message.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

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class Message(object):

    def __init__(self, m_id, text, date_):
        self.id = m_id
        self.text = text
        self.date = date_

    def __repr__(self):
        return "<Message(%s - [%s] %s)>" % (
            self.id,
            self.date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%s'),
            self.clean_text
        )
        
    @property
    def clean_text(self):
        try:
            return self.text.encode('utf-8')
        except UnicodeDecodeError:
            return self.text
    
    @clean_text.setter
    def clean_text(self, value):
        self.clean_text = value.encode('utf-8')