also provide a method to get a String out

not using this as the default ToStr because it's less easy to read

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/examples/client.rs b/examples/client.rs
index eb3d31a..6696460 100644
--- a/examples/client.rs
+++ b/examples/client.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ fn main () {
     let builder = irc::ClientBuilder::new("doytest", "chat.freenode.net");
     let client: ExampleClient = builder.connect();
     client.run_loop_with(|client, m| {
-        println!("{}", m);
+        print!("{}", m.to_protocol_string());
         match *m.message_type() {
             Ping => {
                 client.write(irc::Message::new(None, Pong, m.params().clone()));
diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
index 9bd6b6f..b90cafb 100644
--- a/src/message.rs
+++ b/src/message.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use constants::MessageType;
 
+use std::io;
+
 #[deriving(PartialEq, Eq, Show)]
 pub struct Message {
     from: Option<String>,
@@ -64,6 +66,13 @@ impl Message {
         w.flush();
     }
 
+    pub fn to_protocol_string (&self) -> String {
+        let mut w = io::MemWriter::new();
+        self.write_protocol_string(&mut w);
+        // XXX error handling, encoding
+        String::from_utf8(w.unwrap()).unwrap()
+    }
+
     fn parse_params(params: &str) -> Vec<String> {
         let mut offset = 0;
         let len = params.len();