From 37d310f981f3e26bc643aeabac134b591c84455a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tobi <31960611+tsmethurst@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:54:56 +0200
Subject: [feature] Dereference remote mentions when the account is not already
 known (#442)

* remove mention util function from db

* add ParseMentionFunc to gtsmodel

* add parseMentionFunc to processor

* refactor search to simplify it a bit

* add parseMentionFunc to account

* add parseMentionFunc to status

* some renaming for clarity

* test dereference of unknown mentioned account
---
 internal/gtsmodel/mention.go | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'internal/gtsmodel/mention.go')

diff --git a/internal/gtsmodel/mention.go b/internal/gtsmodel/mention.go
index e00df8911..fd1d45622 100644
--- a/internal/gtsmodel/mention.go
+++ b/internal/gtsmodel/mention.go
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
 
 package gtsmodel
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+)
 
 // Mention refers to the 'tagging' or 'mention' of a user within a status.
 type Mention struct {
@@ -57,3 +60,15 @@ type Mention struct {
 	TargetAccountURL string `validate:"-" bun:"-"`
 	// A pointer to the gtsmodel account of the mentioned account.
 }
+
+// ParseMentionFunc describes a function that takes a lowercase account name
+// in the form "@test@whatever.example.org" for a remote account, or "@test"
+// for a local account, and returns a fully populated mention for that account,
+// with the given origin status ID and origin account ID.
+//
+// If the account is remote and not yet found in the database, then ParseMentionFunc
+// will try to webfinger the remote account and put it in the database before returning.
+//
+// Mentions generated by this function are not put in the database, that's still up to
+// the caller to do.
+type ParseMentionFunc func(ctx context.Context, targetAccount string, originAccountID string, statusID string) (*Mention, error)
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