Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of ~archive/NetworkProtocol

Timestamp:

Nov 27, 2007, 11:35:51 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

landauf

Comment:

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~archive/NetworkProtocol

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+= NetworkProtocol =
+
+Short description of the module and its functions:
+
+Next steps:
+ * remove Version Nr Entry
+ * merge senderID and receiverID -> synchronizeableID
+
+
+Network Header:
+
+|| 1 byte            || 1 byte         ||
+|| synchronizeableID || Payload length ||
+
+[[br]]
+[[br]]
+
+{{{
+/* general notes:
+    - The network protocol creates and reads the header of a network packet. 
+*/
+
+ /* public functions */
+ public:
+  
+ /*
+  * This constructor creates a new DataStream and connects it to both streams (upStream, downStream)
+  */
+  NetworkProtocol();
+
+ /*
+  * creates a new packet header from the function arguments
+  *
+  * @arg data: the binary data without header -> return the data in this binary array
+  * @arg length: the data length without header
+  * @arg bufferLength: the length of the internal buffer
+  * @arg source: reference to the source Synchronizeable object
+  * @arg remoteID: id number of the remote Synchronizeable object
+  * @return: the new data length with header (the header data is included into byte* data)
+  */
+  int createHeader(byte* data, int length, int bufferLength, const Synchronizeable& source, unsigned int remoteID);
+
+
+ /*
+  * remove the header from the binary data stream and returns a pointer to the 
+  * destination object
+  */
+  Synchronizeable& removeHeader(byte* data, int length);
+
+}}}