source: code/trunk/src/libraries/network/packet/Chat.h @ 7746

/*
 *   ORXONOX - the hottest 3D action shooter ever to exist
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 *
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 *
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 *   Author:
 *      Oliver Scheuss <scheusso [at] ee.ethz.ch>
 *   Co-authors:
 *      ...
 *
 */

#ifndef _NETWORK_Chat_H__
#define _NETWORK_Chat_H__

#include "network/NetworkPrereqs.h"
#include "Packet.h"

namespace orxonox {
namespace packet {
/**
    @author
*/
class _NetworkExport Chat : public Packet
{
public:
  /* constructors */
  Chat( const std::string& message, unsigned int playerID );
  Chat( uint8_t* data, unsigned int clientID );

  /* destructor */
  ~Chat();

  /* get size of packet */
  inline unsigned int getSize() const;

  /* process chat message packet and remove it afterwards */
  bool process();

  /* Get the length of the message (not the full size of the packet) */
  unsigned int getMessageLength(){ return messageLength_; };

  /* return message content */
  unsigned char *getMessage();

private:

  /* Message length */
  uint32_t messageLength_;

  /* Client ID (an integral value for identification) */
  unsigned int clientID_;
};

} //namespace packet
} //namespace orxonox

#endif /* _NETWORK_Chat_H__ */