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+
+from cPickle import dumps, loads
+
+from direct.showbase.Messenger import Messenger
+
+
+class NetMessenger(Messenger):
+    """
+    This works very much like the Messenger class except that messages
+    are sent over the network and (possibly) handled (accepted) on a
+    remote machine (server).
+    """
+    def __init__(self, air, channels=(4602, 4603, 4604)):
+        self.air=air
+        self.channels=channels
+        Messenger.__init__(self)
+        for i in channels:
+            self.air.registerForChannel(i)
+
+    def clear(self):
+        for i in self.channels:
+            self.air.unRegisterChannel(i)
+        del self.air
+        del self.channels
+        Messenger.clear(self)
+
+    def send(self, message, sentArgs=[]):
+        """
+        Send message to All AI and Uber Dog servers.
+        """
+        self.sendChannel(4602, message, sentArgs)
+
+    def sendUD(self, message, sentArgs=[]):
+        """
+        Send message to the uber dog.
+        """
+        self.sendChannel(4603, message, sentArgs)
+
+    def sendAI(self, message, sentArgs=[]):
+        """
+        Send message to the game AI servers (non-uber dog).
+        """
+        self.sendChannel(4604, message, sentArgs)
+
+    def sendChannel(self, channel, message, sentArgs=[]):
+        """
+        Send message to a particular channel.
+        """
+        datagram = PyDatagram()
+        # To:
+        datagram.addChannel(channel)
+        # From:
+        datagram.addChannel(self.air.ourChannel)
+        if 1: # We send this just because the air expects it:
+            # Add an 'A' for AI
+            datagram.addUint8(ord('A'))
+            # Add the message type
+            datagram.addUint16(0)
+        datagram.addString(str(dumps((message, sentArgs))))
+        self.air.send(datagram)
+
+    def check(self, channel):
+        """
+        returns true if this instance wants this channel data.
+        """
+        return channel in self.channels:
+
+    def handle(self, pickleData):
+        """
+        Send pickleData from the net on the local netMessenger.
+        The internal data in pickleData should have a tuple of
+        (messageString, sendArgsList).
+        """
+        (message, sentArgs) = loads(pickleData)
+        Messenger.send(self, message, sentArgs=sentArgs)
+
+