Update AnnouncementModel class to support partially constructed ins…

…tances.

announcement/announcement.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from core import checks
 from core.models import getLogger, PermissionLevel
 
-from .core.models import AnnouncementModel
+from .core.models import AnnouncementModel, AnnouncementType
 from .core.views import AnnouncementView
 
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ async def announce(self, ctx: commands.Context):
         await view.create_base()
 
         await view.wait()
-        if not announcement.ready_to_post():
+        if not announcement.is_ready():
             # cancelled or timed out
             return
 
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ async def announce_quick(self, ctx: commands.Context, channel: discord.TextChann
 
         `channel` may be a channel ID, mention, or name.
         """
-        await channel.send(content)
+        announcement = AnnouncementModel(ctx, type=AnnouncementType.PLAIN, channel=channel, content=content)
+        await announcement.send()
 
     @commands.command(
         help=(

announcement/core/models.py

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 from discord.ext import commands
 
 
+__all__ = ("AnnouncementType", "AnnouncementModel")
+
+
 def _color_converter(value: str) -> int:
     try:
         return int(value)
@@ -45,20 +48,31 @@ def value(self) -> str:
 
 
 class AnnouncementModel:
-    def __init__(self, ctx: commands.Context):
+    """
+    Represents an instance to manage announcement creation.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        ctx: commands.Context,
+        *,
+        type: AnnouncementType = MISSING,
+        channel: discord.TextChannel = MISSING,
+        content: str = MISSING,
+        embed: discord.Embed = MISSING,
+    ):
         self.ctx: commands.Context = ctx
+        self.type: AnnouncementType = type
+        self.channel: discord.TextChannel = channel
+        self.content: str = content
+        self.embed: discord.Embed = embed
 
+        self.message: discord.Message = MISSING
         self.event: asyncio.Event = asyncio.Event()
         self.ready: bool = False
-
-        self.type: AnnouncementType = MISSING
-        self.channel: discord.TextChannel = MISSING
-        self.message: discord.Message = MISSING
-        self.content: str = MISSING
-        self.embed: discord.Embed = MISSING
         self.task: asyncio.Task = MISSING
 
-    def ready_to_post(self) -> bool:
+    def is_ready(self) -> bool:
         """
         Returns whether the announcement is ready to be posted.
         """

announcement/core/views.py

@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ async def on_modal_submit(self, interaction: Interaction) -> None:
         await self.update_view(interaction)
 
     async def wait(self) -> None:
-        if not self.announcement.ready_to_post():
+        if not self.announcement.is_ready():
             await self.announcement.wait()
         else:
             await super().wait()