From 374bf0d39f8701aca944a2b2861cb71c45a94706 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joel Wetzell <jwetzell@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 21:15:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] messageToBuffer should error on invalid address

---
 packages/osc/src/message.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/osc/src/message.ts b/packages/osc/src/message.ts
index d97d347..c6e944c 100644
--- a/packages/osc/src/message.ts
+++ b/packages/osc/src/message.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ function argsToBuffer(args: OSCArg[]) {
 }
 
 export function messageToBuffer(message: OSCMessage): Uint8Array {
+  if (!message.address.startsWith('/')) {
+    throw new Error('osc message must start with a /');
+  }
+
   const addressBuffer = oscTypeConverterMap.s.toBuffer(message.address);
   if (addressBuffer === undefined) {
     throw new Error('problem encoding address');