Refactor server chat handling by extracting methods

src/server.cpp

@@ -1297,17 +1297,31 @@ void CServer::CreateAndSendChatTextForAllConChannels ( const int iCurChanID, con
     const QString strActualMessageText = "<font color=\"" + sCurColor + "\">(" + QTime::currentTime().toString ( "hh:mm:ss AP" ) + ") <b>" +
                                          ChanName.toHtmlEscaped() + "</b></font> " + strChatText.toHtmlEscaped();
 
+    // Send chat text to all connected clients ---------------------------------
+    SendChatTextToAllConChannels ( strActualMessageText );
+}
+
+void CServer::SendChatTextToAllConChannels ( const QString& strChatText )
+{
     // Send chat text to all connected clients ---------------------------------
     for ( int i = 0; i < iMaxNumChannels; i++ )
     {
         if ( vecChannels[i].IsConnected() )
         {
-            // send message
-            vecChannels[i].CreateChatTextMes ( strActualMessageText );
+            vecChannels[i].CreateChatTextMes ( strChatText );
         }
     }
 }
 
+void CServer::SendChatTextToConChannel ( const int iCurChanID, const QString& strChatText )
+{
+    if ( MathUtils::InRange<int> ( iCurChanID, 0, iMaxNumChannels - 1 ) && vecChannels[iCurChanID].IsConnected() )
+    {
+        // send message
+        vecChannels[iCurChanID].CreateChatTextMes ( strChatText );
+    }
+}
+
 void CServer::CreateAndSendRecorderStateForAllConChannels()
 {
     // get recorder state

src/server.h

@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ class CServer : public QObject, public CServerSlots<MAX_NUM_CHANNELS>
     void SetEnableDelayPanning ( bool bDelayPanningOn ) { bDelayPan = bDelayPanningOn; }
     bool IsDelayPanningEnabled() { return bDelayPan; }
 
+    void SendChatTextToAllConChannels ( const QString& strChatText );
+    void SendChatTextToConChannel ( const int iCurChanID, const QString& strChatText );
+
 protected:
     // access functions for actual channels
     bool IsConnected ( const int iChanNum ) { return vecChannels[iChanNum].IsConnected(); }

src/util.h

@@ -1223,6 +1223,13 @@ class MathUtils
             return powf ( 10.0f, ( fInValueRange0_1 - 1.0f ) * AUD_MIX_FADER_RANGE_DB / 20.0f );
         }
     }
+
+    // return true if a value is within the lower and upper bounds (inclusively), otherwise false
+    template<typename T>
+    static inline bool InRange ( T value, T lower, T upper )
+    {
+        return !( value < lower || value > upper );
+    }
 };
 
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