ChannelImplement Channel Management for JOIN Command with Basic Channel Data Registration

[faboussard]

🚀 Summary:

✨ Implemented Features:

• JOIN command functionality with proper channel and user management.
• Server successfully sends JOIN messages to clients (tested on HexChat and Netcat) ✅
• 📊 Channel Data Structure Enhancements: Channels in the server , users in channel 🧑‍🤝‍🧑, first user as operator upon channel creation 👑, added in map
• Moved splitByComma function to utils for handling comma-separated values efficiently.
• The LIST command is ready for initial testing 🧪.

🐞 Known Issues:

• SEGFAULT with JOIN #s, ,#g due to basic_string::_M_create error ⚠️.
• No numeric reply should be sent if a user re-joins an already joined channel (likely to handle in handleJoinRequest).
• User re-joining issues: Users cannot re-join an existing channel without the # symbol:

JOIN #s
:admin JOIN :#s
:ircserv.localhost 331 admin #s :No topic is set
:ircserv.localhost 353 admin #s :admin 
:ircserv.localhost 366 admin #s :End of NAMES list
JOIN s
:ircserv.localhost 476 admin s :Bad Channel mask 

📌 TODOs: Future Enhancements Needed PART Command implementation (for JOIN + 0) ➡️. Key Management functionality, pending MODE command integration 🔐. 🧩 Tests Conducted: Valgrind Results: No memory leaks 🟢.

Command Tests:

JOIN + blank spaces → 461 Error: Not enough parameters. JOIN # → 461 Error: Not enough parameters. JOIN + 0 → Expected to PART from all channels (TODO). JOIN #channelA,#channelB → Successfully joins two channels. JOIN ## → Joins one channel.

[ysengoku]

Shall we create tests directory at root where we put all test files (.hpp and .cpp) in order to separate tests from program codes ?