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| -rw-r--r-- | src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py index b3f2a156939..84a3e515b89 100644 --- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py +++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py @@ -669,13 +669,17 @@ class VPPApiClient(object): return rl def _call_vpp_async(self, i, msg, **kwargs): - """Given a message, send the message and await a reply. + """Given a message, send the message and return the context. msgdef - the message packing definition i - the message type index context - context number - chosen at random if not supplied. The remainder of the kwargs are the arguments to the API call. + + The reply message(s) will be delivered later to the registered callback. + The returned context will help with assigning which call + the reply belongs to. """ if 'context' not in kwargs: context = self.get_context() @@ -691,6 +695,7 @@ class VPPApiClient(object): b = msg.pack(kwargs) self.transport.write(b) + return context def register_event_callback(self, callback): """Register a callback for async messages. |