   return this;
+};
+
+Address.prototype.fromPubkey = function(pubkey, networkstr) {
+  this.hashbuf = Hash.sha256ripemd160(pubkey.toBuffer());
+  this.networkstr = networkstr || 'mainnet';
+  this.typestr = 'pubkeyhash';
+  return this;
+};
+
+Address.prototype.fromScript = function(script, networkstr) {
+  this.hashbuf = Hash.sha256ripemd160(script.toBuffer());
+  this.networkstr = networkstr || 'mainnet';
+  this.typestr = 'scripthash';
+  return this;
+};
+
+Address.prototype.fromString = function(str) {
+  var buf = base58check.decode(str);
+  return this.fromBuffer(buf);
 }
 
 Address.isValid = function(addrstr) {

test/address.js

@@ -6,11 +6,16 @@ var Script = require('../lib/script');
 
 describe('Address', function() {
   var pubkeyhash = new Buffer('3c3fa3d4adcaf8f52d5b1843975e122548269937', 'hex');
+  var buf = Buffer.concat([new Buffer([0]), pubkeyhash]);
   var str = '16VZnHwRhwrExfeHFHGjwrgEMq8VcYPs9r';
 
   it('should create a new address object', function() {
     var address = new Address();
     should.exist(address);
+    address = Address(buf);
+    should.exist(address);
+    address = Address(str);
+    should.exist(address);
   });
 
   describe('@isValid', function() {
@@ -25,6 +30,14 @@ describe('Address', function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe('#fromBuffer', function() {
+    
+    it('should make an address from a buffer', function() {
+      Address().fromBuffer(buf).toString().should.equal(str);
+    });
+
+  });
+
   describe('#fromPubkey', function() {
 
     it('should make this address from a compressed pubkey', function() {