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// Copy a message from a byte buffer
//
// 1) Extract the header parameters.
// 2) Create a new message object of the type specifed by the identifiers
// that were extracted from the header
// 3) Copy the data from the byte buffer into the new message object
// and returns a pointer to the base class.
public ByteContent makeMsgFromBuffer(ByteBuffer aBuffer)
{
// Set buffer direction for get.
aBuffer.setCopyFrom();
// Extract the header parameters.
aBuffer.rewind();
extractMessageHeaderParms(aBuffer);
aBuffer.rewind();
// Guard.
if (!mHeaderValidFlag)
{
return(null);
}
// Call inheritor's creator to create a new message based on the
// message type that was extracted from the header.
ByteContent aMsg = mMsgCreator.createMsg(mMessageType);
// Guard
if (aMsg == null)
{
return(null);
}
// Call inheritor's copier to copy from the buffer to the message.
aMsg.copyToFrom(aBuffer);
// Done.
return(aMsg);
}
public void getFromBuffer(ByteContent aContent)
{
// Set copy direction
setCopyFrom();
// Call ByteContent supplied member function to do the get
aContent.copyToFrom(this);
}
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// Copy a message to a byte buffer.
public void putMsgToBuffer(ByteBuffer aBuffer, ByteContent aMsg)
{
// Call inheritor's override to preprocess the message before it is sent.
processBeforeSend(aMsg);
// Set buffer direction for put.
aBuffer.setCopyTo();
// Call inheritor's copier to copy from the message to the buffer.
aMsg.copyToFrom(aBuffer);
}
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// Copy reference types
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// copy does either a copy to the buffer or a copy from the buffer
//
// These either put an item to the byte buffer or get an
// item from the byte buffer, based on the value of the
// buffer copy direction flag.
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public void copy(ByteContent aContent)
{
aContent.copyToFrom(this);
}
