public static byte[] encode(Packet packet)
{
byte[] packetId = BitConverter.GetBytes(packet.id);
byte[] encodedPacket = packet.encode();
UInt32 packetLength = Convert.ToUInt32(packetId.Length + encodedPacket.Length);
byte[] packetLengthData = BitConverter.GetBytes(packetLength);
byte[] output = new byte[packetLengthData.Length + packetId.Length + encodedPacket.Length];
//Endianess flipping
Array.Reverse(packetId);
Array.Reverse(packetLengthData);
System.Buffer.BlockCopy(packetLengthData, 0, output, 0, packetLengthData.Length);
System.Buffer.BlockCopy(packetId, 0, output, packetLengthData.Length, packetId.Length);
System.Buffer.BlockCopy(encodedPacket, 0, output, packetLengthData.Length + packetId.Length, encodedPacket.Length);
return(output);
}
