Module packet

Packet

This file is part of the Network Protocol project.

It defines the Packet structure and handles all related serialization and deserialization logic.

The Packet struct represents a fully decoded protocol packet, including the protocol version, magic header, and binary payload.

This module uses the bincode crate for efficient binary encoding. Protocol constants like MAGIC_BYTES and PROTOCOL_VERSION are defined in the config module.

Responsibilities

• Decode packets from raw byte buffers
• Encode Packet structs into raw bytes
• Validate protocol headers and versions

The design is optimized for performance and integration with the rest of the protocol layer.

Structs

Packet

Represents a fully decoded protocol packet

Constants

HEADER_SIZE

Total size of the fixed-length header