Rust: How do I create a new TypeTag<>?

[neil2468]

Hello

In ockam_api there are structs such as the below. If I wanted to add a new struct, how would I decide on or generate a TypeTag value for it?

pub struct InletList<'a> {
    #[cfg(feature = "tag")]
    #[n(0)] tag: TypeTag<8401504>,
    #[b(1)] pub list: Vec<InletStatus<'a>>
}

I'd like to do this because I'm looking at adding a new request in ockam_api::nodes::service::NodeManager::handle_request() that allows the ockam CLI to ask a node about it's current servces.

Thanks in advance!
(and apologies if this is not the place to ask this)

[mrinalwadhwa]

@neil2468 👋 all questions are welcome, so please don't hesitate to ask. Discussions is a great place for it.

The type tag is a number that should be unique across our types. The easiest way to generate a number that is very likely unique is this link https://www.random.org/integers/?num=100&min=1000000&max=9999999&col=5&base=10&format=html&rnd=new