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_INCLUDED 7 #define PB_ENCODE_H_INCLUDED 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_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 38 bool (*callback)(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_byte_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 /* Same as pb_encode, but appends a null byte to the message for termination. 75 * NOTE: This behaviour is not supported in most other protobuf implementations, so pb_encode_delimited() 76 * is a better option for compatibility. 77 */ 78 bool pb_encode_nullterminated(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_t fields[], const void *src_struct); 79 80 /* Encode the message to get the size of the encoded data, but do not store 81 * the data. */ 82 bool pb_get_encoded_size(size_t *size, const pb_field_t fields[], const void *src_struct); 83 84 /************************************** 85 * Functions for manipulating streams * 86 **************************************/ 87 88 /* Create an output stream for writing into a memory buffer. 89 * The number of bytes written can be found in stream.bytes_written after 90 * encoding the message. 91 * 92 * Alternatively, you can use a custom stream that writes directly to e.g. 93 * a file or a network socket. 94 */ 95 pb_ostream_t pb_ostream_from_buffer(pb_byte_t *buf, size_t bufsize); 96 97 /* Pseudo-stream for measuring the size of a message without actually storing 98 * the encoded data. 99 * 100 * Example usage: 101 * MyMessage msg = {}; 102 * pb_ostream_t stream = PB_OSTREAM_SIZING; 103 * pb_encode(&stream, MyMessage_fields, &msg); 104 * printf("Message size is %d\n", stream.bytes_written); 105 */ 106 #ifndef PB_NO_ERRMSG 107 #define PB_OSTREAM_SIZING {0,0,0,0,0} 108 #else 109 #define PB_OSTREAM_SIZING {0,0,0,0} 110 #endif 111 112 /* Function to write into a pb_ostream_t stream. You can use this if you need 113 * to append or prepend some custom headers to the message. 114 */ 115 bool pb_write(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_byte_t *buf, size_t count); 116 117 118 /************************************************ 119 * Helper functions for writing field callbacks * 120 ************************************************/ 121 122 /* Encode field header based on type and field number defined in the field 123 * structure. Call this from the callback before writing out field contents. */ 124 bool pb_encode_tag_for_field(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_t *field); 125 126 /* Encode field header by manually specifing wire type. You need to use this 127 * if you want to write out packed arrays from a callback field. */ 128 bool pb_encode_tag(pb_ostream_t *stream, pb_wire_type_t wiretype, uint32_t field_number); 129 130 /* Encode an integer in the varint format. 131 * This works for bool, enum, int32, int64, uint32 and uint64 field types. */ 132 #ifndef PB_WITHOUT_64BIT 133 bool pb_encode_varint(pb_ostream_t *stream, uint64_t value); 134 #else 135 bool pb_encode_varint(pb_ostream_t *stream, uint32_t value); 136 #endif 137 138 /* Encode an integer in the zig-zagged svarint format. 139 * This works for sint32 and sint64. */ 140 #ifndef PB_WITHOUT_64BIT 141 bool pb_encode_svarint(pb_ostream_t *stream, int64_t value); 142 #else 143 bool pb_encode_svarint(pb_ostream_t *stream, int32_t value); 144 #endif 145 146 /* Encode a string or bytes type field. For strings, pass strlen(s) as size. */ 147 bool pb_encode_string(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_byte_t *buffer, size_t size); 148 149 /* Encode a fixed32, sfixed32 or float value. 150 * You need to pass a pointer to a 4-byte wide C variable. */ 151 bool pb_encode_fixed32(pb_ostream_t *stream, const void *value); 152 153 #ifndef PB_WITHOUT_64BIT 154 /* Encode a fixed64, sfixed64 or double value. 155 * You need to pass a pointer to a 8-byte wide C variable. */ 156 bool pb_encode_fixed64(pb_ostream_t *stream, const void *value); 157 #endif 158 159 /* Encode a submessage field. 160 * You need to pass the pb_field_t array and pointer to struct, just like 161 * with pb_encode(). This internally encodes the submessage twice, first to 162 * calculate message size and then to actually write it out. 163 */ 164 bool pb_encode_submessage(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_t fields[], const void *src_struct); 165 166 #ifdef __cplusplus 167 } /* extern "C" */ 168 #endif 169 170 #endif 171