Class representation of ActivityPub Object Types #1

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linos · 2023-11-18T16:07:37+01:00

linos commented

2023-11-18 16:07:37 +01:00

@ruru4143 The current ActivityPub implementation does not use any real object oriented expandations of "Base_Object", rather Base_Object leaves all freedom to just put the "right" content everywhere.

If we think of the way we implement transformers, should we still stick to this approach where a transformer kind of can "decorate" the ActivityPub object, or should it select a available ActivityPub object (those could also be added via an addon system...)

@ruru4143 The current ActivityPub implementation does not use any real object oriented expandations of "Base_Object", rather Base_Object leaves all freedom to just put the "right" content everywhere. If we think of the way we implement transformers, should we still stick to this approach where a transformer kind of can "decorate" the ActivityPub object, or should it select a available ActivityPub object (those could also be added via an addon system...)

ruru4143 was assigned by linos

2023-11-20 17:48:02 +01:00

linos commented

2023-12-05 08:16:15 +01:00

My current opinion is, that the ActivityPub plugin should ship different object types as classes.

The question if if common extensions used by most software for a specific object type should be already included in the class.

The main advantage of this approach is that other transformers have a clear guideline visible which properties can/need to be set.

The current draft already uses PHP-docs for the JSON-LD context, but we could also use those to add information whether this field needs to be set for example in the Event object for compatibility with Mobilizon.

My current opinion is, that the ActivityPub plugin should ship different object types as classes. The question if if common extensions used by most software for a specific object type should be already included in the class. The main advantage of this approach is that other transformers have a clear guideline visible which properties can/need to be set. The current draft already uses PHP-docs for the JSON-LD context, but we could also use those to add information whether this field needs to be set for example in the Event object for compatibility with Mobilizon.

linos changed title from ~~Object Type~~ to Class representation of ActivityPub Object Types

2023-12-05 08:16:47 +01:00

linos referenced this issue

2023-12-05 08:24:56 +01:00

Optimize the system design of the Transformer_Base class #3

ruru4143 commented

2023-12-12 08:44:53 +01:00

I agree with your opinion on adding common object types and i also like your idea of coupling the properties and the context via the PHP-docs