= 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); }}}