From 3515480b1a353d03ffda0e1e00c430335144cde5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Barnsley <8069294+alexbarnsley@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:42:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] refactor: add new message static method

---
 crypto/utils/message.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crypto/utils/message.py b/crypto/utils/message.py
index 665a130..5780e47 100644
--- a/crypto/utils/message.py
+++ b/crypto/utils/message.py
@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ def __init__(self, public_key: Union[bytes, str], message: Union[bytes, str], si
         else:
             self.signature = signature
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def new(public_key: Union[bytes, str], message: Union[bytes, str], signature: Union[bytes, str]):
+        """Creates a new message object
+
+        Returns:
+            Message: returns a message object
+        """
+        return Message(
+            public_key=public_key,
+            message=message,
+            signature=signature,
+        )
+
     @classmethod
     def sign(cls, message: Union[bytes, str], passphrase: Union[bytes, str]):
         """Signs a message

From 2bed9b03e22253f45c62dffb1eb9e52bb8f85afc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Barnsley <8069294+alexbarnsley@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:03:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] cast message string

---
 crypto/utils/message.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/crypto/utils/message.py b/crypto/utils/message.py
index 5780e47..fe76e9c 100644
--- a/crypto/utils/message.py
+++ b/crypto/utils/message.py
@@ -118,3 +118,11 @@ def to_json(self):
         data = self.to_dict()
 
         return json.dumps(data)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        """Returns a string representation of the message
+
+        Returns:
+            str: string representation of the message
+        """
+        return self.to_json()