papi: support default for type alias decaying to basetype

Add PAPI support for VppTypeAlias decaying to BaseType.
E.g vl_api_interface_index_t sw_if_index [default=0xffffffff]

Type: feature

Signed-off-by: Ole Troan <ot@cisco.com>
Change-Id: I2061392157c9c11fbb0ff9e5406ea65489b017e9
diff --git a/src/vnet/interface.api b/src/vnet/interface.api
index 39bb9ca..1ecd347 100644
--- a/src/vnet/interface.api
+++ b/src/vnet/interface.api
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 {
   u32 client_index;
   u32 context;
-  vl_api_interface_index_t sw_if_index;
+  vl_api_interface_index_t sw_if_index [default=0xFFFFFFFF];
   bool name_filter_valid;
   string name_filter[];
 };
diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_serializer.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_serializer.py
index b04530c..8361cd3 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_serializer.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_serializer.py
@@ -66,7 +66,32 @@
     return vpp_format.conversion_unpacker_table[field_type](data)
 
 
-class BaseTypes(object):
+# TODO: post 20.01, remove inherit from object.
+class Packer(object):
+    options = {}
+
+    def pack(self, data, kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def unpack(self, data, offset, result=None, ntc=False):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    # override as appropriate in subclasses
+    def _get_packer_with_options(self, f_type, options):
+        return types[f_type]
+
+    def get_packer_with_options(self, f_type, options):
+        if options is not None:
+            try:
+                return self._get_packer_with_options(f_type, options)
+            except IndexError:
+                raise VPPSerializerValueError(
+                    "Options not supported for {}{} ({})".
+                        format(f_type, types[f_type].__class__,
+                               options))
+
+
+class BaseTypes(Packer):
     def __init__(self, type, elements=0, options=None):
         base_types = {'u8': '>B',
                       'i8': '>b',
@@ -99,8 +124,12 @@
     def unpack(self, data, offset, result=None, ntc=False):
         return self.packer.unpack_from(data, offset)[0], self.packer.size
 
+    def _get_packer_with_options(self, f_type, options):
+        c = types[f_type].__class__
+        return c(f_type, options=options)
 
-class String(object):
+
+class String(Packer):
     def __init__(self, name, num, options):
         self.name = name
         self.num = num
@@ -150,6 +179,7 @@
 
 class_types = {}
 
+
 def vpp_get_type(name):
     try:
         return types[name]
@@ -161,7 +191,7 @@
     pass
 
 
-class FixedList_u8(object):
+class FixedList_u8(Packer):
     def __init__(self, name, field_type, num):
         self.name = name
         self.num = num
@@ -187,6 +217,7 @@
             raise VPPSerializerValueError(
                 'Packing failed for "{}" {}'
                 .format(self.name, kwargs))
+
     def unpack(self, data, offset=0, result=None, ntc=False):
         if len(data[offset:]) < self.num:
             raise VPPSerializerValueError(
@@ -196,7 +227,7 @@
         return self.packer.unpack(data, offset)
 
 
-class FixedList(object):
+class FixedList(Packer):
     def __init__(self, name, field_type, num):
         self.num = num
         self.packer = types[field_type]
@@ -226,7 +257,7 @@
         return result, total
 
 
-class VLAList(object):
+class VLAList(Packer):
     def __init__(self, name, field_type, len_field_name, index):
         self.name = name
         self.field_type = field_type
@@ -274,7 +305,7 @@
         return r, total
 
 
-class VLAList_legacy():
+class VLAList_legacy(Packer):
     def __init__(self, name, field_type):
         self.packer = types[field_type]
         self.size = self.packer.size
@@ -304,7 +335,7 @@
         return r, total
 
 
-class VPPEnumType(object):
+class VPPEnumType(Packer):
     def __init__(self, name, msgdef, options=None):
         self.size = types['u32'].size
         self.name = name
@@ -330,6 +361,7 @@
     def __bool__(self):
         return True
 
+    # TODO: Remove post 20.01.
     if sys.version[0] == '2':
         __nonzero__ = __bool__
 
@@ -346,8 +378,12 @@
         x, size = types[self.enumtype].unpack(data, offset)
         return self.enum(x), size
 
+    def _get_packer_with_options(self, f_type, options):
+        c = types[f_type].__class__
+        return c(f_type, types[f_type].msgdef, options=options)
 
-class VPPUnionType(object):
+
+class VPPUnionType(Packer):
     def __init__(self, name, msgdef):
         self.name = name
         self.size = 0
@@ -397,9 +433,10 @@
         return self.tuple._make(r), maxsize
 
 
-class VPPTypeAlias(object):
-    def __init__(self, name, msgdef):
+class VPPTypeAlias(Packer):
+    def __init__(self, name, msgdef, options=None):
         self.name = name
+        self.msgdef = msgdef
         t = vpp_get_type(msgdef['type'])
         if not t:
             raise ValueError('No such type: {}'.format(msgdef['type']))
@@ -418,6 +455,7 @@
 
         types[name] = self
         self.toplevelconversion = False
+        self.options = options
 
     def pack(self, data, kwargs=None):
         if data and conversion_required(data, self.name):
@@ -426,11 +464,20 @@
             # Python 2 and 3 raises different exceptions from inet_pton
             except(OSError, socket.error, TypeError):
                 pass
+        if data is None:  # Default to zero if not specified
+            if self.options and 'default' in self.options:
+                data = self.options['default']
+            else:
+                data = 0
 
         return self.packer.pack(data, kwargs)
 
+    def _get_packer_with_options(self, f_type, options):
+        c = types[f_type].__class__
+        return c(f_type, types[f_type].msgdef, options=options)
+
     def unpack(self, data, offset=0, result=None, ntc=False):
-        if ntc == False and self.name in vpp_format.conversion_unpacker_table:
+        if ntc is False and self.name in vpp_format.conversion_unpacker_table:
             # Disable type conversion for dependent types
             ntc = True
             self.toplevelconversion = True
@@ -441,7 +488,7 @@
         return t, size
 
 
-class VPPType(object):
+class VPPType(Packer):
     # Set everything up to be able to pack / unpack
     def __init__(self, name, msgdef):
         self.name = name
@@ -496,14 +543,12 @@
                 p = VLAList(f_name, f_type, f[3], length_index)
                 self.packers.append(p)
             else:
-                # Support default for basetypes and enums
+                # default support for types that decay to basetype
                 if 'default' in self.options:
-                    try:
-                        p = BaseTypes(f_type, 0, self.options)
-                    except KeyError:
-                        p = class_types[f_type](f_name, types[f_type].msgdef, self.options)
+                    p = self.get_packer_with_options(f_type, self.options)
                 else:
                     p = types[f_type]
+
                 self.packers.append(p)
                 size += p.size
 
@@ -545,7 +590,7 @@
         # Return a list of arguments
         result = []
         total = 0
-        if ntc == False and self.name in vpp_format.conversion_unpacker_table:
+        if ntc is False and self.name in vpp_format.conversion_unpacker_table:
             # Disable type conversion for dependent types
             ntc = True
             self.toplevelconversion = True