[solved] Sending/Receiving a class (CustomPacket extends Packet)

Networking & Multiplayer
#1

Hey JGO, lastnight I was goofing around with networking and I wanted to write a project that can send custom packets accross a network, I didn’t get very far lol.

Here’s what I tried doing:


public class StandardPacket implements Serializable {

      public StandardPacket() { 
      }

}

I was trying to accomplish sending a CustomPacket that extends the serializable StandardPacket but it wouldn’t go through.

When the client/server got the packet it wouldn’t allow my casting:
org.gnetwork.client.packets.TestPacket cannot be cast to org.gnetwork.server.packets.TestPacket.

Questions:

  • How did kryonet go about sending custom packets?
  • How would I go about having a class extend my StandardPacket and be able to send it over the network and have it be received as a CustomPacket vs StandardPacket?
  • Am I following the right path for doing this?

Example of my CustomPacket class:


public class CustomPacket extends StandardPacket {

      private String someCustomData;

      public CustomPacket() {
      }

      /* Getters & Setters for data */

}

Thanks for any help/feedback JGO, if more information is needed please ask.