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authorJosé Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh>2017-08-02 19:14:09 +0200
committerJosé Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh>2017-08-03 11:45:26 +0200
commit04186fd953298be8b8c5673b5fcd01f0893986ff (patch)
tree030e077e7dc7f84e7c3894111f451088255256eb /include/afb/afb-req-common.h
parent6d124e683d2511ac02a1cbe61fca3d230bda4f0c (diff)
subcall_req: introduce afb_req_subcall_req
The function 'afb_req_subcall_req' can be used to make asynchronous subcalls. It improves the function 'afb_req_subcall' by automatically keeping the request opened for the callback and by passing it, the request, as an extra argument of the callback. Change-Id: I2dc79c01fc25c7a65b9c8cc9e001a5b85fba99df Signed-off-by: José Bollo <jose.bollo@iot.bzh>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/afb/afb-req-common.h')
-rw-r--r--include/afb/afb-req-common.h33
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/afb/afb-req-common.h b/include/afb/afb-req-common.h
index 9fce668f..d6d02583 100644
--- a/include/afb/afb-req-common.h
+++ b/include/afb/afb-req-common.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
struct json_object;
struct afb_stored_req;
+struct afb_req;
/*
* Describes an argument (or parameter) of a request
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ struct afb_req_itf
void (*vverbose)(void *closure, int level, const char *file, int line, const char * func, const char *fmt, va_list args);
struct afb_stored_req *(*store)(void *closure);
+ void (*subcall_req)(void *closure, const char *api, const char *verb, struct json_object *args, void (*callback)(void*, int, struct json_object*, struct afb_req), void *cb_closure);
};
/*
@@ -343,6 +345,10 @@ static inline int afb_req_unsubscribe(struct afb_req req, struct afb_event event
* For convenience, the function calls 'json_object_put' for 'args'.
* Thus, in the case where 'args' should remain available after
* the function returns, the function 'json_object_get' shall be used.
+ *
+ * See also:
+ * - 'afb_req_subcall_req' that is convenient to keep request alive automatically.
+ * - 'afb_req_subcall_sync' the synchronous version
*/
static inline void afb_req_subcall(struct afb_req req, const char *api, const char *verb, struct json_object *args, void (*callback)(void *closure, int iserror, struct json_object *result), void *closure)
{
@@ -352,6 +358,29 @@ static inline void afb_req_subcall(struct afb_req req, const char *api, const ch
/*
* Makes a call to the method of name 'api' / 'verb' with the object 'args'.
* This call is made in the context of the request 'req'.
+ * On completion, the function 'callback' is invoked with the
+ * original request 'req', the 'closure' given at call and two
+ * other parameters: 'iserror' and 'result'.
+ * 'status' is 0 on success or negative when on an error reply.
+ * 'result' is the json object of the reply, you must not call json_object_put
+ * on the result.
+ *
+ * For convenience, the function calls 'json_object_put' for 'args'.
+ * Thus, in the case where 'args' should remain available after
+ * the function returns, the function 'json_object_get' shall be used.
+ *
+ * See also:
+ * - 'afb_req_subcall' that doesn't keep request alive automatically.
+ * - 'afb_req_subcall_sync' the synchronous version
+ */
+static inline void afb_req_subcall_req(struct afb_req req, const char *api, const char *verb, struct json_object *args, void (*callback)(void *closure, int iserror, struct json_object *result, struct afb_req req), void *closure)
+{
+ req.itf->subcall_req(req.closure, api, verb, args, callback, closure);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Makes a call to the method of name 'api' / 'verb' with the object 'args'.
+ * This call is made in the context of the request 'req'.
* This call is synchronous, it waits untill completion of the request.
* It returns 0 on success or a negative value on error answer.
* The object pointed by 'result' is filled and must be released by the caller
@@ -360,6 +389,10 @@ static inline void afb_req_subcall(struct afb_req req, const char *api, const ch
* For convenience, the function calls 'json_object_put' for 'args'.
* Thus, in the case where 'args' should remain available after
* the function returns, the function 'json_object_get' shall be used.
+ *
+ * See also:
+ * - 'afb_req_subcall_req' that is convenient to keep request alive automatically.
+ * - 'afb_req_subcall' that doesn't keep request alive automatically.
*/
static inline int afb_req_subcall_sync(struct afb_req req, const char *api, const char *verb, struct json_object *args, struct json_object **result)
{