announcement.h

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/**
 * \addtogroup rime
 * @{
 */

/**
 * \defgroup rimeannouncement Announcements
 * @{
 *
 * The Announcement primitive does local area announcements. An
 * announcement is an (ID, value) tuple that is disseminated to local
 * area neighbors. An application or protocol can explicitly listen to
 * announcements from neighbors. When an announcement is heard, a
 * callback is invoked.
 *
 * Announcements can be used for a variety of network mechanisms such
 * as neighbor discovery, node-level service discovery, or routing
 * metric dissemination.
 *
 * Application programs and protocols register announcements with the
 * announcement module. An announcement back-end, implemented by the
 * system, takes care of sending out announcements over the radio, as
 * well as collecting announcements heard from neighbors.
 *
 */

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 * $Id: announcement.h,v 1.8 2010/03/25 08:49:56 adamdunkels Exp $
 */

/**
 * \file
 *         Header file for the announcement primitive
 * \author
 *         Adam Dunkels <adam@sics.se>
 */

#ifndef __ANNOUNCEMENT_H__
#define __ANNOUNCEMENT_H__

#include "net/rime/rimeaddr.h"

struct announcement;

typedef void (*announcement_callback_t)(struct announcement *a,
                                        const rimeaddr_t *from,
                                        uint16_t id, uint16_t val);

/**
 * \brief      Representation of an announcement.
 *
 *             This structure holds the state of an announcement. It
 *             is an opaque structure with no user-visible elements.
 */
struct announcement {
  struct announcement *next;
  uint16_t id;
  uint16_t value;
  announcement_callback_t callback;
  uint8_t has_value;
};

/**
 * \name Application API
 * @{
 */
/**
 * \brief      Register an announcement
 * \param a    A pointer to a struct announcement
 * \param id   The identifying number of the announcement
 * \param callback A pointer to a callback function that is called
 *             when an announcement is heard
 *
 *             This function registers an announcement with the
 *             announcement module. The state of the announcement is
 *             held in a struct announcement variable, which is passed
 *             as an argument to this function. This variable must be
 *             allocated by the caller. An announcement is identified
 *             with a 16-bit number, which is passed as a parameter to
 *             the function. The announcement also has an initial
 *             value, that can later be changed with
 *             announcement_set_value().
 *
 */
void announcement_register(struct announcement *a,
                           uint16_t id,
                           announcement_callback_t callback);

/**
 * \brief      Remove a previously registered announcement
 * \param a    A pointer to a struct announcement that has
 *             previously been registered
 *
 *             This function removes an announcement that has
 *             previously been registered with
 *             announcement_register().
 *
 */
void announcement_remove(struct announcement *a);


/**
 * \brief      Set the value of an announcement
 * \param a    A pointer to a struct announcement that has
 *             previously been registered
 *
 *             This function sets the value of an announcement that
 *             has previously been registered with
 *             announcement_register().
 *
 */
void announcement_set_value(struct announcement *a, uint16_t value);

/**
 * \brief      Remove the value of an announcement
 * \param a    A pointer to a struct announcement that has
 *             previously been registered
 *
 *             This function removes the value of an announcement that
 *             has previously been registered with
 *             announcement_register().
 *
 */
void announcement_remove_value(struct announcement *a);


/**
 * \brief      Bump an announcement
 * \param a    A pointer to a struct announcement that has
 *             previously been registered
 *
 *             This function is called to inform the announcement
 *             module that a particular announcement has changed in a
 *             way that it should be bumped. When an announcement is
 *             bumped, the announcement back-end may send out a new
 *             announcement to neighbors.
 *
 */
void announcement_bump(struct announcement *a);

/**
 * \brief      Listen for announcements for a specific amount of
 *             announcement periods
 * \param periods The number of periods to listen for announcement
 *
 *             This function starts to listen for announcements for
 *             the specified amount of announcement periods. This
 *             function is called to ensure that the announcement
 *             module hears announcements from neighbors. The
 *             announcement module may hear announcements even if
 *             listening is not explicitly enabled, but with listening
 *             enabled, more announcements will be heard.
 *
 */
void announcement_listen(int periods);
/**
 * @}
 */

/**
 * \name System API
 * @{
 */

/**
 * \brief      Initialize the announcement module
 *
 *             This function initializes the announcement module, and
 *             is called by the system at boot up.
 */
void announcement_init(void);

/**
 * \brief      Get the list of registered announcements
 * \return     The list of registered announcements
 *
 *             This function returns the list of registered
 *             announcements. This function is used by the back-end to
 *             compile announcement packets from the registered
 *             announcements.
 *
 *             The announcement list is an ordinary Contiki list, as
 *             defined by the \ref list "list module".
 *
 */
struct announcement *announcement_list(void);

/**
 * \brief      Inform the announcement module of an incoming announcement
 * \param from The address of the sender of the announcement
 * \param id   The identifier of the announcement
 * \param value The value of the announcement
 *
 *             This function is called by the back-end to inform the
 *             announcement module that an announcement from a
 *             neighbor has been heard.
 *
 */
void announcement_heard(const rimeaddr_t *from, uint16_t id, uint16_t value);

/**
 * \brief      Register a listen callback with the announcement module
 * \param callback A pointer to a callback function
 *
 *             This function is called by the back-end to register a
 *             listen callback with the announcement module. The
 *             listen callback function is called by the announcement
 *             module as part of the announcement_listen() function.
 *
 */
void announcement_register_listen_callback(void (*callback)(int time));

enum {
  ANNOUNCEMENT_NOBUMP,
  ANNOUNCEMENT_BUMP,
};

typedef void (* announcement_observer)(uint16_t id, uint8_t has_value,
                                       uint16_t newvalue, uint16_t oldvalue,
                                       uint8_t bump);

/**
 * \brief      Register an observer callback with the announcement module
 * \param observer A pointer to an observer function
 *
 *             This function is callback by the back-end to register
 *             an observer callback with the announcement module. The
 *             observer callback is called by the announcement module
 *             when an announcement is registered, removed, or have
 *             its identifier or value updated.
 *
 *             The back-end may chose to send out a new announcement
 *             message with the updated values.
 *
 */
void announcement_register_observer_callback(announcement_observer observer);

/**
 * @}
 */

#endif /* __ANNOUNCE_H__ */

/** @} */
/** @} */