ConstaNetSessionAnnounce

ConstaNetSessionAnnounce.gd 
Extends: ConstaNetHeadder

Copyright (c) 2025
Liam Sherwin — All rights reserved.
Licensed under GPLv3

ConstaNetSessionAnnounce is the packet type used by Constellation Network nodes to announce the existence and composition of a session.
It declares the session identifier, the current master node, a human-readable session name, and the list of participating nodes.

Member Variables

session_id

DataType: String
Default: ""
The SessionID of this session.
All packets related to this session should reference the same session_id.

session_master

DataType: String
Default: ""
The NodeID of the node currently acting as the session master.
This node is typically responsible for authoritative control and coordination.

session_name

DataType: String
Default: ""
Human-readable name of the session, suitable for display in user interfaces.

nodes

DataType: Array[String]
Default: []
List of all NodeIDs currently participating in this session.
Each entry is a string-encoded UUID corresponding to a Constellation node.

Packet Structure

Offsets below refer to the payload portion (after the base header defined in ConstaNetHeadder).
See DataTypes.

Where:

• NodeID is a 36-byte ASCII UUID (see DataTypes).
• Session name length is the byte length of the ASCII-encoded session name.
• M is the number of bytes in the session name string.
• Node count is the number of entries in nodes.
• Session node IDs is a sequence of NodeID entries, one for each node.