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1 /* 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_
7 #define _PB_ENCODE_H_
8 
9 #include "pb.h"
10 
11 #ifdef __cplusplus
12 extern "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  */
27 struct _pb_ostream_t
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
38     bool (*callback)(pb_ostream_t *stream, const uint8_t *buf, size_t count);
39 #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  */
67 bool 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  */
72 bool 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. */
76 bool 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  */
89 pb_ostream_t pb_ostream_from_buffer(uint8_t *buf, size_t bufsize);
90 
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  */
109 bool pb_write(pb_ostream_t *stream, const uint8_t *buf, size_t count);
110 
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. */
118 bool 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. */
122 bool 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. */
126 bool 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. */
130 bool 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. */
133 bool pb_encode_string(pb_ostream_t *stream, const uint8_t *buffer, size_t size);
134 
135 /* Encode a fixed32, sfixed32 or float value.
136  * You need to pass a pointer to a 4-byte wide C variable. */
137 bool 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. */
141 bool 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  */
148 bool 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
155