PacketWriter Properties

When overriden in a derived class, returns the base stream (if any).

Packet can be expanded.

Endianess for integral types.

Optional ID to identify the packet (eg source/destination, packet section, etc).

Returns true if this is a fixed size packet. Ensure can't expand a fixed packet.

Returns the current length of the packet. The Length of a packet may change without Ensure being called if it's an expandable PacketWriter and data is inserted.

Returns the parent packet, or null.

Returns the current position in this packet. The Position of a packet may change without Advance being called if it's an expandable PacketWriter and data is inserted.

Returns the current position with respect to our parent packet.

Returns the remaining data/space available in this packet. If it's a fixed-size packet, then this is definitive. Otherwise Ensure can be used to try to extend the packet with more data/space.

Packet has been resolved into concrete data.

Encoding for text strings.

Returns the top parent.