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/**
 * This file is part of Haketilo.
 *
 * Function: Broadcast messages to different execution contexts of the extension
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2021 Wojtek Kosior
 *
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 */

#FROM common/message_server.js IMPORT connect_to_background

function sender_connection()
{
    return {
	type: "sender",
	port: connect_to_background("broadcast_send")
    };
}
#EXPORT sender_connection

function out(sender_conn, channel_name, value)
{
    sender_conn.port.postMessage(["broadcast", channel_name, value]);
}
#EXPORT out

/*
 * prepare()'d message will be broadcasted if the connection is closed or when
 * flush() is called. All messages prepared by given sender will be discarded
 * when discard() is called.
 *
 * Timeout will cause the prepared message to be broadcasted after given number
 * of miliseconds unless discard() is called in the meantime. It is mostly
 * useful as a fallback in case this connection end gets nuked (e.g. because
 * browser window is closed) and onDisconnect event is not dispatched to
 * background script's Port object. This is only an issue for browsers as old as
 * IceCat 60: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1392067
 *
 * Timeout won't be scheduled at all if its value is given as 0.
 */
function prepare(sender_conn, channel_name, value, timeout=5000)
{
    sender_conn.port.postMessage(["prepare", channel_name, value, timeout]);
}
#EXPORT prepare

function discard(sender_conn)
{
    sender_conn.port.postMessage(["discard"]);
}
#EXPORT discard

function flush(sender_conn)
{
    sender_conn.port.postMessage(["flush"]);
}
#EXPORT flush

function listener_connection(cb)
{
    const conn = {
	type: "listener",
	port: connect_to_background("broadcast_listen")
    };

    conn.port.onMessage.addListener(cb);

    return conn;
}
#EXPORT listener_connection

function subscribe(listener_conn, channel_name)
{
    listener_conn.port.postMessage(["subscribe", channel_name]);
}
#EXPORT subscribe

function unsubscribe(listener_conn, channel_name)
{
    listener_conn.port.postMessage(["unsubscribe", channel_name]);
}
#EXPORT unsubscribe

function close(conn)
{
    if (conn.type === "sender")
	flush(conn);
    setTimeout(() => conn.port.disconnect());
}
#EXPORT close