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+defmodule Pleroma.Search.SearchBackend do
+ @doc """
+ Search statuses with a query, restricting to only those the user should have access to.
+ """
+ @callback search(user :: Pleroma.User.t(), query :: String.t(), options :: [any()]) :: [
+ Pleroma.Activity.t()
+ ]
+
+ @doc """
+ Add the object associated with the activity to the search index.
+
+ The whole activity is passed, to allow filtering on things such as scope.
+ """
+ @callback add_to_index(activity :: Pleroma.Activity.t()) :: :ok | {:error, any()}
+
+ @doc """
+ Remove the object from the index.
+
+ Just the object, as opposed to the whole activity, is passed, since the object
+ is what contains the actual content and there is no need for filtering when removing
+ from index.
+ """
+ @callback remove_from_index(object :: Pleroma.Object.t()) :: :ok | {:error, any()}
+end