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Nicolas "Pixel" Noble39937f72016-09-23 06:28:04 +02001/* pb_encode.h: Functions to encode protocol buffers. Depends on pb_encode.c.
2 * The main function is pb_encode. You also need an output stream, and the
3 * field descriptions created by nanopb_generator.py.
4 */
5
6#ifndef PB_ENCODE_H_INCLUDED
7#define PB_ENCODE_H_INCLUDED
8
9#include "pb.h"
10
11#ifdef __cplusplus
12extern "C" {
13#endif
14
15/* Structure for defining custom output streams. You will need to provide
16 * a callback function to write the bytes to your storage, which can be
17 * for example a file or a network socket.
18 *
19 * The callback must conform to these rules:
20 *
21 * 1) Return false on IO errors. This will cause encoding to abort.
22 * 2) You can use state to store your own data (e.g. buffer pointer).
23 * 3) pb_write will update bytes_written after your callback runs.
24 * 4) Substreams will modify max_size and bytes_written. Don't use them
25 * to calculate any pointers.
26 */
27struct pb_ostream_s
28{
29#ifdef PB_BUFFER_ONLY
30 /* Callback pointer is not used in buffer-only configuration.
31 * Having an int pointer here allows binary compatibility but
32 * gives an error if someone tries to assign callback function.
33 * Also, NULL pointer marks a 'sizing stream' that does not
34 * write anything.
35 */
36 int *callback;
37#else
Nicolas "Pixel" Noble87a10812016-09-29 01:31:54 +020038 bool (*callback)(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_byte_t *buf, size_t count);
Nicolas "Pixel" Noble39937f72016-09-23 06:28:04 +020039#endif
40 void *state; /* Free field for use by callback implementation. */
41 size_t max_size; /* Limit number of output bytes written (or use SIZE_MAX). */
42 size_t bytes_written; /* Number of bytes written so far. */
43
44#ifndef PB_NO_ERRMSG
45 const char *errmsg;
46#endif
47};
48
49/***************************
50 * Main encoding functions *
51 ***************************/
52
53/* Encode a single protocol buffers message from C structure into a stream.
54 * Returns true on success, false on any failure.
55 * The actual struct pointed to by src_struct must match the description in fields.
56 * All required fields in the struct are assumed to have been filled in.
57 *
58 * Example usage:
59 * MyMessage msg = {};
60 * uint8_t buffer[64];
61 * pb_ostream_t stream;
62 *
63 * msg.field1 = 42;
64 * stream = pb_ostream_from_buffer(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
65 * pb_encode(&stream, MyMessage_fields, &msg);
66 */
67bool pb_encode(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_t fields[], const void *src_struct);
68
69/* Same as pb_encode, but prepends the length of the message as a varint.
70 * Corresponds to writeDelimitedTo() in Google's protobuf API.
71 */
72bool pb_encode_delimited(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_t fields[], const void *src_struct);
73
74/* Encode the message to get the size of the encoded data, but do not store
75 * the data. */
76bool pb_get_encoded_size(size_t *size, const pb_field_t fields[], const void *src_struct);
77
78/**************************************
79 * Functions for manipulating streams *
80 **************************************/
81
82/* Create an output stream for writing into a memory buffer.
83 * The number of bytes written can be found in stream.bytes_written after
84 * encoding the message.
85 *
86 * Alternatively, you can use a custom stream that writes directly to e.g.
87 * a file or a network socket.
88 */
Nicolas "Pixel" Noble87a10812016-09-29 01:31:54 +020089pb_ostream_t pb_ostream_from_buffer(pb_byte_t *buf, size_t bufsize);
Nicolas "Pixel" Noble39937f72016-09-23 06:28:04 +020090
91/* Pseudo-stream for measuring the size of a message without actually storing
92 * the encoded data.
93 *
94 * Example usage:
95 * MyMessage msg = {};
96 * pb_ostream_t stream = PB_OSTREAM_SIZING;
97 * pb_encode(&stream, MyMessage_fields, &msg);
98 * printf("Message size is %d\n", stream.bytes_written);
99 */
100#ifndef PB_NO_ERRMSG
101#define PB_OSTREAM_SIZING {0,0,0,0,0}
102#else
103#define PB_OSTREAM_SIZING {0,0,0,0}
104#endif
105
106/* Function to write into a pb_ostream_t stream. You can use this if you need
107 * to append or prepend some custom headers to the message.
108 */
Nicolas "Pixel" Noble87a10812016-09-29 01:31:54 +0200109bool pb_write(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_byte_t *buf, size_t count);
Nicolas "Pixel" Noble39937f72016-09-23 06:28:04 +0200110
111
112/************************************************
113 * Helper functions for writing field callbacks *
114 ************************************************/
115
116/* Encode field header based on type and field number defined in the field
117 * structure. Call this from the callback before writing out field contents. */
118bool pb_encode_tag_for_field(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_t *field);
119
120/* Encode field header by manually specifing wire type. You need to use this
121 * if you want to write out packed arrays from a callback field. */
122bool pb_encode_tag(pb_ostream_t *stream, pb_wire_type_t wiretype, uint32_t field_number);
123
124/* Encode an integer in the varint format.
125 * This works for bool, enum, int32, int64, uint32 and uint64 field types. */
126bool pb_encode_varint(pb_ostream_t *stream, uint64_t value);
127
128/* Encode an integer in the zig-zagged svarint format.
129 * This works for sint32 and sint64. */
130bool pb_encode_svarint(pb_ostream_t *stream, int64_t value);
131
132/* Encode a string or bytes type field. For strings, pass strlen(s) as size. */
Nicolas "Pixel" Noble87a10812016-09-29 01:31:54 +0200133bool pb_encode_string(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_byte_t *buffer, size_t size);
Nicolas "Pixel" Noble39937f72016-09-23 06:28:04 +0200134
135/* Encode a fixed32, sfixed32 or float value.
136 * You need to pass a pointer to a 4-byte wide C variable. */
137bool pb_encode_fixed32(pb_ostream_t *stream, const void *value);
138
139/* Encode a fixed64, sfixed64 or double value.
140 * You need to pass a pointer to a 8-byte wide C variable. */
141bool pb_encode_fixed64(pb_ostream_t *stream, const void *value);
142
143/* Encode a submessage field.
144 * You need to pass the pb_field_t array and pointer to struct, just like
145 * with pb_encode(). This internally encodes the submessage twice, first to
146 * calculate message size and then to actually write it out.
147 */
148bool pb_encode_submessage(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_t fields[], const void *src_struct);
149
150#ifdef __cplusplus
151} /* extern "C" */
152#endif
153
154#endif