001// Copyright (c) FIRST and other WPILib contributors.
002// Open Source Software; you can modify and/or share it under the terms of
003// the WPILib BSD license file in the root directory of this project.
004
005package edu.wpi.first.networktables;
006
007import java.util.function.Consumer;
008
009/**
010 * NetworkTables protobuf-encoded value publisher.
011 *
012 * @param <T> value class
013 */
014public interface ProtobufPublisher<T> extends Publisher, Consumer<T> {
015  /**
016   * Get the corresponding topic.
017   *
018   * @return Topic
019   */
020  @Override
021  ProtobufTopic<T> getTopic();
022
023  /**
024   * Publish a new value using current NT time.
025   *
026   * @param value value to publish
027   */
028  default void set(T value) {
029    set(value, 0);
030  }
031
032  /**
033   * Publish a new value.
034   *
035   * @param value value to publish
036   * @param time timestamp; 0 indicates current NT time should be used
037   */
038  void set(T value, long time);
039
040  /**
041   * Publish a default value. On reconnect, a default value will never be used in preference to a
042   * published value.
043   *
044   * @param value value
045   */
046  void setDefault(T value);
047
048  @Override
049  default void accept(T value) {
050    set(value);
051  }
052}