Implemented abstraction of message encoding/decoding by adding another layer of "Encoders" to Transporters.

3 files changed, 40 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/ITangoMessage.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/ITangoMessage.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90b33a6bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/ITangoMessage.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Tango.PMR.Common;
+
+namespace Tango.PMR
+{
+    public interface ITangoMessage
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the container that will encapsulate the actual PMR message.
+        /// </summary>
+        MessageContainer Container { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the PMR message type.
+        /// </summary>
+        MessageType Type { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Serializes the Tango message to byte array.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        byte[] ToBytes();
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Serializes the Tango message to byte array representing a serialized JSON object of this Tango message.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        byte[] ToJsonBytes();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/Tango.PMR.csproj b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/Tango.PMR.csproj
index 7226685ea..e3846da7a 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/Tango.PMR.csproj
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/Tango.PMR.csproj
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Integration\ExternalClientLoginResponse.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Integration\OverrideDataBaseRequest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Integration\OverrideDataBaseResponse.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ITangoMessage.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MessageFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="NativePMR.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
diff --git a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/TangoMessage.cs b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/TangoMessage.cs
index 4819ac509..c99fc0dfb 100644
--- a/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/TangoMessage.cs
+++ b/Software/Visual_Studio/Tango.PMR/TangoMessage.cs
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ namespace Tango.PMR
     /// Represents a wrapper class for PRM messages.
     /// </summary>
     /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
-    public class TangoMessage<T> where T : IMessage<T>
+    public class TangoMessage<T> : ITangoMessage where T : IMessage<T>
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the container.
+        /// Gets the container that will encapsulate the actual PMR message.
         /// </summary>
         public MessageContainer Container { get; }
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Tango.PMR
         public T Message { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the message type.
+        /// Gets or sets the PMR message type.
         /// </summary>
         public MessageType Type { get; set; }
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace Tango.PMR
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Generates a new <see cref="MessageContainer"/> containing the message of type <see cref="T"/> and returns a byte array.
+        /// Serializes the Tango message to byte array.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns></returns>
         public byte[] ToBytes()
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace Tango.PMR
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Generates a new <see cref="MessageContainer"/> containing the message of type <see cref="T"/> and returns a byte array.
+        /// Serializes the Tango message to byte array representing a serialized JSON object of this Tango message.
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns></returns>
         public byte[] ToJsonBytes()