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22 // MessageType represents the type of a VPP message.
23 // Note: this is currently derived from the message header (fields),
24 // and in many cases it does not represent the actual type of VPP message.
25 // This means that some replies can be identified as requests, etc.
26 // TODO: use services to identify type of message
30 // RequestMessage represents a VPP request message
31 RequestMessage MessageType = iota
32 // ReplyMessage represents a VPP reply message
34 // EventMessage represents a VPP event message
36 // OtherMessage represents other VPP message
40 // Message is an interface that is implemented by all VPP Binary API messages generated by the binapigenerator.
41 type Message interface {
42 // GetMessageName returns the original VPP name of the message, as defined in the VPP API.
43 GetMessageName() string
45 // GetCrcString returns the string with CRC checksum of the message definition (the string represents a hexadecimal number).
48 // GetMessageType returns the type of the VPP message.
49 GetMessageType() MessageType
52 // DataType is an interface that is implemented by all VPP Binary API data types by the binapi_generator.
53 type DataType interface {
54 // GetTypeName returns the original VPP name of the data type, as defined in the VPP API.
57 // GetCrcString returns the string with CRC checksum of the data type definition (the string represents a hexadecimal number).
61 // ChannelProvider provides the communication channel with govpp core.
62 type ChannelProvider interface {
63 // NewAPIChannel returns a new channel for communication with VPP via govpp core.
64 // It uses default buffer sizes for the request and reply Go channels.
65 NewAPIChannel() (Channel, error)
67 // NewAPIChannelBuffered returns a new channel for communication with VPP via govpp core.
68 // It allows to specify custom buffer sizes for the request and reply Go channels.
69 NewAPIChannelBuffered(reqChanBufSize, replyChanBufSize int) (Channel, error)
72 // Channel provides methods for direct communication with VPP channel.
73 type Channel interface {
74 // SendRequest asynchronously sends a request to VPP. Returns a request context, that can be used to call ReceiveReply.
75 // In case of any errors by sending, the error will be delivered to ReplyChan (and returned by ReceiveReply).
76 SendRequest(msg Message) RequestCtx
78 // SendMultiRequest asynchronously sends a multipart request (request to which multiple responses are expected) to VPP.
79 // Returns a multipart request context, that can be used to call ReceiveReply.
80 // In case of any errors by sending, the error will be delivered to ReplyChan (and returned by ReceiveReply).
81 SendMultiRequest(msg Message) MultiRequestCtx
83 // SubscribeNotification subscribes for receiving of the specified notification messages via provided Go channel.
84 // Note that the caller is responsible for creating the Go channel with preferred buffer size. If the channel's
85 // buffer is full, the notifications will not be delivered into it.
86 SubscribeNotification(notifChan chan Message, event Message) (SubscriptionCtx, error)
88 // SetReplyTimeout sets the timeout for replies from VPP. It represents the maximum time the API waits for a reply
89 // from VPP before returning an error.
90 SetReplyTimeout(timeout time.Duration)
92 // Close closes the API channel and releases all API channel-related resources in the ChannelProvider.
96 // RequestCtx is helper interface which allows to receive reply on request.
97 type RequestCtx interface {
98 // ReceiveReply receives a reply from VPP (blocks until a reply is delivered from VPP, or until an error occurs).
99 // The reply will be decoded into the msg argument. Error will be returned if the response cannot be received or decoded.
100 ReceiveReply(msg Message) error
103 // MultiRequestCtx is helper interface which allows to receive reply on multi-request.
104 type MultiRequestCtx interface {
105 // ReceiveReply receives a reply from VPP (blocks until a reply is delivered from VPP, or until an error occurs).
106 // The reply will be decoded into the msg argument. If the last reply has been already consumed, lastReplyReceived is
107 // set to true. Do not use the message itself if lastReplyReceived is true - it won't be filled with actual data.
108 // Error will be returned if the response cannot be received or decoded.
109 ReceiveReply(msg Message) (lastReplyReceived bool, err error)
112 // SubscriptionCtx is helper interface which allows to control subscription for notification events.
113 type SubscriptionCtx interface {
114 // Unsubscribe unsubscribes from receiving the notifications tied to the subscription context.
118 // map of registered messages
119 var registeredMessages = make(map[string]Message)
121 // RegisterMessage is called from generated code to register message.
122 func RegisterMessage(x Message, name string) {
123 if _, ok := registeredMessages[name]; ok {
124 panic(fmt.Errorf("govpp: duplicate message registered: %s (%s)", name, x.GetCrcString()))
126 registeredMessages[name] = x
129 // GetAllMessages returns list of all registered messages.
130 func GetAllMessages() map[string]Message {
131 return registeredMessages