nwaku/waku/v2/utils/pagination.nim

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## Contains types and utilities for pagination.
##
## Used by both message store and store protocol.
{.push raises: [Defect].}
import
./time,
nimcrypto/hash,
stew/byteutils
export hash
type
Index* = object
## This type contains the description of an Index used in the pagination of WakuMessages
digest*: MDigest[256] # calculated over payload and content topic
receiverTime*: Timestamp
senderTime*: Timestamp # the time at which the message is generated
pubsubTopic*: string
proc `==`*(x, y: Index): bool =
## receiverTime plays no role in index equality
(x.senderTime == y.senderTime) and
(x.digest == y.digest) and
(x.pubsubTopic == y.pubsubTopic)
proc cmp*(x, y: Index): int =
## compares x and y
## returns 0 if they are equal
## returns -1 if x < y
## returns 1 if x > y
##
## Default sorting order priority is:
## 1. senderTimestamp
## 2. receiverTimestamp (a fallback only if senderTimestamp unset on either side, and all other fields unequal)
## 3. message digest
## 4. pubsubTopic
if x == y:
# Quick exit ensures receiver time does not affect index equality
return 0
# Timestamp has a higher priority for comparison
let
# Use receiverTime where senderTime is unset
xTimestamp = if x.senderTime == 0: x.receiverTime
else: x.senderTime
yTimestamp = if y.senderTime == 0: y.receiverTime
else: y.senderTime
let timecmp = cmp(xTimestamp, yTimestamp)
if timecmp != 0:
return timecmp
# Continue only when timestamps are equal
let digestcmp = cmp(x.digest.data, y.digest.data)
if digestcmp != 0:
return digestcmp
return cmp(x.pubsubTopic, y.pubsubTopic)