allow messages to be created through static factory methods

README.md

@@ -17,3 +17,23 @@ if (Key::verify($public_key, $signature, $hash)) {
     echo 'Signature belongs to hash';
 }
 ```
+
+
+## Message usage
+
+```
+use nostriphant\NIP01\Message;
+
+$message = Message::count(1);
+print $message; // prints "['COUNT',1]"
+
+```
+
+```
+use nostriphant\NIP01\Message;
+use nostriphant\NIP01\Event;
+
+$message = Message::event(new Event());
+print $message; // prints "['EVENT',{...}]"
+
+```

src/Message.php

@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@ public function __toString(): string {
     static function decode(string $json): self {
         return new self(...Nostr::decode($json));
     }
+
+    static function __callStatic(string $name, array $arguments): self {
+        return new self(strtoupper($name), ...$arguments);
+    }
 }

tests/MessageTest.php

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 use nostriphant\NIP01\Message;
+use nostriphant\NIP01\Event;
 
 it('can construct a message', function () {
     $message = new Message('TYPE', 'a', ['b' => 'c']);
@@ -16,3 +17,24 @@
     $message = Message::decode('["TYPE", "a", {"b":"c"}]');
     expect($message())->toBe(['TYPE', 'a', ['b' => 'c']]);
 });
+
+
+it('can fabric a message', function () {
+    $message = Message::event('a', ['b' => 'c']);
+    expect($message())->toBe(['EVENT', 'a', ['b' => 'c']]);
+});
+
+it('can fabric a message with an Event', function () {
+    $message = Message::event($event = new Event(
+            id: '',
+            pubkey: '',
+            created_at: 1734349976,
+            kind: 1,
+            content: 'Hello World',
+            sig: '',
+            tags: []
+    ));
+
+    expect($message())->toBe(["EVENT", $event]);
+    expect('' . $message)->toBe('["EVENT",{"id":"","pubkey":"","created_at":1734349976,"kind":1,"content":"Hello World","sig":"","tags":[]}]');
+});