messages.rb in servicy-0.0.5

- old
+ new

@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@
       #   class methods {#registration}, {#query}, etc.
       def initialize(stuff)
         if stuff.is_a?(Hash)
           @struct = stuff
         else
-          @struct = JSON.parse(stuff)
+          # TODO: should this be a formatter that I can swap out?
+          @struct = JSON.parse(stuff || stuff.to_s)
         end
       end
 
       def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
         return struct[name] if struct.keys.include?(name)
@@ -112,9 +113,28 @@
       # @param [Hash,nil] stats The stats to report, if any.
       def self.statistics(stats=nil)
         new({
           message: "stats",
           stats: stats
+        })
+      end
+
+      # Make a remote API call.
+      # @param [String] method The method to call on the remote implementor.
+      # @param [Hash{String => Object}] args The arguments to pass to the method.
+      #    These are expected to be pre-formatted by an appropriate Formatter
+      def self.api(method, args)
+        new({
+          message: 'api',
+          method_name: method,
+          args: args
+        })
+      end
+
+      def self.api_response(result)
+        new({
+          message: 'api_response',
+          result: result
         })
       end
 
       # Allow comparing of messages. This doesn't make for useful sorting, at
       # the moment, but does make it easy to know if two things are saying the