gotosocial/internal/timeline/postindex.go

/*
   GoToSocial
   Copyright (C) 2021-2022 GoToSocial Authors admin@gotosocial.org

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   it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
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   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

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*/

package timeline

import (
	"container/list"
	"errors"
)

type postIndex struct {
	data *list.List
}

type postIndexEntry struct {
	statusID         string
	boostOfID        string
	accountID        string
	boostOfAccountID string
}

func (p *postIndex) insertIndexed(i *postIndexEntry) (bool, error) {
	if p.data == nil {
		p.data = &list.List{}
	}

	// if we have no entries yet, this is both the newest and oldest entry, so just put it in the front
	if p.data.Len() == 0 {
		p.data.PushFront(i)
		return true, nil
	}

	var insertMark *list.Element
	var position int
	// We need to iterate through the index to make sure we put this post in the appropriate place according to when it was created.
	// We also need to make sure we're not inserting a duplicate post -- this can happen sometimes and it's not nice UX (*shudder*).
	for e := p.data.Front(); e != nil; e = e.Next() {
		position++

		entry, ok := e.Value.(*postIndexEntry)
		if !ok {
			return false, errors.New("index: could not parse e as a postIndexEntry")
		}

		// don't insert this if it's a boost of a status we've seen recently
		if i.boostOfID != "" {
			if i.boostOfID == entry.boostOfID || i.boostOfID == entry.statusID {
				if position < boostReinsertionDepth {
					return false, nil
				}
			}
		}

		// if the post to index is newer than e, insert it before e in the list
		if insertMark == nil {
			if i.statusID > entry.statusID {
				insertMark = e
			}
		}

		// make sure we don't insert a duplicate
		if entry.statusID == i.statusID {
			return false, nil
		}
	}

	if insertMark != nil {
		p.data.InsertBefore(i, insertMark)
		return true, nil
	}

	// if we reach this point it's the oldest post we've seen so put it at the back
	p.data.PushBack(i)
	return true, nil
}