Contains sync protocol data definitions shared between client and server.

Data Structures
class	Alive

class	ClientChallengeResponse

class	ErrorMessage

class	Fov

class	Location

class	Selection

class	ServerChallenge

class	ServerChallengeResponseValid
	This is just a notify message with no data, so no serialize/deserialize. More...

class	StelPropertyUpdate

struct	SyncHeader
	All messages are preceded by this. More...

class	SyncMessage
	Base interface for the messages themselves, allowing to serialize/deserialize them. More...

class	Time

class	View

Enumerations
enum	SyncMessageType { ERROR, SERVER_CHALLENGE, CLIENT_CHALLENGE_RESPONSE, SERVER_CHALLENGERESPONSEVALID, ALIVE, TIME, LOCATION, SELECTION, STELPROPERTY, VIEW, FOV, MSGTYPE_MAX = FOV, MSGTYPE_SIZE = MSGTYPE_MAX+1 }
	Contains the possible message types. More...

Functions
QDataStream &	operator<< (QDataStream &out, const SyncHeader &header)
	Write a SyncHeader to a DataStream.

QDataStream &	operator>> (QDataStream &in, SyncHeader &header)
	Read a SyncHeader from a DataStream.

QDebug &	operator<< (QDebug &deb, SyncMessageType msg)

Variables
const quint8	SYNC_PROTOCOL_VERSION = 2
	Should be changed with every breaking change.

const QDataStream::Version	SYNC_DATASTREAM_VERSION = QDataStream::Qt_5_0

const QByteArray	SYNC_MAGIC_VALUE = "StellariumSyncPluginProtocol"
	Magic value for protocol used during connection. Should NEVER change.

const qint64	SYNC_HEADER_SIZE = sizeof(quint8) + sizeof(tPayloadSize)

const qint64	SYNC_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE = (2<<15) - 1

const qint64	SYNC_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE = SYNC_HEADER_SIZE + SYNC_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE

Data Structure Documentation

struct SyncProtocol::SyncHeader

Data Fields
tPayloadSize	dataSize
quint8	msgType

Enumeration Type Documentation

The enum value is used as an ID to identify the message type over the network. The classes handling these messages are defined in SyncMessages.hpp