added a length() method for checking message length

2016-12-04 14:30:13 +01:00
parent eed5fc25d9
commit 09c2dafba5
1 changed files with 3 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/chat_messages.hpp
+++ b/chat_messages.hpp
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ namespace chat

        std::string get_content() const
        { return _content; }
+
+        size_t length() const
+        { return sizeof(char) + _content.size() + sizeof(char); }
    };

    std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const chat_message& msg)