feat: Support for chunkingInfo in TopicSubmitMessageTransaction (#884)

Signed-off-by: Manish Dait <daitmanish88@gmail.com>

Author: manishdait

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ This changelog is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.
 - Added `.github/workflows/merge-conflict-bot.yml` to automatically detect and notify users of merge conflicts in Pull Requests.
 - Added `.github/workflows/bot-office-hours.yml` to automate the Weekly Office Hour Reminder.
 - feat: Implement account creation with EVM-style alias transaction example.
-- Added validation logic in `.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml` to detect when no new chnagelog entries are added under [Unreleased]
+- Added validation logic in `.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml` to detect when no new chnagelog entries are added under [Unreleased].
+- Support for message chunking in `TopicSubmitMessageTransaction`.
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ This changelog is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.
 - Add `set_token_ids`, `_from_proto`, `_validate_checksum` to TokenAssociateTransaction [#795]
 - docs: added `network_and_client.md` with a table of contents, and added external example scripts (`client.py`).
 
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Upgraded step-security/harden-runner v2.13.2

examples/consensus/topic_message.py

@@ -20,14 +20,21 @@ def __init__(self, seconds: int, nanos: int = 0):
         self.seconds = seconds
         self.nanos = nanos
 
+class MockAccountID:
+    """Mocks the protobuf AccountID object."""
+    def __init__(self, shard, realm, num):
+        self.shardNum = shard
+        self.realmNum = realm
+        self.accountNum = num
+        self.alias = None
+
 class MockTransactionID:
     """Mocks the protobuf TransactionID object."""
     def __init__(self, account_id, seconds, nanos):
 
-        self.shardNum = account_id.shard
-        self.realmNum = account_id.realm
-        self.accountNum = account_id.num
+        self.accountID = account_id
         self.transactionValidStart = MockTimestamp(seconds, nanos)
+        self.scheduled = False
 
 class MockChunkInfo:
     """Mocks the protobuf ChunkInfo object."""
@@ -72,13 +79,7 @@ def mock_consensus_response(
 
     chunk_info = None
     if is_chunked:
-      
-        class MockAcct:
-            shard = 0
-            realm = 0
-            num = 10
-            
-        tx_id = MockTransactionID(MockAcct(), 1736539100, 1) if has_tx_id else None
+        tx_id = MockTransactionID(MockAccountID(0,0,10), 1736539100, 1) if has_tx_id else None
         chunk_info = MockChunkInfo(seq, total_chunks, tx_id)
 
     return MockResponse(message, seq, timestamp, chunk_info)

examples/consensus/topic_message_submit_chunked_transaction.py

@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ def _init_mirror_stub(self) -> None:
         We now use self.network.get_mirror_address() for a configurable mirror address.
         """
         mirror_address = self.network.get_mirror_address()
-        self.mirror_channel = grpc.secure_channel(mirror_address, grpc.ssl_channel_credentials())
+        if mirror_address.endswith(':50212') or mirror_address.endswith(':443'):
+            self.mirror_channel = grpc.secure_channel(mirror_address, grpc.ssl_channel_credentials())
+        else:
+            self.mirror_channel = grpc.insecure_channel(mirror_address)
         self.mirror_stub = mirror_consensus_grpc.ConsensusServiceStub(self.mirror_channel)
 
     def set_operator(self, account_id: AccountId, private_key: PrivateKey) -> None:

src/hiero_sdk_python/client/client.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 from hiero_sdk_python.timestamp import Timestamp
 from hiero_sdk_python.hapi.mirror import consensus_service_pb2 as mirror_proto
+from hiero_sdk_python.transaction.transaction_id import TransactionId
 
 
 class TopicMessageChunk:
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ def __init__(
             consensus_timestamp: datetime,
             message_data: Dict[str, Union[bytes, int]],
             chunks: List[TopicMessageChunk],
-            transaction_id: Optional[str] = None,
+            transaction_id: Optional[TransactionId] = None,
     ) -> None:
         """
         Args:
@@ -52,14 +53,14 @@ def __init__(
                               "sequence_number": int
                           }
             chunks (List[TopicMessageChunk]): All individual chunks that form this message.
-            transaction_id (Optional[str]): The transaction ID string if available.
+            transaction_id (Optional[Transaction]): The transaction ID if available.
         """
         self.consensus_timestamp: datetime = consensus_timestamp
         self.contents: Union[bytes, int] = message_data["contents"]
         self.running_hash: Union[bytes, int] = message_data["running_hash"]
         self.sequence_number: Union[bytes, int] = message_data["sequence_number"]
         self.chunks: List[TopicMessageChunk] = chunks
-        self.transaction_id: Optional[str] = transaction_id
+        self.transaction_id: Optional[TransactionId] = transaction_id
 
     @classmethod
     def of_single(cls, response: mirror_proto.ConsensusTopicResponse) -> "TopicMessage":  # type: ignore
@@ -72,13 +73,9 @@ def of_single(cls, response: mirror_proto.ConsensusTopicResponse) -> "TopicMessa
         running_hash: Union[bytes, int] = response.runningHash
         sequence_number: Union[bytes, int] = chunk.sequence_number
 
-        transaction_id: Optional[str] = None
+        transaction_id: Optional[TransactionId] = None
         if response.HasField("chunkInfo") and response.chunkInfo.HasField("initialTransactionID"):
-            tx_id = response.chunkInfo.initialTransactionID
-            transaction_id = (
-                f"{tx_id.shardNum}.{tx_id.realmNum}.{tx_id.accountNum}-"
-                f"{tx_id.transactionValidStart.seconds}.{tx_id.transactionValidStart.nanos}"
-            )
+            transaction_id = TransactionId._from_proto(response.chunkInfo.initialTransactionID)
 
         return cls(
             consensus_timestamp,
@@ -102,25 +99,24 @@ def of_many(cls, responses: List[mirror_proto.ConsensusTopicResponse]) -> "Topic
 
         chunks: List[TopicMessageChunk] = []
         total_size: int = 0
-        transaction_id: Optional[str] = None
-
+        transaction_id: Optional[TransactionId] = None
+        
         for r in sorted_responses:
             c = TopicMessageChunk(r)
             chunks.append(c)
+            
             total_size += len(r.message)
+            
 
             if (
                     transaction_id is None
                     and r.HasField("chunkInfo")
                     and r.chunkInfo.HasField("initialTransactionID")
             ):
-                tx_id = r.chunkInfo.initialTransactionID
-                transaction_id = (
-                    f"{tx_id.shardNum}.{tx_id.realmNum}.{tx_id.accountNum}-"
-                    f"{tx_id.transactionValidStart.seconds}.{tx_id.transactionValidStart.nanos}"
-                )
+                transaction_id = TransactionId._from_proto(r.chunkInfo.initialTransactionID)
 
         contents = bytearray(total_size)
+        
         offset: int = 0
         for r in sorted_responses:
             end = offset + len(r.message)