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/*
* coap_async.h -- state management for asynchronous messages
*
* Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Olaf Bergmann <bergmann@tzi.org>
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
*
* This file is part of the CoAP library libcoap. Please see README for terms
* of use.
*/
/**
* @file coap_async.h
* @brief State management for asynchronous messages
*/
#ifndef COAP_ASYNC_H_
#define COAP_ASYNC_H_
#include "coap_net.h"
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/**
* @ingroup application_api
* @defgroup coap_async Asynchronous Messaging
* @{
* API for delayed "separate" messages.
* A coap_context_t object holds a list of coap_async_t objects that can
* be used to generate a separate response in the case a result of a request
* cannot be delivered immediately.
*/
/**
* Allocates a new coap_async_t object and fills its fields according to
* the given @p request. This function returns a pointer to the registered
* coap_async_t object or @c NULL on error. Note that this function will
* return @c NULL in case that an object with the same identifier is already
* registered.
*
* When the delay expires, a copy of the @p request will get sent to the
* appropriate request handler.
*
* @param session The session that is used for asynchronous transmissions.
* @param request The request that is handled asynchronously.
* @param delay The amount of time to delay before sending response, 0 means
* wait forever.
*
* @return A pointer to the registered coap_async_t object or @c
* NULL in case of an error.
*/
COAP_API coap_async_t *coap_register_async(coap_session_t *session,
const coap_pdu_t *request,
coap_tick_t delay);
/**
* Update the delay timeout, so changing when the registered @p async triggers.
*
* When the new delay expires, a copy of the original request will get sent to
* the appropriate request handler.
*
* @param async The object to update.
* @param delay The amount of time to delay before sending response, 0 means
* wait forever.
*/
COAP_API void coap_async_set_delay(coap_async_t *async, coap_tick_t delay);
/**
* Trigger the registered @p async.
*
* A copy of the original request will get sent to the appropriate request
* handler.
*
* @param async The async object to trigger.
*/
COAP_API void coap_async_trigger(coap_async_t *async);
/**
* Releases the memory that was allocated by coap_register_async() for the
* object @p async.
*
* @param session The session to use.
* @param async The object to delete.
*/
COAP_API void coap_free_async(coap_session_t *session, coap_async_t *async);
/**
* Retrieves the object identified by @p token from the list of asynchronous
* transactions that are registered with @p context. This function returns a
* pointer to that object or @c NULL if not found.
*
* @param session The session that is used for asynchronous transmissions.
* @param token The PDU's token of the object to retrieve.
*
* @return A pointer to the object identified by @p token or @c NULL if
* not found.
*/
COAP_API coap_async_t *coap_find_async(coap_session_t *session, coap_bin_const_t token);
/**
* Set the application data pointer held in @p async. This overwrites any
* existing data pointer.
*
* @deprecated Use coap_async_set_app_data2() instead.
*
* @param async The async state object.
* @param app_data The pointer to the data.
*/
COAP_DEPRECATED void coap_async_set_app_data(coap_async_t *async, void *app_data);
/**
* Gets the application data pointer held in @p async.
*
* @param async The async state object.
*
* @return The application data pointer.
*/
void *coap_async_get_app_data(const coap_async_t *async);
/**
* Stores @p data with the given async, returning the previously stored
* value or NULL. The data @p callback can be defined if the data is to be
* released when the cache_entry is deleted.
*
* Note: It is the responsibility of the caller to free off (if appropriate) any
* returned data.
*
* @param async_entry The async state object.
* @param data The pointer to the data to store or NULL to just clear out the
* previous data.
* @param callback The optional release call-back for data on async
* removal or NULL.
*
* @return The previous data (if any) stored in the async.
*/
COAP_API void *coap_async_set_app_data2(coap_async_t *async_entry,
void *data,
coap_app_data_free_callback_t callback);
/** @} */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* COAP_ASYNC_H_ */