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+/*
+ *  The Mana World
+ *  Copyright 2004 The Mana World Development Team
+ *
+ *  This file is part of The Mana World.
+ *
+ *  The Mana World is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  any later version.
+ *
+ *  The Mana World is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with The Mana World; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ */
+
+#ifndef _TMW_MESSAGEOUT_
+#define _TMW_MESSAGEOUT_
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "packet.h"
+
+/**
+ * Used for building an outgoing message.
+ */
+class MessageOut
+{
+    public:
+        /**
+         * Constructor.
+         */
+        MessageOut();
+
+        /**
+         * Destructor.
+         */
+        ~MessageOut();
+
+        void writeByte(char value);          /**< Writes a byte. */
+        void writeShort(short value);        /**< Writes a short. */
+        void writeLong(long value);          /**< Writes a long. */
+
+        /**
+         * Writes a string. If a fixed length is not given (-1), it is stored
+         * as a short at the start of the string.
+         */
+        void writeString(const std::string &string, int length = -1);
+
+        /**
+         * Returns an instance of Packet derived from the written data. Use for
+         * sending the packet. No more writing to the packet may be done after
+         * a call to this method.
+         */
+        const Packet *getPacket();
+
+    private:
+        /**
+         * Expand the packet data to be able to hold more data.
+         *
+         * NOTE: For performance enhancements this method could allocate extra
+         * memory in advance instead of expanding size every time more data is
+         * added.
+         */
+        void expand(unsigned int size);
+
+        Packet *mPacket;                     /**< Created packet. */
+        char *mData;                         /**< Data building up. */
+        unsigned int mDataSize;              /**< Size of data. */
+        unsigned int mPos;                   /**< Position in the data. */
+};
+
+#endif