NetVar.h

// $Id: NetVar.h,v 1.2 2009/08/17 21:18:31 eml Exp $

#ifndef GCP_UTIL_NETVAR_H
#define GCP_UTIL_NETVAR_H

#include "gcp/util/common/DataType.h"

#include "gcp/util/common/NetDat.h"

namespace gcp {
  namespace util {

    class NetStruct;

    class NetVar : public NetDat {
    public:

      NetVar(gcp::util::DataType::Type type, void* vPtr, unsigned nEl);

      virtual ~NetVar();

      NetVar(const NetVar& netVar);
      NetVar(NetVar& netVar);

      void deserialize(const std::vector<unsigned char>& bytes);

      unsigned size();

      // The type of this variable

      gcp::util::DataType::Type type_;

    private:

      // Pointer to where the start of the memory resides for this
      // variable

      void* vPtr_;

      // Number of elements in this variable

      unsigned nEl_;

      unsigned size_;

      void serialize();

      void deserialize(const unsigned char* bytes);

      void resize(unsigned size);

    }; // End class NetVar

  } // End namespace util
} // End namespace gcp



#endif // End #ifndef GCP_UTIL_NETVAR_H