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      1 /* pb_decode.h: Functions to decode protocol buffers. Depends on pb_decode.c.
      2  * The main function is pb_decode. You also need an input stream, and the
      3  * field descriptions created by nanopb_generator.py.
      4  */
      5 
      6 #ifndef _PB_DECODE_H_
      7 #define _PB_DECODE_H_
      8 
      9 #include "pb.h"
     10 
     11 #ifdef __cplusplus
     12 extern "C" {
     13 #endif
     14 
     15 /* Structure for defining custom input streams. You will need to provide
     16  * a callback function to read the bytes from 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 decoding to abort.
     22  * 2) You can use state to store your own data (e.g. buffer pointer),
     23  *    and rely on pb_read to verify that no-body reads past bytes_left.
     24  * 3) Your callback may be used with substreams, in which case bytes_left
     25  *    is different than from the main stream. Don't use bytes_left to compute
     26  *    any pointers.
     27  */
     28 struct _pb_istream_t
     29 {
     30 #ifdef PB_BUFFER_ONLY
     31     /* Callback pointer is not used in buffer-only configuration.
     32      * Having an int pointer here allows binary compatibility but
     33      * gives an error if someone tries to assign callback function.
     34      */
     35     int *callback;
     36 #else
     37     bool (*callback)(pb_istream_t *stream, uint8_t *buf, size_t count);
     38 #endif
     39 
     40     void *state; /* Free field for use by callback implementation */
     41     size_t bytes_left;
     42 
     43 #ifndef PB_NO_ERRMSG
     44     const char *errmsg;
     45 #endif
     46 };
     47 
     48 /***************************
     49  * Main decoding functions *
     50  ***************************/
     51 
     52 /* Decode a single protocol buffers message from input stream into a C structure.
     53  * Returns true on success, false on any failure.
     54  * The actual struct pointed to by dest must match the description in fields.
     55  * Callback fields of the destination structure must be initialized by caller.
     56  * All other fields will be initialized by this function.
     57  *
     58  * Example usage:
     59  *    MyMessage msg = {};
     60  *    uint8_t buffer[64];
     61  *    pb_istream_t stream;
     62  *
     63  *    // ... read some data into buffer ...
     64  *
     65  *    stream = pb_istream_from_buffer(buffer, count);
     66  *    pb_decode(&stream, MyMessage_fields, &msg);
     67  */
     68 bool pb_decode(pb_istream_t *stream, const pb_field_t fields[], void *dest_struct);
     69 
     70 /* Same as pb_decode, except does not initialize the destination structure
     71  * to default values. This is slightly faster if you need no default values
     72  * and just do memset(struct, 0, sizeof(struct)) yourself.
     73  *
     74  * This can also be used for 'merging' two messages, i.e. update only the
     75  * fields that exist in the new message.
     76  *
     77  * Note: If this function returns with an error, it will not release any
     78  * dynamically allocated fields. You will need to call pb_release() yourself.
     79  */
     80 bool pb_decode_noinit(pb_istream_t *stream, const pb_field_t fields[], void *dest_struct);
     81 
     82 /* Same as pb_decode, except expects the stream to start with the message size
     83  * encoded as varint. Corresponds to parseDelimitedFrom() in Google's
     84  * protobuf API.
     85  */
     86 bool pb_decode_delimited(pb_istream_t *stream, const pb_field_t fields[], void *dest_struct);
     87 
     88 #ifdef PB_ENABLE_MALLOC
     89 /* Release any allocated pointer fields. If you use dynamic allocation, you should
     90  * call this for any successfully decoded message when you are done with it. If
     91  * pb_decode() returns with an error, the message is already released.
     92  */
     93 void pb_release(const pb_field_t fields[], void *dest_struct);
     94 #endif
     95 
     96 
     97 /**************************************
     98  * Functions for manipulating streams *
     99  **************************************/
    100 
    101 /* Create an input stream for reading from a memory buffer.
    102  *
    103  * Alternatively, you can use a custom stream that reads directly from e.g.
    104  * a file or a network socket.
    105  */
    106 pb_istream_t pb_istream_from_buffer(uint8_t *buf, size_t bufsize);
    107 
    108 /* Function to read from a pb_istream_t. You can use this if you need to
    109  * read some custom header data, or to read data in field callbacks.
    110  */
    111 bool pb_read(pb_istream_t *stream, uint8_t *buf, size_t count);
    112 
    113 
    114 /************************************************
    115  * Helper functions for writing field callbacks *
    116  ************************************************/
    117 
    118 /* Decode the tag for the next field in the stream. Gives the wire type and
    119  * field tag. At end of the message, returns false and sets eof to true. */
    120 bool pb_decode_tag(pb_istream_t *stream, pb_wire_type_t *wire_type, uint32_t *tag, bool *eof);
    121 
    122 /* Skip the field payload data, given the wire type. */
    123 bool pb_skip_field(pb_istream_t *stream, pb_wire_type_t wire_type);
    124 
    125 /* Decode an integer in the varint format. This works for bool, enum, int32,
    126  * int64, uint32 and uint64 field types. */
    127 bool pb_decode_varint(pb_istream_t *stream, uint64_t *dest);
    128 
    129 /* Decode an integer in the zig-zagged svarint format. This works for sint32
    130  * and sint64. */
    131 bool pb_decode_svarint(pb_istream_t *stream, int64_t *dest);
    132 
    133 /* Decode a fixed32, sfixed32 or float value. You need to pass a pointer to
    134  * a 4-byte wide C variable. */
    135 bool pb_decode_fixed32(pb_istream_t *stream, void *dest);
    136 
    137 /* Decode a fixed64, sfixed64 or double value. You need to pass a pointer to
    138  * a 8-byte wide C variable. */
    139 bool pb_decode_fixed64(pb_istream_t *stream, void *dest);
    140 
    141 /* Make a limited-length substream for reading a PB_WT_STRING field. */
    142 bool pb_make_string_substream(pb_istream_t *stream, pb_istream_t *substream);
    143 void pb_close_string_substream(pb_istream_t *stream, pb_istream_t *substream);
    144 
    145 #ifdef __cplusplus
    146 } /* extern "C" */
    147 #endif
    148 
    149 #endif
    150