From a6d6fd40675aa1f6a375bc58a19ae08e8644c824 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabio Manganiello <fabio@manganiello.tech>
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2023 01:20:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] `Message` objects enhancements.

- Support smart JSON serialization of `Message` objects.
- Added `Message.to_dict` method.
---
 platypush/message/__init__.py | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/platypush/message/__init__.py b/platypush/message/__init__.py
index 03abb376..67f9357c 100644
--- a/platypush/message/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/message/__init__.py
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ class Message:
             if is_dataclass(obj):
                 return asdict(obj)
 
+            if isinstance(obj, Message):
+                return obj.to_dict(obj)
+
             # Don't serialize I/O wrappers/objects
             if isinstance(obj, io.IOBase):
                 return None
@@ -168,6 +171,20 @@ class Message:
 
         return msg
 
+    @classmethod
+    def to_dict(cls, msg):
+        """
+        Converts a Message object into a dictionary
+
+        :param msg: Message object
+        """
+
+        return {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in cls.parse(msg).items()
+            if k not in ('id', 'token', 'target', 'origin', '_timestamp')
+        }
+
     @classmethod
     def build(cls, msg):
         """