embeNET UDP C API

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Detailed Description

This page documents the embeNET UDP C API. The API consists of the following parts:

Socket management
EMBENET_UDP_RegisterSocket Registers an UDP socket.
EMBENET_UDP_UnregisterSocket Unregisters an UDP socket.
Sending data
EMBENET_UDP_GetMaxDataSize Gets the maximum amount of data that can be sent in a single UDP datagram.
EMBENET_UDP_Send Sends a single UDP datagram through a registered UDP socket.

To get more information on how to use this API refer to: Using UDP sockets

Data Structures

struct  EMBENET_UDP_SocketDescriptor
 Structure describing an UDP Socket. More...
 

Typedef Documentation

◆ EMBENET_UDP_SocketDescriptor

Convenience alias for EMBENET_UDP_SocketDescriptor that SHALL be used in user's code

◆ EMBENET_UDP_RxDataHandler

typedef void(* EMBENET_UDP_RxDataHandler) (EMBENET_UDP_SocketDescriptor const *socket, EMBENET_IPV6 const *sourceAddress, uint16_t sourcePort, void const *data, size_t dataSize)

Data reception handler that is called every time some data on a certain registered port is received.

During socket registration (see EMBENET_UDP_RegisterSocket) the user is expected to pass the callback function that will be called each time a UDP datagram is received through this socket. This typedef defines the format of such function.

Note
This handler callback is called in non-privileged mode. It is called from a thread or main loop and not from an interrupt service routine.
Parameters
[in]socketdescriptor of the socket that received the data
[in]sourceAddressIPv6 address of the sender
[in]sourcePortsource port number that was used in the sender to send the data
[in]datapointer to memory region that holds the received data
[in]dataSizesize of the received data (in number of bytes)

Enumeration Type Documentation

◆ EMBENET_UDP_Traffic

Possible types of an UDP socket that describe what is the socket's listening IPv6 address.

Enumerator
EMBENET_UDP_TRAFFIC_UNICAST 

The socket only listens on node's unicast address.

EMBENET_UDP_TRAFFIC_MULTICAST 

The socket only listens on multicast address of given group.

EMBENET_UDP_TRAFFIC_ALL 

The socket listens both on nodes unicast address or any matching multicast address - equivalent to IPv6 [::].

Function Documentation

◆ EMBENET_UDP_RegisterSocket()

EMBENET_Result EMBENET_UDP_RegisterSocket ( EMBENET_UDP_SocketDescriptor socket)

Registers a new UDP socket.

This function is used to register a new UDP socket, thus enabling data reception on the resulting address/port combination.

Parameters
[in]socketpointer to a valid socket descriptor structure
Note
The provided socket descriptor instance MUST be valid and accessible until EMBENET_UDP_UnregisterSocket. In particular, the descriptor SHALL NOT have automatic storage duration.
The user MAY register socket with EMBENET_UDP_SOCKET_TYPE_MULTICAST==socketType and group not joined by the node. The user will not receive messages on this socket until the node joines the required group
Returns
EMBENET_RESULT_OK if socket was properly registered, or error status when the registration failed

◆ EMBENET_UDP_UnregisterSocket()

EMBENET_Result EMBENET_UDP_UnregisterSocket ( EMBENET_UDP_SocketDescriptor socket)

Unregisters socket from interface.

Parameters
[in]socketpointer to valid socket descriptor instance
Return values
EMBENET_RESULT_OKif socket was successfully unregistered
EMBENET_RESULT_UDP_SOCKET_UNREGISTEREDif the given socket has not been registered

◆ EMBENET_UDP_GetMaxDataSize()

size_t EMBENET_UDP_GetMaxDataSize ( EMBENET_UDP_SocketDescriptor const *  socket)

Gets the maximum size of a single UDP payload size.

This function returns the maximum size of data that can be sent in a single UDP datagram. This is the maximum allowed size of the data to be sent by a call to EMBENET_UDP_Send

Parameters
[in]socketpointer to valid socket descriptor instance
Returns
maximum size of data that can be sent in a single UDP datagram (in number of bytes)

◆ EMBENET_UDP_Send()

EMBENET_Result EMBENET_UDP_Send ( EMBENET_UDP_SocketDescriptor const *  socket,
EMBENET_IPV6 const *  destinationAddress,
uint16_t  destinationPort,
const void *  data,
size_t  dataSize 
)

Sends UDP datagram from the given socket.

This function schedules an UDP datagram to be sent.

Note
An UDP datagram can be sent only from a registered port.
The source address of the resulting IPv6 Packet will always resolve to Node's UNICAST address
Parameters
[in]socketpointer to valid socket descriptor instance from which the data will be sent
[in]destinationAddressIPv6 destination address
[in]destinationPortUDP destination port number
[in]datapointer to memory address storing UDP payload data
[in]dataSizesize of data in bytes (see EMBENET_UDP_GetMaxDataSize)
Return values
EMBENET_RESULT_OKif datagram was scheduled properly for sending
EMBENET_RESULT_INVALID_ARGUMENTif at least one of the input arguments was invalid
EMBENET_RESULT_UDP_MAX_DATA_SIZE_EXCEEDEDif the size of the data to be sent is too large (see EMBENET_UDP_GetMaxDataSize)
EMBENET_RESULT_UDP_PACKET_QUEUE_FULLif there is not enough space to buffer the data to send
EMBENET_RESULT_UDP_SOCKET_UNREGISTEREDif the given socket has not been registered

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