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+// Copyleft 2021-2021 Whirlsplash
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+
+use bytes::{BufMut, BytesMut};
+
+use crate::server::cmd::{commands::text::structure::Text, constants::TEXT};
+
+pub fn create_text(text: Text) -> Vec<u8> {
+  let mut command = BytesMut::new();
+
+  // Header
+  command.put_u8(0x01);
+  command.put_u8(TEXT as u8);
+
+  // Content
+  // The fourth and fifth elements are presumed to be interpreted as a short by
+  // the client, however, usernames aren't (?) allowed to be long enough that
+  // they reach a number high enough to be converted to a short.
+  command.put_u8(0x00);
+  command.put_u8(text.sender.len() as u8);
+  command.put_slice(text.sender.as_bytes());
+  command.put_u8(text.content.len() as u8);
+  command.put_slice(text.content.as_bytes());
+
+  // Convert to vector and insert the length
+  let mut command_as_vec = command.to_vec();
+  command_as_vec.insert(0, command.len() as u8 + 1);
+
+  // Return bytes
+  command_as_vec
+}