Contiki学习笔记：应用编程接口API

摘要：

    本文按自己理解的方式，对进程、事件、etimer的API进行整理，以便编程。

    网上有一份根据源码生成的文档(类似于ava SE 6 API Documentation)，分门别类给出接口(系统和启动代码调用的接口、硬件驱动调用的接口、应用编程接口)，本文只给出应用编程接口，并进行整理。另以下的大部分API在之前的博文几乎都有分析。

一、进程

1.1 进程声明和定义[1]

PROCESS_THREAD(name, ev, data)-----Define the body of a process. 

PROCESS_NAME(name)-----Declare the name of a process. 

PROCESS(name, strname)-----Declare a process.

1.2 process protothread方法

PROCESS_BEGIN()-----Define the beginning of a process. 

PROCESS_END()-----Define the end of a process. 

PROCESS_EXIT()-----Exit the currently running process.

PROCESS_CURRENT()-----Get a pointer to the currently running process. PROCESS_CONTEXT_BEGIN(p)-----Switch context to another process. PROCESS_CONTEXT_END(p)-----End a context switch.

PROCESS_POLLHANDLER(handler)-----Specify an action when a process is polled. PROCESS_EXITHANDLER(handler)-----Specify an action when a process exits.

1.3 进程内核函数[2]

void process_start (struct process *p, const char *arg)-----Start a process. 

void process_exit (struct process *p)-----Cause a process to exit. 

1.4 挂起进程相关[1][3]

PROCESS_WAIT_EVENT()-----Wait for an event to be posted to the process. PROCESS_WAIT_EVENT_UNTIL(c)-----Wait for an event to be posted to the process, with an extra condition. 

PROCESS_YIELD()-----Yield the currently running process. 

PROCESS_YIELD_UNTIL(c)-----Yield the currently running process until a condition occurs.

PROCESS_WAIT_UNTIL(c)-----Wait for a condition to occur. 

PROCESS_WAIT_WHILE(c)-----PT_WAIT_WHILE(process_pt, c) 

PROCESS_PT_SPAWN(pt, thread)-----Spawn a protothread from the process. 

PROCESS_PAUSE()-----Yield the process for a short while.

二、事件

2.1 新建事件[1]

process_event_t  process_alloc_event (void)-----Allocate a global event number.

2.2 传递事件[1][2]

int process_post (struct process *p, process_event_t ev, void *data)-----Post an asynchronous event. 

void process_post_synch (struct process *p, process_event_t ev, void *data)-----Post a synchronous event to a process.

三、etimer[4][5]

void etimer_set (struct etimer *et, clock_time_t interval)-----Set an event timer. 

void etimer_reset (struct etimer *et)-----Reset an event timer with the same interval as was previously set.

void etimer_restart (struct etimer *et)-----Restart an event timer from the current point in time. 

void etimer_adjust (struct etimer *et, int td)-----Adjust the expiration time for an event timer.

void etimer_stop (struct etimer *et)-----Stop a pending event timer. 

int etimer_expired (struct etimer *et)-----Check if an event timer has expired. 

clock_time_t etimer_expiration_time (struct etimer *et)-----Get the expiration time for the event timer.

clock_time_t etimer_start_time (struct etimer *et)-----Get the start time for the event timer.

参考资料：

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[3] 博文《Contiki学习笔记：编程模式》

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