public byte[] toBytes() {
ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(bytes);
try {
dos.writeByte(MessageType.ChirpMessage.typeValue);
dos.writeByte(message.getFrom());
dos.writeByte(message.getTo());
dos.writeInt(message.getMessageId());
dos.writeByte(message.getFlagByte());
dos.writeUTF(message.getSender());
dos.writeUTF(message.getRecipient());
dos.writeUTF(message.getMessage());
dos.flush();
return bytes.toByteArray();
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
}
