// Copyright (c) 2017 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 ( "time" ) // MessageType represents the type of a VPP message. type MessageType int const ( // RequestMessage represents a VPP request message RequestMessage MessageType = iota // ReplyMessage represents a VPP reply message ReplyMessage // EventMessage represents a VPP notification event message EventMessage // OtherMessage represents other VPP message (e.g. counters) OtherMessage ) // Message is an interface that is implemented by all VPP Binary API messages generated by the binapigenerator. 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 } // DataType is an interface that is implemented by all VPP Binary API data types by the binapi_generator. type DataType interface { // GetTypeName returns the original VPP name of the data type, as defined in the VPP API. GetTypeName() string // GetCrcString returns the string with CRC checksum of the data type definition (the string represents a hexadecimal number). 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. DecodeMsg(data []byte, msg Message) error } // MessageIdentifier provides identification of generated API messages. 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) } // 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, 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() } // RequestCtx is helper interface which allows to receive reply on request context data 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 context data 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) } // 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 } // 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 } // 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 } // 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 }