#ifndef __LIBBC_BC_TRANSMITTABLE_HPP__
#define __LIBBC_BC_TRANSMITTABLE_HPP__

/*
* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
* License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
* file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
*/

/**
* @file
* @brief  main header file for the transmittable interface
* @author Dominik Meyer <dmeyer@hsu-hh.de>
* @date   2019-01-08
* @copyright 2019 no yet defined
*/

#include <vector>
#include <functional>

namespace BC
{
  /**
  * @brief abstract class providing the interface for classes being transmittable through a network
  *
  * the developer has to make sure that the correct endianess is used in the toByteVector function
  * and in the Factory for each Class
  */
  class transmittable
  {
  public:

    /**
    * @brief converts the information of the class (the attributes) to a byte vector
    *
    * @param byteVector - returns a std::vector of bytes representing the class
    */
    virtual std::vector<unsigned char> toByteVector() const = 0;
  };

};  //namespace BC


#endif