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| -rw-r--r-- | src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py | 32 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py index 6ba7d648bdb..9c0fa2d02aa 100644 --- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py +++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py @@ -645,10 +645,9 @@ class VPPApiClient(object): # Block until we get a reply. rl = [] while (True): - msg = self.transport.read() - if not msg: + r = self.read_blocking(no_type_conversion) + if r is None: raise VPPIOError(2, 'VPP API client: read failed') - r = self.decode_incoming_msg(msg, no_type_conversion) msgname = type(r).__name__ if context not in r or r.context == 0 or context != r.context: # Message being queued @@ -700,6 +699,33 @@ class VPPApiClient(object): self.transport.write(b) return context + def read_blocking(self, no_type_conversion=False): + """Get next received message from transport within timeout, decoded. + + Note that noticifations have context zero + and are not put into receive queue (at least for socket transport), + use async_thread with registered callback for processing them. + + If no message appears in the queue within timeout, return None. + + Optionally, type conversion can be skipped, + as some of conversions are into less precise types. + + When r is the return value of this, the caller can get message name as: + msgname = type(r).__name__ + and context number (type long) as: + context = r.context + + :param no_type_conversion: If false, type conversions are applied. + :type no_type_conversion: bool + :returns: Decoded message, or None if no message (within timeout). + :rtype: Whatever VPPType.unpack returns, depends on no_type_conversion. + """ + msg = self.transport.read() + if not msg: + return None + return self.decode_incoming_msg(msg, no_type_conversion) + def register_event_callback(self, callback): """Register a callback for async messages. |