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[[category:Geometry Service]]
[[category:GSNet Protocol]]
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{|
|width=344 valign=top|[[Image:GSNet_Symbol.png|left|top|GSNet]]
|The Geometry Service Network (GSNet) Protocol is a TCP/IP based protocol designed to facilitate socketed communications between Geometry Service Nodes on a network. A Geometry Service Node is defined as any softwares that supports communication via the GSNet Protocol.
 
__TOC__ 
|}

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==GSNet Msg (Visual) Breakdown==
[[Image:GSNetMsgBreakdown.png|520x373px]]

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==GSNet Msg==
===Header===
The header of the GSNet Msg contains the information necessary for quickly determining authenticity, type and length. Geometry Service's network library, libNetwork, is built upon BRL-CAD's networking library: libPKG. This causes the header byte layout to look like this:
 
 
{|style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #666699; padding: 0;"
|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''Element'''
|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''Length'''
|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''Value'''
|-
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Magic1
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|int16 (2 Bytes)
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Always 0x41FE
|-
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Magic2
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|int16 (2 Bytes)
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Always 0x5309
|-
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|MessageLength
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|int32 (4 bytes)
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|
|-
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|MsgType
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|int16 (2 bytes)
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|
|-
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|MessageUUID
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|[[GSNet_String|String (Variable bytes)]]
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|
|-
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|HasRegardingUUID
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Boolean (1 byte)
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|
|-
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|RegardingMessageUUID
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|[[GSNet_String|String (Variable bytes)]]
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|
|}

====libPKG Part====
Due to some C and C++ incompatibilities, the libPKG "Type" parameter is used as "Magic2" in the GSNet Protocol. To address this change, NetMsg routing should be performed on the "GS Msg Type" parameter rather than the "libPKG Type" parameter.
 
Table showing modifications described above:
 
{|style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #666699; padding: 0;"
|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''libPKG element'''
|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''GSNet element'''
|-
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Magic
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Magic01
|-
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Type
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Magic02
|-
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Length
|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Length
|}

* '''Magic01:''' 2 bytes of data designed to ensure integrity of data and mark NetMsg starting point.
* '''Magic02:''' 2 bytes of data designed to ensure integrity of data and mark NetMsg starting point.
* '''Length:''' 4 byte integer that represents the number of bytes in the message from the end of this value to the end.

====GSNet Part====

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===Data===
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List of [[NetMsgTypes]].
 
List of [[Common NetMsg Exchanges]]

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+==GSNet Msg (Visual) Breakdown==
+[[Image:GSNetMsgBreakdown.png|520x373px]]
+----
-=GSNet Msg Description=
+==GSNet Msg==
-==Header==
+===Header===
-The header of the GSNet Msg contains the information necessary for quickly determining authenticity, type and length.  Geometry Service's network library, libNetwork, has a header byte layout that looks like this:
+The header of the GSNet Msg contains the information necessary for quickly determining authenticity, type and length.  Geometry Service's network library, libNetwork, is built upon BRL-CAD's networking library: libPKG.  This causes the header byte layout to look like this:
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 |style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''Value'''
 |-
-|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|MsgType
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Magic1
-|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|int16 (2 bytes)
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|int16 (2 Bytes)
-|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Always 0x41FE
+|-
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Magic2
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|int16 (2 Bytes)
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Always 0x5309
 |-
 |style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|MessageLength
 |style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|int32 (4 bytes)
-|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Does *NOT* include the type or length, so is packet size - 6
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|
+|-
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|MsgType
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|int16 (2 bytes)
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|
 |-
 |style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|MessageUUID
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-* '''MsgType:''' 2 byte integer value that tells what type of message this is.
+====libPKG Part====
-* '''MessageUUID:''' 	Standard UUID for this message.  Currently stored as a string.
+Due to some C and C++ incompatibilities, the libPKG "Type" parameter is used as "Magic2" in the GSNet Protocol.  To address this change, NetMsg routing should be performed on the "GS Msg Type" parameter rather than the "libPKG Type" parameter.
-* '''HasRegardingUUID:''' 	Boolean flag that indicates whether there is a Regarding UUID or not.
+<br /><br />
-* '''RegardingMessageUUID:''' 	Standard UUID that indicates this NetMsg is a response to another NetMsg.
+Table showing modifications described above:
+<br /><br />
+{|style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: #666699; padding: 0;"
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''libPKG element'''
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699; background-color: #666699; color: #FFFFFF; width: 180px;"|'''GSNet element'''
+|-
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Magic
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Magic01
+|-
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Type
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Magic02
+|-
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Length
+|style="border: 1px solid #666699;"|Length
+|}
+* '''Magic01:''' 2 bytes of data designed to ensure integrity of data and mark NetMsg starting point.
+* '''Magic02:''' 2 bytes of data designed to ensure integrity of data and mark NetMsg starting point.
+* '''Length:''' 4 byte integer that represents the number of bytes in the message from the end of this value to the end.
+====GSNet Part====
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-==Data==
+===Data===
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-The Data load of a NetMsg is, obivously, the important and unique part.  Data Loads can be as small as zero (in the case of a TypeOnlyMsg) or many kilobytes long.
-Here is a list of [[NetMsgTypes|NetMsg types]] and here is a list of [[Common NetMsg Exchanges]].
+List of [[NetMsgTypes]].
+List of [[Common NetMsg Exchanges]]