Add subxt documentation (#546)

* Documentation for cli crate

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* codegen: Add documentation and simplify calls generation

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* codegen: Add documentation and simplify events generation

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* codegen: Add documentation and simplify constants generation

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* codegen: Add documentation and simplify storage generation

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* codegen: Add lib documentation

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* macro: Remove `-f bytes` as this is the default

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* subxt/client: Add examples

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* lib_doc: Add documentation to dedicated file

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* Link documentation from file

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* subxt: Add more documentation

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* subxt: Add Storage example

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* Add rpc documentation

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* metadata: Add documentation for errors

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* Add documentation for the `extrinsic` module

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* Add documentation for `events` module

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* subxt: Add `Static Metadata Validation` section

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* subxt: Add `Runtime Updates` section

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* Fix link to documentation

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* readme: Remove hardcoded versions

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* Move documentation to dedicated folder

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* Spaces between examples

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* More details for `types_mod_ident`

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* Add note for RuntimeGenerator

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* Address feedback

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* Update codegen/src/api/constants.rs

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* Update subxt/src/lib.rs

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* Update subxt/src/metadata/metadata_type.rs

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* Update subxt/src/storage.rs

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* Address feedback

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* Fix cargo clippy

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* Update call example

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* Add example for fetching constants

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* Link to examples in subxt.md

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* Update codegen/src/api/calls.rs

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* Update codegen/src/api/calls.rs

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* Update codegen/src/api/calls.rs

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* Update codegen/src/api/constants.rs

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* Update codegen/src/api/constants.rs

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* Update codegen/src/api/storage.rs

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* Update codegen/src/api/storage.rs

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* Update codegen/src/api/storage.rs

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* Update docs/subxt.md

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* Update docs/subxt.md

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* Update docs/subxt.md

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* Update docs/subxt.md

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* Update docs/subxt.md

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* Update subxt/src/extrinsic/mod.rs

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* Update subxt/src/storage.rs

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* Update documentation

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* Update examples/examples/balance_transfer.rs

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* Update subxt/src/extrinsic/mod.rs

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* Update subxt/src/rpc.rs

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* Update subxt/src/updates.rs

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* Update docs example with `PolkadotExtrinsicParams`

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* subxt: Remove extrinsic extra documentation

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* examples: Remove similar transfer example

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* Apply cargo fmt

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codegen/src/api/constants.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 use crate::types::TypeGenerator;
 use frame_metadata::{
     v14::RuntimeMetadataV14,
-    PalletConstantMetadata,
     PalletMetadata,
 };
 use heck::ToSnakeCase as _;
@@ -29,13 +28,41 @@ use quote::{
 };
 use scale_info::form::PortableForm;
 
+/// Generate constants from the provided pallet's metadata.
+///
+/// The function creates a new module named `constants` under the pallet's module.
+/// ```ignore
+/// pub mod PalletName {
+///     pub mod constants {
+///     ...
+///     }
+/// }
+/// ```
+///
+/// The constants are exposed via the `ConstantsApi` wrapper.
+///
+/// Although the constants are defined in the provided static metadata, the API
+/// ensures that the constants are returned from the runtime metadata of the node.
+/// This ensures that if the node's constants change value, we'll always see the latest values.
+///
+/// # Arguments
+///
+/// - `metadata` - Runtime metadata from which the calls are generated.
+/// - `type_gen` - The type generator containing all types defined by metadata
+/// - `pallet` - Pallet metadata from which the calls are generated.
+/// - `types_mod_ident` - The ident of the base module that we can use to access the generated types from.
 pub fn generate_constants(
     metadata: &RuntimeMetadataV14,
     type_gen: &TypeGenerator,
     pallet: &PalletMetadata<PortableForm>,
-    constants: &[PalletConstantMetadata<PortableForm>],
     types_mod_ident: &syn::Ident,
 ) -> TokenStream2 {
+    // Early return if the pallet has no constants.
+    if pallet.constants.is_empty() {
+        return quote!()
+    }
+    let constants = &pallet.constants;
+
     let constant_fns = constants.iter().map(|constant| {
         let fn_name = format_ident!("{}", constant.name.to_snake_case());
         let pallet_name = &pallet.name;