Network Configuration

NetworkConfig class allows to define basic network configuration like encoding or serializer. Both Encoding and Serializer are read-only properties — they can only be set via a constructor, not through an object initializer.

Server or Client instance can be created with custom configuration by passing NetworkConfig instance to their constructor.

To change default network configuration:

NetworkConfig.Default = new NetworkConfig(...);

Constructors

Constructor	Notes
NetworkConfig()	Encoding = UTF8, Serializer = built-in Json.NET serializer.
NetworkConfig(Encoding encoding)	Custom encoding, default serializer.
NetworkConfig(INetworkSerializer serializer)	Default encoding (UTF8), custom serializer.
NetworkConfig(Encoding encoding, INetworkSerializer serializer)	Custom encoding and serializer.
NetworkConfig(Action<Stream, object> serializeDelegate, Func<Stream, Type, object> deserializeDelegate)	Default encoding, serializer defined inline as delegates (no need to implement INetworkSerializer).
NetworkConfig(Encoding encoding, Action<Stream, object> serializeDelegate, Func<Stream, Type, object> deserializeDelegate)	Custom encoding, serializer defined inline as delegates.

All arguments are validated as non-null (constructors throw ArgumentNullException otherwise).

Encoding

By default all text messages are encoded using UTF8.

Serializer

By default Json.NET is used for serialization, with following implementation:

public class NewtonsoftJsonSerializer : INetworkSerializer
{
    private readonly JsonSerializer _serializer;

    public NewtonsoftJsonSerializer()
    {
        var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
        {
            // Required for internal dynamic type handling
            TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Auto
        };
        _serializer = JsonSerializer.CreateDefault(settings);
    }


    public void Serialize(Stream stream, object value)
    {
        using var writer = new StreamWriter(stream);
        using var jsonWriter = new JsonTextWriter(writer);

        _serializer.Serialize(jsonWriter, value);
    }
    public object Deserialize(Stream stream, Type type)
    {
        using var reader = new StreamReader(stream);
        using var jsonReader = new JsonTextReader(reader);

        var value = _serializer.Deserialize(jsonReader, type);
        return value;
    }
}