From 4ed46089d8aa567180ad1d4ae933f5250ba3ec8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DaniPopes <57450786+DaniPopes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 21:40:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] contract: return `Arc<M>` instead of `&M` (#1731)

* return Arc<M> instead of &M

* docs
---
 ethers-contract/src/contract.rs |  6 +++---
 ethers-contract/src/factory.rs  | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ethers-contract/src/contract.rs b/ethers-contract/src/contract.rs
index 17443e5a..11ec62a3 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/src/contract.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/src/contract.rs
@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ impl<M> Contract<M> {
         &self.base_contract.abi
     }
 
-    /// Returns a reference to the contract's client
-    pub fn client(&self) -> &M {
-        &self.client
+    /// Returns a pointer to the contract's client
+    pub fn client(&self) -> Arc<M> {
+        self.client.clone()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ethers-contract/src/factory.rs b/ethers-contract/src/factory.rs
index 7f51e8d3..bffb9045 100644
--- a/ethers-contract/src/factory.rs
+++ b/ethers-contract/src/factory.rs
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ impl<M: Middleware, C: From<Contract<M>>> ContractDeployer<M, C> {
         self.deployer.abi()
     }
 
-    /// Returns a reference to the deployer's client
-    pub fn client(&self) -> &M {
+    /// Returns a pointer to the deployer's client
+    pub fn client(&self) -> Arc<M> {
         self.deployer.client()
     }
 }
@@ -261,9 +261,9 @@ impl<M: Middleware> Deployer<M> {
         &self.abi
     }
 
-    /// Returns a reference to the deployer's client
-    pub fn client(&self) -> &M {
-        &self.client
+    /// Returns a pointer to the deployer's client
+    pub fn client(&self) -> Arc<M> {
+        self.client.clone()
     }
 }