Implementing Format

#[derive(Format)]

The easiest way to implement the Format trait for a struct or enum is to use the derive attribute.

#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
extern crate defmt;
use defmt::Format;

#[derive(Format)]
struct Header {
    source: u8,
    destination: u8,
    sequence: u16,
}

#[derive(Format)]
struct Descriptor;
#[derive(Format)]
enum Request {
    GetDescriptor { descriptor: Descriptor, length: u16 },
    SetAddress { address: u8 },
}
}

NOTE: Like built-in derives like #[derive(Debug)], #[derive(Format)] will add Format bounds to the generic type parameters of the struct.

NOTE: Do not use the API used by the expansion of the derive(Format) macro; it is unstable.

write!

NOTE write! is available in defmt v0.1.2+

It is also possible to implement the Format trait manually. This trait has a single required method: format. In this method you need to format the value (self) into the given Formatter argument using the defmt::write! macro. Example below:

#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
extern crate defmt;
// value read from a MMIO register named "CRCCNF"
struct CRCCNF {
   bits: u32,
}

impl defmt::Format for CRCCNF {
    fn format(&self, f: defmt::Formatter) {
        // format the bitfields of the register as struct fields
        defmt::write!(
           f,
           "CRCCNF {{ LEN: {0=0..2}, SKIPADDR: {0=8..10} }}",
           self.bits,
        )
    }
}
}

Newtypes

If you need to implement Format for some "newtype" struct you can delegate the formatting to the inner type. Example below:

#![allow(unused)]
fn main() {
extern crate defmt;
struct MyU8 { inner: u8 }

impl defmt::Format for MyU8 {
    fn format(&self, f: defmt::Formatter) {
        self.inner.format(f)
    }
}
}