1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
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();