/// <summary>
/// Gets the index of the corresponding PacketDefinition, if cached.
/// Otherwise, returns -1.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="packet">IPacket object for which a PacketDefinition may be cached</param>
public int IndexOf(IPacket packet)
{
// Most packets have a static field structure. But some packets, such as EventMetrics, have a
// dynamic set of fields determined at run-time. In this case, we want to cache a distinct
// PacketDefinition for each set of field definitions associated with the type.
// Classes that require this dynamic type capability should implement IDynamicPacket which
// will define a DynamicTypeName field on the packet. This field will be automatically
// serialized in the PacketDefinition and the DynamictTypeName is apppeded to the static
// type name for purposes of indexing in this collection.
string typeName = packet.GetType().Name;
IDynamicPacket dynamicPacket;
if (packet is GenericPacket)
{
typeName = packet.GetPacketDefinition().QualifiedTypeName;
}
else if ((dynamicPacket = packet as IDynamicPacket) != null)
{
typeName += "+" + dynamicPacket.DynamicTypeName;
}
return(IndexOf(typeName));
}
