Adding the concept of NetworkEndian.

NetworkEndian describes the byte order to use for network communication.
Generally, this is always BigEndian.

src/endian.rs

@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ pub type PlatformEndian = BigEndian;
 #[cfg(not(target_endian="big"))]
 pub type PlatformEndian = LittleEndian;
 
+/// Referes to NetworkEndian. This could be either
+/// of the available endians as long as it is consistent
+/// across the network. However, RFC1700 decided network
+/// byte order would be BigEndian. As such, it is now the
+/// common endian style for networking.
+pub type NetworkEndian = BigEndian;
+
 /// Handles serialization where the most
 /// significant byte is stored at the lowest address.
 pub enum BigEndian
@@ -48,7 +55,14 @@ pub enum Endianess
    /// Referes to PlatformEndian. This can be anyone
    /// of the other available endians depending on
    /// the platform you are on.
-   Platform
+   Platform,
+
+   /// Referes to NetworkEndian. This could be either
+   /// of the available endians as long as it is consistent
+   /// across the network. However, RFC1700 decided network
+   /// byte order would be BigEndian. As such, it is now the
+   /// common endian style for networking.
+   Network
 }
 
 

src/lib.rs

@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ pub use ::byte_sized::{I8_BYTES, I16_BYTES, I32_BYTES, I64_BYTES, ISIZE_BYTES};
 pub use ::byte_sized::{F32_BYTES, F64_BYTES};
 pub use ::byte_sized::get_byte_size_of_string;
 pub use ::converter::Converter;
-pub use ::endian::{BigEndian, LittleEndian, PlatformEndian, Endianess};
+pub use ::endian::{BigEndian, LittleEndian, PlatformEndian, NetworkEndian};
+pub use ::endian::Endianess;
 pub use ::transmutable::Transmutable;

src/transmutable.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ use sigils::quaternion::Quaternion;
 
 use ::byte_sized::{ByteSized, get_byte_size_of_string};
 use ::converter::Converter;
-use ::endian::{BigEndian, LittleEndian, PlatformEndian, Endianess};
+use ::endian::{BigEndian, LittleEndian, PlatformEndian, NetworkEndian};
+use ::endian::Endianess;
 
 
 
@@ -49,6 +50,11 @@ macro_rules! handle_endianess_to_bytes
             {
                $buffer.append(&mut PlatformEndian::$func(*$val));
             }
+
+            Endianess::Network =>
+            {
+               $buffer.append(&mut NetworkEndian::$func(*$val));
+            }
          }
       }
    }
@@ -77,6 +83,11 @@ macro_rules! handle_endianess_from_bytes
          {
             PlatformEndian::$func(&$buffer)
          }
+
+         Endianess::Network =>
+         {
+            NetworkEndian::$func(&$buffer)
+         }
       }
    }
 }
@@ -524,6 +535,11 @@ impl Transmutable for String
          {
             buffer.append(&mut PlatformEndian::string_to_bytes(temp));
          }
+
+         Endianess::Network =>
+         {
+            buffer.append(&mut NetworkEndian::string_to_bytes(temp));
+         }
       }
 
       // Return the byte buffer.