some type stubs

message.go

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+package main
+
+import "encoding/json"
+
+type Message struct {
+	ID        string
+	TS        uint64
+	Plain     string
+	Source    string
+	Channel   string
+	Thread    string
+	EventName string
+	EventID   string
+	AssetID   string
+}
+
+func (m Message) Empty() bool {
+	return m == (Message{})
+}
+
+func (m Message) Serialize() []byte {
+	b, err := json.Marshal(m)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+func MustDeserialize(b []byte) Message {
+	m, err := Deserialize(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+func Deserialize(b []byte) (Message, error) {
+	var m Message
+	err := json.Unmarshal(b, &m)
+	return m, err
+}