Source code for spinnman.connections.abstract_classes.abstract_scp_sender

from abc import ABCMeta
from abc import abstractmethod
from six import add_metaclass

from spinnman.connections.abstract_classes.abstract_connection \
    import AbstractConnection


@add_metaclass(ABCMeta)
class AbstractSCPSender(AbstractConnection):
    """ A sender of SCP messages
    """

    @abstractmethod
    def is_udp_scp_sender(self):
        pass

    @abstractmethod
    def send_scp_request(self, scp_request):
        """ Sends an SCP request down this connection

         Messages must have the following properties:

            * source_port is None or 7
            * source_cpu is None or 31
            * source_chip_x is None or 0
            * source_chip_y is None or 0

        tag in the message is optional - if not set the default set in the\
        constructor will be used.
        sequence in the message is optional - if not set (sequence number\
        last assigned + 1) % 65536 will be used
        
        :param scp_request: message packet to send
        :type scp_request:
                    :py:class:`spinnman.messages.scp.abstract_scp_request.AbstractSCPRequest`
        :return: Nothing is returned
        :rtype: None
        :raise spinnman.exceptions.SpinnmanIOException: If there is an error\
                    sending the message
        """