/**
 * A message of the site-wide chat.
 *
 * @module
 */

/** A chat message, with what the chat shows of its author and its reply. */
export interface ChatMessage {
  /** The message's id. */
  id: string;
  /** The author's id. */
  userId: string;
  /** The message, in Markdown. */
  body: string;
  /** When the message was sent. */
  createdAt: Date;
  /** When the message was last edited, if ever. */
  updatedAt?: Date;
  /** The author's name. */
  authorUsername: string;
  /** The author's avatar type, undefined without one. */
  authorAvatarMime?: string;
  /**
   * Id of the message this one replies to, if any. Retained even when the
   * target is later deleted (the preview fields below then go undefined).
   */
  replyToId?: string;
  /**
   * Author of the replied-to message, for a subtle inline reference. Absent
   * when there's no reply, or the target has since been deleted.
   */
  replyToAuthor?: string;
  /** Body of the replied-to message, absent under the same conditions. */
  replyToBody?: string;
}