public MessageData(byte[] data)
{
UserInfo = new UserInformation();
// first 4 bytes show the message type
UserInfo.MessageType = (MessageType) BitConverter.ToInt32(data, 4);
//next 4 bytes are for the length of the name
int nameLength = BitConverter.ToInt32(data, 8);
// message length
int messageLength = BitConverter.ToInt32(data, 12);
UserInfo.Username = nameLength > 0 ? Encoding.ASCII.GetString(data, 16, nameLength) : null;
UserInfo.Message = messageLength > 0 ? Encoding.ASCII.GetString(data, 16 + nameLength, messageLength) : null;
}
public MessageData()
{
UserInfo = new UserInformation();
UserInfo.MessageType = MessageType.Null;
}