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#ifndef CANMESSAGE_H
#define CANMESSAGE_H

/* CAN message container.
 * Provides "<<" (append) and ">>" (extract) operators to simplyfy
 * adding/getting data items to/from a CAN message.
 * Usage is similar to the C++ io-stream operators.
 * Data length of CAN message is automatically updated when using "<<" or ">>" operators.
 *
 * See Wiki page <https://developer.mbed.org/users/hudakz/code/CAN_Hello/> for demo.
 */

#include "CAN.h"

class CANMsg : public CANMessage
{
public:
    /** Creates empty CAN message.
     */
    CANMsg() :
        CANMessage(){ }

    /** Creates CAN message with specific content.
     */
    CANMsg(int _id, const char *_data, char _len = 8, CANType _type = CANData, CANFormat _format = CANStandard) :
        CANMessage(_id, _data, _len, _type, _format){ }

    /** Creates CAN remote message.
     */
    CANMsg(int _id, CANFormat _format = CANStandard) :
        CANMessage(_id, _format){ }

    /** Clears CAN message content
     */
    void clear(void) {
        len    = 0;
        type   = CANData;
        format = CANStandard;
        id     = 0;
        memset(data, 0, 8);
    };

    /** Append operator: Appends data (value) to CAN message
     */
    template<class T>
    CANMsg &operator<<(const T val) {
        if(len + sizeof(T) <= 8) {
            *reinterpret_cast < T * > (&data[len]) = val;
            len += sizeof(T);
        }
#if DEBUG
        else {
            printf("Error: Cannot append data - exceeding CAN data length!\r\n");
        }
#endif
       return *this;
    }

    /** Extract operator: Extracts data (value) from CAN message
     */
    template<class T>
    CANMsg &operator>>(T& val) {
        if(sizeof(T) <= len) {
            val = *reinterpret_cast < T * > (&data[0]);
            len -= sizeof(T);
            memcpy(data, data + sizeof(T), len);
        }
#if DEBUG
        else {
            printf("Error: Cannot extract data - exceeding CAN data length!\r\n");
        }
#endif
        return *this;
    }
};

#endif // CANMESSAGE_H