#include #include #include #include #include // htonl #include "msg.h" #if INTERFACE #define INITIAL_SIZE 32 struct Buffer { int size; void *data; }; struct message { long timestamp; int width; // varies int height; // normally 80 char **image; // dimension is width x height }; #endif struct Buffer *new_buffer() { struct Buffer *b = malloc(sizeof(Buffer)); b->data = malloc(INITIAL_SIZE); b->size = 0; return b; } void append_space(Buffer * b, int n) { b->size += n; b->data = realloc(b->data, b->size); } void serialize_int(int x, Buffer * b) { // htonl :: uint32_t -> uint32_t -- converts the parameter from host byte order to network byte order //x = htonl(x); append_space(b, sizeof(int)); memcpy( ((char*)b->data) + b->size, &x, sizeof(int)); b->size += sizeof(int); } void serialize_string(char *str, Buffer *b) { int newlen = strlen(str); append_space(b, newlen); int i = 0; while (i < newlen) { memcpy( ((char*)b->data) + b->size + i, str, sizeof(char)); str++; i++; } b->size += newlen; } void serialize_message(struct message *msg, Buffer *b) { serialize_int(msg->timestamp, b); // does this also work for long? serialize_int(msg->width, b); serialize_int(msg->height, b); for (int i=0; i < msg->width; i++) serialize_string(msg->image[i], b); } int main() { Buffer *buf = new_buffer(); //serialize_string("lol", buf); serialize_int(42, buf); printf("buf: size:%d data:%p\n", buf->size, buf->data); }