Implementing #117 - Profile Custom Attribute Map

model/profile.go

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type Profile struct {
 	Ed25519PrivateKey ed25519.PrivateKey
 	OnionPrivateKey   *rsa.PrivateKey
 	Groups            map[string]*Group
+	Custom            map[string]string
 	lock              sync.Mutex
 }
 
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func GenerateNewProfile(name string) *Profile {
 	p.Contacts = make(map[string]*PublicProfile)
 	p.Contacts[p.Onion] = &p.PublicProfile
 	p.Groups = make(map[string]*Group)
+	p.Custom = make(map[string]string)
 	return p
 }
 
@@ -113,6 +115,21 @@ func (p *Profile) GetGroups() []string {
 	return keys
 }
 
+// SetCustomAttribute allows applications to store arbitrary configuration info at the profile level.
+func (p *Profile) SetCustomAttribute(name string, value string) {
+	p.lock.Lock()
+	defer p.lock.Unlock()
+	p.Custom[name] = value
+}
+
+// GetCustomAttribute returns the value of a value set with SetCustomAttribute. If no such value has been set exists is set to false.
+func (p *Profile) GetCustomAttribute(name string) (value string, exists bool) {
+	p.lock.Lock()
+	defer p.lock.Unlock()
+	value, exists = p.Custom[name]
+	return
+}
+
 // GetContacts returns an unordered list of contact onions associated with this profile.
 func (p *Profile) GetContacts() []string {
 	p.lock.Lock()

model/profile_test.go

@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ func TestProfileIdentity(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("alice should be only contact: %v", alice.GetContacts())
 	}
 
+	alice.SetCustomAttribute("test", "hello world")
+	value, _ := alice.GetCustomAttribute("test")
+	if value != "hello world" {
+		t.Errorf("value from custom attribute should have been 'hello world', instead was: %v", value)
+	}
+
 	t.Logf("%v", alice)
 }