/// <summary>
/// Creates a new instance of StringPacker.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="strings">The strings to add.</param>
public StringPacker(params string[] strings)
{
int totallength = strings.Length + 1;
foreach (string str in strings)
totallength += str.Length;
stringPacket = new DataPacket(new byte[totallength]);
stringPacket.WriteByte((byte)strings.Length, 0);
int nextoffset = 1;
foreach (string str in strings)
{
stringPacket.WriteStringWithLength(str, nextoffset, out nextoffset);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Adds a string to the packet.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="str">The string to add.</param>
public void AddString(string str)
{
DataPacket expanded = new DataPacket(new byte[Size + str.Length + 1]); // creates a new packet
expanded.WriteByte((byte)(stringPacket.ReadByte(0) + 1), 0); // sets a new string packet size
expanded.WriteBytes(stringPacket.Copy(), 0); // copies all the current strings
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(str) || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(str))
expanded.WriteByte(0, Size);
else
expanded.WriteStringWithLength(str, Size); // writes the new string at the end
stringPacket.Dispose(); // disposes the old packet
stringPacket = expanded; // sets the old packet to be the new
}