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Diffstat (limited to 'internal/typeutils/converter.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | internal/typeutils/converter.go | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/internal/typeutils/converter.go b/internal/typeutils/converter.go index ac2ce4317..63e201ded 100644 --- a/internal/typeutils/converter.go +++ b/internal/typeutils/converter.go @@ -95,8 +95,12 @@ type TypeConverter interface { ACTIVITYSTREAMS MODEL TO INTERNAL (gts) MODEL */ - // ASPersonToAccount converts a remote account/person/application representation into a gts model account - ASRepresentationToAccount(accountable Accountable) (*gtsmodel.Account, error) + // ASPersonToAccount converts a remote account/person/application representation into a gts model account. + // + // If update is false, and the account is already known in the database, then the existing account entry will be returned. + // If update is true, then even if the account is already known, all fields in the accountable will be parsed and a new *gtsmodel.Account + // will be generated. This is useful when one needs to force refresh of an account, eg., during an Update of a Profile. + ASRepresentationToAccount(accountable Accountable, update bool) (*gtsmodel.Account, error) // ASStatus converts a remote activitystreams 'status' representation into a gts model status. ASStatusToStatus(statusable Statusable) (*gtsmodel.Status, error) // ASFollowToFollowRequest converts a remote activitystreams `follow` representation into gts model follow request. |