com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/NetworkVariable/NetworkVariable.cs

using UnityEngine;
using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using Unity.Collections.LowLevel.Unsafe;

namespace Unity.Netcode
{
    /// <summary>
    /// A variable that can be synchronized over the network.
    /// </summary>
    [Serializable]
    public class NetworkVariable<T> : NetworkVariableSerialization<T> where T : unmanaged
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Delegate type for value changed event
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="previousValue">The value before the change</param>
        /// <param name="newValue">The new value</param>
        public delegate void OnValueChangedDelegate(T previousValue, T newValue);
        /// <summary>
        /// The callback to be invoked when the value gets changed
        /// </summary>
        public OnValueChangedDelegate OnValueChanged;


        public NetworkVariable(T value = default,
            NetworkVariableReadPermission readPerm = DefaultReadPerm,
            NetworkVariableWritePermission writePerm = DefaultWritePerm)
            : base(readPerm, writePerm)
        {
            m_InternalValue = value;
        }

        [SerializeField]
        private protected T m_InternalValue;

        /// <summary>
        /// The value of the NetworkVariable container
        /// </summary>
        public virtual T Value
        {
            get => m_InternalValue;
            set
            {
                // Compare bitwise
                if (ValueEquals(ref m_InternalValue, ref value))
                {
                    return;
                }

                if (m_NetworkBehaviour && !CanClientWrite(m_NetworkBehaviour.NetworkManager.LocalClientId))
                {
                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Client is not allowed to write to this NetworkVariable");
                }

                Set(value);
            }
        }

        // Compares two values of the same unmanaged type by underlying memory
        // Ignoring any overriden value checks
        // Size is fixed
        [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
        private static unsafe bool ValueEquals(ref T a, ref T b)
        {
            // get unmanaged pointers
            var aptr = UnsafeUtility.AddressOf(ref a);
            var bptr = UnsafeUtility.AddressOf(ref b);

            // compare addresses
            return UnsafeUtility.MemCmp(aptr, bptr, sizeof(T)) == 0;
        }


        private protected void Set(T value)
        {
            m_IsDirty = true;
            T previousValue = m_InternalValue;
            m_InternalValue = value;
            OnValueChanged?.Invoke(previousValue, m_InternalValue);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Writes the variable to the writer
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="writer">The stream to write the value to</param>
        public override void WriteDelta(FastBufferWriter writer)
        {
            WriteField(writer);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Reads value from the reader and applies it
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="reader">The stream to read the value from</param>
        /// <param name="keepDirtyDelta">Whether or not the container should keep the dirty delta, or mark the delta as consumed</param>
        public override void ReadDelta(FastBufferReader reader, bool keepDirtyDelta)
        {
            // todo:
            // keepDirtyDelta marks a variable received as dirty and causes the server to send the value to clients
            // In a prefect world, whether a variable was A) modified locally or B) received and needs retransmit
            // would be stored in different fields

            T previousValue = m_InternalValue;
            Read(reader, out m_InternalValue);

            if (keepDirtyDelta)
            {
                m_IsDirty = true;
            }

            OnValueChanged?.Invoke(previousValue, m_InternalValue);
        }

        /// <inheritdoc />
        public override void ReadField(FastBufferReader reader)
        {
            Read(reader, out m_InternalValue);
        }

        /// <inheritdoc />
        public override void WriteField(FastBufferWriter writer)
        {
            Write(writer, m_InternalValue);
        }
    }
}