VILLASnode/include/villas/formats/msg_format.hpp

/** Message format
 *
 * @file
 * @author Steffen Vogel <post@steffenvogel.de>
 * @copyright 2014-2022, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
 * @license Apache 2.0
 *********************************************************************************/

#pragma once

#include <cstdint>

/** The current version number for the message format */
#define MSG_VERSION		2

/** @todo Implement more message types */
#define MSG_TYPE_DATA		0 /**< Message contains float / integer values */
#define MSG_TYPE_START		1 /**< Message marks the beginning of a new simulation case */
#define MSG_TYPE_STOP		2 /**< Message marks the end of a simulation case */

/** The total size in bytes of a message */
#define MSG_LEN(values)		(sizeof(struct Message) + MSG_DATA_LEN(values))

/** The length of \p values values in bytes. */
#define MSG_DATA_LEN(values)	(sizeof(float) * (values))

/** The offset to the first data value in a message. */
#define MSG_DATA_OFFSET(msg)	((char *) (msg) + offsetof(struct Message, data))

/** The timestamp of a message in struct timespec format */
#define MSG_TS(msg, i)  \
	i.tv_sec  = (msg)->ts.sec;	\
	i.tv_nsec = (msg)->ts.nsec;

namespace villas {
namespace node {

/** This message format is used by all clients
 *
 * @diafile msg_format.dia
 **/
struct Message
{
#if BYTE_ORDER == BIG_ENDIAN
	unsigned version: 4;	/**< Specifies the format of the remaining message (see MGS_VERSION) */
	unsigned type	: 2;	/**< Data or control message (see MSG_TYPE_*) */
	unsigned reserved1	: 2;	/**< Reserved bits */
#elif BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
	unsigned reserved1	: 2;	/**< Reserved bits */
	unsigned type	: 2;	/**< Data or control message (see MSG_TYPE_*) */
	unsigned version: 4;	/**< Specifies the format of the remaining message (see MGS_VERSION) */
#else
  #error Invalid byte-order
#endif

	uint8_t source_index;	/**< An id which identifies the source of this sample. */
	uint16_t length;	/**< The number of values in msg::data[]. */
	uint32_t sequence;	/**< The sequence number is incremented by one for consecutive messages. */

	/** A timestamp per message. */
	struct {
		uint32_t sec;	/**< Seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 */
		uint32_t nsec;	/**< Nanoseconds of the current second. */
	} ts;

	/** The message payload. */
	union {
		float    f;	/**< Floating point values. */
		uint32_t i;	/**< Integer values. */
	} data[];
} __attribute__((packed));

} /* namespace node */
} /* namespace villas */