[WIP] DummyIrcChannel

src/irc/irc_channel.hpp

@@ -25,13 +25,44 @@ public:
   IrcUser* find_user(const std::string& name) const;
   void remove_user(const IrcUser* user);
 
-private:
+protected:
   std::unique_ptr<IrcUser> self;
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<IrcUser>> users;
+
+private:
   IrcChannel(const IrcChannel&) = delete;
   IrcChannel(IrcChannel&&) = delete;
   IrcChannel& operator=(const IrcChannel&) = delete;
   IrcChannel& operator=(IrcChannel&&) = delete;
 };
 
+/**
+ * A special channel that is not actually linked to any real irc
+ * channel. This is just a channel representing a connection to the
+ * server. If an user wants to maintain the connection to the server without
+ * having to be on any irc channel of that server, he can just join this
+ * dummy channel.
+ * It’s not actually dummy because it’s useful and it does things, but well.
+ */
+class DummyIrcChannel: public IrcChannel
+{
+public:
+  explicit DummyIrcChannel();
+
+  /**
+   * This flag is at true whenever the user wants to join this channel, but
+   * he is not yet connected to the server. When the connection is made, we
+   * check that flag and if it’s true, we inform the user that he has just
+   * joined that channel.
+   * If the user is already connected to the server when he tries to join
+   * the channel, we don’t use that flag, we just join it immediately.
+   */
+  bool joining;
+private:
+  DummyIrcChannel(const DummyIrcChannel&) = delete;
+  DummyIrcChannel(DummyIrcChannel&&) = delete;
+  DummyIrcChannel& operator=(const DummyIrcChannel&) = delete;
+  DummyIrcChannel& operator=(DummyIrcChannel&&) = delete;
+};
+
 #endif // IRC_CHANNEL_INCLUDED