#ifndef __PAYLOADS_PING__
#define __PAYLOADS_PING__
/**
* @file
* @brief  main header file for the BPing payload
* @author Henry Winkel
* @date   15.09.2022
* @copyright 
*/
#include <CommService/transmittable.hpp>
#include <cstdint>
#include <vector>
#include <random>

namespace CommService
{

    namespace PayLoads
    {
      /**
      *  @brief class representing the payload of a Ping message
      *
      *  the Ping messages is transmitted can be published to all or individual nodes.
      *  these nodes will answer with a Pong message
      *
      */
      class Ping : public transmittable
      {
      public:
        Ping();
        /**
        * @brief constructor to recreate the HotPlugJoin payload from a a std::vector<unsigned char>
        */
        explicit Ping(std::vector<unsigned char> v);

        /// message id uniqly identifying one ping message
        uint64_t  messageID;

        /// the sequence number of the ping
        uint64_t sequenceNr;

        /// the local clock ticks
        uint64_t pingTime;

        /**
        * @brief converts the information of the class (the attributes) to a byte vector
        *
        * @param byteVector - returns a std::vector of bytes representing the class
        */
        std::vector<unsigned char> toByteVector() const override;
      };
    };  //namespace Payloads
}; //namespace BC

#endif