Simplify init interface

src/message.zig

@@ -76,8 +76,22 @@ pub const ZeroCopyMessage = packed struct {
     length: u16,
     bytes: void = {},
 
-    pub fn init(allocator: Allocator, payload_len: u16) !*Self {
-        const bytes = try allocator.alignedAlloc(u8, @alignOf(Self), @sizeOf(Self) + payload_len);
+    pub fn init(allocator: Allocator, comptime @"type": PacketType, payload_len: u16) !*Self {
+        const header_size = @sizeOf(switch (@"type") {
+            .relay => Relay,
+            .connection => Connection,
+            else => return error.Bad,
+        });
+        const size = payload_len + @sizeOf(Self) + header_size;
+        const bytes = try allocator.alignedAlloc(u8, @alignOf(Self), size);
+        const res: *Self = @ptrCast(bytes.ptr);
+        res.type = @"type";
+        res.length = payload_len + header_size;
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *Self, allocator: Allocator) void {
+        allocator.free(self.toBytes());
     }
 
     fn getRelay(self: *Self) *align(1) Relay {
@@ -106,12 +120,13 @@ pub const ZeroCopyMessage = packed struct {
             @intFromEnum(self.type),
         ));
         self.length = bigToNative(@TypeOf(self.length), self.length);
-        try switch (try self.getSaprusTypePayload()) {
+        switch (try self.getSaprusTypePayload()) {
             .relay => {},
-            .connection => |*con| con.*.nativeFromNetworkEndian(),
-            .file_transfer => Error.NotImplementedSaprusType,
-            else => Error.UnknownSaprusType,
-        };
+            .connection => |*con| try con.*.nativeFromNetworkEndian(),
+            // We know other values are unreachable,
+            // because they would have returned an error from the switch condition.
+            else => unreachable,
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn networkFromNativeEndian(self: *Self) Error!void {
@@ -136,33 +151,42 @@ pub const ZeroCopyMessage = packed struct {
         const res: *Self = @ptrCast(@alignCast(bytes.ptr));
         return if (bytes.len == res.length + @sizeOf(Self)) res else Error.InvalidMessage;
     }
+
+    pub fn toBytes(self: *Self) []align(@alignOf(Self)) u8 {
+        return @as([*]align(@alignOf(Self)) u8, @ptrCast(self))[0 .. @sizeOf(Self) + self.length];
+    }
 };
 
 test "testing variable length zero copy struct" {
     const gpa = std.testing.allocator;
-    const payload_len = 48;
-    defer gpa.free(bytes);
+    const payload = "Hello darkness my old friend";
 
     // Create a view of the byte slice as a ZeroCopyMessage
-    const zcm: *ZeroCopyMessage = .fromBytesUnchecked(bytes);
+    const zcm: *ZeroCopyMessage = try .init(gpa, .relay, payload.len);
     defer zcm.deinit(gpa);
 
     {
         // Set the message values
-        zcm.type = .relay;
-        // zcm.length = payload_len;
+        {
+            // These are both set by the init call.
+            // zcm.type = .relay;
+            // zcm.length = payload_len;
+        }
         const relay = (try zcm.getSaprusTypePayload()).relay;
         relay.dest = .{ 1, 2, 3, 4 };
-        const payload = relay.getPayload();
-        const p = "Hello darkness my old friend";
-        @memcpy(payload[0..p.len], p);
+        @memcpy(relay.getPayload(), payload);
     }
 
     {
-        // Print the message as hex using the network
-        zcm.networkFromNativeEndian() catch unreachable;
+        const bytes = zcm.toBytes();
+
+        // Print the message as hex using the network byte order
+        try zcm.networkFromNativeEndian();
+        // We know the error from nativeFromNetworkEndian is unreachable because
+        // it would have returned an error from networkFromNativeEndian.
         defer zcm.nativeFromNetworkEndian() catch unreachable;
-        std.debug.print("network bytes: {x}\n", .{bytes});
+        std.debug.print("network bytes: {s}\n", .{bytes});
+        std.debug.print("bytes len: {d}\n", .{bytes.len});
     }
 
     if (false) {