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diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 9c68ab9..39fe60f 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -15,10 +15,15 @@
package api
import (
+ "fmt"
"time"
)
// MessageType represents the type of a VPP message.
+// Note: this is currently derived from the message header (fields),
+// and in many cases it does not represent the actual type of VPP message.
+// This means that some replies can be identified as requests, etc.
+// TODO: use services to identify type of message
type MessageType int
const (
@@ -26,9 +31,9 @@ const (
RequestMessage MessageType = iota
// ReplyMessage represents a VPP reply message
ReplyMessage
- // EventMessage represents a VPP notification event message
+ // EventMessage represents a VPP event message
EventMessage
- // OtherMessage represents other VPP message (e.g. counters)
+ // OtherMessage represents other VPP message
OtherMessage
)
@@ -37,11 +42,11 @@ type Message interface {
// GetMessageName returns the original VPP name of the message, as defined in the VPP API.
GetMessageName() string
- // GetMessageType returns the type of the VPP message.
- GetMessageType() MessageType
-
// GetCrcString returns the string with CRC checksum of the message definition (the string represents a hexadecimal number).
GetCrcString() string
+
+ // GetMessageType returns the type of the VPP message.
+ GetMessageType() MessageType
}
// DataType is an interface that is implemented by all VPP Binary API data types by the binapi_generator.
@@ -53,17 +58,6 @@ type DataType interface {
GetCrcString() string
}
-// ChannelProvider provides the communication channel with govpp core.
-type ChannelProvider interface {
- // NewAPIChannel returns a new channel for communication with VPP via govpp core.
- // It uses default buffer sizes for the request and reply Go channels.
- NewAPIChannel() (Channel, error)
-
- // NewAPIChannelBuffered returns a new channel for communication with VPP via govpp core.
- // It allows to specify custom buffer sizes for the request and reply Go channels.
- NewAPIChannelBuffered(reqChanBufSize, replyChanBufSize int) (Channel, error)
-}
-
// MessageDecoder provides functionality for decoding binary data to generated API messages.
type MessageDecoder interface {
// DecodeMsg decodes binary-encoded data of a message into provided Message structure.
@@ -74,43 +68,48 @@ type MessageDecoder interface {
type MessageIdentifier interface {
// GetMessageID returns message identifier of given API message.
GetMessageID(msg Message) (uint16, error)
+
// LookupByID looks up message name and crc by ID
- LookupByID(ID uint16) (string, error)
+ LookupByID(msgID uint16) (Message, error)
+}
+
+// ChannelProvider provides the communication channel with govpp core.
+type ChannelProvider interface {
+ // NewAPIChannel returns a new channel for communication with VPP via govpp core.
+ // It uses default buffer sizes for the request and reply Go channels.
+ NewAPIChannel() (Channel, error)
+
+ // NewAPIChannelBuffered returns a new channel for communication with VPP via govpp core.
+ // It allows to specify custom buffer sizes for the request and reply Go channels.
+ NewAPIChannelBuffered(reqChanBufSize, replyChanBufSize int) (Channel, error)
}
// Channel provides methods for direct communication with VPP channel.
type Channel interface {
+ // GetID returns channel's ID
+ GetID() uint16
+
// SendRequest asynchronously sends a request to VPP. Returns a request context, that can be used to call ReceiveReply.
// In case of any errors by sending, the error will be delivered to ReplyChan (and returned by ReceiveReply).
SendRequest(msg Message) RequestCtx
+
// SendMultiRequest asynchronously sends a multipart request (request to which multiple responses are expected) to VPP.
// Returns a multipart request context, that can be used to call ReceiveReply.
// In case of any errors by sending, the error will be delivered to ReplyChan (and returned by ReceiveReply).
SendMultiRequest(msg Message) MultiRequestCtx
+
// SubscribeNotification subscribes for receiving of the specified notification messages via provided Go channel.
// Note that the caller is responsible for creating the Go channel with preferred buffer size. If the channel's
// buffer is full, the notifications will not be delivered into it.
SubscribeNotification(notifChan chan Message, msgFactory func() Message) (*NotifSubscription, error)
+
// UnsubscribeNotification unsubscribes from receiving the notifications tied to the provided notification subscription.
UnsubscribeNotification(subscription *NotifSubscription) error
- // CheckMessageCompatibility checks whether provided messages are compatible with the version of VPP
- // which the library is connected to.
- CheckMessageCompatibility(messages ...Message) error
+
// SetReplyTimeout sets the timeout for replies from VPP. It represents the maximum time the API waits for a reply
// from VPP before returning an error.
SetReplyTimeout(timeout time.Duration)
- // GetRequestChannel returns request go channel of the VPP channel
- GetRequestChannel() chan<- *VppRequest
- // GetReplyChannel returns reply go channel of the VPP channel
- GetReplyChannel() <-chan *VppReply
- // GetNotificationChannel returns notification go channel of the VPP channel
- GetNotificationChannel() chan<- *NotifSubscribeRequest
- // GetNotificationReplyChannel returns notification reply go channel of the VPP channel
- GetNotificationReplyChannel() <-chan error
- // GetMessageDecoder returns message decoder instance
- GetMessageDecoder() MessageDecoder
- // GetID returns channel's ID
- GetID() uint16
+
// Close closes the API channel and releases all API channel-related resources in the ChannelProvider.
Close()
}
@@ -131,30 +130,24 @@ type MultiRequestCtx interface {
ReceiveReply(msg Message) (lastReplyReceived bool, err error)
}
-// VppRequest is a request that will be sent to VPP.
-type VppRequest struct {
- SeqNum uint16 // sequence number
- Message Message // binary API message to be send to VPP
- Multipart bool // true if multipart response is expected, false otherwise
+// NotifSubscription represents a subscription for delivery of specific notification messages.
+type NotifSubscription struct {
+ NotifChan chan Message // channel where notification messages will be delivered to
+ MsgFactory func() Message // function that returns a new instance of the specific message that is expected as a notification
+ // TODO: use Message directly here, not a factory, eliminating need to allocation
}
-// VppReply is a reply received from VPP.
-type VppReply struct {
- MessageID uint16 // ID of the message
- SeqNum uint16 // sequence number
- Data []byte // encoded data with the message - MessageDecoder can be used for decoding
- LastReplyReceived bool // in case of multipart replies, true if the last reply has been already received and this one should be ignored
- Error error // in case of error, data is nil and this member contains error description
-}
+var registeredMessages = make(map[string]Message)
-// NotifSubscribeRequest is a request to subscribe for delivery of specific notification messages.
-type NotifSubscribeRequest struct {
- Subscription *NotifSubscription // subscription details
- Subscribe bool // true if this is a request to subscribe, false if unsubscribe
+// RegisterMessage is called from generated code to register message.
+func RegisterMessage(x Message, name string) {
+ if _, ok := registeredMessages[name]; ok {
+ panic(fmt.Errorf("govpp: duplicate message registered: %s (%s)", name, x.GetCrcString()))
+ }
+ registeredMessages[name] = x
}
-// NotifSubscription represents a subscription for delivery of specific notification messages.
-type NotifSubscription struct {
- NotifChan chan Message // channel where notification messages will be delivered to
- MsgFactory func() Message // function that returns a new instance of the specific message that is expected as a notification
+// GetAllMessages returns list of all registered messages.
+func GetAllMessages() map[string]Message {
+ return registeredMessages
}