#ifndef __TRANSMITTABLE__
#define __TRANSMITTABLE__


#include <vector>
#include <functional>

namespace CommService
{
  /**
  * @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;
  };

};  


#endif