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+<?php /** @file */
+
+
+/**
+ * Functions to assist in probing various legacy networks to figure out what kind of capabilities might be present.
+ */
+
+
+function net_have_driver($net) {
+
+	if(function_exists('net_discover_' . $net))
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
+function probe_well_known($addr) {
+
+	$ret = array();
+
+	$ret['src'] = $addr;
+
+	if(strpos($addr,'@') !== false) {
+		$ret['address'] = $addr;
+	}
+	else {
+		$ret['url'] = $addr;
+	}
+
+	if(stristr($addr,'facebook.com')) {
+		$ret['network'] = 'facebook';
+	}
+	if(stristr($addr,'google.com')) {
+		$ret['network'] = 'google';
+	}
+	if(stristr($addr,'linkedin.com')) {
+		$ret['network'] = 'linkedin';
+	}
+
+	call_hooks('probe_well_known', $ret);
+
+	if(array_key_exists('network',$ret) && net_have_driver($ret['network'])) {
+		$fn = 'net_discover_' . $ret['network'];
+		$ret = $fn($ret);
+	}
+
+
+	return $ret;
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+function probe_webfinger($addr) {
+
+
+
+
+
+}
+
+
+function probe_legacy_webfinger($addr) {
+
+
+
+
+}
+
+function probe_zot($addr) {
+
+
+
+}
+
+function probe_dfrn($addr) {
+
+
+}
+
+
+function probe_diaspora($addr) {
+
+
+}
+
+
+function probe_legacy_feed($addr) {
+
+
+
+}
+
+
+function probe_activity_stream($addr) {
+
+
+}
+