--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/proto2/NetworkPacket.hh	Mon Nov 10 16:49:09 2008 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#ifndef NETWORK_PACKET_HH
+#define NETWORK_PACKET_HH
+
+#include "NetworkConfig.hh"
+
+class NetworkPacket {
+    private:
+        char buf[NETWORK_PACKET_SIZE];
+        size_t size, offset;
+
+        template <typename T> T read_val (void);
+        template <typename T> void write_val (const T &val);
+ 
+    public:
+        NetworkPacket (void);
+        
+        char* get_buf (void) { return buf; }
+        size_t get_size (void) { return size; }
+       
+        // type-reads, handle network-endianlness
+        uint32_t read_uint32 (void);
+        uint16_t read_uint16 (void);
+        uint8_t read_uint8 (void);
+
+        int32_t read_int32 (void);
+        int16_t read_int16 (void);
+        int8_t read_int8 (void);
+
+        void write_uint32 (uint32_t val);
+        void write_uint16 (uint16_t val);
+        void write_uint8 (uint8_t val);
+
+        void write_int32 (int32_t val);
+        void write_int16 (int16_t val);
+        void write_int8 (int8_t val);
+
+
+};
+
+#endif /* NETWORK_PACKET_HH */