Include contractName in the contract object

[eemebarbe]

I'm trying to build a React library that takes in an ethers Contract instance as a single argument, and generates a simple front end for your smart contract. Though the json object generated when compiling a contract with Hardhat includes a "contractName" field, only the ABI field is passed into the contract instance. It would be great if the whole object was included and the contract name was accessible via the contract instance.

[zemse]

ethers.Contract class accepts only bytecode and ABI while creation. There is currently no way to specify an artifact name. However you can easily extend it to add an extra prop.

class ContractWithName extends ethers.Contract {
  name: string;
  constructor(name, address, abi, signerOrProvider) {
    this.name = name;
    super(address, abi, signerOrProvider);
  }
}

[eemebarbe]

I understand that it does not include a contract name, I was saying that it would be useful if it did.