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_msgdesc_t *fields, const void *src_struct);
68 
69 /* Extended version of pb_encode, with several options to control the
70  * encoding process:
71  *
72  * PB_ENCODE_DELIMITED:      Prepend the length of message as a varint.
73  *                           Corresponds to writeDelimitedTo() in Google's
74  *                           protobuf API.
75  *
76  * PB_ENCODE_NULLTERMINATED: Append a null byte to the message for termination.
77  *                           NOTE: This behaviour is not supported in most other
78  *                           protobuf implementations, so PB_ENCODE_DELIMITED
79  *                           is a better option for compatibility.
80  */
81 #define PB_ENCODE_DELIMITED       0x02U
82 #define PB_ENCODE_NULLTERMINATED  0x04U
83 bool pb_encode_ex(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_msgdesc_t *fields, const void *src_struct, unsigned int flags);
84 
85 /* Defines for backwards compatibility with code written before nanopb-0.4.0 */
86 #define pb_encode_delimited(s,f,d) pb_encode_ex(s,f,d, PB_ENCODE_DELIMITED)
87 #define pb_encode_nullterminated(s,f,d) pb_encode_ex(s,f,d, PB_ENCODE_NULLTERMINATED)
88 
89 /* Encode the message to get the size of the encoded data, but do not store
90  * the data. */
91 bool pb_get_encoded_size(size_t *size, const pb_msgdesc_t *fields, const void *src_struct);
92 
93 /**************************************
94  * Functions for manipulating streams *
95  **************************************/
96 
97 /* Create an output stream for writing into a memory buffer.
98  * The number of bytes written can be found in stream.bytes_written after
99  * encoding the message.
100  *
101  * Alternatively, you can use a custom stream that writes directly to e.g.
102  * a file or a network socket.
103  */
104 pb_ostream_t pb_ostream_from_buffer(pb_byte_t *buf, size_t bufsize);
105 
106 /* Pseudo-stream for measuring the size of a message without actually storing
107  * the encoded data.
108  *
109  * Example usage:
110  *    MyMessage msg = {};
111  *    pb_ostream_t stream = PB_OSTREAM_SIZING;
112  *    pb_encode(&stream, MyMessage_fields, &msg);
113  *    printf("Message size is %d\n", stream.bytes_written);
114  */
115 #ifndef PB_NO_ERRMSG
116 #define PB_OSTREAM_SIZING {0,0,0,0,0}
117 #else
118 #define PB_OSTREAM_SIZING {0,0,0,0}
119 #endif
120 
121 /* Function to write into a pb_ostream_t stream. You can use this if you need
122  * to append or prepend some custom headers to the message.
123  */
124 bool pb_write(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_byte_t *buf, size_t count);
125 
126 
127 /************************************************
128  * Helper functions for writing field callbacks *
129  ************************************************/
130 
131 /* Encode field header based on type and field number defined in the field
132  * structure. Call this from the callback before writing out field contents. */
133 bool pb_encode_tag_for_field(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_iter_t *field);
134 
135 /* Encode field header by manually specifying wire type. You need to use this
136  * if you want to write out packed arrays from a callback field. */
137 bool pb_encode_tag(pb_ostream_t *stream, pb_wire_type_t wiretype, uint32_t field_number);
138 
139 /* Encode an integer in the varint format.
140  * This works for bool, enum, int32, int64, uint32 and uint64 field types. */
141 #ifndef PB_WITHOUT_64BIT
142 bool pb_encode_varint(pb_ostream_t *stream, uint64_t value);
143 #else
144 bool pb_encode_varint(pb_ostream_t *stream, uint32_t value);
145 #endif
146 
147 /* Encode an integer in the zig-zagged svarint format.
148  * This works for sint32 and sint64. */
149 #ifndef PB_WITHOUT_64BIT
150 bool pb_encode_svarint(pb_ostream_t *stream, int64_t value);
151 #else
152 bool pb_encode_svarint(pb_ostream_t *stream, int32_t value);
153 #endif
154 
155 /* Encode a string or bytes type field. For strings, pass strlen(s) as size. */
156 bool pb_encode_string(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_byte_t *buffer, size_t size);
157 
158 /* Encode a fixed32, sfixed32 or float value.
159  * You need to pass a pointer to a 4-byte wide C variable. */
160 bool pb_encode_fixed32(pb_ostream_t *stream, const void *value);
161 
162 #ifndef PB_WITHOUT_64BIT
163 /* Encode a fixed64, sfixed64 or double value.
164  * You need to pass a pointer to a 8-byte wide C variable. */
165 bool pb_encode_fixed64(pb_ostream_t *stream, const void *value);
166 #endif
167 
168 #ifdef PB_CONVERT_DOUBLE_FLOAT
169 /* Encode a float value so that it appears like a double in the encoded
170  * message. */
171 bool pb_encode_float_as_double(pb_ostream_t *stream, float value);
172 #endif
173 
174 /* Encode a submessage field.
175  * You need to pass the pb_field_t array and pointer to struct, just like
176  * with pb_encode(). This internally encodes the submessage twice, first to
177  * calculate message size and then to actually write it out.
178  */
179 bool pb_encode_submessage(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_msgdesc_t *fields, const void *src_struct);
180 
181 #ifdef __cplusplus
182 } /* extern "C" */
183 #endif
184 
185 #endif
186