feat(event cache): add a way to clear a single room's persistent storage

bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/room.rs

@@ -898,6 +898,16 @@ impl Room {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Clear the event cache storage for the current room.
+    ///
+    /// This will remove all the information related to the event cache, in
+    /// memory and in the persisted storage, if enabled.
+    pub async fn clear_event_cache_storage(&self) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
+        let (room_event_cache, _drop_handles) = self.inner.event_cache().await?;
+        room_event_cache.clear().await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 /// Generates a `matrix.to` permalink to the given room alias.

crates/matrix-sdk/src/event_cache/mod.rs

@@ -352,6 +352,13 @@ struct AllEventsCache {
     relations: RelationsMap,
 }
 
+impl AllEventsCache {
+    fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.events.clear();
+        self.relations.clear();
+    }
+}
+
 struct EventCacheInner {
     /// A weak reference to the inner client, useful when trying to get a handle
     /// on the owning client.

crates/matrix-sdk/src/event_cache/room/mod.rs

@@ -128,6 +128,27 @@ impl RoomEventCache {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Clear all the storage for this [`RoomEventCache`].
+    ///
+    /// This will get rid of all the events from the linked chunk and persisted
+    /// storage.
+    pub async fn clear(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        // Clear the linked chunk and persisted storage.
+        self.inner.state.write().await.clear().await?;
+
+        // Clear the (temporary) events mappings.
+        self.inner.all_events.write().await.clear();
+
+        // Reset the paginator.
+        // TODO: properly stop any ongoing back-pagination.
+        let _ = self.inner.paginator.set_idle_state(PaginatorState::Initial, None, None);
+
+        // Notify observers about the update.
+        let _ = self.inner.sender.send(RoomEventCacheUpdate::Clear);
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Looks for related event ids for the passed event id, and appends them to
     /// the `results` parameter. Then it'll recursively get the related
     /// event ids for those too.
@@ -602,6 +623,14 @@ mod private {
             Ok(Self { room, store, events, waited_for_initial_prev_token: false })
         }
 
+        /// Clear all cached content for this [`RoomEventCacheState`].
+        pub async fn clear(&mut self) -> Result<(), EventCacheError> {
+            self.events.reset();
+            self.propagate_changes().await?;
+            self.waited_for_initial_prev_token = false;
+            Ok(())
+        }
+
         /// Removes the bundled relations from an event, if they were present.
         ///
         /// Only replaces the present if it contained bundled relations.
@@ -1112,6 +1141,117 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(chunks.next().is_none());
     }
 
+    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))] // This uses the cross-process lock, so needs time support.
+    #[async_test]
+    async fn test_clear() {
+        use crate::{assert_let_timeout, event_cache::RoomEventCacheUpdate};
+
+        let room_id = room_id!("!galette:saucisse.bzh");
+        let f = EventFactory::new().room(room_id).sender(user_id!("@ben:saucisse.bzh"));
+
+        let event_cache_store = Arc::new(MemoryStore::new());
+
+        let event_id1 = event_id!("$1");
+        let event_id2 = event_id!("$2");
+
+        let ev1 = f.text_msg("hello world").sender(*ALICE).event_id(event_id1).into_sync();
+        let ev2 = f.text_msg("how's it going").sender(*BOB).event_id(event_id2).into_sync();
+
+        // Prefill the store with some data.
+        event_cache_store
+            .handle_linked_chunk_updates(
+                room_id,
+                vec![
+                    // An empty items chunk.
+                    Update::NewItemsChunk {
+                        previous: None,
+                        new: ChunkIdentifier::new(0),
+                        next: None,
+                    },
+                    // A gap chunk.
+                    Update::NewGapChunk {
+                        previous: Some(ChunkIdentifier::new(0)),
+                        // Chunk IDs aren't supposed to be ordered, so use a random value here.
+                        new: ChunkIdentifier::new(42),
+                        next: None,
+                        gap: Gap { prev_token: "cheddar".to_owned() },
+                    },
+                    // Another items chunk, non-empty this time.
+                    Update::NewItemsChunk {
+                        previous: Some(ChunkIdentifier::new(42)),
+                        new: ChunkIdentifier::new(1),
+                        next: None,
+                    },
+                    Update::PushItems {
+                        at: Position::new(ChunkIdentifier::new(1), 0),
+                        items: vec![ev1.clone()],
+                    },
+                    // And another items chunk, non-empty again.
+                    Update::NewItemsChunk {
+                        previous: Some(ChunkIdentifier::new(1)),
+                        new: ChunkIdentifier::new(2),
+                        next: None,
+                    },
+                    Update::PushItems {
+                        at: Position::new(ChunkIdentifier::new(2), 0),
+                        items: vec![ev2.clone()],
+                    },
+                ],
+            )
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let client = MockClientBuilder::new("http://localhost".to_owned())
+            .store_config(
+                StoreConfig::new("hodlor".to_owned()).event_cache_store(event_cache_store.clone()),
+            )
+            .build()
+            .await;
+
+        let event_cache = client.event_cache();
+
+        // Don't forget to subscribe and like^W enable storage!
+        event_cache.subscribe().unwrap();
+        event_cache.enable_storage().unwrap();
+
+        client.base_client().get_or_create_room(room_id, matrix_sdk_base::RoomState::Joined);
+        let room = client.get_room(room_id).unwrap();
+
+        let (room_event_cache, _drop_handles) = room.event_cache().await.unwrap();
+
+        let (items, mut stream) = room_event_cache.subscribe().await.unwrap();
+
+        // The rooms knows about the cached events.
+        assert!(room_event_cache.event(event_id1).await.is_some());
+
+        // The reloaded room must contain the two events.
+        assert_eq!(items.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(items[0].event_id().unwrap(), event_id1);
+        assert_eq!(items[1].event_id().unwrap(), event_id2);
+
+        assert!(stream.is_empty());
+
+        // After clearing,…
+        room_event_cache.clear().await.unwrap();
+
+        //…we get an update that the content has been cleared.
+        assert_let_timeout!(Ok(RoomEventCacheUpdate::Clear) = stream.recv());
+
+        // The room event cache has forgotten about the events.
+        assert!(room_event_cache.event(event_id1).await.is_none());
+
+        let (items, _) = room_event_cache.subscribe().await.unwrap();
+        assert!(items.is_empty());
+
+        // The event cache store too.
+        let reloaded = event_cache_store.reload_linked_chunk(room_id).await.unwrap();
+        // Note: while the event cache store could return `None` here, clearing it will
+        // reset it to its initial form, maintaining the invariant that it
+        // contains a single items chunk that's empty.
+        let linked_chunk = reloaded.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(linked_chunk.num_items(), 0);
+    }
+
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))] // This uses the cross-process lock, so needs time support.
     #[async_test]
     async fn test_load_from_storage() {