-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# 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
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.