Programming GPS and OpenStreetMap Applications with Java

11.9. ROAdio Broadcasting 163

public int ID = -1, numCards = 0, wolfCries = 0;

public String name;

// 1. regular construction in the java environment:

public PlayerRecord(int ID, String name, int numCards) {

this.ID = ID; this.name = name;

this.numCards = numCards; this.wolfCries = 0;

}

// 2. sender disassembles object to a byte array:

public byte[] getBytes()

{

byte[] numbers

= { (byte)ID, (byte)numCards, (byte)wolfCries };

byte[] nameBytes = name.getBytes();

byte[] answer

= new byte[numbers.length + nameBytes.length];

System.arraycopy

(numbers, 0, answer, 0, numbers.length);

System.arraycopy

(nameBytes, 0, answer, numbers.length,

nameBytes.length);

return answer; ...