1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 819947658a..7d3eaa2e0d 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -703,12 +703,27 @@ public:
     CNetMessage GetMessage(const CMessageHeader::MessageStartChars& message_start, int64_t time) override;
 };
 
+/** The TransportSerializer prepares messages for the network transport
+ */
+class TransportSerializer {
+public:
+    // prepare message for transport (header construction, error-correction computation, payload encryption, etc.)
+    virtual void prepareForTransport(CSerializedNetMsg& msg, std::vector<unsigned char>& header) = 0;
+    virtual ~TransportSerializer() {}
+};
+
+class V1TransportSerializer  : public TransportSerializer {
+public:
+    void prepareForTransport(CSerializedNetMsg& msg, std::vector<unsigned char>& header) override;
+};
+
 /** Information about a peer */
 class CNode
 {
     friend class CConnman;
 public:
     std::unique_ptr<TransportDeserializer> m_deserializer;
+    std::unique_ptr<TransportSerializer> m_serializer;
 
     // socket
     std::atomic<ServiceFlags> nServices{NODE_NONE};