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# CommentThread
A `CommentThread` represents a top-level comment and its replies.
## API
* CommentThread
* [.comment](#comment) ⇒ `Comment | CommentView`
* [.replies](#replies) ⇒ `(Comment | CommentView)[]`
* [.getReplies](#getreplies) ⇒ `function`
* [.getContinuation](#getcontinuation) ⇒ `function`
* [.has_continuation](#hascontinuation) ⇒ `boolean`
* [.has_replies](#hasreplies) ⇒ `boolean`
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### comment
The top-level comment. **Note:** More about the `Comment` node [here](./Comment.md) (OUTDATED! `Comment` has been replaced by [`CommentView`](./CommentView.md) nodes).
**Type:** [`Comment`](../../src/parser/classes/comments/Comment.ts)
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### replies
An array of replies to the top-level comment. (not populated until [`getReplies()`](#getreplies) is called).
**Type:** [`(Comment | CommentView)[]`](../../src/parser/classes/comments/Comment.ts)
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### getReplies()
Retrieves replies to the top-level comment and attaches a [`replies`](#replies) array to the original `CommentThread` object and returns it.
**Returns:** [`Promise.<CommentThread>`](../../src/parser/classes/comments/CommentThread.ts)
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### getContinuation()
Retrieves next batch of replies and adds them to the [`replies`](#replies) array. **Note:** [`getReplies()`](#getreplies) must be called before using this.
**Returns:** [`Promise.<CommentThread>`](../../src/parser/classes/comments/CommentThread.ts)
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### has_continuation
Whether there are more replies to be retrieved.
**Type:** `boolean`
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### has_replies
Whether there are replies to the top-level comment.
**Type:** `boolean`