DG MS; broke validations into methods in receiver

lib/postzord/receiver/private.rb

@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ module Postzord
         Rails.logger.info("event=receive status=start recipient=#{@user_person.diaspora_handle} payload_type=#{@object.class} sender=#{@sender.diaspora_handle}")
 
         if self.validate_object
+          set_author!
           receive_object
         else
           raise 'not a valid object'
         end
       end
 
+      # @return [Object]
       def receive_object
         obj = @object.receive(@user, @author)
         Notification.notify(@user, obj, @author) if obj.respond_to?(:notification_type)
@@ -64,34 +66,51 @@ module Postzord
       end
 
       def validate_object
-        #begin similar
-        unless @object.is_a?(Request) || @user.contact_for(@sender)
-          Rails.logger.info("event=receive status=abort reason='sender not connected to recipient' recipient=#{@user_person.diaspora_handle} sender=#{@sender.diaspora_handle}")
-          return false
-        end
+        return false if contact_required_unless_request
+        return false if relayable_without_parent?
 
-        #special casey
-        if @object.is_a?(Request)
-          @object.sender_handle = @sender.diaspora_handle
-        end
+        assign_sender_handle_if_request
+
+        return false if author_does_not_match_xml_author?
+
+        @object
+      end
+
+      def set_author!
+        return unless @author
+        @object.author = @author if @object.respond_to? :author=
+        @object.person = @author if @object.respond_to? :person=
+      end
+
+      private
 
-        # abort if we haven't received the post to a comment
+      #validations
+      def relayable_without_parent?
         if @object.respond_to?(:relayable?) && @object.parent.nil?
           Rails.logger.info("event=receive status=abort reason='received a comment but no corresponding post' recipient=#{@user_person.diaspora_handle} sender=#{@sender.diaspora_handle} payload_type=#{@object.class})")
-          return false
+          return true
         end
+      end
 
+      def author_does_not_match_xml_author?
         if (@author.diaspora_handle != xml_author)
           Rails.logger.info("event=receive status=abort reason='author in xml does not match retrieved person' payload_type=#{@object.class} recipient=#{@user_person.diaspora_handle} sender=#{@sender.diaspora_handle}")
-          return false
+          return true
         end
+      end
 
-        if @author
-          @object.author = @author if @object.respond_to? :author=
-          @object.person = @author if @object.respond_to? :person=
+      def contact_required_unless_request
+        unless @object.is_a?(Request) || @user.contact_for(@sender)
+          Rails.logger.info("event=receive status=abort reason='sender not connected to recipient' recipient=#{@user_person.diaspora_handle} sender=#{@sender.diaspora_handle}")
+          return true 
         end
+      end
 
-        @object
+      def assign_sender_handle_if_request
+        #special casey
+        if @object.is_a?(Request)
+          @object.sender_handle = @sender.diaspora_handle
+        end
       end
     end
   end

spec/integration/receiving_spec.rb

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe 'a user receives a post' do
     alice.visible_posts.count.should == 1
   end
 
-  context 'mentions' do
+  context 'with mentions, ' do
     it 'adds the notifications for the mentioned users regardless of the order they are received' do
       Notification.should_receive(:notify).with(alice, anything(), bob.person)
       Notification.should_receive(:notify).with(eve, anything(), bob.person)
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe 'a user receives a post' do
       zord.receive_object
     end
 
-    it 'notifies users when receiving a mention in a post from a remote user' do
+    it 'notifies local users who are mentioned' do
       @remote_person = Factory.create(:person, :diaspora_handle => "foobar@foobar.com")
       Contact.create!(:user => alice, :person => @remote_person, :aspects => [@alices_aspect])