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+/***************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2019 by the Quassel Project *
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+ * *
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+ * (at your option) version 3. *
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+ * *
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+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common-export.h"
+
+#include <QByteArray>
+
+#include "irctag.h"
+
+class COMMON_EXPORT IrcEncoder
+{
+public:
+ /**
+ * Writes an IRC message
+ * @param tags Map of IRCv3 message tags
+ * @param prefix Prefix/Source of the message (should be empty)
+ * @param cmd
+ * @param params
+ * @return
+ */
+ static QByteArray writeMessage(const QHash<IrcTagKey, QString>& tags,
+ const QByteArray& prefix,
+ const QString& cmd,
+ const QList<QByteArray>& params);
+private:
+ /**
+ * Encodes a string as IRCv3 message tag value and appends it to the message
+ * @param msg message buffer to append to
+ * @param value unencoded tag value
+ */
+ static void writeTagValue(QByteArray& msg, const QString& value);
+ /**
+ * Writes IRCv3 message tags to the message buffer
+ * @param msg message buffer to append to
+ * @param tags map of IRCv3 message tags
+ */
+ static void writeTags(QByteArray& msg, const QHash<IrcTagKey, QString>& tags);
+ /**
+ * Writes the prefix/source to the message buffer
+ * @param msg message buffer to append to
+ * @param prefix prefix/source
+ */
+ static void writePrefix(QByteArray& msg, const QByteArray& prefix);
+ /**
+ * Writes the command/verb to the message buffer
+ * @param msg message buffer to append to
+ * @param cmd command/verb
+ */
+ static void writeCommand(QByteArray& msg, const QString& cmd);
+ /**
+ * Writes the command parameters/arguments to the message buffer
+ * @param msg message buffer to append to
+ * @param params parameters/arguments
+ */
+ static void writeParams(QByteArray& msg, const QList<QByteArray>& params);
+};