-debug pp!, +Connection init for simple fd, +Message#to_packet

shard.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: ipc
-version: 0.5.0
+version: 0.5.1
 
 authors:
   - Philippe Pittoli <karchnu@karchnu.fr>

src/ipc/connection.cr

@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ class IPC::Connection
 	def initialize(service_name : String)
 		@connection = LibIPC::Connection.new
 
-		# TODO
-		pp! self.pointer
-		pp! @connection
-
 		r = LibIPC.ipc_connection(LibC.environ, self.pointer, service_name)
 		if r.error_code != 0
 			m = String.new r.error_message.to_slice
@@ -33,6 +29,13 @@ class IPC::Connection
 		close
 	end
 
+	# Adds a new connection based on the socket file descriptor
+	def initialize(fd : Int32)
+		external_connection = LibIPC::Connection.new
+		external_connection.fd = fd
+		initialize(external_connection)
+	end
+
 	# sanitizer
 	def fd
 		@connection.fd

src/ipc/message.cr

@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 require "./lowlevel"
 
 class IPC::Message
+
+	def self.to_packet (user_type : Int, message : String)
+		payload = Bytes.new (6 + message.to_slice.size)
+
+		# true start
+		payload[0] = 1.to_u8
+		IO::ByteFormat::NetworkEndian.encode message.to_slice.size, (payload + 1)
+
+		# second part: user message
+		payload[5] = user_type.to_u8
+		(payload + 6).copy_from message.to_slice
+
+		return payload
+	end
+
 	getter mtype : UInt8   # libipc message type
 	property type : UInt8    # libipc user message type
 	property payload : Bytes
@@ -32,6 +47,10 @@ class IPC::Message
 		initialize(mtype, type, Bytes.new(payload.to_unsafe, payload.bytesize))
 	end
 
+	def to_packet
+		IPC::Message.to_packet @type, String.new(@payload)
+	end
+
 	def to_s
 		"(internal) type #{@mtype}, (user) type #{@type}, payload #{String.new @payload}"
 	end