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diff --git a/doc/FAQ.html b/doc/FAQ.html index 2bd963bb..ffda81af 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.html +++ b/doc/FAQ.html @@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ <meta charset="UTF-8"> </head> <body> -<h1 id="Frequently.Asked.Question.about.AFB-DAEMON">Frequently Asked Question about AFB-DAEMON</h1> +<a name="Frequently.Asked.Question.about.AFB-DAEMON"></a> +<h1>Frequently Asked Question about AFB-DAEMON</h1> <pre><code>version: 1 -Date: 25 May 2016 +Date: 26 mai 2016 Author: José Bollo </code></pre> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Frequently Asked Question about AFB-DAEMON ========================================== version: 1 - Date: 25 May 2016 + Date: 26 mai 2016 Author: José Bollo TABLE-OF-CONTENT-HERE diff --git a/doc/README.html b/doc/README.html index 04d68bf1..0a7dffa8 100644 --- a/doc/README.html +++ b/doc/README.html @@ -4,15 +4,18 @@ <meta charset="UTF-8"> </head> <body> -<h3 id="Inititial.Build">Inititial Build</h3> +<a name="Inititial.Build"></a> +<h3>Inititial Build</h3> <p>mkdir build cd build cmake ..</p> -<h3 id="Netbeans">Netbeans</h3> +<a name="Netbeans"></a> +<h3>Netbeans</h3> -<h1 id="Copy.nbprojet.at.project.base">Copy nbprojet at project base</h1> +<a name="Copy.nbprojet.at.project.base"></a> +<h1>Copy nbprojet at project base</h1> <p>cp -r doc/nbproject.template ./nbproject</p> </body> diff --git a/doc/afb-daemon-vocabulary.html b/doc/afb-daemon-vocabulary.html index 4416db81..096f5076 100644 --- a/doc/afb-daemon-vocabulary.html +++ b/doc/afb-daemon-vocabulary.html @@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ <meta charset="UTF-8"> </head> <body> -<h1 id="Vocabulary.for.AFB-DAEMON">Vocabulary for AFB-DAEMON</h1> +<a name="Vocabulary.for.AFB-DAEMON"></a> +<h1>Vocabulary for AFB-DAEMON</h1> <pre><code>version: 1 -Date: 25 May 2016 +Date: 26 mai 2016 Author: José Bollo </code></pre> <p><ul> <li><a href="#Vocabulary.for.AFB-DAEMON">Vocabulary for AFB-DAEMON</a> <ul> - <li><a href="#Authentification">Authentification</a></li> - <li><a href="#Context">Context</a></li> - <li><a href="#Level.of.authorisation..LOA.">Level of authorisation (LOA)</a></li> + <li><a href="#Event">Event</a></li> + <li><a href="#Level.of.assurance..LOA.">Level of assurance (LOA)</a></li> <li><a href="#Plugin">Plugin</a></li> <li><a href="#Request">Request</a></li> <li><a href="#Reply.Response">Reply/Response</a></li> @@ -24,41 +24,108 @@ Author: José Bollo <li><a href="#Session">Session</a></li> <li><a href="#Token">Token</a></li> <li><a href="#UUID">UUID</a></li> + <li><a href="#x-afb-reqid">x-afb-reqid</a></li> <li><a href="#x-afb-token">x-afb-token</a></li> <li><a href="#x-afb-uuid">x-afb-uuid</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul></p> -<h2 id="Authentification">Authentification</h2> +<a name="Event"></a> +<h2>Event</h2> -<h2 id="Context">Context</h2> +<p>Message with data propagated from the services to the client and not expecting +any reply.</p> -<h2 id="Level.of.authorisation..LOA.">Level of authorisation (LOA)</h2> +<p>The current implementation allows to widely broadcast events to all clients.</p> -<h2 id="Plugin">Plugin</h2> +<a name="Level.of.assurance..LOA."></a> +<h2>Level of assurance (LOA)</h2> -<h2 id="Request">Request</h2> +<p>This level that can be from 0 to 3 represent the level of +assurance that the services can expect from the session.</p> -<h2 id="Reply.Response">Reply/Response</h2> +<p>The exact definition of the meaning of this levels and of +how to use it remains to be achived.</p> -<h2 id="Service">Service</h2> +<a name="Plugin"></a> +<h2>Plugin</h2> -<h2 id="Session">Session</h2> +<p>A shared library object intended to be plug to an afb-daemon instance +to implement an API.</p> -<p>A session records data as</p> +<a name="Request"></a> +<h2>Request</h2> -<h2 id="Token">Token</h2> +<p>A request is an invocation by a client to a method of a plugin using a message +transfered through some protocol: HTTP, WebSocket, DBUS… served by afb-daemon</p> -<h2 id="UUID">UUID</h2> +<a name="Reply.Response"></a> +<h2>Reply/Response</h2> + +<p>This is a message sent to client as the result of the request.</p> + +<a name="Service"></a> +<h2>Service</h2> + +<p>Service are made of plugins runnning by their side on their binder. +It can serve many client. Each one being attached to one session.</p> + +<p>The framework establishes the connection between the services and +the clients. Using DBus currently.</p> + +<a name="Session"></a> +<h2>Session</h2> + +<p>A session is meant to be the unic context of an instance of client, +identifying that instance across requests.</p> + +<p>Each session has an identifier. Session identifier generated by afb-daemon are UUIDs.</p> + +<p>Internally, afb-daemon offers a mechanism to attach data to sessions. +When the session is closed or disappears, the data attached to that session +are freed.</p> + +<a name="Token"></a> +<h2>Token</h2> + +<p>The token is an identifier that the the client must give to be authentificated.</p> + +<p>At start, afb-daemon get an initial token. This initial token must be presented +incoming client to be authentificated.</p> + +<p>A token is valid only for a period.</p> + +<p>The token must be renewed periodically. When the token is renewed, afb-daemon +sends the new token to the client.</p> + +<p>Tokens generated by afb-daemon are UUIDs.</p> + +<a name="UUID"></a> +<h2>UUID</h2> <p>It stand for Universal Unic IDentifier.</p> <p>Its is designed to create identifier in a way that avoid has much as possible conflicts. It means that if two differents instance create a UUID, the probability that they create the same UUID is very low, near to zero.</p> -<h2 id="x-afb-token">x-afb-token</h2> +<a name="x-afb-reqid"></a> +<h2>x-afb-reqid</h2> + +<p>Argument name that can be used with HTTP request. +When this argument is given, it is automatically added to the “request” object of the +answer.</p> + +<a name="x-afb-token"></a> +<h2>x-afb-token</h2> + +<p>Argument name for giving the token without ambiguity. +You can also use the name <strong>token</strong> but it may conflicts with other arguments.</p> + +<a name="x-afb-uuid"></a> +<h2>x-afb-uuid</h2> -<h2 id="x-afb-uuid">x-afb-uuid</h2> +<p>Argument name for giving explicitely the session identifier without ambiguity. +You can also use the name <strong>uuid</strong> but it may conflicts with other arguments.</p> </body> </html> diff --git a/doc/afb-daemon-vocabulary.md b/doc/afb-daemon-vocabulary.md index 2531c81a..71771947 100644 --- a/doc/afb-daemon-vocabulary.md +++ b/doc/afb-daemon-vocabulary.md @@ -1,31 +1,72 @@ Vocabulary for AFB-DAEMON ========================= version: 1 - Date: 25 May 2016 + Date: 26 mai 2016 Author: José Bollo TABLE-OF-CONTENT-HERE -## Authentification +## Event -## Context +Message with data propagated from the services to the client and not expecting +any reply. -## Level of authorisation (LOA) +The current implementation allows to widely broadcast events to all clients. + +## Level of assurance (LOA) + +This level that can be from 0 to 3 represent the level of +assurance that the services can expect from the session. + +The exact definition of the meaning of this levels and of +how to use it remains to be achived. ## Plugin +A shared library object intended to be plug to an afb-daemon instance +to implement an API. + ## Request +A request is an invocation by a client to a method of a plugin using a message +transfered through some protocol: HTTP, WebSocket, DBUS... served by afb-daemon + ## Reply/Response +This is a message sent to client as the result of the request. + ## Service +Service are made of plugins runnning by their side on their binder. +It can serve many client. Each one being attached to one session. + +The framework establishes the connection between the services and +the clients. Using DBus currently. + ## Session -A session records data as +A session is meant to be the unic context of an instance of client, +identifying that instance across requests. + +Each session has an identifier. Session identifier generated by afb-daemon are UUIDs. + +Internally, afb-daemon offers a mechanism to attach data to sessions. +When the session is closed or disappears, the data attached to that session +are freed. ## Token +The token is an identifier that the the client must give to be authentificated. + +At start, afb-daemon get an initial token. This initial token must be presented +incoming client to be authentificated. + +A token is valid only for a period. + +The token must be renewed periodically. When the token is renewed, afb-daemon +sends the new token to the client. + +Tokens generated by afb-daemon are UUIDs. ## UUID @@ -34,6 +75,19 @@ It stand for Universal Unic IDentifier. Its is designed to create identifier in a way that avoid has much as possible conflicts. It means that if two differents instance create a UUID, the probability that they create the same UUID is very low, near to zero. +## x-afb-reqid + +Argument name that can be used with HTTP request. +When this argument is given, it is automatically added to the "request" object of the +answer. + ## x-afb-token +Argument name for giving the token without ambiguity. +You can also use the name **token** but it may conflicts with other arguments. + ## x-afb-uuid + +Argument name for giving explicitely the session identifier without ambiguity. +You can also use the name **uuid** but it may conflicts with other arguments. + diff --git a/doc/writing-afb-plugins.html b/doc/afb-plugin-writing.html index 712d30ee..9a98ffe9 100644 --- a/doc/writing-afb-plugins.html +++ b/doc/afb-plugin-writing.html @@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ <meta charset="UTF-8"> </head> <body> -<h1 id="HOWTO.WRITE.a.PLUGIN.for.AFB-DAEMON">HOWTO WRITE a PLUGIN for AFB-DAEMON</h1> +<a name="HOWTO.WRITE.a.PLUGIN.for.AFB-DAEMON"></a> +<h1>HOWTO WRITE a PLUGIN for AFB-DAEMON</h1> <pre><code>version: 1 -Date: 25 May 2016 +Date: 27 mai 2016 Author: José Bollo </code></pre> @@ -60,13 +61,29 @@ Author: José Bollo <li><a href="#Arguments.as.a.JSON.object">Arguments as a JSON object</a></li> </ul> </li> - <li><a href="#Sending.messages.to.the.log.system">Sending messages to the log system</a></li> - <li><a href="#How.to.build.a.plugin">How to build a plugin</a></li> + <li><a href="#Initialisation.of.the.plugin.and.declaration.of.verbs">Initialisation of the plugin and declaration of verbs</a></li> + <li><a href="#Sending.messages.to.the.log.system">Sending messages to the log system</a> + <ul> + <li><a href="#Verbs.for.logging.messages">Verbs for logging messages</a></li> + <li><a href="#Managing.verbosity">Managing verbosity</a></li> + <li><a href="#Output.format.and.destination">Output format and destination</a></li> + </ul> + </li> + <li><a href="#Sending.events">Sending events</a></li> + <li><a href="#Writing.an.asynchronous.verb.implementation">Writing an asynchronous verb implementation</a></li> + <li><a href="#How.to.build.a.plugin">How to build a plugin</a> + <ul> + <li><a href="#Example.for.cmake.meta.build.system">Example for cmake meta build system</a></li> + <li><a href="#Exporting.the.function.pluginAfbV1Register">Exporting the function pluginAfbV1Register</a></li> + <li><a href="#Building.within.yocto">Building within yocto</a></li> + </ul> + </li> </ul> </li> </ul></p> -<h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2> +<a name="Summary"></a> +<h2>Summary</h2> <p>The binder afb-daemon serves files through the HTTP protocol and offers access to API’s through @@ -80,7 +97,8 @@ by developpers.</p> <p>Before going into details, through a tiny example, a short overview plugins basis is needed.</p> -<h3 id="Nature.of.a.plugin">Nature of a plugin</h3> +<a name="Nature.of.a.plugin"></a> +<h3>Nature of a plugin</h3> <p>A plugin is a separate piece of code made of a shared library. The plugin is loaded and activated by afb-daemon when afb-daemon @@ -88,12 +106,14 @@ starts.</p> <p>Technically, a plugin is not linked to any library of afb-daemon.</p> -<h3 id="Kinds.of.plugins">Kinds of plugins</h3> +<a name="Kinds.of.plugins"></a> +<h3>Kinds of plugins</h3> <p>There is two kinds of plugins: application plugins and service plugins.</p> -<h4 id="Application.plugins">Application plugins</h4> +<a name="Application.plugins"></a> +<h4>Application plugins</h4> <p>Application plugins are intended to be instanciated for each application: when an application using that plugin is started, @@ -102,7 +122,8 @@ its binder starts a new instance of the plugin.</p> <p>It means that the application plugins mainly have only one context to manage for one client.</p> -<h4 id="Service.plugins">Service plugins</h4> +<a name="Service.plugins"></a> +<h4>Service plugins</h4> <p>Service plugins are intended to be instanciated only one time only and connected to many clients.</p> @@ -114,7 +135,8 @@ per client.</p> <p>In details, it may be useful to have service plugins at a user level.</p> -<h3 id="Live.cycle.of.a.plugin.within.afb-daemon">Live cycle of a plugin within afb-daemon</h3> +<a name="Live.cycle.of.a.plugin.within.afb-daemon"></a> +<h3>Live cycle of a plugin within afb-daemon</h3> <p>The plugins are loaded and activated when afb-daemon starts.</p> @@ -132,7 +154,8 @@ Consequently, developpers of plugins should use ‘atexit’ or ‘on_exit’ during initialisation if they need to perform specific actions when stopping.</p> -<h3 id="Content.of.a.plugin">Content of a plugin</h3> +<a name="Content.of.a.plugin"></a> +<h3>Content of a plugin</h3> <p>For afb-daemon, a plugin contains 2 different things: names and functions.</p> @@ -158,7 +181,8 @@ and upper case when searching for a method. Thus, The names <strong>TicTacToe/Board</strong> and <strong>tictactoe/borad</strong> are equals.</p> -<h4 id="The.name.of.the.plugin">The name of the plugin</h4> +<a name="The.name.of.the.plugin"></a> +<h4>The name of the plugin</h4> <p>The name of the plugin is also known as the name of the API that defines the plugin.</p> @@ -173,7 +197,8 @@ extracts the prefix <strong>foo</strong> and the suffix <strong>bar</strong>. <strong>foo</strong> is the API name and must match a plugin name, the plugin that implements the verb <strong>bar</strong>.</p> -<h4 id="Names.of.verbs">Names of verbs</h4> +<a name="Names.of.verbs"></a> +<h4>Names of verbs</h4> <p>Each plugin exposes a set of verbs that can be called by client of afb-daemon.</p> @@ -186,7 +211,8 @@ when clients emit requests for that verb.</p> <p>For example, when a client of afb-daemon calls a method named <strong>foo/bar</strong>.</p> -<h4 id="The.initialisation.function">The initialisation function</h4> +<a name="The.initialisation.function"></a> +<h4>The initialisation function</h4> <p>The initialisation function serves several purposes.</p> @@ -202,7 +228,8 @@ requirements and implmentations of the verbs that it exposes.</p></li> </ol> -<h4 id="Functions.implementing.verbs">Functions implementing verbs</h4> +<a name="Functions.implementing.verbs"></a> +<h4>Functions implementing verbs</h4> <p>When a method is called, afb-daemon constructs a request object and pass it to the implementation function for verb @@ -228,7 +255,8 @@ returning are named <em>asynchronous implementations</em>.</p> asynchronous action and record to send the reply on completion of this action.</p> -<h2 id="The.Tic-Tac-Toe.example">The Tic-Tac-Toe example</h2> +<a name="The.Tic-Tac-Toe.example"></a> +<h2>The Tic-Tac-Toe example</h2> <p>This part explains how to write an afb-plugin. For the sake of being practical we will use many @@ -237,7 +265,8 @@ This plugin example is in <em>plugins/samples/tic-tac-toe.c</em>.</p> <p>This plugin is named <strong><em>tictactoe</em></strong>.</p> -<h2 id="Choosing.names">Choosing names</h2> +<a name="Choosing.names"></a> +<h2>Choosing names</h2> <p>The designer of a plugin must defines names for its plugin (or its API) and for the verbs of its API. He also @@ -249,7 +278,8 @@ the names easy to use across plaforms.</p> <p>The names and strings used ALL are UTF-8 encoded.</p> -<h3 id="Names.for.API..plugin.">Names for API (plugin)</h3> +<a name="Names.for.API..plugin."></a> +<h3>Names for API (plugin)</h3> <p>The names of the API are checked. All characters are authorised except:</p> @@ -268,7 +298,8 @@ All characters are authorised except:</p> <p>Afb-daemon make no distinction between lower case and upper case when searching for an API by its name.</p> -<h3 id="Names.for.verbs">Names for verbs</h3> +<a name="Names.for.verbs"></a> +<h3>Names for verbs</h3> <p>The names of the verbs are not checked.</p> @@ -279,7 +310,8 @@ is forbidden.</p> <p>Afb-daemon make no distinction between lower case and upper case when searching for an API by its name.</p> -<h3 id="Names.for.arguments">Names for arguments</h3> +<a name="Names.for.arguments"></a> +<h3>Names for arguments</h3> <p>The names for arguments are not restricted and can be anything.</p> @@ -288,7 +320,8 @@ anything.</p> string comparison. Thus the names “index” and “Index” are not the same.</p> -<h3 id="Forging.names.widely.available">Forging names widely available</h3> +<a name="Forging.names.widely.available"></a> +<h3>Forging names widely available</h3> <p>The key names of javascript object can be almost anything using the arrayed notation:</p> @@ -311,7 +344,8 @@ valid javascript identifier.</p> rely on the case sensitivity and to avoid the use of names different only by the case.</p> -<h2 id="Options.to.set.when.compiling.plugins">Options to set when compiling plugins</h2> +<a name="Options.to.set.when.compiling.plugins"></a> +<h2>Options to set when compiling plugins</h2> <p>Afb-daemon provides a configuration file for <em>pkg-config</em>. Typing the command</p> @@ -336,7 +370,8 @@ This is done through the <strong>Requires</strong> keyword of pkg-config.</p> <p>If this behaviour is a problem, let us know.</p> -<h2 id="Header.files.to.include">Header files to include</h2> +<a name="Header.files.to.include"></a> +<h2>Header files to include</h2> <p>The plugin <em>tictactoe</em> has the following lines for its includes:</p> @@ -363,7 +398,8 @@ if it needs it:</p> <p>When including <em>afb/afb-plugin.h</em>, the macro <strong>_GNU_SOURCE</strong> must be defined.</p> -<h2 id="Writing.a.synchronous.verb.implementation">Writing a synchronous verb implementation</h2> +<a name="Writing.a.synchronous.verb.implementation"></a> +<h2>Writing a synchronous verb implementation</h2> <p>The verb <strong>tictactoe/board</strong> is a synchronous implementation. Here is its listing:</p> @@ -404,7 +440,8 @@ it the object <em>description</em>.</p></li> </ol> -<h3 id="The.incoming.request">The incoming request</h3> +<a name="The.incoming.request"></a> +<h3>The incoming request</h3> <p>For any implementation, the request is received by a structure of type <strong>struct afb_req</strong>.</p> @@ -443,7 +480,8 @@ the session of the request.</p> <p>The second time, it is used to send the reply: an object that describes the current board.</p> -<h3 id="Associating.a.context.to.the.session">Associating a context to the session</h3> +<a name="Associating.a.context.to.the.session"></a> +<h3>Associating a context to the session</h3> <p>When the plugin <em>tic-tac-toe</em> receives a request, it musts regain the board that describes the game associated to the session.</p> @@ -546,7 +584,8 @@ static inline void afb_req_context_clear(struct afb_req req) } </code></pre> -<h3 id="Sending.the.reply.to.a.request">Sending the reply to a request</h3> +<a name="Sending.the.reply.to.a.request"></a> +<h3>Sending the reply to a request</h3> <p>Two kinds of replies can be made: successful replies and failure replies.</p> @@ -592,7 +631,8 @@ void afb_req_fail(struct afb_req req, const char *status, const char *info); void afb_req_fail_f(struct afb_req req, const char *status, const char *info, ...); </code></pre> -<h2 id="Getting.argument.of.invocation">Getting argument of invocation</h2> +<a name="Getting.argument.of.invocation"></a> +<h2>Getting argument of invocation</h2> <p>Many verbs expect arguments. Afb-daemon let plugins retrieve their arguments by name not by position.</p> @@ -630,7 +670,8 @@ given name was passed, <strong>afb_req_value</strong> returns NULL.</p> same name than <em>BoardId</em>. But this must not be assumed so two expected names of argument should not differ only by case.</p></blockquote> -<h3 id="Basic.functions.for.querying.arguments">Basic functions for querying arguments</h3> +<a name="Basic.functions.for.querying.arguments"></a> +<h3>Basic functions for querying arguments</h3> <p>The function <strong>afb_req_value</strong> is defined as below:</p> @@ -709,7 +750,8 @@ static inline const char *afb_req_path(struct afb_req req, const char *name) <p>The path is only defined for HTTP/POST requests that send file.</p> -<h3 id="Arguments.for.received.files">Arguments for received files</h3> +<a name="Arguments.for.received.files"></a> +<h3>Arguments for received files</h3> <p>As it is explained just above, clients can send files using HTTP/POST requests.</p> @@ -745,7 +787,8 @@ read, write, remove, copy, rename… But when the reply is sent and the query is terminated, the file at this path is destroyed if it still exist.</p> -<h3 id="Arguments.as.a.JSON.object">Arguments as a JSON object</h3> +<a name="Arguments.as.a.JSON.object"></a> +<h3>Arguments as a JSON object</h3> <p>Plugins can get all the arguments as one single object. This feature is provided by the function <strong>afb_req_json</strong> @@ -772,12 +815,535 @@ given by the client transparently transported.</p></li> <blockquote><p>In fact, for Websockets requests, the function <strong>afb_req_value</strong> can be seen as a shortcut to -<em>json_object_get_string(json_object_object_get(afb_req_json(req), name))</em></p></blockquote> +<strong><em>json_object_get_string(json_object_object_get(afb_req_json(req), name))</em></strong></p></blockquote> + +<a name="Initialisation.of.the.plugin.and.declaration.of.verbs"></a> +<h2>Initialisation of the plugin and declaration of verbs</h2> + +<p>To be active, the verbs of the plugin should be declared to +afb-daemon. And even more, the plugin itself must be recorded.</p> + +<p>The mechanism for doing this is very simple: when afb-need starts, +it loads the plugins that are listed in its argument or configuration.</p> + +<p>Loading a plugin follows the following steps:</p> + +<ol> +<li><p>It loads the plugin using <em>dlopen</em>.</p></li> +<li><p>It searchs for the symbol named <strong>pluginAfbV1Register</strong> using <em>dlsym</em>. +This symbol is assumed to be the exported initialisation function of the plugin.</p></li> +<li><p>It build an interface object for the plugin.</p></li> +<li><p>It calls the found function <strong>pluginAfbV1Register</strong> and pass it the pointer +to its interface.</p></li> +<li><p>The function <strong>pluginAfbV1Register</strong> setup the plugin, initialize it.</p></li> +<li><p>The function <strong>pluginAfbV1Register</strong> returns the pointer to a structure +that describes the plugin: its version, its name (prefix or API name), and the +list of its verbs.</p></li> +<li><p>Afb-daemon checks that the returned version and name can be managed. +If it can manage it, the plugin and its verbs are recorded and can be used +when afb-daemon finishes it initialisation.</p></li> +</ol> + + +<p>Here is the listing of the function <strong>pluginAfbV1Register</strong> of the plugin +<em>tic-tac-toe</em>:</p> + +<pre><code>/* + * activation function for registering the plugin called by afb-daemon + */ +const struct AFB_plugin *pluginAfbV1Register(const struct AFB_interface *itf) +{ + afbitf = itf; // records the interface for accessing afb-daemon + return &plugin_description; // returns the description of the plugin +} +</code></pre> + +<p>This is a very small function because the <em>tic-tac-toe</em> plugin doesn’t have initialisation step. +It merely record the daemon’s interface and returns its descritption.</p> + +<p>The variable <strong>afbitf</strong> is a variable global to the plugin. It records the +interface to afb-daemon and is used for logging and pushing events. +Here is its declaration:</p> + +<pre><code>/* + * the interface to afb-daemon + */ +const struct AFB_interface *afbitf; +</code></pre> + +<p>The description of the plugin is defined as below.</p> + +<pre><code>/* + * array of the verbs exported to afb-daemon + */ +static const struct AFB_verb_desc_v1 plugin_verbs[] = { + /* VERB'S NAME SESSION MANAGEMENT FUNCTION TO CALL SHORT DESCRIPTION */ + { .name= "new", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= new, .info= "Starts a new game" }, + { .name= "play", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= play, .info= "Tells the server to play" }, + { .name= "move", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= move, .info= "Tells the client move" }, + { .name= "board", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= board, .info= "Get the current board" }, + { .name= "level", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= level, .info= "Set the server level" }, + { .name= "join", .session= AFB_SESSION_CHECK,.callback= join, .info= "Join a board" }, + { .name= "undo", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= undo, .info= "Undo the last move" }, + { .name= "wait", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= wait, .info= "Wait for a change" }, + { .name= NULL } /* marker for end of the array */ +}; + +/* + * description of the plugin for afb-daemon + */ +static const struct AFB_plugin plugin_description = +{ + /* description conforms to VERSION 1 */ + .type= AFB_PLUGIN_VERSION_1, + .v1= { /* fills the v1 field of the union when AFB_PLUGIN_VERSION_1 */ + .prefix= "tictactoe", /* the API name (or plugin name or prefix) */ + .info= "Sample tac-tac-toe game", /* short description of of the plugin */ + .verbs = plugin_verbs /* the array describing the verbs of the API */ + } +}; +</code></pre> + +<p>The structure <strong>plugin_description</strong> describes the plugin. +It declares the type and version of the plugin, its name, a description +and a list of its verbs.</p> + +<p>The list of verbs is an array of structures describing the verbs and terminated by a marker: +a verb whose name is NULL.</p> + +<p>The description of the verbs for this version is made of 4 fields:</p> + +<ul> +<li><p>the name of the verbs,</p></li> +<li><p>the session management flags,</p></li> +<li><p>the implementation function to be call for the verb,</p></li> +<li><p>a short description.</p></li> +</ul> + + +<p>The structure describing verbs is defined as follows:</p> + +<pre><code>/* + * Description of one verb of the API provided by the plugin + * This enumeration is valid for plugins of type 1 + */ +struct AFB_verb_desc_v1 +{ + const char *name; /* name of the verb */ + enum AFB_session_v1 session; /* authorisation and session requirements of the verb */ + void (*callback)(struct afb_req req); /* callback function implementing the verb */ + const char *info; /* textual description of the verb */ +}; +</code></pre> + +<p>For technical reasons, the enumeration <strong>enum AFB_session_v1</strong> is not exactly an +enumeration but the wrapper of constant definitions that can be mixed using bitwise or +(the C operator |).</p> + +<p>The constants that can bit mixed are:</p> + +<table> +<thead> +<tr> +<th>Constant name </th> +<th> Meaning</th> +</tr> +</thead> +<tbody> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_CREATE</strong> </td> +<td> Equals to AFB_SESSION_LOA_EQ_0|AFB_SESSION_RENEW</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_CLOSE</strong> </td> +<td> Closes the session after the reply and set the LOA to 0</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_RENEW</strong> </td> +<td> Refreshes the token of authentification</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_CHECK</strong> </td> +<td> Just requires the token authentification</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_LOA_LE_0</strong> </td> +<td> Requires the current LOA to be lesser then or equal to 0</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_LOA_LE_1</strong> </td> +<td> Requires the current LOA to be lesser then or equal to 1</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_LOA_LE_2</strong> </td> +<td> Requires the current LOA to be lesser then or equal to 2</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_LOA_LE_3</strong> </td> +<td> Requires the current LOA to be lesser then or equal to 3</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_LOA_GE_0</strong> </td> +<td> Requires the current LOA to be greater then or equal to 0</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_LOA_GE_1</strong> </td> +<td> Requires the current LOA to be greater then or equal to 1</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_LOA_GE_2</strong> </td> +<td> Requires the current LOA to be greater then or equal to 2</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_LOA_GE_3</strong> </td> +<td> Requires the current LOA to be greater then or equal to 3</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_LOA_EQ_0</strong> </td> +<td> Requires the current LOA to be equal to 0</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_LOA_EQ_1</strong> </td> +<td> Requires the current LOA to be equal to 1</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_LOA_EQ_2</strong> </td> +<td> Requires the current LOA to be equal to 2</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td><strong>AFB_SESSION_LOA_EQ_3</strong> </td> +<td> Requires the current LOA to be equal to 3</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> + + +<p>If any of this flags is set, afb-daemon requires the token authentification +as if the flag <strong>AFB_SESSION_CHECK</strong> had been set.</p> + +<p>The special value <strong>AFB_SESSION_NONE</strong> is zero and can be used to avoid any check.</p> + +<blockquote><p>Note that <strong>AFB_SESSION_CREATE</strong> and <strong>AFB_SESSION_CLOSE</strong> might be removed in later versions.</p></blockquote> + +<a name="Sending.messages.to.the.log.system"></a> +<h2>Sending messages to the log system</h2> + +<p>Afb-daemon provides 4 levels of verbosity and 5 verbs for logging messages.</p> + +<p>The verbosity is managed. Options allow the change the verbosity of afb-daemon +and the verbosity of the plugins can be set plugin by plugin.</p> + +<p>The verbs for logging messages are defined as macros that test the +verbosity level and that call the real logging function only if the +message must be output. This avoid evaluation of arguments of the +formatting messages if the message must not be output.</p> + +<a name="Verbs.for.logging.messages"></a> +<h3>Verbs for logging messages</h3> + +<p>The 5 logging verbs are:</p> + +<table> +<thead> +<tr> +<th>Macro </th> +<th style="text-align:center;"> Verbosity </th> +<th> Meaning </th> +<th style="text-align:center;"> syslog level</th> +</tr> +</thead> +<tbody> +<tr> +<td>ERROR </td> +<td style="text-align:center;"> 0 </td> +<td> Error conditions </td> +<td style="text-align:center;"> 3</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>WARNING </td> +<td style="text-align:center;"> 1 </td> +<td> Warning conditions </td> +<td style="text-align:center;"> 4</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>NOTICE </td> +<td style="text-align:center;"> 1 </td> +<td> Normal but significant condition </td> +<td style="text-align:center;"> 5</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>INFO </td> +<td style="text-align:center;"> 2 </td> +<td> Informational </td> +<td style="text-align:center;"> 6</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>DEBUG </td> +<td style="text-align:center;"> 3 </td> +<td> Debug-level messages </td> +<td style="text-align:center;"> 7</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> + + +<p>You can note that the 2 verbs <strong>WARNING</strong> and <strong>INFO</strong> have the same level +of verbosity. But they don’t have the same <em>syslog level</em>. It means that +they are output with a different level on the logging system.</p> + +<p>All of these verbs have the same signature:</p> + +<pre><code>void ERROR(const struct AFB_interface *afbitf, const char *message, ...); +</code></pre> + +<p>The first argument <strong>afbitf</strong> is the interface to afb daemon that the +plugin received at its initialisation when <strong>pluginAfbV1Register</strong> was called.</p> + +<p>The second argument <strong>message</strong> is a formatting string compatible with printf/sprintf.</p> + +<p>The remaining arguments are arguments of the formating message like for printf.</p> + +<a name="Managing.verbosity"></a> +<h3>Managing verbosity</h3> + +<p>Depending on the level of verbosity, the messages are output or not. +The following table explains what messages will be output depending +ont the verbosity level.</p> + +<table> +<thead> +<tr> +<th style="text-align:center;">Level of verbosity </th> +<th> Outputed macro</th> +</tr> +</thead> +<tbody> +<tr> +<td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> +<td> ERROR</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> +<td> ERROR + WARNING + NOTICE</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> +<td> ERROR + WARNING + NOTICE + INFO</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> +<td> ERROR + WARNING + NOTICE + INFO + DEBUG</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> + + +<a name="Output.format.and.destination"></a> +<h3>Output format and destination</h3> + +<p>The syslog level is used for forging a prefix to the message. +The prefixes are:</p> + +<table> +<thead> +<tr> +<th style="text-align:center;">syslog level </th> +<th> prefix</th> +</tr> +</thead> +<tbody> +<tr> +<td style="text-align:center;">0 </td> +<td> <0> EMERGENCY</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> +<td> <1> ALERT</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> +<td> <2> CRITICAL</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> +<td> <3> ERROR</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> +<td> <4> WARNING</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td style="text-align:center;">5 </td> +<td> <5> NOTICE</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td style="text-align:center;">6 </td> +<td> <6> INFO</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td style="text-align:center;">7 </td> +<td> <7> DEBUG</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> + + +<p>The message is issued to the standard error. +The final destination of the message depends on how the systemd service +was configured through the variable <strong>StandardError</strong>: It can be +journal, syslog or kmsg. (See man sd-daemon).</p> + +<a name="Sending.events"></a> +<h2>Sending events</h2> + +<a name="Writing.an.asynchronous.verb.implementation"></a> +<h2>Writing an asynchronous verb implementation</h2> + +<a name="How.to.build.a.plugin"></a> +<h2>How to build a plugin</h2> + +<p>Afb-daemon provides a <em>pkg-config</em> configuration file that can be +queried by the name <strong>afb-daemon</strong>. +This configuration file provides data that should be used +for compiling plugins. Examples:</p> + +<pre><code>$ pkg-config --cflags afb-daemon +$ pkg-config --libs afb-daemon +</code></pre> + +<a name="Example.for.cmake.meta.build.system"></a> +<h3>Example for cmake meta build system</h3> + +<p>This example is the extract for building the plugin <em>afm-main</em> using <em>CMAKE</em>.</p> + +<pre><code>pkg_check_modules(afb afb-daemon) +if(afb_FOUND) + message(STATUS "Creation afm-main-plugin for AFB-DAEMON") + add_library(afm-main-plugin MODULE afm-main-plugin.c) + target_compile_options(afm-main-plugin PRIVATE ${afb_CFLAGS}) + target_include_directories(afm-main-plugin PRIVATE ${afb_INCLUDE_DIRS}) + target_link_libraries(afm-main-plugin utils ${afb_LIBRARIES}) + set_target_properties(afm-main-plugin PROPERTIES + PREFIX "" + LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/afm-main-plugin.export-map" + ) + install(TARGETS afm-main-plugin LIBRARY DESTINATION ${plugin_dir}) +else() + message(STATUS "Not creating the plugin for AFB-DAEMON") +endif() +</code></pre> + +<p>Let now describe some of these lines.</p> + +<pre><code>pkg_check_modules(afb afb-daemon) +</code></pre> -<h2 id="Sending.messages.to.the.log.system">Sending messages to the log system</h2> +<p>This first lines searches to the <em>pkg-config</em> configuration file for +<strong>afb-daemon</strong>. Resulting data are stored in the following variables:</p> + +<table> +<thead> +<tr> +<th>Variable </th> +<th> Meaning</th> +</tr> +</thead> +<tbody> +<tr> +<td>afb_FOUND </td> +<td> Set to 1 if afb-daemon plugin development files exist</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>afb_LIBRARIES </td> +<td> Only the libraries (w/o the ‘-l’) for compiling afb-daemon plugins</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>afb_LIBRARY_DIRS </td> +<td> The paths of the libraries (w/o the ‘-L’) for compiling afb-daemon plugins</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>afb_LDFLAGS </td> +<td> All required linker flags for compiling afb-daemon plugins</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>afb_INCLUDE_DIRS </td> +<td> The ‘-I’ preprocessor flags (w/o the ‘-I’) for compiling afb-daemon plugins</td> +</tr> +<tr> +<td>afb_CFLAGS </td> +<td> All required cflags for compiling afb-daemon plugins</td> +</tr> +</tbody> +</table> + + +<p>If development files are found, the plugin can be added to the set of +target to build.</p> + +<pre><code>add_library(afm-main-plugin MODULE afm-main-plugin.c) +</code></pre> + +<p>This line asks to create a shared library having only the +source file afm-main-plugin.c (that is compiled). +The default name of the created shared object is +<strong>libafm-main-plugin.so</strong>.</p> + +<pre><code>set_target_properties(afm-main-plugin PROPERTIES + PREFIX "" + LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/afm-main-plugin.export-map" +) +</code></pre> + +<p>This lines are doing two things:</p> -<h2 id="How.to.build.a.plugin">How to build a plugin</h2> +<ol> +<li><p>It renames the built library from <strong>libafm-main-plugin.so</strong> to <strong>afm-main-plugin.so</strong> +by removing the implicitely added prefix <em>lib</em>. This step is not mandatory +at all because afb-daemon doesn’t check names of files when loading it. +The only convention that use afb-daemon is that extension is <strong>.so</strong> +but this convention is used only when afb-daemon discovers plugin +from a directory hierarchy.</p></li> +<li><p>It applies a version script at link to only export the conventional name +of the entry point: <strong>pluginAfbV1Register</strong>. See below. By default, the linker +that creates the shared object exports all the public symbols (C functions that +are not <strong>static</strong>).</p></li> +</ol> + + +<p>Next line are:</p> + +<pre><code>target_include_directories(afm-main-plugin PRIVATE ${afb_INCLUDE_DIRS}) +target_link_libraries(afm-main-plugin utils ${afb_LIBRARIES}) +</code></pre> -<p>Afb-daemon provides a <em>pkg-config</em> configuration file.</p> +<p>As you can see it uses the variables computed by <strong><em>pkg_check_modules(afb afb-daemon)</em></strong> +to configure the compiler and the linker.</p> + +<a name="Exporting.the.function.pluginAfbV1Register"></a> +<h3>Exporting the function pluginAfbV1Register</h3> + +<p>The function <strong>pluginAfbV1Register</strong> must be exported. This can be achieved +using a version script when linking. Here is the version script that is +used for <em>tic-tac-toe</em> (plugins/samples/export.map).</p> + +<pre><code>{ global: pluginAfbV1Register; local: *; }; +</code></pre> + +<p>This sample <a href="https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs-2.26/ld/VERSION.html#VERSION">version script</a> +exports as global the symbol <em>pluginAfbV1Register</em> and hides any +other symbols.</p> + +<p>This version script is added to the link options using the +option <strong>–version-script=export.map</strong> is given directly to the +linker or using th option <strong>-Wl,–version-script=export.map</strong> +when the option is given to the C compiler.</p> + +<a name="Building.within.yocto"></a> +<h3>Building within yocto</h3> + +<p>Adding a dependency to afb-daemon is enough. See below:</p> + +<pre><code>DEPENDS += " afb-daemon " +</code></pre> </body> </html> diff --git a/doc/writing-afb-plugins.md b/doc/afb-plugin-writing.md index 7611600f..734b15a5 100644 --- a/doc/writing-afb-plugins.md +++ b/doc/afb-plugin-writing.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ HOWTO WRITE a PLUGIN for AFB-DAEMON =================================== version: 1 - Date: 25 May 2016 + Date: 27 mai 2016 Author: José Bollo TABLE-OF-CONTENT-HERE @@ -690,14 +690,345 @@ given by the client transparently transported. > In fact, for Websockets requests, the function **afb_req_value** > can be seen as a shortcut to -> *json_object_get_string(json_object_object_get(afb_req_json(req), name))* +> ***json_object_get_string(json_object_object_get(afb_req_json(req), name))*** + +Initialisation of the plugin and declaration of verbs +----------------------------------------------------- + +To be active, the verbs of the plugin should be declared to +afb-daemon. And even more, the plugin itself must be recorded. + +The mechanism for doing this is very simple: when afb-need starts, +it loads the plugins that are listed in its argument or configuration. + +Loading a plugin follows the following steps: + +1. It loads the plugin using *dlopen*. + +2. It searchs for the symbol named **pluginAfbV1Register** using *dlsym*. +This symbol is assumed to be the exported initialisation function of the plugin. + +3. It build an interface object for the plugin. + +4. It calls the found function **pluginAfbV1Register** and pass it the pointer +to its interface. + +5. The function **pluginAfbV1Register** setup the plugin, initialize it. + +6. The function **pluginAfbV1Register** returns the pointer to a structure +that describes the plugin: its version, its name (prefix or API name), and the +list of its verbs. + +7. Afb-daemon checks that the returned version and name can be managed. +If it can manage it, the plugin and its verbs are recorded and can be used +when afb-daemon finishes it initialisation. + +Here is the listing of the function **pluginAfbV1Register** of the plugin +*tic-tac-toe*: + + /* + * activation function for registering the plugin called by afb-daemon + */ + const struct AFB_plugin *pluginAfbV1Register(const struct AFB_interface *itf) + { + afbitf = itf; // records the interface for accessing afb-daemon + return &plugin_description; // returns the description of the plugin + } + +This is a very small function because the *tic-tac-toe* plugin doesn't have initialisation step. +It merely record the daemon's interface and returns its descritption. + +The variable **afbitf** is a variable global to the plugin. It records the +interface to afb-daemon and is used for logging and pushing events. +Here is its declaration: + + /* + * the interface to afb-daemon + */ + const struct AFB_interface *afbitf; + +The description of the plugin is defined as below. + + /* + * array of the verbs exported to afb-daemon + */ + static const struct AFB_verb_desc_v1 plugin_verbs[] = { + /* VERB'S NAME SESSION MANAGEMENT FUNCTION TO CALL SHORT DESCRIPTION */ + { .name= "new", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= new, .info= "Starts a new game" }, + { .name= "play", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= play, .info= "Tells the server to play" }, + { .name= "move", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= move, .info= "Tells the client move" }, + { .name= "board", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= board, .info= "Get the current board" }, + { .name= "level", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= level, .info= "Set the server level" }, + { .name= "join", .session= AFB_SESSION_CHECK,.callback= join, .info= "Join a board" }, + { .name= "undo", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= undo, .info= "Undo the last move" }, + { .name= "wait", .session= AFB_SESSION_NONE, .callback= wait, .info= "Wait for a change" }, + { .name= NULL } /* marker for end of the array */ + }; + + /* + * description of the plugin for afb-daemon + */ + static const struct AFB_plugin plugin_description = + { + /* description conforms to VERSION 1 */ + .type= AFB_PLUGIN_VERSION_1, + .v1= { /* fills the v1 field of the union when AFB_PLUGIN_VERSION_1 */ + .prefix= "tictactoe", /* the API name (or plugin name or prefix) */ + .info= "Sample tac-tac-toe game", /* short description of of the plugin */ + .verbs = plugin_verbs /* the array describing the verbs of the API */ + } + }; + +The structure **plugin_description** describes the plugin. +It declares the type and version of the plugin, its name, a description +and a list of its verbs. + +The list of verbs is an array of structures describing the verbs and terminated by a marker: +a verb whose name is NULL. + +The description of the verbs for this version is made of 4 fields: + +- the name of the verbs, + +- the session management flags, + +- the implementation function to be call for the verb, + +- a short description. + +The structure describing verbs is defined as follows: + + /* + * Description of one verb of the API provided by the plugin + * This enumeration is valid for plugins of type 1 + */ + struct AFB_verb_desc_v1 + { + const char *name; /* name of the verb */ + enum AFB_session_v1 session; /* authorisation and session requirements of the verb */ + void (*callback)(struct afb_req req); /* callback function implementing the verb */ + const char *info; /* textual description of the verb */ + }; + +For technical reasons, the enumeration **enum AFB_session_v1** is not exactly an +enumeration but the wrapper of constant definitions that can be mixed using bitwise or +(the C operator |). + +The constants that can bit mixed are: + +Constant name | Meaning +-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------- +**AFB_SESSION_CREATE** | Equals to AFB_SESSION_LOA_EQ_0|AFB_SESSION_RENEW +**AFB_SESSION_CLOSE** | Closes the session after the reply and set the LOA to 0 +**AFB_SESSION_RENEW** | Refreshes the token of authentification +**AFB_SESSION_CHECK** | Just requires the token authentification +**AFB_SESSION_LOA_LE_0** | Requires the current LOA to be lesser then or equal to 0 +**AFB_SESSION_LOA_LE_1** | Requires the current LOA to be lesser then or equal to 1 +**AFB_SESSION_LOA_LE_2** | Requires the current LOA to be lesser then or equal to 2 +**AFB_SESSION_LOA_LE_3** | Requires the current LOA to be lesser then or equal to 3 +**AFB_SESSION_LOA_GE_0** | Requires the current LOA to be greater then or equal to 0 +**AFB_SESSION_LOA_GE_1** | Requires the current LOA to be greater then or equal to 1 +**AFB_SESSION_LOA_GE_2** | Requires the current LOA to be greater then or equal to 2 +**AFB_SESSION_LOA_GE_3** | Requires the current LOA to be greater then or equal to 3 +**AFB_SESSION_LOA_EQ_0** | Requires the current LOA to be equal to 0 +**AFB_SESSION_LOA_EQ_1** | Requires the current LOA to be equal to 1 +**AFB_SESSION_LOA_EQ_2** | Requires the current LOA to be equal to 2 +**AFB_SESSION_LOA_EQ_3** | Requires the current LOA to be equal to 3 + +If any of this flags is set, afb-daemon requires the token authentification +as if the flag **AFB_SESSION_CHECK** had been set. + +The special value **AFB_SESSION_NONE** is zero and can be used to avoid any check. + +> Note that **AFB_SESSION_CREATE** and **AFB_SESSION_CLOSE** might be removed in later versions. Sending messages to the log system ---------------------------------- +Afb-daemon provides 4 levels of verbosity and 5 verbs for logging messages. + +The verbosity is managed. Options allow the change the verbosity of afb-daemon +and the verbosity of the plugins can be set plugin by plugin. + +The verbs for logging messages are defined as macros that test the +verbosity level and that call the real logging function only if the +message must be output. This avoid evaluation of arguments of the +formatting messages if the message must not be output. + +### Verbs for logging messages + +The 5 logging verbs are: + +Macro | Verbosity | Meaning | syslog level +--------|:---------:|-----------------------------------|:-----------: +ERROR | 0 | Error conditions | 3 +WARNING | 1 | Warning conditions | 4 +NOTICE | 1 | Normal but significant condition | 5 +INFO | 2 | Informational | 6 +DEBUG | 3 | Debug-level messages | 7 + +You can note that the 2 verbs **WARNING** and **INFO** have the same level +of verbosity. But they don't have the same *syslog level*. It means that +they are output with a different level on the logging system. + +All of these verbs have the same signature: + + void ERROR(const struct AFB_interface *afbitf, const char *message, ...); + +The first argument **afbitf** is the interface to afb daemon that the +plugin received at its initialisation when **pluginAfbV1Register** was called. + +The second argument **message** is a formatting string compatible with printf/sprintf. + +The remaining arguments are arguments of the formating message like for printf. + +### Managing verbosity + +Depending on the level of verbosity, the messages are output or not. +The following table explains what messages will be output depending +ont the verbosity level. + +Level of verbosity | Outputed macro +:-----------------:|-------------------------- + 0 | ERROR + 1 | ERROR + WARNING + NOTICE + 2 | ERROR + WARNING + NOTICE + INFO + 3 | ERROR + WARNING + NOTICE + INFO + DEBUG + +### Output format and destination + +The syslog level is used for forging a prefix to the message. +The prefixes are: + +syslog level | prefix +:-----------:|--------------- + 0 | <0> EMERGENCY + 1 | <1> ALERT + 2 | <2> CRITICAL + 3 | <3> ERROR + 4 | <4> WARNING + 5 | <5> NOTICE + 6 | <6> INFO + 7 | <7> DEBUG + + +The message is issued to the standard error. +The final destination of the message depends on how the systemd service +was configured through the variable **StandardError**: It can be +journal, syslog or kmsg. (See man sd-daemon). + +Sending events +-------------- + + +Writing an asynchronous verb implementation +------------------------------------------- + + How to build a plugin --------------------- -Afb-daemon provides a *pkg-config* configuration file. +Afb-daemon provides a *pkg-config* configuration file that can be +queried by the name **afb-daemon**. +This configuration file provides data that should be used +for compiling plugins. Examples: + + $ pkg-config --cflags afb-daemon + $ pkg-config --libs afb-daemon + +### Example for cmake meta build system + +This example is the extract for building the plugin *afm-main* using *CMAKE*. + + pkg_check_modules(afb afb-daemon) + if(afb_FOUND) + message(STATUS "Creation afm-main-plugin for AFB-DAEMON") + add_library(afm-main-plugin MODULE afm-main-plugin.c) + target_compile_options(afm-main-plugin PRIVATE ${afb_CFLAGS}) + target_include_directories(afm-main-plugin PRIVATE ${afb_INCLUDE_DIRS}) + target_link_libraries(afm-main-plugin utils ${afb_LIBRARIES}) + set_target_properties(afm-main-plugin PROPERTIES + PREFIX "" + LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/afm-main-plugin.export-map" + ) + install(TARGETS afm-main-plugin LIBRARY DESTINATION ${plugin_dir}) + else() + message(STATUS "Not creating the plugin for AFB-DAEMON") + endif() + +Let now describe some of these lines. + + pkg_check_modules(afb afb-daemon) + +This first lines searches to the *pkg-config* configuration file for +**afb-daemon**. Resulting data are stored in the following variables: + +Variable | Meaning +------------------|------------------------------------------------ +afb_FOUND | Set to 1 if afb-daemon plugin development files exist +afb_LIBRARIES | Only the libraries (w/o the '-l') for compiling afb-daemon plugins +afb_LIBRARY_DIRS | The paths of the libraries (w/o the '-L') for compiling afb-daemon plugins +afb_LDFLAGS | All required linker flags for compiling afb-daemon plugins +afb_INCLUDE_DIRS | The '-I' preprocessor flags (w/o the '-I') for compiling afb-daemon plugins +afb_CFLAGS | All required cflags for compiling afb-daemon plugins + +If development files are found, the plugin can be added to the set of +target to build. + + add_library(afm-main-plugin MODULE afm-main-plugin.c) + +This line asks to create a shared library having only the +source file afm-main-plugin.c (that is compiled). +The default name of the created shared object is +**libafm-main-plugin.so**. + + set_target_properties(afm-main-plugin PROPERTIES + PREFIX "" + LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/afm-main-plugin.export-map" + ) + +This lines are doing two things: + +1. It renames the built library from **libafm-main-plugin.so** to **afm-main-plugin.so** +by removing the implicitely added prefix *lib*. This step is not mandatory +at all because afb-daemon doesn't check names of files when loading it. +The only convention that use afb-daemon is that extension is **.so** +but this convention is used only when afb-daemon discovers plugin +from a directory hierarchy. + +2. It applies a version script at link to only export the conventional name +of the entry point: **pluginAfbV1Register**. See below. By default, the linker +that creates the shared object exports all the public symbols (C functions that +are not **static**). + +Next line are: + + target_include_directories(afm-main-plugin PRIVATE ${afb_INCLUDE_DIRS}) + target_link_libraries(afm-main-plugin utils ${afb_LIBRARIES}) + +As you can see it uses the variables computed by ***pkg_check_modules(afb afb-daemon)*** +to configure the compiler and the linker. + +### Exporting the function pluginAfbV1Register + +The function **pluginAfbV1Register** must be exported. This can be achieved +using a version script when linking. Here is the version script that is +used for *tic-tac-toe* (plugins/samples/export.map). + + { global: pluginAfbV1Register; local: *; }; + +This sample [version script](https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs-2.26/ld/VERSION.html#VERSION) +exports as global the symbol *pluginAfbV1Register* and hides any +other symbols. + +This version script is added to the link options using the +option **--version-script=export.map** is given directly to the +linker or using th option **-Wl,--version-script=export.map** +when the option is given to the C compiler. + +### Building within yocto + +Adding a dependency to afb-daemon is enough. See below: + DEPENDS += " afb-daemon " diff --git a/doc/doc.css b/doc/doc.css index d100bd1c..27be9dc7 100644 --- a/doc/doc.css +++ b/doc/doc.css @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ body { color: #000; } -h1, h2, h3 { +h1, h2, h3, h4 { color: #306; text-decoration: underline; } @@ -27,3 +27,13 @@ blockquote { font: bolder; padding: 0.7em 1.5em; } + +table { + margin-left: 2em; + background-color: #dff; + outline: 0.25em solid #a6f; +/* padding: 0.25em;*/ +} +thead {background-color: #a6f;} +tr:nth-child(even) {background-color: #aee;} +td { padding: 0.1em 0.5em; } |