update to latest standards

ts/smartuniverse.classes.channelbridge.ts

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * This file contains logic to bridge certain messages into another channel
- */
-export class ChannelBridge {}

ts/smartuniverse.classes.manager.ts

@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ export class UniverseManager {
    * @param channelName the name of the channel
    * @param authSecret the secret against which to verify members of the channel
    */
-  public async registerChannel(channelName: string, authSecret: string) {}
+  public async registerChannel(channelName: string, authSecret: string) {
+    
+  }
 }

ts/smartuniverse.classes.universe.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ export interface ISmartUniverseConstructorOptions {
 }
 
 export interface IServerGetMessagesRequestBody {
+  channel: string;
+  topic?: string;
   youngerThan: number;
 }
 

ts/smartuniverse.classes.universechannel.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
 import * as plugins from './smartuniverse.plugins';
 
+import { Objectmap } from 'lik';
+
 /**
- * enables a set of apps to talk within their own limited borders.
+ * enables messages to stay within a certain scope.
  */
 export class UniverseChannel {
-  topic: string;
+  /**
+   * stores the channels that are available within the universe
+   */
+  public static channelStore = new Objectmap();
+
+  /**
+   * creates new channels
+   * @param channelArg the name of the topic
+   * @param secretArg the secret thats used for a certain topic.
+   */
+  public static createChannel = (channelArg: string, secretArg: string) => {
+
+  }
+
   credentials: {
     user: string;
     password: string;

ts/smartuniverse.classes.universemessage.ts

@@ -15,11 +15,19 @@ export class UniverseMessage {
    */
   public id: number;
   public universeStore: UniverseStore;
-  public timestamp: TimeStamp;
-  public message: string;
-  public attachedPayload: any;
-  public destructionTimer: Timer;
+  public timestamp: TimeStamp; // when has this message been created
+  public topic: string; // enables unprotected grouping of messages for efficiency purposes.
+  public message: string; // the actual message
+  public attachedPayload: any; // any attached payloads. Can be of binary format.
+  public destructionTimer: Timer; // a timer to take care of message destruction
 
+  /**
+   * the constructor to create a universe message
+   * @param parentUniverseStore
+   * @param messageArg 
+   * @param attachedPayloadArg 
+   * @param selfdestructAfterArg 
+   */
   constructor(
     parentUniverseStore: UniverseStore,
     messageArg: string,