starting work on websocket chat reader

ircmessagetype.hpp

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+#ifndef IRCMESSAGETYPE_HPP
+#define IRCMESSAGETYPE_HPP
+
+#include <QMetaObject>
+#include <QMetaType>
+
+class IrcMessageType
+{
+    Q_GADGET
+public:
+    enum MessageType
+    {
+        UNKNOWN,
+        PRIVMSG,
+        PING
+    };
+    Q_ENUM(MessageType);
+    Q_PROPERTY(MessageType type READ getType)
+    static IrcMessageType Unknown() { return UNKNOWN; }
+    constexpr IrcMessageType(MessageType type) : _type(type) { }
+    IrcMessageType(int type);
+    IrcMessageType(const IrcMessageType& other);
+    bool operator ==(const IrcMessageType& other)
+        { return this->_type == other._type; }
+    static IrcMessageType parse(QString str);
+    MessageType getType() const;
+    QString toString() const;
+
+private:
+    const MessageType _type;
+};
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(IrcMessageType)
+
+#endif // IRCMESSAGETYPE_HPP