#ifndef __PAYLOADS_JOIN__
#define __PAYLOADS_JOIN__


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

namespace CommService
{
    namespace PayLoads
    {
      /**
      *  @brief class representing the payload of a HotPlugJoin message
      *
      *  the HotPlugJoin messages is transmitted by every PubSub Service after connection
      *  has been established to the underlying network/transport layer.
      *  It provides information about the type of service, the id and the underlying
      *  network/transport layer addresses.
      *
      */
      class Join : public transmittable
      {
      public:
        Join()=default;
        /**
        * @brief constructor to recreate the HotPlugJoin payload from a a std::vector<unsigned char>
        */
        explicit Join(std::vector<unsigned char> v);

        /// the address of the underlying network layer used to join the network
        unsigned char networkLayerAddress[16];

        /// the address of the underlying transport layer used to join the network
        std::uint32_t  transportLayerAddress;




        /**
        * @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