/// <summary>
/// Reads in a message from the stream and parses it.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>a byte array containing a message</returns>
private byte[] ReadInMessage()
{
List <char> integerStringList = new List <char>();
char character = serverConnection.ReadByte();
while (character != ':')
{
integerStringList.Add(character);
character = serverConnection.ReadByte();
}
int length = int.Parse(new string(integerStringList.ToArray()));
byte[] data = new byte[length];
serverConnection.Read(data, 0, data.Length);
return(data);
}