defineNamespace

Groups packet and query definitions and coordinates their IDs between the server and clients.

ByteNetMax.defineNamespace(Name, DefinitionCallback)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
Name	string	Stable, unique namespace name
DefinitionCallback	() -> table	Returns optional packets and queries tables

Returns

{
    packets = { [string]: Packet },
    queries = { [string]: Query },
}

Example

local Network = ByteNetMax.defineNamespace("Chat", function()
    return {
        packets = {
            SendMessage = ByteNetMax.definePacket({
                value = ByteNetMax.string,
            }),
        },
        queries = {},
    }
end)

The empty tables are optional. A packet-only namespace may omit queries, and a query-only namespace may omit packets.

Both sides are mandatory

Define a namespace in one shared ModuleScript, initialize it on the server first, and require the exact same module on the client. Do not maintain two hand-written copies of the schema. See Required initialization.