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+/* pb_encode.h: Functions to encode protocol buffers. Depends on pb_encode.c.
+ * The main function is pb_encode. You also need an output stream, and the
+ * field descriptions created by nanopb_generator.py.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _PB_ENCODE_H_
+#define _PB_ENCODE_H_
+
+#include "pb.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/* Structure for defining custom output streams. You will need to provide
+ * a callback function to write the bytes to your storage, which can be
+ * for example a file or a network socket.
+ *
+ * The callback must conform to these rules:
+ *
+ * 1) Return false on IO errors. This will cause encoding to abort.
+ * 2) You can use state to store your own data (e.g. buffer pointer).
+ * 3) pb_write will update bytes_written after your callback runs.
+ * 4) Substreams will modify max_size and bytes_written. Don't use them
+ *    to calculate any pointers.
+ */
+struct _pb_ostream_t
+{
+#ifdef PB_BUFFER_ONLY
+    /* Callback pointer is not used in buffer-only configuration.
+     * Having an int pointer here allows binary compatibility but
+     * gives an error if someone tries to assign callback function.
+     * Also, NULL pointer marks a 'sizing stream' that does not
+     * write anything.
+     */
+    int *callback;
+#else
+    bool (*callback)(pb_ostream_t *stream, const uint8_t *buf, size_t count);
+#endif
+    void *state;          /* Free field for use by callback implementation. */
+    size_t max_size;      /* Limit number of output bytes written (or use SIZE_MAX). */
+    size_t bytes_written; /* Number of bytes written so far. */
+    
+#ifndef PB_NO_ERRMSG
+    const char *errmsg;
+#endif
+};
+
+/***************************
+ * Main encoding functions *
+ ***************************/
+
+/* Encode a single protocol buffers message from C structure into a stream.
+ * Returns true on success, false on any failure.
+ * The actual struct pointed to by src_struct must match the description in fields.
+ * All required fields in the struct are assumed to have been filled in.
+ *
+ * Example usage:
+ *    MyMessage msg = {};
+ *    uint8_t buffer[64];
+ *    pb_ostream_t stream;
+ *
+ *    msg.field1 = 42;
+ *    stream = pb_ostream_from_buffer(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+ *    pb_encode(&stream, MyMessage_fields, &msg);
+ */
+bool pb_encode(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_t fields[], const void *src_struct);
+
+/* Same as pb_encode, but prepends the length of the message as a varint.
+ * Corresponds to writeDelimitedTo() in Google's protobuf API.
+ */
+bool pb_encode_delimited(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_t fields[], const void *src_struct);
+
+/**************************************
+ * Functions for manipulating streams *
+ **************************************/
+
+/* Create an output stream for writing into a memory buffer.
+ * The number of bytes written can be found in stream.bytes_written after
+ * encoding the message.
+ *
+ * Alternatively, you can use a custom stream that writes directly to e.g.
+ * a file or a network socket.
+ */
+pb_ostream_t pb_ostream_from_buffer(uint8_t *buf, size_t bufsize);
+
+/* Pseudo-stream for measuring the size of a message without actually storing
+ * the encoded data.
+ * 
+ * Example usage:
+ *    MyMessage msg = {};
+ *    pb_ostream_t stream = PB_OSTREAM_SIZING;
+ *    pb_encode(&stream, MyMessage_fields, &msg);
+ *    printf("Message size is %d\n", stream.bytes_written);
+ */
+#ifndef PB_NO_ERRMSG
+#define PB_OSTREAM_SIZING {0,0,0,0,0}
+#else
+#define PB_OSTREAM_SIZING {0,0,0,0}
+#endif
+
+/* Function to write into a pb_ostream_t stream. You can use this if you need
+ * to append or prepend some custom headers to the message.
+ */
+bool pb_write(pb_ostream_t *stream, const uint8_t *buf, size_t count);
+
+
+/************************************************
+ * Helper functions for writing field callbacks *
+ ************************************************/
+
+/* Encode field header based on type and field number defined in the field
+ * structure. Call this from the callback before writing out field contents. */
+bool pb_encode_tag_for_field(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_t *field);
+
+/* Encode field header by manually specifing wire type. You need to use this
+ * if you want to write out packed arrays from a callback field. */
+bool pb_encode_tag(pb_ostream_t *stream, pb_wire_type_t wiretype, uint32_t field_number);
+
+/* Encode an integer in the varint format.
+ * This works for bool, enum, int32, int64, uint32 and uint64 field types. */
+bool pb_encode_varint(pb_ostream_t *stream, uint64_t value);
+
+/* Encode an integer in the zig-zagged svarint format.
+ * This works for sint32 and sint64. */
+bool pb_encode_svarint(pb_ostream_t *stream, int64_t value);
+
+/* Encode a string or bytes type field. For strings, pass strlen(s) as size. */
+bool pb_encode_string(pb_ostream_t *stream, const uint8_t *buffer, size_t size);
+
+/* Encode a fixed32, sfixed32 or float value.
+ * You need to pass a pointer to a 4-byte wide C variable. */
+bool pb_encode_fixed32(pb_ostream_t *stream, const void *value);
+
+/* Encode a fixed64, sfixed64 or double value.
+ * You need to pass a pointer to a 8-byte wide C variable. */
+bool pb_encode_fixed64(pb_ostream_t *stream, const void *value);
+
+/* Encode a submessage field.
+ * You need to pass the pb_field_t array and pointer to struct, just like
+ * with pb_encode(). This internally encodes the submessage twice, first to
+ * calculate message size and then to actually write it out.
+ */
+bool pb_encode_submessage(pb_ostream_t *stream, const pb_field_t fields[], const void *src_struct);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+} /* extern "C" */
+#endif
+
+#endif
+