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#ifndef EMANECONTROLMESSAGESERIALIZER_HEADER_
#define EMANECONTROLMESSAGESERIALIZER_HEADER_

#include "emane/controlmessage.h"
#include "emane/utils/vectorio.h"
#include "controlmessageserializermessages.h"


#include <vector>
#include <list>

namespace EMANE
{
  class ControlMessageSerializer
  {
  public:
    ControlMessageSerializer(const ControlMessages & msgs);

    ~ControlMessageSerializer();
    
    size_t getLength() const;

    const Utils::VectorIO & getVectorIO() const;
    
    /**
     * @throw ControlMessageSerializerException
     */
    static
    ControlMessages create(const void * pData, size_t length);
 
    /**
     * @throw ControlMessageSerializerException
     */
    static
    ControlMessages create(const Utils::VectorIO & vectorIO);

  private:
    typedef std::vector<std::string> Serializations;
    typedef std::vector<ControlMessageHeader> ControlMessageHeaders;
    Serializations serializations_;
    Utils::VectorIO vectorIO_;
    ControlMessageSerializerHeader controlMessageSerializerHeader_;
    ControlMessageHeaders controlMessageHeaders_;
    size_t length_;
  };
}

#endif // EMANECONTROLMESSAGESERIALIZER_HEADER_
