/// <summary>
/// Sends the provided message to the provided TCP client
/// </summary>
/// <param name="client">The client to send the message over</param>
/// <param name="msg">The message to serialize and send</param>
static public void SendMessage(ClientStruct client, MsgBase msg)
{
// Serialize the message
string s = JsonSerializer.Serialize(msg, msg.GetType());
if (print_output)
{
Console.WriteLine("Sending " + s);
}
// Convert the message to bytes, write, and flush the stream
byte[] bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(s);
client.stream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
client.stream.Flush();
}
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to receive a message from the provided TCP client
/// </summary>
/// <param name="client">The client to read the message from</param>
/// <returns>A message if found; otherwise null</returns>
static public MsgBase ReadMessage(ClientStruct client)
{
// Check if the client has bytes availble to read
// If not, return null
if (client.client.Available > 0)
{
// Read the string
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
char c = '\0';
int colon_count = 0;
while ((c != '}' || colon_count > 0) && sb.Length < 10240)
{
c = (char)client.stream.ReadByte();
sb.Append(c);
if (c == '{')
{
colon_count += 1;
}
else if (c == '}')
{
colon_count -= 1;
}
}
string s = sb.ToString();
// Print the string output
if (print_output)
{
Console.WriteLine("Receiving " + s);
}
// Extract the message type to use in parsing
MessageTypeID msg_type = MessageTypeID.Invalid;
{
// Parse the JSON document
JsonDocument msg_doc = JsonDocument.Parse(s);
// Pull out the message type, and if successful, extract the message type value
if (msg_doc.RootElement.TryGetProperty("MessageType", out JsonElement msg_type_element) &&
msg_type_element.TryGetInt32(out int msg_type_id_int))
{
msg_type = (MessageTypeID)msg_type_id_int;
}
}
// Define the message item
MsgBase msg_item;
if (type_convert_dict.ContainsKey(msg_type))
{
msg_item = (MsgBase)JsonSerializer.Deserialize(
s,
type_convert_dict[msg_type]);
if (msg_item != null && !msg_item.CheckMessage())
{
msg_item = null;
}
}
else
{
msg_item = null;
}
// Return the parsed message, or null if all failed
return(msg_item);
}
// Return null if no bytes available to read
else
{
return(null);
}
}