/** Message related functions
 *
 * @file
 * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
 * @copyright 2017, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
 * @license GNU General Public License (version 3)
 *
 * VILLASnode
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *********************************************************************************/

#pragma once

/* Forward declarations. */
struct msg;

/** Swaps the byte-order of the message.
 *
 * Message are always transmitted in network (big endian) byte order.
 *
 * @param m A pointer to the message
 */
void msg_hdr_ntoh(struct msg *m);

void msg_hdr_hton(struct msg *m);

void msg_ntoh(struct msg *m);

void msg_hton(struct msg *m);

/** Check the consistency of a message.
 *
 * The functions checks the header fields of a message.
 *
 * @param m A pointer to the message
 * @retval 0 The message header is valid.
 * @retval <0 The message header is invalid.
 */
int msg_verify(struct msg *m);