1 files changed, 30 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pacman-c++/util.cpp b/pacman-c++/util.cpp
index 6b9780b..ceba2b8 100644
--- a/pacman-c++/util.cpp
+++ b/pacman-c++/util.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 
+#include <QtNetwork/QTcpSocket>
+
 namespace Util {
 
   Transmission::map_t createUninitialisedMap() {
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ namespace Util {
         cur = Transmission::none;
       }
     }
-    return  map;
+    return map;
   }
   // temporary
   Transmission::map_t createDummyMap()
@@ -138,4 +140,31 @@ namespace Util {
     }
   return Actor::None; // for pleasing the compiler
   }
+
+        void QByteArrayToStdString(const QByteArray& arr, std::string& str) {
+    // TODO: normal conversion to std::string won't work,
+    // probably due to \0-bytes.
+    //std::string dataStr = std::string(data.constData());
+    //std::string dataStr = QString(data).toStdString();
+    for (int i=0; i<arr.size(); ++i) {
+      str += arr[i];
+    }
+  }
+
+        void sendPacket(const ::google::protobuf::Message& packet, QTcpSocket *socket) {
+                std::string dataStr = packet.SerializeAsString();
+                const char *data = dataStr.c_str();
+                sendPacket(data, dataStr.length(), socket);
+        }
+
+        void sendPacket(const char *data, unsigned int length, QTcpSocket *socket) {
+                unsigned int bytesWritten = socket->write(data, length);
+                if (bytesWritten != length) {
+                        qDebug() << "written: " << bytesWritten;
+                        qDebug() << "strl: " << length;
+                }
+                Q_ASSERT(bytesWritten == length);
+                socket->flush();
+        }
+
 }