Network Configuration

NetworkConfig class allows to define basic network configuration like encoding or serializer.

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(...);

Encoding

By default all text messages are encoded using UTF8.

Serializer

By default System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter is used for serialization.

To use Json.NET by default:

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

Example implementation of NewtonsoftJsonSerializer class:

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;
    }
}