From 0d5ba8b9213db96702b755ef740a1520f55f698d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: juk0de <git@kadidlo.de>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:21:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added module 'message.py'

---
 chatmastermind/message.py | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 chatmastermind/message.py

diff --git a/chatmastermind/message.py b/chatmastermind/message.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01482c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chatmastermind/message.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+"""
+Module implementing message related functions and classes.
+"""
+from typing import Type, TypeVar
+
+QuestionInst = TypeVar('QuestionInst', bound='Question')
+
+
+class MessageError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class Question(str):
+    """
+    A single question with a defined prefix.
+    """
+    prefix = '=== QUESTION ==='
+
+    def __new__(cls: Type[QuestionInst], string: str) -> QuestionInst:
+        """
+        Make sure the tag string does not contain the default separator.
+        """
+        if cls.prefix in string:
+            raise MessageError(f"Question '{string}' contains the prefix '{cls.prefix}'")
+        instance = super().__new__(cls, string)
+        return instance