minor: move some logic from message controller into model

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/users/app/models/message.rb b/users/app/models/message.rb
index d9ccee8..7c05e06 100644
--- a/users/app/models/message.rb
+++ b/users/app/models/message.rb
@@ -13,4 +13,18 @@ class Message < CouchRest::Model::Base
     load_views(own_path.join('..', 'designs', 'message'))
   end
 
+  def mark_as_read_by(user)
+    user_ids_to_show.delete(user.id)
+    # is it necessary to keep track of what users have already seen it?
+    user_ids_have_shown << user.id unless read_by?(user)
+    # TODO: is it quicker to call uniq! after adding rather than check if it is already included?
+  end
+
+  def read_by?(user)
+    user_ids_have_shown.include?(user.id)
+  end
+
+  def unread_by?(user)
+    user_ids_to_shown.include?(user.id)
+  end
 end