bool ValueTreeSynchroniser::applyChange (ValueTree& root, const void* data, size_t dataSize, UndoManager* undoManager)
{
    MemoryInputStream input (data, dataSize, false);

    const ValueTreeSynchroniserHelpers::ChangeType type = (ValueTreeSynchroniserHelpers::ChangeType) input.readByte();

    if (type == ValueTreeSynchroniserHelpers::fullSync)
    {
        root = ValueTree::readFromStream (input);
        return true;
    }

    ValueTree v (ValueTreeSynchroniserHelpers::readSubTreeLocation (input, root));

    if (! v.isValid())
        return false;

    switch (type)
    {
        case ValueTreeSynchroniserHelpers::propertyChanged:
        {
            Identifier property (input.readString());
            v.setProperty (property, var::readFromStream (input), undoManager);
            return true;
        }

        case ValueTreeSynchroniserHelpers::propertyRemoved:
        {
            Identifier property (input.readString());
            v.removeProperty (property, undoManager);
            return true;
        }

        case ValueTreeSynchroniserHelpers::childAdded:
        {
            const int index = input.readCompressedInt();
            v.addChild (ValueTree::readFromStream (input), index, undoManager);
            return true;
        }

        case ValueTreeSynchroniserHelpers::childRemoved:
        {
            const int index = input.readCompressedInt();

            if (isPositiveAndBelow (index, v.getNumChildren()))
            {
                v.removeChild (index, undoManager);
                return true;
            }

            jassertfalse; // Either received some corrupt data, or the trees have drifted out of sync
            break;
        }

        case ValueTreeSynchroniserHelpers::childMoved:
        {
            const int oldIndex = input.readCompressedInt();
            const int newIndex = input.readCompressedInt();

            if (isPositiveAndBelow (oldIndex, v.getNumChildren())
                 && isPositiveAndBelow (newIndex, v.getNumChildren()))
            {
                v.moveChild (oldIndex, newIndex, undoManager);
                return true;
            }

            jassertfalse; // Either received some corrupt data, or the trees have drifted out of sync
            break;
        }

        default:
            jassertfalse; // Seem to have received some corrupt data?
            break;
    }

    return false;
}