Remove uPayload

basics/README.adoc

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The following are the foundational requirements for uProtocol specifications:
 * *link:qos.adoc[Quality of Service & Priority (UPriority)]*
 * *link:uattributes.adoc[uProtocol Attributes (UAttributes)]*
 * *link:umessage.adoc[uProtocol Message (UMessage)]*
-* *link:upayload.adoc[uProtocol Payload (UPayload)]*
+* *link:upayloadformat.adoc[uProtocol Payload Format (UPayloadFormat)]*
 * *link:delivery.adoc[Event Delivery]*
 * *link:permissions.adoc[Permissions]*
 

basics/uattributes.adoc

@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ stem:[t_{current} > t_{id} + ttl]
 |no
 |A tracing identifier to use for correlating messages across the system. Intended to be compatible with https://github.com/cloudevents/spec/blob/main/cloudevents/extensions/distributed-tracing.md[CloudEvents distributed tracing extension].
 
+|`payload format`
+|link:upayloadformat.adoc[UPayloadFormat]
+|no
+|The format of the payload (data).
+
 |===
 
 [#publish-attributes]

basics/umessage.adoc

@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 == Overview 
 
-UMessage is the top-level message type for the uProtocol. It consists of link:uattributes.adoc[message metadata] and (optional) link:upayload.adoc[payload]. UMessage is the common way to represent messages sent between uEntities over any communication protocol/middleware.
+UMessage is the top-level message type for the uProtocol. It consists of link:uattributes.adoc[message metadata] and (optional) data (payload).
 
 NOTE: Please refer to link:../up-core-api/uprotocol/umessage.proto[umessage.proto] for more details.

basics/upayload.adoc → basics/upayloadformat.adoc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-= uProtocol Payload (uPayload)
+= uProtocol Payload Format
 :toc:
 :sectnums:
 
@@ -18,13 +18,7 @@ SPDX-FileType: DOCUMENTATION
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 ----
 
-== Overview 
-
-UPayload is a wrapper around a message's payload data, either by value or reference, as well as some metadata describing the payload like format, size, etc.
-
-NOTE: Please refer to link:../up-core-api/uprotocol/upayload.proto[upayload.proto] for more details
-
-== Payload Format
+== Overview
 
 The following table provides an overview of the payload formats supported by uProtocol.
 
@@ -60,4 +54,7 @@ The following table provides an overview of the payload formats supported by uPr
 |`text/plain`
 |The message payload *MUST* be the network byte order UTF-8 encoding of a unicode string representing the payload data.
 
+|`UPAYLOAD_FORMAT_SHM`
+|`application/x-shm`
+|The message payload *MUST* be the network byte order address of a shared memory segment.
 |===

up-core-api/uprotocol/uattributes.proto

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ message UAttributes {
     // A tracing identifier to use for correlating messages across the system.
     // Intended to be compatible with https://github.com/cloudevents/spec/blob/main/cloudevents/extensions/distributed-tracing.md
     optional string traceparent = 11;
+
+    // The format for the data stored in the UMessage.
+    UPayloadFormat payload_format = 12;
 }
 
 
@@ -118,3 +121,34 @@ enum UPriority {
     // Network control such as Safety Critical
     UPRIORITY_CS6 = 7 [(uprotocol.ce_name) = "CS6"];
 }
+
+// The format for the data stored in the UMessage.
+enum UPayloadFormat {
+    // Payload format was not is not set,
+    // per specification, assumption is UPAYLOAD_FORMAT_PROTOBUF_WRAPPED_IN_ANY
+    UPAYLOAD_FORMAT_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
+
+    // Payload is an Any protobuf message that contains the packed payload
+    UPAYLOAD_FORMAT_PROTOBUF_WRAPPED_IN_ANY = 1 [ (uprotocol.mime_type) = "application/x-protobuf" ];
+
+    // Protobuf serialization format
+    UPAYLOAD_FORMAT_PROTOBUF = 2 [ (uprotocol.mime_type) = "application/protobuf" ];
+
+    // JSON serialization format
+    UPAYLOAD_FORMAT_JSON = 3 [ (uprotocol.mime_type) = "application/json" ];
+
+    // Basic SOME/IP serialization format
+    UPAYLOAD_FORMAT_SOMEIP = 4 [ (uprotocol.mime_type) = "application/x-someip" ];
+
+    // SOME/IP TLV format
+    UPAYLOAD_FORMAT_SOMEIP_TLV = 5 [ (uprotocol.mime_type) = "application/x-someip_tlv" ];
+
+    // RAW (binary) format
+    UPAYLOAD_FORMAT_RAW = 6 [ (uprotocol.mime_type) = "application/octet-stream" ];
+
+    // Text format
+    UPAYLOAD_FORMAT_TEXT = 7 [ (uprotocol.mime_type) = "text/plain" ];
+
+    // Shared memory format
+    UPAYLOAD_FORMAT_SHM = 8 [ (uprotocol.mime_type) = "application/x-shm" ];
+}

up-core-api/uprotocol/umessage.proto

@@ -16,19 +16,18 @@ syntax = "proto3";
 package uprotocol.v1;
 
 import "uattributes.proto";
-import "upayload.proto";
 
 option java_package = "org.eclipse.uprotocol.v1";
 option java_outer_classname = "UMessageProto";
 option java_multiple_files = true;
 
 // UMessage is the top-level message type for the uProtocol.
-// It contains a header (UAttributes), and payload (UPayload) and is a way of representing a
+// It contains a header (UAttributes), and payload and is a way of representing a
 // message that would be sent between two uEs.
 message UMessage {
     // uProtocol mandatory and optional attributes
     UAttributes attributes = 1;
 
-    // Optional message payload containing the data to be sent
-    UPayload payload = 2;
-}
+    // Optional message payload
+    optional bytes payload = 2;
+}