From f9ed2efb89515c3b7543a268e2efbd3bd3acf180 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Ableitner <me@nutomic.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 11:16:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add helper deserialize_last()

---
 Cargo.lock              |  2 +-
 src/protocol/helpers.rs | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ccb2e14..47249df 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "activitypub_federation"
-version = "0.7.0-beta.4"
+version = "0.7.0-beta.5"
 dependencies = [
  "activitystreams-kinds",
  "actix-web",
diff --git a/src/protocol/helpers.rs b/src/protocol/helpers.rs
index 8c69f65..364e32b 100644
--- a/src/protocol/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/protocol/helpers.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,26 @@ where
     Ok(inner)
 }
 
+/// Deserialize either single value or last item from an array into an optional field.
+pub fn deserialize_last<'de, T, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<T>, D::Error>
+where
+    T: Deserialize<'de>,
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+{
+    #[derive(Deserialize)]
+    #[serde(untagged)]
+    enum MaybeArray<T> {
+        Simple(T),
+        Array(Vec<T>),
+    }
+
+    let result: MaybeArray<T> = Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+    Ok(match result {
+        MaybeArray::Simple(value) => Some(value),
+        MaybeArray::Array(value) => value.into_iter().last(),
+    })
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     #[test]