/// <summary>
/// Pack the given message body into a message array with a message
/// header prepended.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The message body must have a
/// <seealso cref="SimpleMessageIDAttribute"/> for this method to
/// succeed.
/// </remarks>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of structure that is passed in as
/// message body.</typeparam>
/// <param name="body">The message body.</param>
/// <returns>An array holding the whole message.</returns>
public static byte[] Pack <T>(T body)
where T : struct
{
SimpleMessageIDAttribute att = null;
try {
att = (from a in body.GetType().GetCustomAttributes(true)
where a is SimpleMessageIDAttribute
select a as SimpleMessageIDAttribute).Single();
} catch {
}
if (att == null)
{
throw new ArgumentException("The message body must have a "
+ "SimpleMessageIDAttribute.", "body");
}
return(SimpleMessagePacker.Pack(new SimpleMessageHeader(att.ID,
(UInt32)Marshal.SizeOf(body.GetType())), body));
}
/// <summary>
/// Pack the given message header and body into a single message array.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The method will update the body size in the header to match the body
/// size specified in the parameters. The message ID, however, will
/// remain unchanged.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="header">The message header.</param>
/// <param name="body">The message body.</param>
/// <param name="offset">The offset into <paramref name="body"/> to copy
/// the body data from.</param>
/// <returns>An array holding the whole message.</returns>
public static byte[] Pack(SimpleMessageHeader header, byte[] body,
int offset)
{
return(SimpleMessagePacker.Pack(header, body, offset,
body.Length - offset));
}
/// <summary>
/// Pack the given message header and body into a single message array.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The method will update the body size in the header to match the body
/// size specified in the parameters. The message ID, however, will
/// remain unchanged.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="header">The message header.</param>
/// <param name="body">The message body.</param>
/// <returns>An array holding the whole message.</returns>
public static byte[] Pack(SimpleMessageHeader header, byte[] body)
{
return(SimpleMessagePacker.Pack(header, body, 0));
}