Create a new Thread class

I want to create a generic class to represent (public) channels and
(private) groups.

Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <Anna@OcarinaProject.net>

slack/channels.py

@@ -1,28 +1,20 @@
 #
-# Copyright 2015 (c) Anna Schumaker
+# Copyright 2015 (c) Anna Schumaker.
 #
 from . import api
 from . import auth
 from . import chat
+from . import threads
 from . import users
 
 
-class Channel:
+class Channel(threads.Thread):
     def __init__(self, json):
-        self.__id      = json.get("id", "0")
-        self.__name    = json.get("name", "").title()
+        threads.Thread.__init__(self, json)
         self.__member  = json.get("is_member", False)
-        self.__topic   = json["topic"].get("value", "").encode("utf-8").decode("latin-1")
-        self.__purpose = json["purpose"].get("value", "").encode("utf-8").decode("latin-1")
         self.__unread  = json.get("unread_count", None)
         self.__last_ts = json.get("last_read", None)
 
-    def __str__(self):
-        topic=""
-        if self.__topic != "":
-            topic = "\nTopic: %s" % self.__topic
-        return "%s: %s%s" % (self.__name, self.__purpose, topic)
-
     def fetch_info(self):
         json = info(self.__id)
         if json != None:
@@ -35,9 +27,6 @@ class Channel:
     def is_member(self):
         return self.__member
 
-    def name(self):
-        return self.__name
-
     def post(self, text):
         chat.postMessage(self.__id, text)
 

slack/threads.py

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2015 (c) Anna Schumaker.
+#
+
+
+class Thread:
+    def __init__(self, json):
+        self.__id      = json.get("id", 0)
+        self.__name    = json.get("name", "").title()
+        self.__topic   = json["topic"].get("value", "").encode("utf-8").decode("latin-1")
+        self.__purpose = json["purpose"].get("value", "").encode("utf-8").decode("latin-1")
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        topic=""
+        if self.__topic != "":
+            topic = "\nTopic: %s" % self.__topic
+        return "%s: %s%s" % (self.__name, self.__purpose, topic)
+
+    def name(self):
+        return self.__name