starting work on websocket chat reader

ircmessagetype.cpp

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+#include "ircmessagetype.hpp"
+
+#include <QMetaObject>
+#include <QMetaEnum>
+
+IrcMessageType::MessageType IrcMessageType::getType() const
+{
+    return _type;
+}
+
+
+IrcMessageType IrcMessageType::parse(QString str)
+{
+    // QVariant var = QVariant::fromValue(str);
+    // if (var.convert(QMetaType::fromType<IrcMessageType>()))
+    //     return var.value<IrcMessageType>();
+    // return IrcMessageType::MessageType::UNKNOWN;
+    auto&& meta = QMetaEnum::fromType<IrcMessageType::MessageType>();
+    bool ok = false;
+    auto value = static_cast<IrcMessageType>(meta.keyToValue(str.toLocal8Bit().data(), &ok));
+    if (ok)
+        return value;
+    auto num = str.toInt(&ok);
+    if (ok)
+        return num;
+    return Unknown();
+}
+
+IrcMessageType::IrcMessageType(const IrcMessageType& other)
+    : _type(other._type)
+{
+
+}
+
+IrcMessageType::IrcMessageType(int type)
+    : _type(static_cast<MessageType>(type))
+{
+
+}
+
+QString IrcMessageType::toString() const
+{
+    auto&& metaEnum = QMetaEnum::fromType<MessageType>();
+    return metaEnum.valueToKey(static_cast<int>(_type));
+}