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package org.reprap.comms;

import org.reprap.Device;

public abstract class OutgoingMessage {
		
	/**
	 * Fetch the binary payload corresponding to the completed message
	 * @return an array of bytes
	 */
	public abstract byte [] getBinary();
	
	/**
	 * Return an IncomingContext for a message in response to
	 * this message.  If necessary this can be overridden to
	 * include sequence numbers or other disambiguating
	 * information.
	 * @param communicator
	 * @return An IncomingContext object that can be used to
	 *   receive the reply to the message.
	 */
	public IncomingContext getReplyContext(Communicator communicator,
			Device device) {
		return new IncomingContext(communicator, device.getAddress());
	}
}