#ifndef GATS_PACKET_H
#define GATS_PACKET_H

namespace Gats
{
	class Object;

	/**
	 * A D-encoded packet is a header and metadata related to encoding as well
	 * as a single object.  The advantage of this method is that the packet
	 * contains all information related to encoding and is highly portable, it
	 * also lets the reader know how much data to expect, which makes this
	 * efficient for use in protocols and embedding in other data streams.
	 */
	class Packet
	{
	public:
		Packet();
		Packet( Object *pObject );
		virtual ~Packet();

		Object *getObject() { return pRoot; }

	private:
		Object *pRoot;
	};
};

#endif