matrix-js-sdk/lib/timeline-window.js

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"use strict";

/** @module timeline-window */

var _bluebird = require("bluebird");

var _bluebird2 = _interopRequireDefault(_bluebird);

function _interopRequireDefault(obj) { return obj && obj.__esModule ? obj : { default: obj }; }

var EventTimeline = require("./models/event-timeline");

/**
 * @private
 */
var DEBUG = false;

/**
 * @private
 */
var debuglog = DEBUG ? console.log.bind(console) : function () {};

/**
 * the number of times we ask the server for more events before giving up
 *
 * @private
 */
var DEFAULT_PAGINATE_LOOP_LIMIT = 5;

/**
 * Construct a TimelineWindow.
 *
 * <p>This abstracts the separate timelines in a Matrix {@link
 * module:models/room|Room} into a single iterable thing. It keeps track of
 * the start and endpoints of the window, which can be advanced with the help
 * of pagination requests.
 *
 * <p>Before the window is useful, it must be initialised by calling {@link
 * module:timeline-window~TimelineWindow#load|load}.
 *
 * <p>Note that the window will not automatically extend itself when new events
 * are received from /sync; you should arrange to call {@link
 * module:timeline-window~TimelineWindow#paginate|paginate} on {@link
 * module:client~MatrixClient.event:"Room.timeline"|Room.timeline} events.
 *
 * @param {MatrixClient} client   MatrixClient to be used for context/pagination
 *   requests.
 *
 * @param {EventTimelineSet} timelineSet  The timelineSet to track
 *
 * @param {Object} [opts] Configuration options for this window
 *
 * @param {number} [opts.windowLimit = 1000] maximum number of events to keep
 *    in the window. If more events are retrieved via pagination requests,
 *    excess events will be dropped from the other end of the window.
 *
 * @constructor
 */
function TimelineWindow(client, timelineSet, opts) {
    opts = opts || {};
    this._client = client;
    this._timelineSet = timelineSet;

    // these will be TimelineIndex objects; they delineate the 'start' and
    // 'end' of the window.
    //
    // _start.index is inclusive; _end.index is exclusive.
    this._start = null;
    this._end = null;

    this._eventCount = 0;
    this._windowLimit = opts.windowLimit || 1000;
}

/**
 * Initialise the window to point at a given event, or the live timeline
 *
 * @param {string} [initialEventId]   If given, the window will contain the
 *    given event
 * @param {number} [initialWindowSize = 20]   Size of the initial window
 *
 * @return {module:client.Promise}
 */
TimelineWindow.prototype.load = function (initialEventId, initialWindowSize) {
    var self = this;
    initialWindowSize = initialWindowSize || 20;

    // given an EventTimeline, find the event we were looking for, and initialise our
    // fields so that the event in question is in the middle of the window.
    var initFields = function initFields(timeline) {
        var eventIndex = void 0;

        var events = timeline.getEvents();

        if (!initialEventId) {
            // we were looking for the live timeline: initialise to the end
            eventIndex = events.length;
        } else {
            for (var i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
                if (events[i].getId() == initialEventId) {
                    eventIndex = i;
                    break;
                }
            }

            if (eventIndex === undefined) {
                throw new Error("getEventTimeline result didn't include requested event");
            }
        }

        var endIndex = Math.min(events.length, eventIndex + Math.ceil(initialWindowSize / 2));
        var startIndex = Math.max(0, endIndex - initialWindowSize);
        self._start = new TimelineIndex(timeline, startIndex - timeline.getBaseIndex());
        self._end = new TimelineIndex(timeline, endIndex - timeline.getBaseIndex());
        self._eventCount = endIndex - startIndex;
    };

    // We avoid delaying the resolution of the promise by a reactor tick if
    // we already have the data we need, which is important to keep room-switching
    // feeling snappy.
    //
    if (initialEventId) {
        var prom = this._client.getEventTimeline(this._timelineSet, initialEventId);

        if (prom.isFulfilled()) {
            initFields(prom.value());
            return _bluebird2.default.resolve();
        } else {
            return prom.then(initFields);
        }
    } else {
        var tl = this._timelineSet.getLiveTimeline();
        initFields(tl);
        return _bluebird2.default.resolve();
    }
};

/**
 * Check if this window can be extended
 *
 * <p>This returns true if we either have more events, or if we have a
 * pagination token which means we can paginate in that direction. It does not
 * necessarily mean that there are more events available in that direction at
 * this time.
 *
 * @param {string} direction   EventTimeline.BACKWARDS to check if we can
 *   paginate backwards; EventTimeline.FORWARDS to check if we can go forwards
 *
 * @return {boolean} true if we can paginate in the given direction
 */
TimelineWindow.prototype.canPaginate = function (direction) {
    var tl = void 0;
    if (direction == EventTimeline.BACKWARDS) {
        tl = this._start;
    } else if (direction == EventTimeline.FORWARDS) {
        tl = this._end;
    } else {
        throw new Error("Invalid direction '" + direction + "'");
    }

    if (!tl) {
        debuglog("TimelineWindow: no timeline yet");
        return false;
    }

    if (direction == EventTimeline.BACKWARDS) {
        if (tl.index > tl.minIndex()) {
            return true;
        }
    } else {
        if (tl.index < tl.maxIndex()) {
            return true;
        }
    }

    return Boolean(tl.timeline.getNeighbouringTimeline(direction) || tl.timeline.getPaginationToken(direction));
};

/**
 * Attempt to extend the window
 *
 * @param {string} direction   EventTimeline.BACKWARDS to extend the window
 *    backwards (towards older events); EventTimeline.FORWARDS to go forwards.
 *
 * @param {number} size   number of events to try to extend by. If fewer than this
 *    number are immediately available, then we return immediately rather than
 *    making an API call.
 *
 * @param {boolean} [makeRequest = true] whether we should make API calls to
 *    fetch further events if we don't have any at all. (This has no effect if
 *    the room already knows about additional events in the relevant direction,
 *    even if there are fewer than 'size' of them, as we will just return those
 *    we already know about.)
 *
 * @param {number} [requestLimit = 5] limit for the number of API requests we
 *    should make.
 *
 * @return {module:client.Promise} Resolves to a boolean which is true if more events
 *    were successfully retrieved.
 */
TimelineWindow.prototype.paginate = function (direction, size, makeRequest, requestLimit) {
    // Either wind back the message cap (if there are enough events in the
    // timeline to do so), or fire off a pagination request.

    if (makeRequest === undefined) {
        makeRequest = true;
    }

    if (requestLimit === undefined) {
        requestLimit = DEFAULT_PAGINATE_LOOP_LIMIT;
    }

    var tl = void 0;
    if (direction == EventTimeline.BACKWARDS) {
        tl = this._start;
    } else if (direction == EventTimeline.FORWARDS) {
        tl = this._end;
    } else {
        throw new Error("Invalid direction '" + direction + "'");
    }

    if (!tl) {
        debuglog("TimelineWindow: no timeline yet");
        return _bluebird2.default.resolve(false);
    }

    if (tl.pendingPaginate) {
        return tl.pendingPaginate;
    }

    // try moving the cap
    var count = direction == EventTimeline.BACKWARDS ? tl.retreat(size) : tl.advance(size);

    if (count) {
        this._eventCount += count;
        debuglog("TimelineWindow: increased cap by " + count + " (now " + this._eventCount + ")");
        // remove some events from the other end, if necessary
        var excess = this._eventCount - this._windowLimit;
        if (excess > 0) {
            this.unpaginate(excess, direction != EventTimeline.BACKWARDS);
        }
        return _bluebird2.default.resolve(true);
    }

    if (!makeRequest || requestLimit === 0) {
        // todo: should we return something different to indicate that there
        // might be more events out there, but we haven't found them yet?
        return _bluebird2.default.resolve(false);
    }

    // try making a pagination request
    var token = tl.timeline.getPaginationToken(direction);
    if (!token) {
        debuglog("TimelineWindow: no token");
        return _bluebird2.default.resolve(false);
    }

    debuglog("TimelineWindow: starting request");
    var self = this;

    var prom = this._client.paginateEventTimeline(tl.timeline, {
        backwards: direction == EventTimeline.BACKWARDS,
        limit: size
    }).finally(function () {
        tl.pendingPaginate = null;
    }).then(function (r) {
        debuglog("TimelineWindow: request completed with result " + r);
        if (!r) {
            // end of timeline
            return false;
        }

        // recurse to advance the index into the results.
        //
        // If we don't get any new events, we want to make sure we keep asking
        // the server for events for as long as we have a valid pagination
        // token. In particular, we want to know if we've actually hit the
        // start of the timeline, or if we just happened to know about all of
        // the events thanks to https://matrix.org/jira/browse/SYN-645.
        //
        // On the other hand, we necessarily want to wait forever for the
        // server to make its mind up about whether there are other events,
        // because it gives a bad user experience
        // (https://github.com/vector-im/vector-web/issues/1204).
        return self.paginate(direction, size, true, requestLimit - 1);
    });
    tl.pendingPaginate = prom;
    return prom;
};

/**
 * Remove `delta` events from the start or end of the timeline.
 *
 * @param {number}  delta           number of events to remove from the timeline
 * @param {boolean} startOfTimeline if events should be removed from the start
 *     of the timeline.
 */
TimelineWindow.prototype.unpaginate = function (delta, startOfTimeline) {
    var tl = startOfTimeline ? this._start : this._end;

    // sanity-check the delta
    if (delta > this._eventCount || delta < 0) {
        throw new Error("Attemting to unpaginate " + delta + " events, but " + "only have " + this._eventCount + " in the timeline");
    }

    while (delta > 0) {
        var count = startOfTimeline ? tl.advance(delta) : tl.retreat(delta);
        if (count <= 0) {
            // sadness. This shouldn't be possible.
            throw new Error("Unable to unpaginate any further, but still have " + this._eventCount + " events");
        }

        delta -= count;
        this._eventCount -= count;
        debuglog("TimelineWindow.unpaginate: dropped " + count + " (now " + this._eventCount + ")");
    }
};

/**
 * Get a list of the events currently in the window
 *
 * @return {MatrixEvent[]} the events in the window
 */
TimelineWindow.prototype.getEvents = function () {
    if (!this._start) {
        // not yet loaded
        return [];
    }

    var result = [];

    // iterate through each timeline between this._start and this._end
    // (inclusive).
    var timeline = this._start.timeline;
    while (true) {
        var events = timeline.getEvents();

        // For the first timeline in the chain, we want to start at
        // this._start.index. For the last timeline in the chain, we want to
        // stop before this._end.index. Otherwise, we want to copy all of the
        // events in the timeline.
        //
        // (Note that both this._start.index and this._end.index are relative
        // to their respective timelines' BaseIndex).
        //
        var startIndex = 0,
            endIndex = events.length;
        if (timeline === this._start.timeline) {
            startIndex = this._start.index + timeline.getBaseIndex();
        }
        if (timeline === this._end.timeline) {
            endIndex = this._end.index + timeline.getBaseIndex();
        }

        for (var i = startIndex; i < endIndex; i++) {
            result.push(events[i]);
        }

        // if we're not done, iterate to the next timeline.
        if (timeline === this._end.timeline) {
            break;
        } else {
            timeline = timeline.getNeighbouringTimeline(EventTimeline.FORWARDS);
        }
    }

    return result;
};

/**
 * a thing which contains a timeline reference, and an index into it.
 *
 * @constructor
 * @param {EventTimeline} timeline
 * @param {number} index
 * @private
 */
function TimelineIndex(timeline, index) {
    this.timeline = timeline;

    // the indexes are relative to BaseIndex, so could well be negative.
    this.index = index;
}

/**
 * @return {number} the minimum possible value for the index in the current
 *    timeline
 */
TimelineIndex.prototype.minIndex = function () {
    return this.timeline.getBaseIndex() * -1;
};

/**
 * @return {number} the maximum possible value for the index in the current
 *    timeline (exclusive - ie, it actually returns one more than the index
 *    of the last element).
 */
TimelineIndex.prototype.maxIndex = function () {
    return this.timeline.getEvents().length - this.timeline.getBaseIndex();
};

/**
 * Try move the index forward, or into the neighbouring timeline
 *
 * @param {number} delta  number of events to advance by
 * @return {number} number of events successfully advanced by
 */
TimelineIndex.prototype.advance = function (delta) {
    if (!delta) {
        return 0;
    }

    // first try moving the index in the current timeline. See if there is room
    // to do so.
    var cappedDelta = void 0;
    if (delta < 0) {
        // we want to wind the index backwards.
        //
        // (this.minIndex() - this.index) is a negative number whose magnitude
        // is the amount of room we have to wind back the index in the current
        // timeline. We cap delta to this quantity.
        cappedDelta = Math.max(delta, this.minIndex() - this.index);
        if (cappedDelta < 0) {
            this.index += cappedDelta;
            return cappedDelta;
        }
    } else {
        // we want to wind the index forwards.
        //
        // (this.maxIndex() - this.index) is a (positive) number whose magnitude
        // is the amount of room we have to wind forward the index in the current
        // timeline. We cap delta to this quantity.
        cappedDelta = Math.min(delta, this.maxIndex() - this.index);
        if (cappedDelta > 0) {
            this.index += cappedDelta;
            return cappedDelta;
        }
    }

    // the index is already at the start/end of the current timeline.
    //
    // next see if there is a neighbouring timeline to switch to.
    var neighbour = this.timeline.getNeighbouringTimeline(delta < 0 ? EventTimeline.BACKWARDS : EventTimeline.FORWARDS);
    if (neighbour) {
        this.timeline = neighbour;
        if (delta < 0) {
            this.index = this.maxIndex();
        } else {
            this.index = this.minIndex();
        }

        debuglog("paginate: switched to new neighbour");

        // recurse, using the next timeline
        return this.advance(delta);
    }

    return 0;
};

/**
 * Try move the index backwards, or into the neighbouring timeline
 *
 * @param {number} delta  number of events to retreat by
 * @return {number} number of events successfully retreated by
 */
TimelineIndex.prototype.retreat = function (delta) {
    return this.advance(delta * -1) * -1;
};

/**
 * The TimelineWindow class.
 */
module.exports.TimelineWindow = TimelineWindow;

/**
 * The TimelineIndex class. exported here for unit testing.
 */
module.exports.TimelineIndex = TimelineIndex;
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