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.. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, but the doc/base/classes.xml source instead.
.. _class_PacketPeer:
PacketPeer
==========
**Inherits:** :ref:`Reference<class_reference>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_object>`
**Inherited By:** :ref:`PacketPeerStream<class_packetpeerstream>`, :ref:`PacketPeerUDP<class_packetpeerudp>`
**Category:** Core
Brief Description
-----------------
Abstraction and base class for packet-based protocols.
Member Functions
----------------
+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`int<class_int>` | :ref:`get_available_packet_count<class_PacketPeer_get_available_packet_count>` **(** **)** const |
+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`RawArray<class_rawarray>` | :ref:`get_packet<class_PacketPeer_get_packet>` **(** **)** const |
+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Error | :ref:`get_packet_error<class_PacketPeer_get_packet_error>` **(** **)** const |
+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`Variant<class_variant>` | :ref:`get_var<class_PacketPeer_get_var>` **(** **)** const |
+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Error | :ref:`put_packet<class_PacketPeer_put_packet>` **(** :ref:`RawArray<class_rawarray>` buffer **)** |
+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`int<class_int>` | :ref:`put_var<class_PacketPeer_put_var>` **(** :ref:`Variant<class_variant>` var **)** |
+----------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Description
-----------
PacketPeer is an abstraction and base class for packet-based protocols (such as UDP). It provides an API for sending and receiving packets both as raw data or variables. This makes it easy to transfer data over a protocol, without having to encode data as low level bytes or having to worry about network ordering.
Member Function Description
---------------------------
.. _class_PacketPeer_get_available_packet_count:
- :ref:`int<class_int>` **get_available_packet_count** **(** **)** const
Return the number of packets currently available in the ring-buffer.
.. _class_PacketPeer_get_packet:
- :ref:`RawArray<class_rawarray>` **get_packet** **(** **)** const
Get a raw packet.
.. _class_PacketPeer_get_packet_error:
- Error **get_packet_error** **(** **)** const
Return the error state of the last packet received (via :ref:`get_packet<class_PacketPeer_get_packet>` and :ref:`get_var<class_PacketPeer_get_var>`).
.. _class_PacketPeer_get_var:
- :ref:`Variant<class_variant>` **get_var** **(** **)** const
Get a Variant.
.. _class_PacketPeer_put_packet:
- Error **put_packet** **(** :ref:`RawArray<class_rawarray>` buffer **)**
Send a raw packet.
.. _class_PacketPeer_put_var:
- :ref:`int<class_int>` **put_var** **(** :ref:`Variant<class_variant>` var **)**
Send a Variant as a packet.