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+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ */
+import { IsBoolean } from 'class-validator';
+import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+
+export class NoteMediaDeletionDto {
+  /**
+   * Should the associated mediaUploads be keept
+   * @default false
+   * @example false
+   */
+  @IsBoolean()
+  @ApiProperty()
+  keepMedia: boolean;
+}