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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