byte array in arduino library - parsing

Question

ok so here is one for you maybe simple but i am not so sure.
i have the following code and it may be clear what i wish to do by looking at the code.
Arduino.ino
RF myRF; //Creation of RF class.
const int dataSize = 500;
byte storedData[dataSize];
//array is populated through program then the following is called
myRF.populate(storedData);
RF.CCP
const int dataSize = 500;
byte recivedData[dataSize];
void RF::populate(byte reciveddata){
recivedData = reciveddata;
}
RF.H
#include Arduino.h
#ifndef RF_H
#define RF_H
class RF {
public:
RF();
~RF();
void recive();
void send();
void print();
void sendnew(byte Storeddata);
};
#endif
this is however producing an error "byte is not declared"
Hope its clear what i intend to do and hope you can help thanks.

Answer 1

There are two problems in your files:
h file:
#include Arduino.h
You should write
#include <Arduino.h>
c file:
const int dataSize = 500;
byte recivedData[dataSize];
void RF::populate(byte reciveddata){
recivedData = reciveddata;
}
Here you have a big problem. You are declaring recivedData here, but you want to assign it a value coming from another part of the program. This is not how it works.
IMO you have two ways to do this.
1) store just the pointer to the memory; this way is faster and occupies less memory than solution 2, but you have to ensure that the storedData variable you pass in the .ino file is not changed during the function
#include "RF.h" // I hope you already included this
byte *recivedData;
void RF::populate(byte *reciveddata){
recivedData = reciveddata;
}
2) copy the content of the received array to this array; this way you have a copy of the array, so you occupy twice the memory (but you can edit storedData without problems).
#include "RF.h" // I hope you already included this
const int dataSize = 500;
byte recivedData[dataSize];
int recivedDataLength;
void RF::populate(byte *reciveddata, int reciveddatalength){
recivedDataLength = (reciveddatalength>dataSize) ? dataSize : reciveddatalength;
for (int i = 0; i < recivedDataLength; i++)
recivedData[i] = reciveddata[i];
}