joystream/runtime-modules/common/src/origin.rs

use system::RawOrigin;

/// Abstract validator for the origin(account_id) and actor_id (eg.: thread author id).
pub trait ActorOriginValidator<Origin, ActorId, AccountId> {
    /// Check for valid combination of origin and actor_id.
    fn ensure_actor_origin(origin: Origin, actor_id: ActorId) -> Result<AccountId, &'static str>;
}

// Multiplies the T::Origin.
// In our current substrate version system::Origin doesn't support clone(),
// but it will be supported in latest up-to-date substrate version.
// TODO: delete when T::Origin will support the clone()
pub fn double_origin<T: system::Trait>(origin: T::Origin) -> (T::Origin, T::Origin) {
    let coerced_origin = origin.into().ok().unwrap_or(RawOrigin::None);

    let (cloned_origin1, cloned_origin2) = match coerced_origin {
        RawOrigin::None => (RawOrigin::None, RawOrigin::None),
        RawOrigin::Root => (RawOrigin::Root, RawOrigin::Root),
        RawOrigin::Signed(account_id) => (
            RawOrigin::Signed(account_id.clone()),
            RawOrigin::Signed(account_id),
        ),
    };

    (cloned_origin1.into(), cloned_origin2.into())
}