/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * Packet.java created on 29-dec-2006 at 19:15:00
 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
 * 
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package edu.vub.at.actors.natives;

import edu.vub.at.actors.net.SerializationException;
import edu.vub.at.exceptions.InterpreterException;
import edu.vub.at.exceptions.XClassNotFound;
import edu.vub.at.exceptions.XIOProblem;
import edu.vub.at.objects.ATObject;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Packet instances are the serialized representation of AmbientTalk messages or other objects.
 * They are exchanged directly in between local actors and in a wrapped VMCommand object between
 * remote actors.
 *
 * @author tvcutsem
 */
public class Packet implements Serializable {
	
	private final byte[]	payload_;
	private final String	description_;

	public Packet(String description, ATObject object) throws XIOProblem {
		description_ = description;
		try {
			payload_ = serialize(object);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new XIOProblem(e);
		}
	}
	
	public Packet(ATObject object) throws XIOProblem {
		this(object.toString(), object);
	}
	
	public ATObject unpack() throws InterpreterException {
		try {
			return (ATObject) deserialize(payload_);
        } catch (SerializationException e) {
          throw e.getWrappedException();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			throw new XIOProblem(e);
		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
			throw new XClassNotFound(e.getMessage(), e);
		} 
	}
	
	public String toString() { return "packet["+description_+"]"; }
	
	private static byte[] serialize(Object o) throws IOException {
		ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
		ObjectOutputStream stream = new ObjectOutputStream(out);
		stream.writeObject(o);
		stream.flush();
		stream.close();
		return out.toByteArray();
	}
	
	private static Object deserialize(byte[] b) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
		ByteArrayInputStream in = new ByteArrayInputStream(b);
		ObjectInputStream instream = new ObjectInputStream(in);
		return instream.readObject();
	}
	
}