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package Reddit::Client::Comment;

use strict;
use warnings;
use Carp;

require Reddit::Client::VotableThing;

use base   qw/Reddit::Client::VotableThing/;
use fields qw/link_flair_text media url link_url link_flair_css_class num_reports created_utc
			  banned_by subreddit title author_flair_text is_self author media_embed
			  permalink author_flair_css_class selftext domain num_comments clicked
			  saved thumbnail subreddit_id approved_by selftext_html created hidden
			  over_18 parent_id replies link_id body body_html/;

use constant type	=> "t1";

sub set_replies {
    my ($self, $value) = @_;
    if (ref $value && exists $value->{data}{children}) {
	    $self->{replies} = [ map { Reddit::Client::Comment->new($self->{session}, $_->{data}) } @{$value->{data}{children}} ];
    } else {
        $self->{replies} = [];
    }
}

sub replies {
    return shift->{replies};
}

sub reply {
    my ($self, $text) = @_;
	$text || croak "need comment text";	
	my $cmtid = $self->{session}->submit_comment(parent_id=>$self->{name}, text=>$text);
	return "t1_".$cmtid if $cmtid;
	return $cmtid;
    #return $self->SUPER::submit_comment(@_);
}

sub get_permalink {
	my $self = shift;
	my $parentid = substr $self->{parent_id}, 3;

	return sprintf "%s/r/$self->{subreddit}/comments/%s//%s", $self->{session}->LINK_URL, $parentid, $self->{id};
}

1;

__END__

=pod

=head1 NAME

Reddit::Client::Comment

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Wraps a posted comment.

=head1 SUBROUTINES/METHODS

=over

=item replies()

Returns a list ref of replies underneath this comment.

=item reply(...)

Syntactic sugar for C<Reddit::Client::submit_comment()>.

=back

=head1 INTERNAL ROUTINES

=over

=item set_replies

Wraps the list of children in Comment class instances and ensures that comments
with no replies return an empty array for C<replies>.

=back

=head1 AUTHOR

<mailto:earth-tone@ubwg.net>

Jeff Ober L<mailto:jeffober@gmail.com>

=head1 LICENSE

BSD license

=cut