void instance::write(buffer_type& buf, message_type operation, uint32_t* payload_len, uint64_t operation_data, const node_id& source_node, const node_id& dest_node, actor_id source_actor, actor_id dest_actor, payload_writer* pw) { if (! pw) { binary_serializer bs{std::back_inserter(buf), &get_namespace()}; source_node.serialize(bs); dest_node.serialize(bs); bs.write(source_actor) .write(dest_actor) .write(uint32_t{0}) .write(static_cast<uint32_t>(operation)) .write(operation_data); } else { // reserve space in the buffer to write the payload later on auto wr_pos = static_cast<ptrdiff_t>(buf.size()); char placeholder[basp::header_size]; buf.insert(buf.end(), std::begin(placeholder), std::end(placeholder)); auto pl_pos = buf.size(); { // lifetime scope of first serializer (write payload) binary_serializer bs1{std::back_inserter(buf), &get_namespace()}; (*pw)(bs1); } // write broker message to the reserved space binary_serializer bs2{buf.begin() + wr_pos, &get_namespace()}; auto plen = static_cast<uint32_t>(buf.size() - pl_pos); source_node.serialize(bs2); dest_node.serialize(bs2); bs2.write(source_actor) .write(dest_actor) .write(plen) .write(static_cast<uint32_t>(operation)) .write(operation_data); if (payload_len) *payload_len = plen; } }