1.0.76

package-lock.json

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
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+  "version": "1.0.76",
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   "requires": true,
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@@ -344,9 +353,24 @@
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+      },
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+          }
+        }
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+        "diff": "^4.0.1",
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     "tslint-config-prettier": {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@pushrocks/smartuniverse",
-  "version": "1.0.70",
+  "version": "1.0.76",
   "private": false,
   "description": "messaging service for your micro services",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
     "@gitzone/tsbuild": "^2.1.17",
     "@gitzone/tstest": "^1.0.24",
     "@pushrocks/tapbundle": "^3.0.13",
-    "@types/node": "^12.7.3",
-    "tslint": "^5.19.0",
+    "@types/node": "^12.7.4",
+    "tslint": "^5.20.0",
     "tslint-config-prettier": "^1.18.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
     "@pushrocks/smarthash": "^2.0.6",
     "@pushrocks/smartlog": "^2.0.19",
     "@pushrocks/smartpromise": "^3.0.2",
-    "@pushrocks/smartrequest": "^1.1.23",
-    "@pushrocks/smartrx": "^2.0.3",
-    "@pushrocks/smartsocket": "^1.1.46",
+    "@pushrocks/smartrequest": "^1.1.27",
+    "@pushrocks/smartrx": "^2.0.5",
+    "@pushrocks/smartsocket": "^1.1.49",
     "@pushrocks/smarttime": "^3.0.12",
     "@pushrocks/smartunique": "^3.0.1"
   },

test/test.ts

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ tap.test('a second client should be able to subscibe', async () => {
 tap.test('should receive a message correctly', async () => {});
 
 tap.test('should disconnect the client correctly', async () => {
-  testClientUniverse.stop();
+  await testClientUniverse.stop();
 });
 
 tap.test('should end the server correctly', async tools => {

ts/interfaces/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export * from './http.interfaces';
+export * from './socketfunctionrequests';
 export * from './universechannel.interfaces';
 export * from './universemessage.interfaces';
 export * from './universeactions.interfaces';

ts/interfaces/socketfunctionrequests.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import * as interfaces from './index';
+
+export interface ISocketRequest_SubscribeChannel {
+  method: 'subscribeChannel';
+  request: {
+    name: string;
+    passphrase: string;
+  };
+  response: {
+    subscriptionStatus: 'subscribed' | 'unsubscribed'
+  };
+}
+
+export interface ISocketRequest_ProcessMessage {
+  method: 'processMessage';
+  request: interfaces.IUniverseMessage;
+  response: {
+    messageStatus: 'ok' | 'channel not found'
+  };
+}

ts/interfaces/universeactions.interfaces.ts

@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@ export type IServerCallActions =
   | 'channelUnsubscribe'
   | 'terminateConnection';
 
-/**
- * the interface for a subscription
- */
-export interface IServerCallSubscribeActionPayload {
-  name: string;
-  passphrase: string;
-}
 
 export interface IServerUnsubscribeActionPayload {
   name: string;

ts/interfaces/universemessage.interfaces.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export interface IMessageCreator {
 }
 
 /**
- *
+ * A universe
  */
 export interface IUniverseMessage extends IMessageCreator {
   id: string;

ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniverse.ts

@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ export class ClientUniverse {
     await this.checkConnection();
   }
 
-  public stop() {
-    this.smartsocketClient.disconnect();
+  public async stop() {
+    await this.smartsocketClient.disconnect();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -113,14 +113,30 @@ export class ClientUniverse {
       /**
        * handles message reception
        */
-      const socketFunctionProcessMessage = new plugins.smartsocket.SocketFunction({
+      const socketFunctionProcessMessage = new plugins.smartsocket.SocketFunction<
+        interfaces.ISocketRequest_ProcessMessage
+      >({
         funcName: 'processMessage',
         allowedRoles: [],
-        funcDef: async (messageDescriptorArg: interfaces.IUniverseMessage) => {
+        funcDef: async messageDescriptorArg => {
           plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log('info', 'Got message from server');
-          this.observableIntake.push(
-            ClientUniverseMessage.createMessageFromMessageDescriptor(messageDescriptorArg)
+          const clientUniverseMessage = ClientUniverseMessage.createMessageFromMessageDescriptor(
+            messageDescriptorArg
           );
+          this.observableIntake.push(clientUniverseMessage);
+
+          // lets find the corresponding channel
+          const targetChannel = this.getChannel(clientUniverseMessage.targetChannelName);
+          if (targetChannel) {
+            await targetChannel.emitMessageLocally(clientUniverseMessage);
+            return {
+              messageStatus: 'ok'
+            };
+          } else {
+            return {
+              messageStatus: 'channel not found'
+            };
+          }
         }
       });
 

ts/smartuniverse.classes.clientuniversechannel.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import * as plugins from './smartuniverse.plugins';
 import * as interfaces from './interfaces';
 
 import { ClientUniverse } from './';
+import { ClientUniverseMessage } from './smartuniverse.classes.clientuniversemessage';
+import { ReactionRequest } from './smartuniverse.classes.reactionrequest';
+import { ReactionResponse } from './smartuniverse.classes.reactionresponse';
 
 export class ClientUniverseChannel implements interfaces.IUniverseChannel {
   // ======
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ export class ClientUniverseChannel implements interfaces.IUniverseChannel {
   // properties
   public name: string;
   public passphrase: string;
+  public status: 'subscribed' | 'unsubscribed' = 'unsubscribed';
+  private subject = new plugins.smartrx.rxjs.Subject<ClientUniverseMessage>();
 
   // refs
   public clientUniverseRef: ClientUniverse;
@@ -48,16 +53,32 @@ export class ClientUniverseChannel implements interfaces.IUniverseChannel {
    * subscribes to a channel
    * tells the universe about this instances interest into a channel
    */
-  public async subscribe() {
-    const serverCallActionName: interfaces.IServerCallActions = 'channelSubscription';
-    const serverCallActionPayload: interfaces.IServerCallSubscribeActionPayload = {
-      name: this.name,
-      passphrase: this.passphrase
-    };
-    await this.clientUniverseRef.smartsocketClient.serverCall(
-      serverCallActionName,
-      serverCallActionPayload
-    );
+  public async subscribe(observerArg?: plugins.smartrx.rxjs.Observer<any>) {
+    // lets make sure the channel is connected
+    if (this.status === 'unsubscribed') {
+      const response = await this.clientUniverseRef.smartsocketClient.serverCall<interfaces.ISocketRequest_SubscribeChannel>(
+        'subscribeChannel',
+        {
+          name: this.name,
+          passphrase: this.passphrase
+        }
+      );
+      this.status = response.subscriptionStatus;
+    }
+
+    if (observerArg) {
+      return this.subject.subscribe(observerArg);
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  public async emitMessageLocally(messageArg: ClientUniverseMessage) {
+    this.subject.next(messageArg);
+  }
+
+  public askForReaction(reactionRequest: ReactionRequest): ReactionResponse {
+    const reactionResponse = new ReactionResponse();
+    return reactionResponse;
   }
 
   /**

ts/smartuniverse.classes.reactionrequest.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import * as plugins from './smartuniverse.plugins';
+
+export class ReactionRequest {
+  
+}

ts/smartuniverse.classes.reactionresponse.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import * as plugins from './smartuniverse.plugins';
+
+export class ReactionResponse {} 

ts/smartuniverse.classes.universe.ts

@@ -62,8 +62,18 @@ export class Universe {
    */
   public addChannel(nameArg: string, passphraseArg: string) {
     const newChannel = UniverseChannel.createChannel(this, nameArg, passphraseArg);
+    return newChannel;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * returns a channel
+   */
+  public getChannelByName(channelNameArg: string) {
+    return this.universeCache.channelMap.find(channelArg => {
+      return channelArg.name === channelNameArg;
+    });
+  };
+
   /**
    * initiates a server
    */
@@ -95,24 +105,21 @@ export class Universe {
     // add the role to smartsocket
     this.smartsocket.addSocketRoles([ClientRole]);
 
-    const socketFunctionSubscription = new plugins.smartsocket.SocketFunction({
+    const socketFunctionSubscription = new plugins.smartsocket.SocketFunction<interfaces.ISocketRequest_SubscribeChannel>({
       allowedRoles: [ClientRole], // there is only one client role, Authentication happens on another level
-      funcName: 'channelSubscription',
+      funcName: 'subscribeChannel',
       funcDef: async (
-        dataArg: interfaces.IServerCallSubscribeActionPayload,
+        dataArg,
         socketConnectionArg
       ) => {
-        // run in "this context" of this class
-        await (async () => {
-          const universeConnection = new UniverseConnection({
-            socketConnection: socketConnectionArg,
-            authenticationRequests: [dataArg]
-          });
-          await UniverseConnection.addConnectionToCache(this, universeConnection);
-          return {
-            'subscription status': 'success'
-          };
-        })();
+        const universeConnection = new UniverseConnection({
+          socketConnection: socketConnectionArg,
+          authenticationRequests: [dataArg]
+        });
+        await UniverseConnection.addConnectionToCache(this, universeConnection);
+        return {
+          subscriptionStatus: 'subscribed'
+        };
       }
     });
 
@@ -120,39 +127,36 @@ export class Universe {
       allowedRoles: [ClientRole], // there is only one client role, Authentication happens on another level
       funcName: 'processMessage',
       funcDef: async (dataArg: interfaces.IUniverseMessage, socketConnectionArg) => {
-        // run in "this" context of this class
-        await (async () => {
-          const universeConnection = UniverseConnection.findUniverseConnectionBySocketConnection(
-            this.universeCache,
-            socketConnectionArg
+        const universeConnection = UniverseConnection.findUniverseConnectionBySocketConnection(
+          this.universeCache,
+          socketConnectionArg
+        );
+        if (universeConnection) {
+          plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log(
+            'ok',
+            'found UniverseConnection for socket for incoming message'
           );
-          if (universeConnection) {
-            plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log(
-              'ok',
-              'found UniverseConnection for socket for incoming message'
-            );
-          } else {
-            plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log(
-              'warn',
-              'found no Authorized channel for incoming message'
-            );
-            return {
-              error: 'You need to authenticate for a channel'
-            };
-          }
-          const unauthenticatedMessage = UniverseMessage.createMessageFromPayload(
-            socketConnectionArg,
-            dataArg
+        } else {
+          plugins.smartlog.defaultLogger.log(
+            'warn',
+            'found no Authorized channel for incoming message'
           );
-          const foundChannel = await UniverseChannel.authorizeAMessageForAChannel(
-            this.universeCache,
-            unauthenticatedMessage
-          );
-          if (foundChannel && unauthenticatedMessage.authenticated) {
-            const authenticatedMessage = unauthenticatedMessage;
-            await this.universeCache.addMessage(authenticatedMessage);
-          }
-        })();
+          return {
+            error: 'You need to authenticate for a channel'
+          };
+        }
+        const unauthenticatedMessage = UniverseMessage.createMessageFromPayload(
+          socketConnectionArg,
+          dataArg
+        );
+        const foundChannel = await UniverseChannel.authorizeAMessageForAChannel(
+          this.universeCache,
+          unauthenticatedMessage
+        );
+        if (foundChannel && unauthenticatedMessage.authenticated) {
+          const authenticatedMessage = unauthenticatedMessage;
+          await this.universeCache.addMessage(authenticatedMessage);
+        }
       }
     });
 

ts/smartuniverse.classes.universecache.ts

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class UniverseCache {
     UniverseChannel.authorizeAMessageForAChannel(this, messageArg);
     this.messageMap.add(messageArg);
     messageArg.universeChannelList.forEach(universeChannel => {
-      universeChannel.pushToClients(messageArg);
+      universeChannel.push(messageArg);
     });
   }
 

ts/smartuniverse.classes.universechannel.ts

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export class UniverseChannel {
    */
   public name: string;
   public universeRef: Universe;
+  private subject = new plugins.smartrx.rxjs.Subject<UniverseMessage>();
 
   /**
    * the passphrase for the channel
@@ -113,7 +114,8 @@ export class UniverseChannel {
    * pushes a message to clients
    * @param messageArg
    */
-  public async pushToClients(messageArg: UniverseMessage) {
+  public async push(messageArg: UniverseMessage) {
+    this.subject.next(messageArg);
     const universeConnectionsWithChannelAccess: UniverseConnection[] = [];
     this.universeRef.universeCache.connectionMap.forEach(async socketConnection => {
       if (socketConnection.authenticatedChannels.includes(this)) {
@@ -139,4 +141,25 @@ export class UniverseChannel {
       );
     }
   }
+
+  // functions to interact with a channel locally
+  public async subscribe(observer: plugins.smartrx.rxjs.Observer<any>) {
+    return this.subject.subscribe(observer);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * sends a message to the channel
+   */
+  public async sendMessage(messageDescriptor: interfaces.IMessageCreator) {
+    const messageToSend = new UniverseMessage({
+      id: plugins.smartunique.shortId(),
+      messageText: messageDescriptor.messageText,
+      payload: messageDescriptor.payload,
+      payloadStringType: messageDescriptor.payloadStringType,
+      targetChannelName: this.name,
+      passphrase: this.passphrase,
+      timestamp: Date.now()
+    });
+    this.push(messageToSend);
+  }
 }

ts/smartuniverse.classes.universeconnection.ts

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export class UniverseConnection {
    * the socketClient to ping
    */
   public socketConnection: plugins.smartsocket.SocketConnection;
-  public authenticationRequests: interfaces.IServerCallSubscribeActionPayload[] = [];
+  public authenticationRequests: Array<interfaces.ISocketRequest_SubscribeChannel['request']> = [];
   public subscribedChannels: UniverseChannel[] = [];
   public authenticatedChannels: UniverseChannel[] = [];
   public failedToJoinChannels: UniverseChannel[] = [];
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export class UniverseConnection {
 
   constructor(optionsArg: {
     socketConnection: plugins.smartsocket.SocketConnection;
-    authenticationRequests: interfaces.IServerCallSubscribeActionPayload[];
+    authenticationRequests: Array<interfaces.ISocketRequest_SubscribeChannel['request']>;
   }) {
     this.authenticationRequests = optionsArg.authenticationRequests;
     this.socketConnection = optionsArg.socketConnection;