namespace Passer.RoboidControl {

    /// <summary>
    /// Root structure for all communcation messages
    /// </summary>
    public class IMessage {
        public IMessage() { }

        /// <summary>
        /// Create a message for receiving
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="buffer">The byte array to parse</param>
        public IMessage(byte[] buffer) {
            //Deserialize(buffer);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Serialize the message into a byte array for sending
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="buffer">The buffer to serilize into</param>
        /// <returns>The length of the message in the buffer</returns>
        public virtual byte Serialize(ref byte[] buffer) { return 0; }
    }

}