void EntityEditPacketSender::queueEditAvatarEntityMessage(PacketType type,
        EntityTreePointer entityTree,
        EntityItemID entityItemID,
        const EntityItemProperties& properties) {
    if (!_shouldSend) {
        return; // bail early
    }

    if (properties.getOwningAvatarID() != _myAvatar->getID()) {
        return; // don't send updates for someone else's avatarEntity
    }

    assert(properties.getClientOnly());

    // this is an avatar-based entity.  update our avatar-data rather than sending to the entity-server
    assert(_myAvatar);

    if (!entityTree) {
        qCDebug(entities) << "EntityEditPacketSender::queueEditEntityMessage null entityTree.";
        return;
    }
    EntityItemPointer entity = entityTree->findEntityByEntityItemID(entityItemID);
    if (!entity) {
        qCDebug(entities) << "EntityEditPacketSender::queueEditEntityMessage can't find entity.";
        return;
    }

    // the properties that get serialized into the avatar identity packet should be the entire set
    // rather than just the ones being edited.
    EntityItemProperties entityProperties = entity->getProperties();
    entityProperties.merge(properties);

    QScriptValue scriptProperties = EntityItemNonDefaultPropertiesToScriptValue(&_scriptEngine, entityProperties);
    QVariant variantProperties = scriptProperties.toVariant();
    QJsonDocument jsonProperties = QJsonDocument::fromVariant(variantProperties);

    // the ID of the parent/avatar changes from session to session.  use a special UUID to indicate the avatar
    QJsonObject jsonObject = jsonProperties.object();
    if (QUuid(jsonObject["parentID"].toString()) == _myAvatar->getID()) {
        jsonObject["parentID"] = AVATAR_SELF_ID.toString();
    }
    jsonProperties = QJsonDocument(jsonObject);

    QByteArray binaryProperties = jsonProperties.toBinaryData();
    _myAvatar->updateAvatarEntity(entityItemID, binaryProperties);

    entity->setLastBroadcast(usecTimestampNow());
    return;
}
void EntityEditPacketSender::queueEditEntityMessage(PacketType type,
        EntityTreePointer entityTree,
        EntityItemID entityItemID,
        const EntityItemProperties& properties) {
    if (!_shouldSend) {
        return; // bail early
    }

    if (properties.getClientOnly()) {
        queueEditAvatarEntityMessage(type, entityTree, entityItemID, properties);
        return;
    }

    QByteArray bufferOut(NLPacket::maxPayloadSize(type), 0);

    if (EntityItemProperties::encodeEntityEditPacket(type, entityItemID, properties, bufferOut)) {
#ifdef WANT_DEBUG
        qCDebug(entities) << "calling queueOctreeEditMessage()...";
        qCDebug(entities) << "    id:" << entityItemID;
        qCDebug(entities) << "    properties:" << properties;
#endif
        queueOctreeEditMessage(type, bufferOut);
    }
}