1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/private/Comments/Comment.php b/lib/private/Comments/Comment.php
index 71687c7a609..3b4a523b884 100644
--- a/lib/private/Comments/Comment.php
+++ b/lib/private/Comments/Comment.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class Comment implements IComment {
 		'actorId'         => '',
 		'objectType'      => '',
 		'objectId'        => '',
+		'referenceId'     => null,
 		'creationDT'      => null,
 		'latestChildDT'   => null,
 	];
@@ -396,6 +397,36 @@ class Comment implements IComment {
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * returns the reference id of the comment
+	 *
+	 * @return string|null
+	 * @since 19.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getReferenceId(): ?string {
+		return $this->data['referenceId'];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * sets (overwrites) the reference id of the comment
+	 *
+	 * @param string $referenceId e.g. sha256 hash sum
+	 * @return IComment
+	 * @since 19.0.0
+	 */
+	public function setReferenceId(?string $referenceId): IComment {
+		if ($referenceId === null) {
+			$this->data['referenceId'] = $referenceId;
+		} else {
+			$referenceId = trim($referenceId);
+			if ($referenceId === '') {
+				throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Non empty string expected.');
+			}
+			$this->data['referenceId'] = $referenceId;
+		}
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * sets the comment data based on an array with keys as taken from the
 	 * database.
 	 *