adding Clone() method

message.go

@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ type Message struct {
 	ClosesChannel bool
 }
 
+func (m *Message) Clone() Message {
+	results := Message{
+		Dialect:       strings.Clone(m.Dialect),
+		ID:            strings.Clone(m.ID),
+		Parameters:    make(map[string]string, len(m.Parameters)),
+		Body:          strings.Clone(m.Body),
+		ClosesChannel: m.ClosesChannel,
+	}
+	for k, v := range m.Parameters {
+		results.Parameters[strings.Clone(k)] = strings.Clone(v)
+	}
+	return results
+}
+
 func (m Message) String() string {
 	switch {
 	case m.Chatter():

message_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package msmsg
 
 import (
+	"math/rand"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -10,6 +11,20 @@ type MessageWithNormalizedInput struct {
 	NormalizedInput string
 }
 
+var TheTestObjectsKeys = func() []string {
+	results := make([]string, 0, len(TheTestObjects))
+	for key := range TheTestObjects {
+		results = append(results, key)
+	}
+	return results
+}()
+
+func RandomTestObject() MessageWithNormalizedInput {
+	key := TheTestObjectsKeys[rand.Intn(len(TheTestObjectsKeys))]
+	return TheTestObjects[key]
+
+}
+
 var TheTestObjects = map[string]MessageWithNormalizedInput{
 	"<dialect ch= '0'>This message is opening this channel.</dialect>": {
 		Message: Message{
@@ -104,3 +119,17 @@ func TestParseMessage(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkMessageClone(b *testing.B) {
+	for b.Loop() {
+		msg := RandomTestObject()
+		msg.Message.Clone()
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkMessageParse(b *testing.B) {
+	for b.Loop() {
+		msg := RandomTestObject()
+		ParseMessage(msg.NormalizedInput)
+	}
+}