ChatChannel Class Reference

A channel of communication in Photon Chat, updated by ChatClient and provided as READ ONLY. More...

Public Member Functions
	ChatChannel (string name)
	Used internally to create new channels. This does NOT create a channel on the server! Use ChatClient.Subscribe. More...
void	Add (string sender, object message, int msgId)
	Used internally to add messages to this channel. More...
void	Add (string[] senders, object[] messages, int lastMsgId)
	Used internally to add messages to this channel. More...
void	TruncateMessages ()
	Reduces the number of locally cached messages in this channel to the MessageLimit (if set). More...
void	ClearMessages ()
	Clear the local cache of messages currently stored. This frees memory but doesn't affect the server. More...
string	ToStringMessages ()
	Provides a string-representation of all messages in this channel. More...

Public Attributes
readonly string	Name
	Name of the channel (used to subscribe and unsubscribe). More...
readonly List< string >	Senders = new List<string>()
	Senders of messages in chronoligical order. Senders and Messages refer to each other by index. Senders[x] is the sender of Messages[x]. More...
readonly List< object >	Messages = new List<object>()
	Messages in chronological order. Senders and Messages refer to each other by index. Senders[x] is the sender of Messages[x]. More...
int	MessageLimit
	If greater than 0, this channel will limit the number of messages, that it caches locally. More...

Properties
bool	IsPrivate [get, protected set]
	Is this a private 1:1 channel? More...
int	MessageCount [get]
	Count of messages this client still buffers/knows for this channel. More...
int	LastMsgId [get, protected set]
	ID of the last message received. More...

Detailed Description

A channel of communication in Photon Chat, updated by ChatClient and provided as READ ONLY.

Contains messages and senders to use (read!) and display by your GUI. Access these by: ChatClient.PublicChannels ChatClient.PrivateChannels

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

ChatChannel

(

string

name

)

Used internally to create new channels. This does NOT create a channel on the server! Use ChatClient.Subscribe.

Member Function Documentation

void Add	(	string	sender,
		object	message,
		int	msgId
	)

Used internally to add messages to this channel.

void Add	(	string[]	senders,
		object[]	messages,
		int	lastMsgId
	)

Used internally to add messages to this channel.

void ClearMessages

(

)

Clear the local cache of messages currently stored. This frees memory but doesn't affect the server.

string ToStringMessages

(

)

Provides a string-representation of all messages in this channel.

Returns

All known messages in format "Sender: Message", line by line.

void TruncateMessages

(

)

Reduces the number of locally cached messages in this channel to the MessageLimit (if set).

Member Data Documentation

int MessageLimit

If greater than 0, this channel will limit the number of messages, that it caches locally.

readonly List<object> Messages = new List<object>()

Messages in chronological order. Senders and Messages refer to each other by index. Senders[x] is the sender of Messages[x].

readonly string Name

Name of the channel (used to subscribe and unsubscribe).

readonly List<string> Senders = new List<string>()

Senders of messages in chronoligical order. Senders and Messages refer to each other by index. Senders[x] is the sender of Messages[x].

Property Documentation

bool IsPrivate

getprotected set

Is this a private 1:1 channel?

int LastMsgId

getprotected set

ID of the last message received.

int MessageCount

get

Count of messages this client still buffers/knows for this channel.