+ * Record this notice to the given group inboxes for delivery.
+ * Overrides the regular parsing of !group markup.
+ *
+ * @param string $group_ids
+ * @fixme might prefer URIs as identifiers, as for replies?
+ * best with generalizations on user_group to support
+ * remote groups better.
+ */
+ function saveKnownGroups($group_ids)
+ {
+ if (!is_array($group_ids)) {
+ throw new ServerException("Bad type provided to saveKnownGroups");
+ }
+
+ $groups = array();
+ foreach ($group_ids as $id) {
+ $group = User_group::staticGet('id', $id);
+ if ($group) {
+ common_log(LOG_ERR, "Local delivery to group id $id, $group->nickname");
+ $result = $this->addToGroupInbox($group);
+ if (!$result) {
+ common_log_db_error($gi, 'INSERT', __FILE__);
+ }
+
+ // @fixme should we save the tags here or not?
+ $groups[] = clone($group);
+ } else {
+ common_log(LOG_ERR, "Local delivery to group id $id skipped, doesn't exist");
+ }
+ }
+
+ return $groups;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Parse !group delivery and record targets into group_inbox.