Class ChatSendable

Namespace

UdpChat.Lib

Assembly

UdpChat.Lib.dll

An abstract class that represents a sendable object in the chat system. For example a Request or a Response.

public abstract class ChatSendable

Inheritance

object

ChatSendable

Derived

Request

Response

ChatMessage

ChatMessageResponse

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Properties

Timestamp

Gets or sets the timestamp of the request.

public DateTime Timestamp { get; set; }

Property Value

DateTime

The timestamp of the request.

Methods

SerializeAndSend(IPEndPoint, UdpClient)

public virtual int SerializeAndSend(IPEndPoint endpoint, UdpClient sender)

Parameters

endpoint IPEndPoint

sender UdpClient

Returns

int

SerializeAndSend(IPEndPoint, ref UdpClient)

public virtual int SerializeAndSend(IPEndPoint endpoint, ref UdpClient sender)

Parameters

endpoint IPEndPoint

sender UdpClient

Returns

int

SerializeAndSend(ref IPEndPoint, ref UdpClient)

Serializes the object and sends it to the specified endpoint using the specified client.

public virtual int SerializeAndSend(ref IPEndPoint endpoint, ref UdpClient sender)

Parameters

endpoint IPEndPoint

The endpoint to send this ChatSendable to

sender UdpClient

The UdpClient sending this ChatSendable

Returns

int

The numbers of bytes sent

Remarks

This method is virtual so that it can be overridden. The default implementation uses Serialize(object, Type, JsonSerializerOptions). This makes it possible for any class that inherits from ChatSendable to be serialized and sent.