NodeJS SLikeNet v2.0.0

Node.js native addon for SLikeNet networking library with improved thread management architecture.

🚀 New Architecture (v2.0.0)

Key Improvements

• Smart Thread Management: Single background thread for all listeners
• Event-Driven API: listen(packetID, handler) for specific packet types
• Automatic Resource Management: Threads start/stop automatically
• Better Performance: No unnecessary thread creation/destruction

How It Works

1. connect() - Synchronous call in main Node.js thread
2. send() - Synchronous call in main Node.js thread
3. listen(packetID) - Creates background thread on first call (if none exists)
4. disconnect() - Stops thread and cleans up all subscriptions

📦 Installation

npm install nodejs-slikenet

🔧 Usage

Basic Setup

const { SlikeNetPeer } = require('nodejs-slikenet');

const peer = new SlikeNetPeer();

// Initialize and startup
peer.initialize(32);
peer.startup(32, 0);

// Connect to server
peer.connect('127.0.0.1', 61111);

Event Handling

// System events
peer.on('connect', () => {
    console.log('Connected to server!');
});

peer.on('disconnect', () => {
    console.log('Disconnected from server');
});

// Packet-specific listeners
peer.listen(100, (data) => {
    console.log('Received packet 100:', data);
});

peer.listen(101, (data) => {
    console.log('Received packet 101:', data);
});

Sending Data

// Send data
peer.send('Hello from client!');

Cleanup

// Remove all listeners (stops background thread)
peer.removeAllListeners();

// Shutdown peer
peer.shutdown();

🏗️ Architecture Details

Thread Management

• Before v2.0.0: Multiple threads, manual management
• v2.0.0+: Single background thread, automatic management

API Changes

| v1.x | v2.0.0 | Description | |------|---------|-------------| | setMessageCallback() | listen(packetID, handler) | Subscribe to specific packet types | | processEvents() | Automatic | Background processing handled automatically | | Manual thread control | Automatic | Threads start/stop based on listener count |

📋 Requirements

• Node.js 16+
• Windows (Visual Studio 2019+)
• SLikeNet library

🔨 Building

npm install
npm run build

📚 Examples

• example.js - Basic client/server example
• example-new-architecture.js - New architecture demonstration

🆕 Migration from v1.x

// Old way (v1.x)
peer.setMessageCallback((data) => {
    console.log('Message received:', data);
});

// New way (v2.0.0)
peer.listen(100, (data) => {
    console.log('Packet 100 received:', data);
});

📄 License

MIT

🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please check the build instructions in BUILD_INSTRUCTIONS.md.