// create protocol to send to server
static void createProtocol(CreateProtocol protocolObject)
{
// Retrive Date and time
DateTime dateTime = new DateTime();
dateTime = DateTime.Now;
String S_DateTime = dateTime.ToString();
// Get my own IP-ADRESS automatically
string hostName = Dns.GetHostName(); // Retrive the Name of HOST
string myIP = Dns.GetHostByName(hostName).AddressList[0].ToString();
// Add data to protcol object
protocolObject.date = S_DateTime;
protocolObject.senderIP = myIP;
protocolObject.nickname = "Linda";
}
// send messages to server
static void SendThread(string serverIP, TcpClient client, NetworkStream stream)
{
// protocol object, used to send right protocol
CreateProtocol protocolObject = new CreateProtocol();
while (true)
{
// read from console
Console.Write("'linda' says > ");
string message = Console.ReadLine();
// clear console
if (message == "clear")
{
Console.Clear();
}
else
{
// Add data to protcol object
createProtocol(protocolObject);
protocolObject.recipientIP = serverIP;
protocolObject.message = message;
// Create JSON format of protocol object
string protocol = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(protocolObject);
try
{
// Encoding
int byteCount = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(protocol);
byte[] sendDataa = new byte[byteCount];
sendDataa = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(protocol);
// write message to stream
stream.Write(sendDataa, 0, sendDataa.Length);
// flush when done
stream.Flush();
}
catch (Exception)
{
Console.WriteLine("Message could not be sent..");
}
}
}
}
