Generic Packet Class

Packet.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;


class Packet
{

    // ----------------
    // Packet Structure
    // ----------------

    // Description   -> |timestamp  |message     |   
    // Size in bytes -> |sizeoflong | sizeofuint |

    public uint message { get; set; }

    public long timestamp { get; set; }

    public Packet()
    {
        this.timestamp = DateTime.Now.Ticks;

    }

    public Packet(byte[] dataStream)
    {
        var startindex = 0;
        this.timestamp = long.Parse(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(dataStream, startindex, sizeof(long)));

        startindex += sizeof(long);
        // Read the length of the message (4 bytes)
        this.timestamp = uint.Parse(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(dataStream, startindex, sizeof(uint)));
    }

    public byte[] GetDataStream()
    {
        var timestampbytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(this.timestamp);
        var messagebytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(this.message);
        byte[] dataStream = new byte[timestampbytes.Length + messagebytes.Length];
        Buffer.BlockCopy(timestampbytes, 0, dataStream, 0, timestampbytes.Length);
        Buffer.BlockCopy(messagebytes, 0, dataStream, timestampbytes.Length, messagebytes.Length);
        return dataStream;
    }

}