attempt to flesh out send support for channel/message. Currently does not build

src/event/mod.rs

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use {Channel, User};
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone)]
-pub enum Event {
+pub enum Event<'a> {
-    Message { sender: User, channel: Option<Channel>, content: String },
+    Message { sender: User<'a>, channel: Option<Channel<'a>>, content: String },
-    Join { channel: Channel },
+    Join { channel: Channel<'a> },
-    Quit { channel: Channel }
+    Quit { channel: Channel<'a> }
 }

src/lib.rs

@@ -78,26 +78,28 @@ impl Tenquestionmarks {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct Channel {
+pub struct Channel<'a> {
     name: String,
     description: String,
-    topic: String
+    topic: String,
+    send_function: &'a Fn(&Channel, &str)
 }
 
-impl Channel {
+impl<'a> Channel<'a> {
     pub fn send (&self, message: &str) {
-        println!("send to {:?}: {:?}", self.name, message);
+        (self.send_function)(self, message);
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct User {
+pub struct User<'a> {
-    name: String
+    name: String,
+    send_function: &'a Fn(&User, &str)
 }
 
-impl User {
+impl<'a> User<'a> {
     pub fn send (&self, message: &str) {
-        println!("send to {:?}: {:?}", self.name, message);
+        (self.send_function)(self, message);
     }
 }

src/plugins/discord.rs

@@ -37,10 +37,22 @@ impl Plugin for DiscordPlugin {
             match connection.recv_event() {
                 Ok(Event::MessageCreate(message)) => {
                     let author = User {
-                        name: message.author.name
+                        name: message.author.name,
+                        send_function: &(|user: &User, message: &str| {
+                            println!("Send to {:?}: {:?}", user.name, message);
+                        })
                     };
 
-                    sender.send(event::Event::Message { sender: author, content: message.content, channel: None });
+                    let channel = Channel {
+                        name: String::from("channel"),
+                        description: String::from(""),
+                        topic: String::from(""),
+                        send_function: &(|channel: &Channel, message: &str| {
+                            println!("Send to {:?}: {:?}", channel.name, message);
+                        })
+                    };
+
+                    sender.send(event::Event::Message { sender: author, content: message.content, channel: Option::Some(channel) });
                 }
     			Ok(_) => {}
     			Err(discord::Error::Closed(code, body)) => {

src/plugins/stdin.rs

@@ -8,23 +8,22 @@ use User;
 use std::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 use event::Event;
 
-pub struct StdinPlugin {
+pub struct StdinPlugin {}
-    user: User
-}
 
 impl StdinPlugin {
     pub fn new (configuration: &Table) -> Box<Plugin> {
-        Box::new(StdinPlugin {
+        Box::new(StdinPlugin {})
-            user: User {
-                name: String::from("Dave")
-            }
-        })
     }
 }
 
 impl Plugin for StdinPlugin {
     fn produce_events<'a>(&'a self, sender: Sender<Event>) {
-        let user = &self.user;
+        let user = User {
+            name: String::from("Dave"),
+            send_function: &(|user: &User, message: &str| {
+                println!("Send to {:?}: {:?}", user.name, message);
+            })
+        };
 
         loop {
             let mut input = String::new();