From 885a133080e5119cad38a7e7d3963ed6c72fd46b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitchell <mitchoah@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:23:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] tweak bbnow types

---
 bbnow_pub.cpp          | 6 +++---
 include/bbnow_priv.hpp | 3 ++-
 include/bbnow_pub.hpp  | 7 ++++---
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bbnow_pub.cpp b/bbnow_pub.cpp
index 162c24a..1657a9f 100644
--- a/bbnow_pub.cpp
+++ b/bbnow_pub.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 const static char TAG[] = "bbnow_pub";
 
-size_t BBNowPubPacket::serialize_size() {
+size_t BBNowPubPacket::serialize_size() const {
     switch (this->packet_type) {
         case BBNowPubPacketType::NONE:
             return -1;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ size_t BBNowPubPacket::serialize_size() {
     return -1;
 }
 
-std::vector<uint8_t> BBNowPubPacket::serialize() {
+std::vector<uint8_t> BBNowPubPacket::serialize() const {
     auto buf = std::vector<uint8_t>();
 
     if (this->serialize_size() == -1) {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ std::vector<uint8_t> BBNowPubPacket::serialize() {
     return buf;
 }
 
-size_t BBNowPubPacket::serialize_into(std::vector<uint8_t>& buf) {
+size_t BBNowPubPacket::serialize_into(std::vector<uint8_t>& buf) const {
     size_t initial_size = buf.size();
     size_t size = this->serialize_size();
     if (size == -1) {
diff --git a/include/bbnow_priv.hpp b/include/bbnow_priv.hpp
index c8f0684..586ac22 100644
--- a/include/bbnow_priv.hpp
+++ b/include/bbnow_priv.hpp
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@
 
 #define EXPANDER_DEVICE_NAME_MAX_LEN 32
 
-/// The packet type for `BBNowPubPacket`s.
+/// The packet type for `BBNowPrivPacket`s.
 enum class BBNowPrivPacketType: uint16_t {
     NONE = 0,
     ACK = 1,
+    // TODO: we will need to add more here for handshaking in the future.
     DISCOVERY_RESPONSE = 2,
     EXPANDER_MESSAGE = 3,
     MAX = 3,
diff --git a/include/bbnow_pub.hpp b/include/bbnow_pub.hpp
index 9a7a7e1..2847044 100644
--- a/include/bbnow_pub.hpp
+++ b/include/bbnow_pub.hpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ union BlkBoxNowPubPacketData {
 };
 
 struct BBNowPubPacket {
+    // "bbnp" in ascii
     const static uint32_t PUB_MAGIC_NUMBER = 0x6262'6E70;
     // DISCOVERY packet size
     const static size_t DISCOVERY_PACKET_SIZE = sizeof(PUB_MAGIC_NUMBER) + sizeof(BBNowPubPacketType) + sizeof(BlkBoxNowPubDiscoveryData);
@@ -47,13 +48,13 @@ struct BBNowPubPacket {
     BlkBoxNowPubPacketData packet_data{};
 
     /// The size of the serialized packet (in bytes).
-    size_t serialize_size();
+    size_t serialize_size() const;
     /// Serializes the packet to a vector.
-    std::vector<uint8_t> serialize();
+    std::vector<uint8_t> serialize() const;
     /// Serializes the packet into the given vector.
     /// 
     /// Returns the number of bytes written into the buffer.
-    size_t serialize_into(std::vector<uint8_t>& buf);
+    size_t serialize_into(std::vector<uint8_t>& buf) const;
     /// Deserializes a packet from the given bytes.
     static std::optional<BBNowPubPacket> deserialize(std::span<const uint8_t> bytes);