Starting to publish client msgs...

DoxyGen/Doxyfile

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ DOXYFILE_ENCODING      = UTF-8
 # title of most generated pages and in a few other places.
 # The default value is: My Project.
 
-PROJECT_NAME           = "Control Core"
+PROJECT_NAME           = "Control Core for C++"
 
 # The PROJECT_NUMBER tag can be used to enter a project or revision number. This
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version

LowLevelMessages.cpp

@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 #include "float16.h"
 
-void LowLevelMessages::SendAngle8(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned char *ix,
+void LowLevelMessages::SendAngle8(char *buffer, unsigned char *ix,
                                   const float angle) {
   Angle8 packedAngle2 = Angle8::Degrees(angle);
   buffer[(*ix)++] = packedAngle2.GetBinary();
 }
-Angle8 LowLevelMessages::ReceiveAngle8(const unsigned char *buffer,
+Angle8 LowLevelMessages::ReceiveAngle8(const char *buffer,
                                        unsigned char *startIndex) {
   unsigned char binary = buffer[(*startIndex)++];
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Angle8 LowLevelMessages::ReceiveAngle8(const unsigned char *buffer,
   return angle;
 }
 
-void LowLevelMessages::SendFloat16(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned char *ix,
+void LowLevelMessages::SendFloat16(char *buffer, unsigned char *ix,
                                    float value) {
   float16 value16 = float16(value);
   short binary = value16.getBinary();
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void LowLevelMessages::SendFloat16(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned char *ix,
   buffer[(*ix)++] = (binary >> 8) & 0xFF;
   buffer[(*ix)++] = binary & 0xFF;
 }
-float LowLevelMessages::ReceiveFloat16(const unsigned char *buffer,
+float LowLevelMessages::ReceiveFloat16(const char *buffer,
                                        unsigned char *startIndex) {
   unsigned char ix = *startIndex;
   unsigned char msb = buffer[ix++];
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ float LowLevelMessages::ReceiveFloat16(const unsigned char *buffer,
   return (float)f.toFloat();
 }
 
-void LowLevelMessages::SendSpherical16(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned char *ix,
+void LowLevelMessages::SendSpherical16(char *buffer, unsigned char *ix,
                                        Spherical16 s) {
   SendFloat16(buffer, ix, s.distance);
   SendAngle8(buffer, ix, s.direction.horizontal.InDegrees());
   SendAngle8(buffer, ix, s.direction.vertical.InDegrees());
 }
-Spherical16 LowLevelMessages::ReceiveSpherical16(const unsigned char *buffer,
+Spherical16 LowLevelMessages::ReceiveSpherical16(const char *buffer,
                                                  unsigned char *startIndex) {
   float distance = ReceiveFloat16(buffer, startIndex);
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Spherical16 LowLevelMessages::ReceiveSpherical16(const unsigned char *buffer,
   return s;
 }
 
-void Passer::Control::LowLevelMessages::SendQuat32(unsigned char *buffer,
+void Passer::Control::LowLevelMessages::SendQuat32(char *buffer,
                                                    unsigned char *ix,
                                                    SwingTwist16 rotation) {
   Quaternion q = rotation.ToQuaternion();
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void Passer::Control::LowLevelMessages::SendQuat32(unsigned char *buffer,
   buffer[(*ix)++] = qw;
 }
 
-SwingTwist16 LowLevelMessages::ReceiveQuat32(const unsigned char *buffer,
+SwingTwist16 LowLevelMessages::ReceiveQuat32(const char *buffer,
                                              unsigned char *ix) {
   float qx = (buffer[(*ix)++] - 128.0F) / 127.0F;
   float qy = (buffer[(*ix)++] - 128.0F) / 127.0F;

LowLevelMessages.h

@@ -6,25 +6,18 @@ namespace Control {
 
 class LowLevelMessages {
 public:
-  static void SendAngle8(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned char *ix,
+  static void SendAngle8(char *buffer, unsigned char *ix, const float angle);
-                         const float angle);
+  static Angle8 ReceiveAngle8(const char *buffer, unsigned char *startIndex);
-  static Angle8 ReceiveAngle8(const unsigned char *buffer,
+
+  static void SendFloat16(char *buffer, unsigned char *ix, float value);
+  static float ReceiveFloat16(const char *buffer, unsigned char *startIndex);
+
+  static void SendSpherical16(char *buffer, unsigned char *ix, Spherical16 s);
+  static Spherical16 ReceiveSpherical16(const char *buffer,
                                         unsigned char *startIndex);
 
-  static void SendFloat16(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned char *ix,
+  static void SendQuat32(char *buffer, unsigned char *ix, SwingTwist16 q);
-                          float value);
+  static SwingTwist16 ReceiveQuat32(const char *buffer, unsigned char *ix);
-  static float ReceiveFloat16(const unsigned char *buffer,
-                              unsigned char *startIndex);
-
-  static void SendSpherical16(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned char *ix,
-                              Spherical16 s);
-  static Spherical16 ReceiveSpherical16(const unsigned char *buffer,
-                                        unsigned char *startIndex);
-
-  static void SendQuat32(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned char *ix,
-                         SwingTwist16 q);
-  static SwingTwist16 ReceiveQuat32(const unsigned char *buffer,
-                                    unsigned char *ix);
 };
 
 } // namespace Control

Messages.cpp

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ IMessage::IMessage() {}
 
 // IMessage::IMessage(unsigned char *buffer) { Deserialize(buffer); }
 
-unsigned char IMessage::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) { return 0; }
+unsigned char IMessage::Serialize(char *buffer) { return 0; }
 
 // void IMessage::Deserialize(unsigned char *buffer) {}
 
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ bool IMessage::SendTo(Participant *participant) {
 
 #pragma region Client
 
-ClientMsg::ClientMsg(unsigned char networkId) { this->networkId = networkId; }
+ClientMsg::ClientMsg(char networkId) { this->networkId = networkId; }
 
-unsigned char ClientMsg::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
+unsigned char ClientMsg::Serialize(char *buffer) {
   unsigned char ix = 0;
   buffer[ix++] = this->id;
   buffer[ix++] = this->networkId;
@@ -52,16 +52,13 @@ unsigned char ClientMsg::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
 
 #pragma region Network Id
 
-NetworkIdMsg::NetworkIdMsg(unsigned char *buffer) {
+NetworkIdMsg::NetworkIdMsg(char *buffer) { this->networkId = buffer[1]; }
-  this->networkId = buffer[1];
-}
 
 // void NetworkIdMsg::Deserialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
 //   this->networkId = buffer[1];
 // }
 
-NetworkIdMsg NetworkIdMsg::Receive(unsigned char *buffer,
+NetworkIdMsg NetworkIdMsg::Receive(char *buffer, unsigned char bufferSize) {
-                                   unsigned char bufferSize) {
   NetworkIdMsg msg = NetworkIdMsg(buffer);
   return msg;
 }
@@ -71,7 +68,7 @@ NetworkIdMsg NetworkIdMsg::Receive(unsigned char *buffer,
 
 #pragma region Investigate
 
-InvestigateMsg::InvestigateMsg(unsigned char *buffer) {
+InvestigateMsg::InvestigateMsg(char *buffer) {
   unsigned ix = 1; // first byte is msgId
   this->networkId = buffer[ix++];
   this->thingId = buffer[ix++];
@@ -81,7 +78,7 @@ InvestigateMsg::InvestigateMsg(unsigned char networkId, unsigned char thingId) {
   this->thingId = thingId;
 }
 
-unsigned char InvestigateMsg::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
+unsigned char InvestigateMsg::Serialize(char *buffer) {
   unsigned char ix = 0;
   buffer[ix++] = this->id;
   buffer[ix++] = this->networkId;
@@ -100,7 +97,7 @@ unsigned char InvestigateMsg::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
 
 #pragma region Thing
 
-ThingMsg::ThingMsg(const unsigned char *buffer) {
+ThingMsg::ThingMsg(char *buffer) {
   unsigned char ix = 1; // first byte is msg id
   this->networkId = buffer[ix++];
   this->thingId = buffer[ix++];
@@ -116,7 +113,7 @@ ThingMsg::ThingMsg(unsigned char networkId, unsigned char thingId,
   this->parentId = parentId;
 }
 
-unsigned char ThingMsg::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
+unsigned char ThingMsg::Serialize(char *buffer) {
   unsigned char ix = 0;
   buffer[ix++] = this->id;
   buffer[ix++] = this->networkId;
@@ -146,7 +143,7 @@ NameMsg::NameMsg(unsigned char networkId, unsigned char thingId,
   this->nameLength = nameLength;
 }
 
-unsigned char NameMsg::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
+unsigned char NameMsg::Serialize(char *buffer) {
   unsigned char ix = 0;
   buffer[ix++] = this->id;
   buffer[ix++] = this->networkId;
@@ -185,7 +182,7 @@ ModelUrlMsg::ModelUrlMsg(unsigned char networkId, unsigned char thingId,
   this->scale = scale;
 }
 
-unsigned char ModelUrlMsg::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
+unsigned char ModelUrlMsg::Serialize(char *buffer) {
   unsigned char ix = 0;
   buffer[ix++] = this->id;
   buffer[ix++] = this->networkId;
@@ -215,7 +212,7 @@ PoseMsg::PoseMsg(unsigned char networkId, unsigned char thingId,
   this->linearVelocity = linearVelocity;
   this->angularVelocity = angularVelocity;
 }
-PoseMsg::PoseMsg(const unsigned char *buffer) {
+PoseMsg::PoseMsg(const char *buffer) {
   unsigned char ix = 1; // First byte is msg id
   this->networkId = buffer[ix++];
   this->thingId = buffer[ix++];
@@ -224,7 +221,7 @@ PoseMsg::PoseMsg(const unsigned char *buffer) {
   this->orientation = LowLevelMessages::ReceiveQuat32(buffer, &ix);
 }
 
-unsigned char PoseMsg::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
+unsigned char PoseMsg::Serialize(char *buffer) {
   unsigned char ix = 0;
   buffer[ix++] = PoseMsg::id;
   buffer[ix++] = this->networkId;
@@ -246,7 +243,7 @@ unsigned char PoseMsg::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
 
 #pragma region CustomMsg
 
-CustomMsg::CustomMsg(unsigned char *buffer) {
+CustomMsg::CustomMsg(char *buffer) {
   unsigned char ix = 1;
   this->networkId = buffer[ix++];
   this->thingId = buffer[ix++];
@@ -261,7 +258,7 @@ CustomMsg::CustomMsg(unsigned char networkId, Thing *thing) {
   this->thing = thing;
 }
 
-unsigned char CustomMsg::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
+unsigned char CustomMsg::Serialize(char *buffer) {
   unsigned char ix = this->length;
   this->thing->SendBytes(buffer, &ix);
   if (ix <= this->length) // in this case, no data is actually sent
@@ -273,7 +270,7 @@ unsigned char CustomMsg::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
   return ix;
 }
 
-CustomMsg CustomMsg::Receive(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned char bufferSize) {
+CustomMsg CustomMsg::Receive(char *buffer, unsigned char bufferSize) {
   CustomMsg msg = CustomMsg(buffer);
   return msg;
 }
@@ -288,7 +285,7 @@ DestroyMsg::DestroyMsg(unsigned char networkId, Thing *thing) {
   this->thingId = thing->id;
 }
 
-unsigned char DestroyMsg::Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) {
+unsigned char DestroyMsg::Serialize(char *buffer) {
   unsigned char ix = 0;
   buffer[ix++] = this->id;
   buffer[ix++] = this->networkId;

Messages.h

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Participant;
 class IMessage {
 public:
   IMessage();
-  virtual unsigned char Serialize(unsigned char *buffer);
+  virtual unsigned char Serialize(char *buffer);
 
   static unsigned char *ReceiveMsg(unsigned char packetSize);
 
@@ -21,13 +21,16 @@ public:
   bool SendTo(Participant *participant);
 };
 
+/// @brief A client message announces the presence of a participant
+/// When received by another participant, it can be followed by a NetworkIdMsg
+/// to announce that participant to this client such that it can join privately
 class ClientMsg : public IMessage {
 public:
   static const unsigned char id = 0xA0;
   unsigned char networkId;
 
-  ClientMsg(unsigned char networkId);
+  ClientMsg(char networkId);
-  virtual unsigned char Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) override;
+  virtual unsigned char Serialize(char *buffer) override;
 };
 
 class NetworkIdMsg : public IMessage {
@@ -36,9 +39,9 @@ public:
   static const unsigned char length = 2;
   unsigned char networkId;
 
-  NetworkIdMsg(unsigned char *buffer);
+  NetworkIdMsg(char *buffer);
 
-  static NetworkIdMsg Receive(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned char bufferSize);
+  static NetworkIdMsg Receive(char *buffer, unsigned char bufferSize);
 };
 
 class InvestigateMsg : public IMessage {
@@ -48,10 +51,10 @@ public:
   unsigned char networkId;
   unsigned char thingId;
 
-  InvestigateMsg(unsigned char *buffer);
+  InvestigateMsg(char *buffer);
   InvestigateMsg(unsigned char networkId, unsigned char thingId);
 
-  virtual unsigned char Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) override;
+  virtual unsigned char Serialize(char *buffer) override;
 };
 
 class ThingMsg : public IMessage {
@@ -63,11 +66,11 @@ public:
   unsigned char thingType;
   unsigned char parentId;
 
-  ThingMsg(const unsigned char *buffer);
+  ThingMsg(char *buffer);
   ThingMsg(unsigned char networkId, unsigned char thingId,
            unsigned char thingType, unsigned char parentId);
 
-  virtual unsigned char Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) override;
+  virtual unsigned char Serialize(char *buffer) override;
 };
 
 class NameMsg : public IMessage {
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ public:
   NameMsg(unsigned char networkId, unsigned char thingId, const char *name,
           unsigned char nameLength);
 
-  virtual unsigned char Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) override;
+  virtual unsigned char Serialize(char *buffer) override;
 };
 
 class ModelUrlMsg : public IMessage {
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ public:
   ModelUrlMsg(unsigned char networkId, unsigned char thingId,
               unsigned char urlLegth, const char *url, float scale = 1);
 
-  virtual unsigned char Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) override;
+  virtual unsigned char Serialize(char *buffer) override;
 };
 
 class PoseMsg : public IMessage {
@@ -125,9 +128,9 @@ public:
           unsigned char poseType, Spherical16 position,
           SwingTwist16 orientation, Spherical16 linearVelocity = Spherical16(),
           Spherical16 angularVelocity = Spherical16());
-  PoseMsg(const unsigned char *buffer);
+  PoseMsg(const char *buffer);
 
-  virtual unsigned char Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) override;
+  virtual unsigned char Serialize(char *buffer) override;
 };
 
 class CustomMsg : public IMessage {
@@ -140,14 +143,14 @@ public:
   Thing *thing;
 
   unsigned char dataSize;
-  unsigned char *data;
+  char *data;
 
-  CustomMsg(unsigned char *buffer);
+  CustomMsg(char *buffer);
   CustomMsg(unsigned char networkId, Thing *thing);
 
-  virtual unsigned char Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) override;
+  virtual unsigned char Serialize(char *buffer) override;
 
-  static CustomMsg Receive(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned char bufferSize);
+  static CustomMsg Receive(char *buffer, unsigned char bufferSize);
 };
 
 class DestroyMsg : public IMessage {
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ public:
 
   DestroyMsg(unsigned char networkId, Thing *thing);
 
-  virtual unsigned char Serialize(unsigned char *buffer) override;
+  virtual unsigned char Serialize(char *buffer) override;
 };
 
 } // namespace Control

Participant.cpp

@@ -1,13 +1,93 @@
 #include "Participant.h"
 
-Passer::Control::Participant::Participant(const char *ipAddress, int port)
+#define BUF_SIZE 1024
-{
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")
+#elif defined(__unix__) || defined(__APPLE__)
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+Passer::Control::Participant::Participant(const char *ipAddress, int port) {
+  sockaddr_in server_addr;
+
+  // Create a UDP socket
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
+  // Windows-specific Winsock initialization
+  WSADATA wsaData;
+  if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsaData) != 0) {
+    std::cerr << "WSAStartup failed" << std::endl;
+    return;
+  }
+#endif
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
+  this->sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
+#elif defined(__unix__) || defined(__APPLE__)
+  sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+#endif
+
+  if (sock < 0) {
+    std::cerr << "Error creating socket" << std::endl;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Set up the server address
+  // memset(&server_addr, 0, sizeof(server_addr));
+  // server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  // server_addr.sin_port = htons(PORT);
+  // server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+  // Set up the server address structure
+  memset(&server_addr, 0, sizeof(server_addr));
+  server_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+  server_addr.sin_port = htons(port); // Port to send the packet to
+  server_addr.sin_addr.s_addr =
+      inet_addr(ipAddress); // Destination IP address (localhost)
+
+  // Bind the socket
+  if (bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, sizeof(server_addr)) < 0) {
+    std::cerr << "Error binding socket" << std::endl;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // std::cout << "Server is listening on port " << PORT << "..." << std::endl;
+}
+
+void Participant::Update(unsigned long currentTimeMs) {
+  // std::cout << "update\n";
+  if (currentTimeMs > this->nextPublishMe) {
+    std::cout << "publish\n";
+    this->Publish(ClientMsg(this->networkId));
+    this->nextPublishMe = currentTimeMs + this->publishInterval;
+  }
 }
 
 bool Participant::SendBuffer(unsigned char bufferSize) { return false; }
 
 bool Participant::PublishBuffer(unsigned char bufferSize) { return false; }
 
+bool Participant::Publish(IMessage msg) {
+  // Send the message to the specified address and port
+  int bufferSize = msg.Serialize(this->buffer);
+  if (bufferSize <= 0)
+    return true;
+
+  std::cout << "Publish to " << "\n";
+  int sent_bytes = sendto(sock, this->buffer, bufferSize, 0,
+                          (struct sockaddr *)&server_addr, sizeof(server_addr));
+  if (sent_bytes == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+    std::cerr << "Error sending message" << std::endl;
+    closesocket(sock);
+    WSACleanup();
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 void Participant::ReceiveData(unsigned char bufferSize) {
   unsigned char msgId = this->buffer[0];
   switch (msgId) {
@@ -41,8 +121,6 @@ void Participant::ProcessInvestigateMsg(InvestigateMsg msg) {}
 
 void Participant::ProcessThingMsg(ThingMsg msg) {}
 
-void Passer::Control::Participant::ProcessPoseMsg(PoseMsg msg)
+void Passer::Control::Participant::ProcessPoseMsg(PoseMsg msg) {}
-{
-}
 
 void Participant::ProcessCustomMsg(CustomMsg msg) {}

Participant.h

@@ -2,22 +2,37 @@
 
 #include "Messages.h"
 
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace Passer {
 namespace Control {
 
 /// @brief A participant is device which can communicate with other participants
 class Participant {
 public:
-  unsigned char buffer[1024];
+  char buffer[1024];
+  long publishInterval = 3000; // 3 seconds
+  unsigned char networkId = 0;
+
+  SOCKET sock;
+  sockaddr_in server_addr;
 
   Participant(const char *ipAddress, int port);
 
+  virtual void Update(unsigned long currentTimeMs);
+
   virtual bool SendBuffer(unsigned char bufferSize);
   virtual bool PublishBuffer(unsigned char bufferSize);
 
+  bool Publish(IMessage msg);
+
   void ReceiveData(unsigned char bufferSize);
 
 protected:
+  long nextPublishMe = 0;
+
   virtual void ProcessNetworkIdMsg(NetworkIdMsg msg);
   virtual void ProcessInvestigateMsg(InvestigateMsg msg);
   virtual void ProcessThingMsg(ThingMsg msg);

README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-\mainpage Control Core
+\mainpage Control Core for C++
 
 Control Core contains generic functionality for Controlling Things.

Thing.cpp

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 #include <string.h>
 
 Thing::Thing(unsigned char networkId, unsigned char thingType) {
+  this->position = Spherical16::zero;
+  this->orientation = SwingTwist16::identity;
+
   this->type = thingType;
   this->networkId = networkId;
   this->Init();

Thing.h

@@ -110,10 +110,13 @@ public:
 
   /// @brief Updates the state of the thing
   /// @param currentTimeMs The current clock time in milliseconds
-  virtual void Update(unsigned long currentTimeMs) {};
+  virtual void Update(unsigned long currentTimeMs) { currentTimeMs; };
 
-  virtual void SendBytes(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned char *ix) {};
+  virtual void SendBytes(char *buffer, unsigned char *ix) {
-  virtual void ProcessBytes(unsigned char *bytes) {};
+    buffer;
+    ix;
+  };
+  virtual void ProcessBytes(char *bytes) { bytes; };
 
 protected:
   virtual void Init();

test/second_test.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#if GTEST
+
+// #include <gmock/gmock.h>
+// not supported using Visual Studio 2022 compiler...
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+// #include "../Thing.h"
+#include <chrono>
+
+#include "Participant.h"
+#include "Thing.h"
+
+class ControlCoreSuite2 : public ::testing::Test {
+protected:
+  // SetUp and TearDown can be used to set up and clean up before/after each
+  // test
+  void SetUp() override {
+    // Initialize test data here
+  }
+
+  void TearDown() override {
+    // Clean up test data here
+  }
+};
+
+TEST_F(ControlCoreSuite2, Dummytest2) {
+  Participant participant = Participant("127.0.0.1", 7681);
+  ASSERT_EQ(1, 1);
+}
+
+TEST_F(ControlCoreSuite2, Basic2) {
+  Thing t = Thing();
+
+  unsigned long milliseconds = (unsigned long)std::chrono::steady_clock::now()
+                                   .time_since_epoch()
+                                   .count();
+
+  Thing::UpdateAll(milliseconds);
+}
+
+#endif

test/thing_test.cc

@@ -4,11 +4,50 @@
 // not supported using Visual Studio 2022 compiler...
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#include <chrono>
+
 #include "Participant.h"
+#include "Thing.h"
 
-TEST(Dummy, Dummytest) {
+namespace Passer {
-    Participant participant = Participant("127.0.0.1", 7681);
 
+// Function to get the current time in milliseconds as unsigned long
+unsigned long get_time_ms() {
+  auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+  auto ms = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(
+      now.time_since_epoch());
+  return static_cast<unsigned long>(ms.count());
 }
 
+class ControlCoreSuite : public ::testing::Test {
+protected:
+  // SetUp and TearDown can be used to set up and clean up before/after each
+  // test
+  void SetUp() override {
+    // Initialize test data here
+  }
+
+  void TearDown() override {
+    // Clean up test data here
+  }
+};
+
+TEST_F(ControlCoreSuite, Dummytest) {
+  // Participant participant = Participant("127.0.0.1", 7681);
+  ASSERT_EQ(1, 1);
+}
+
+TEST_F(ControlCoreSuite, Participant) {
+  Participant participant = Participant("127.0.0.1", 7681);
+
+  unsigned long milliseconds = get_time_ms();
+  unsigned long startTime = milliseconds;
+  while (milliseconds < startTime + 7000) {
+    participant.Update(milliseconds);
+
+    milliseconds = get_time_ms();
+  }
+  ASSERT_EQ(1, 1);
+}
+} // namespace Passer
 #endif