// Copyright (c) 2021 Cisco and/or its affiliates. // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at: // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. package api import ( "context" "time" ) // Connection represents the client connection to VPP API. // // NOTE: This API is EXPERIMENTAL. type Connection interface { // NewStream creates a new stream for sending and receiving messages. // Context can be used to close the stream using cancel or timeout. NewStream(ctx context.Context, options ...StreamOption) (Stream, error) // Invoke can be used for a simple request-reply RPC. // It creates stream and calls SendMsg with req and RecvMsg which returns // reply. Invoke(ctx context.Context, req Message, reply Message) error } // Stream provides low-level access for sending and receiving messages. // Users should handle correct type and ordering of messages. // // It is not safe to call these methods on the same stream in different // goroutines. // // NOTE: This API is EXPERIMENTAL. type Stream interface { // SendMsg sends a message to the client. // It blocks until message is sent to the transport. SendMsg(Message) error // RecvMsg blocks until a message is received or error occurs. RecvMsg() (Message, error) // Close closes the stream. Calling SendMsg and RecvMsg will return error // after closing stream. Close() error } // StreamOption allows customizing a Stream. Available options are: // - WithRequestSize // - WithReplySize // - WithReplyTimeout type StreamOption func(Stream) // 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 { // 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, event Message) (SubscriptionCtx, 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) // CheckCompatibility checks the compatiblity for the given messages. // It will return an error if any of the given messages are not compatible. CheckCompatiblity(msgs ...Message) error // Close closes the API channel and releases all API channel-related resources // in the ChannelProvider. Close() } // RequestCtx is helper interface which allows to receive reply on request. type RequestCtx interface { // ReceiveReply receives a reply from VPP (blocks until a reply is delivered // from VPP, or until an error occurs). The reply will be decoded into the msg // argument. Error will be returned if the response cannot be received or decoded. ReceiveReply(msg Message) error } // MultiRequestCtx is helper interface which allows to receive reply on multi-request. type MultiRequestCtx interface { // ReceiveReply receives a reply from VPP (blocks until a reply is delivered // from VPP, or until an error occurs).The reply will be decoded into the msg // argument. If the last reply has been already consumed, lastReplyReceived is // set to true. Do not use the message itself if lastReplyReceived is // true - it won't be filled with actual data.Error will be returned if the // response cannot be received or decoded. ReceiveReply(msg Message) (lastReplyReceived bool, err error) } // SubscriptionCtx is helper interface which allows to control subscription for // notification events. type SubscriptionCtx interface { // Unsubscribe unsubscribes from receiving the notifications tied to the // subscription context. Unsubscribe() error }