socket.on('message', function(data) {
var decoded = Encoder.decode(data);
//We must wait for this message to be recieved before loading modules
if (decoded.verb == 'sendDetails') {
game.config = decoded.msg;
game.redraw = true;
repo.load();
loaded = true;
} else if (!loaded || flag) {
//while waiting for the sendDetails message, some other messages may not be routed, so cache them
//we also cache if the flag has been set to true, as it means something else is being routed.
cache.push(decoded);
return;
} else while (cache.length > 0) {
router.route(cache.pop(), new Server(socket)); //Route the cached messages
}
//route one message at a time.
//This should, strictly speaking, never happen as JS isn't multithreaded
//but somehow, and we do not know how, Firefox has concurrency problems.
//it is possible that socket.io is using web workers and calling these functions asynchronously.
flag = true;
router.route(decoded, new Server(socket));
flag = false;
});
this.send = function(res, verb, message) {
skt.emit('message', Encoder.encode(res, verb, message));
};