written a quick, unfinished implementation of message

text_message.cpp

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+#include "text_message.h"
+
+using namespace boost;
+
+
+
+text_message::text_message() {}
+
+
+text_message::text_message(std::string text):_text(text)
+{}
+
+
+void text_message::send(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket& socket)
+{
+    boost::system::error_code ec;
+
+
+    asio::write(socket, asio::buffer(std::to_string(_text.size())), ec);
+
+    asio::write(socket, asio::buffer(":", sizeof(char)), ec);
+
+    asio::write(socket, asio::buffer(_text), ec);
+
+    if (ec)
+        throw std::runtime_error("Networking error: " + ec.message());
+}
+
+
+void text_message::receive(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket& socket)
+{}
+
+
+text_message::~text_message()
+{}

text_message.h

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+#pragma once
+
+#include "message.h"
+#include <string>
+
+
+
+class text_message : public message
+{
+private:
+    std::string _text;
+
+public:
+    text_message();
+    text_message(std::string);
+
+    virtual void send(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket&) override;
+    virtual void receive(boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket&) override;
+
+    virtual ~text_message() override;
+};