Begin migrating the vm service from a rest-style interface to a json-rpc style interface.

runtime/vm/service/message.dart

 // Copyright (c) 2013, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
 // for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 part of vmservice;
 
 class Message {
   final Completer _completer = new Completer.sync();
   bool get completed => _completer.isCompleted;
   /// Future of response.
   Future<String> get response => _completer.future;
-  /// Path.
+
+  final bool isOld;
+
+  // In new messages.
+  final String method;
+
+  // In old messages.
   final List path = new List();
-  /// Options.
-  final Map options = new Map();
+
+  final Map params = new Map();
 
   void _setPath(List<String> pathSegments) {
     if (pathSegments == null) {
       return;
     }
     pathSegments.forEach((String segment) {
       if (segment == null || segment == '') {
         return;
       }
       path.add(segment);
     });
   }
 
-  Message.fromUri(Uri uri) {
+  Message.fromUri(Uri uri) : isOld = true {
     var split = uri.path.split('/');
     if (split.length == 0) {
       setErrorResponse('Invalid uri: $uri.');
       return;
     }
     _setPath(split);
-    options.addAll(uri.queryParameters);
+    params.addAll(uri.queryParameters);
   }
 
-  Message.fromMap(Map map) {
+  Message.fromJsonRpc(this.method, Map rpcParams)
+      : isOld = false {
+    params.addAll(rpcParams);
+  }
+
+  Message.fromMap(Map map) : isOld = true {
     _setPath(map['path']);
+    // TODO - turnidge - change this to params in sender.
     if (map['options'] != null) {
-      options.addAll(map['options']);
+      params.addAll(map['options']);
     }
   }
 
   dynamic toJson() {
     return {
       'path': path,
-      'options': options
+      'params': params
     };
   }
 
   Future<String> send(SendPort sendPort) {
     final receivePort = new RawReceivePort();
     receivePort.handler = (value) {
       receivePort.close();
       if (value is Exception) {
         _completer.completeError(value);
       } else {
         _completer.complete(value);
       }
     };
-    var keys = options.keys.toList(growable:false);
-    var values = options.values.toList(growable:false);
+    var keys = params.keys.toList(growable:false);
+    var values = params.values.toList(growable:false);
     var request = new List(5)
         ..[0] = 0  // Make room for OOB message type.
         ..[1] = receivePort.sendPort
-        ..[2] = path
+        ..[2] = (isOld ? path : method)
         ..[3] = keys
         ..[4] = values;
     sendIsolateServiceMessage(sendPort, request);
     return _completer.future;
   }
 
   Future<String> sendToVM() {
     final receivePort = new RawReceivePort();
     receivePort.handler = (value) {
       receivePort.close();
       if (value is Exception) {
         _completer.completeError(value);
       } else {
         _completer.complete(value);
       }
     };
-    var keys = options.keys.toList(growable:false);
-    var values = options.values.toList(growable:false);
+    var keys = params.keys.toList(growable:false);
+    var values = params.values.toList(growable:false);
     var request = new List(5)
         ..[0] = 0  // Make room for OOB message type.
         ..[1] = receivePort.sendPort
-        ..[2] = path
+        ..[2] = (isOld ? path : method)
         ..[3] = keys
         ..[4] = values;
     sendRootServiceMessage(request);
     return _completer.future;
   }
 
   void setResponse(String response) {
     _completer.complete(response);
   }
 
   void setErrorResponse(String error) {
     _completer.complete(JSON.encode({
         'type': 'ServiceError',
         'id': '',
         'kind': 'RequestError',
         'message': error,
         'path': path,
-        'options': options
+        'params': params
     }));
   }
 }
 
 void sendIsolateServiceMessage(SendPort sp, List m)
     native "VMService_SendIsolateServiceMessage";
 
 void sendRootServiceMessage(List m)
     native "VMService_SendRootServiceMessage";