There are problems with `SlidingSyncListRequestGenerator`:
* It's part of the module API,
* It contains a clone of `SlidingSyncList`.
To create a `SlidingSyncListRequestGenerator`, one has to
call `SlidingSyncList::request_generator`. It was done in
`SlidingSync::stream`. The problem is that it clones `SlidingSyncList`.
So theoritically it is possible to create multiple request generators
for the _same_ list, and use them to send many requests and to update
the _same_ list with multiple responses. This is utterly error-prone and
can lead to really complex bugs to discover.
Moreover, it's a lot of clones. Cloning a
`SlidingSyncListRequestGenerator` isn't cheap as it means cloning a
`SlidingSyncList`. Moreover, cloning a `SlidingSyncList` isn't cheap as
it means cloning the entire struct.
Having `SlidingSyncListRequestGenerator` inside the module API also
makes the code of `SlidingSync` more complex (why having to deal with
lists and request generators at the same time? we must be very careful
to maintain both side by side? what if a list is removed but not its
request generator? and so on).
So. This patch simplifies all that.
First off, it extracts all the fields of `SlidingSyncList` into a
`SlidingSyncListInner` struct. Then, `SlidingSyncList` has only one
field: `Arc<SlidingSyncListInner>`. Boom, it's now cheap to clone it.
Second, `SlidingSyncListRequestGenerator` is only a
struct with constructors, but there is no extra methods.
`SlidingSyncListRequestGenerator` _no longer_ contains a
`SlidingSyncList`, and doesn't no need a list at all to work. It's just
values.
Third, `SlidingSyncList` holds a `SlidingSyncListRequestGenerator`, and
only one.
Fourth, `SlidingSyncList` (and `SlidingSyncListInner`) now has methods
to handle the internal request generator. The initial `impl Iterator for
SlidingSyncListRequestGenerator` becomes a simple
`SlidingSyncList::next_request` method.
Fifth, previously, the `SlidingSyncList::handle_response`
was never called directly by `SlidingSync`. It was called by
`SlidingSyncListRequestGenerator`! How confusing! `SlidingSync` called
`SlidingSyncListRequestGenerator::handle_response` which was calling
`SlidingSyncList::handle_response`. Now, the flow is more natural:
`SlidingSync` calls `SlidingSyncList::handle_response` and that's it.
Sixth, the `SlidingSyncList::handle_response` is now composed of 2
parts: updating the list itself, and updating the request generator. It
was kind of the case before, but onto two different types.
It was unclear which types were updating `SlidingSyncList`.
For example, `SlidingSyncList::state` was updated by…
`SlidingSyncListRequestGenerator`. Now `SlidingSyncList` is responsible
to update itself, and no one else.
Finally, `SlidingSync` no longer have to deal with
`SlidingSyncListRequestGenerator`. All it has is a set of
`SlidingSyncList`, and that's it!
The tests are still passing, hurray.
In `SlidingSyncListBuilder`, the `ranges`, `set_range`, and `add_range`
methods do not take a `u32` but a `U: Into<UInt>`. That's great!
However, in `SlidingSyncList`, the same methods take a `u32`. It makes
the API inconsistent.
This patch fixes that.
This patch renames `SlidingSyncList.set_ranges` to `ranges` so that
it matches the same terminology of the `SlidingSyncListBuilder` with
`ranges`, `set_range`, `add_range` and `reset_ranges`.
Consistency is important here.
The `SlidingSyncList::new_builder` method creates a new builder from a
`SlidingSyncList`. This method was missing some configurations, like
`full_sync_maximum_numbre_of_rooms_to_fetch`, `send_updates_for_items`,
`filters`, `ranges` and `timeline_limit`.
This patchs adds those missing configurations.
The `SlidingSyncListBuilder` struct has a `state` and a `rooms_list`
fields. Those fields are never updated and no setters or getters exist
to use them. There are just set with defaults, and passed to the final
`SlidingSyncList` type within the `build` method.
If a field is present in a builder type, it means they can be modified,
but it's not the case. So this patch removes them.
Event deduplication is supposed to be handled by the `Timeline`. Sliding
Sync is not responsible to de-duplicate the events, in our model. Having
two different de-duplication logics (one in Sliding Sync, and one in the
Timeline) could create weird situations, and hard to debug issues.
We give it a try by removing the deduplication from Sliding Sync.
