Add ChatItem type

ChatItem can represent markers as enum variants instead of special MsgIds.

deltachat-ffi/src/dc_array.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use crate::chat::ChatItem;
+use crate::constants::{DC_MSG_ID_DAYMARKER, DC_MSG_ID_MARKER1};
 use crate::location::Location;
 use crate::message::MsgId;
 
@@ -5,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::message::MsgId;
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum dc_array_t {
     MsgIds(Vec<MsgId>),
+    Chat(Vec<ChatItem>),
     Locations(Vec<Location>),
     Uint(Vec<u32>),
 }
@@ -13,6 +16,11 @@ impl dc_array_t {
     pub(crate) fn get_id(&self, index: usize) -> u32 {
         match self {
             Self::MsgIds(array) => array[index].to_u32(),
+            Self::Chat(array) => match array[index] {
+                ChatItem::Message { msg_id } => msg_id.to_u32(),
+                ChatItem::Marker1 => DC_MSG_ID_MARKER1,
+                ChatItem::DayMarker => DC_MSG_ID_DAYMARKER,
+            },
             Self::Locations(array) => array[index].location_id,
             Self::Uint(array) => array[index],
         }
@@ -30,6 +38,7 @@ impl dc_array_t {
     pub(crate) fn len(&self) -> usize {
         match self {
             Self::MsgIds(array) => array.len(),
+            Self::Chat(array) => array.len(),
             Self::Locations(array) => array.len(),
             Self::Uint(array) => array.len(),
         }
@@ -52,6 +61,12 @@ impl From<Vec<MsgId>> for dc_array_t {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<Vec<ChatItem>> for dc_array_t {
+    fn from(array: Vec<ChatItem>) -> Self {
+        dc_array_t::Chat(array)
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Vec<Location>> for dc_array_t {
     fn from(array: Vec<Location>) -> Self {
         dc_array_t::Locations(array)

src/chat.rs

@@ -24,6 +24,22 @@ use crate::param::*;
 use crate::sql;
 use crate::stock::StockMessage;
 
+/// An chat item, such as a message or a marker.
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
+pub enum ChatItem {
+    Message {
+        msg_id: MsgId,
+    },
+
+    /// A marker without inherent meaning. It is inserted before user
+    /// supplied MsgId.
+    Marker1,
+
+    /// Day marker, separating messages that correspond to different
+    /// days according to local time.
+    DayMarker,
+}
+
 /// Chat ID, including reserved IDs.
 ///
 /// Some chat IDs are reserved to identify special chat types.  This
@@ -1580,7 +1596,7 @@ pub async fn get_chat_msgs(
     chat_id: ChatId,
     flags: u32,
     marker1before: Option<MsgId>,
-) -> Vec<MsgId> {
+) -> Vec<ChatItem> {
     match delete_device_expired_messages(context).await {
         Err(err) => warn!(context, "Failed to delete expired messages: {}", err),
         Ok(messages_deleted) => {
@@ -1603,18 +1619,18 @@ pub async fn get_chat_msgs(
             let (curr_id, ts) = row?;
             if let Some(marker_id) = marker1before {
                 if curr_id == marker_id {
-                    ret.push(MsgId::new(DC_MSG_ID_MARKER1));
+                    ret.push(ChatItem::Marker1);
                 }
             }
             if (flags & DC_GCM_ADDDAYMARKER) != 0 {
                 let curr_local_timestamp = ts + cnv_to_local;
                 let curr_day = curr_local_timestamp / 86400;
                 if curr_day != last_day {
-                    ret.push(MsgId::new(DC_MSG_ID_DAYMARKER));
+                    ret.push(ChatItem::DayMarker);
                     last_day = curr_day;
                 }
             }
-            ret.push(curr_id);
+            ret.push(ChatItem::Message { msg_id: curr_id });
         }
         Ok(ret)
     };

src/dc_receive_imf.rs

@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ fn dc_create_incoming_rfc724_mid(
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::chat::ChatVisibility;
+    use crate::chat::{ChatItem, ChatVisibility};
     use crate::chatlist::Chatlist;
     use crate::message::Message;
     use crate::test_utils::*;
@@ -2118,7 +2118,11 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
         let msgs = chat::get_chat_msgs(&t.ctx, group_id, 0, None).await;
         assert_eq!(msgs.len(), 1);
-        let msg_id = msgs.first().unwrap();
+        let msg_id = if let ChatItem::Message { msg_id } = msgs.first().unwrap() {
+            msg_id
+        } else {
+            panic!("Wrong item type");
+        };
         let msg = message::Message::load_from_db(&t.ctx, msg_id.clone())
             .await
             .unwrap();
@@ -2253,7 +2257,11 @@ mod tests {
         );
         let msgs = chat::get_chat_msgs(&t.ctx, chat_id, 0, None).await;
         assert_eq!(msgs.len(), 1);
-        let msg_id = msgs.first().unwrap();
+        let msg_id = if let ChatItem::Message { msg_id } = msgs.first().unwrap() {
+            msg_id
+        } else {
+            panic!("Wrong item type");
+        };
         let msg = message::Message::load_from_db(&t.ctx, msg_id.clone())
             .await
             .unwrap();
@@ -2516,9 +2524,12 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(msg.state, MessageState::OutFailed);
 
         let msgs = chat::get_chat_msgs(&t.ctx, msg.chat_id, 0, None).await;
-        let last_msg = Message::load_from_db(&t.ctx, *msgs.last().unwrap())
-            .await
-            .unwrap();
+        let msg_id = if let ChatItem::Message { msg_id } = msgs.last().unwrap() {
+            msg_id
+        } else {
+            panic!("Wrong item type");
+        };
+        let last_msg = Message::load_from_db(&t.ctx, *msg_id).await.unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(
             last_msg.text,

src/message.rs

@@ -68,20 +68,6 @@ impl MsgId {
         self.0 == 0
     }
 
-    /// Whether the message ID is the special marker1 marker.
-    ///
-    /// See the docs of the `dc_get_chat_msgs` C API for details.
-    pub fn is_marker1(self) -> bool {
-        self.0 == DC_MSG_ID_MARKER1
-    }
-
-    /// Whether the message ID is the special day marker.
-    ///
-    /// See the docs of the `dc_get_chat_msgs` C API for details.
-    pub fn is_daymarker(self) -> bool {
-        self.0 == DC_MSG_ID_DAYMARKER
-    }
-
     /// Put message into trash chat and delete message text.
     ///
     /// It means the message is deleted locally, but not on the server
@@ -143,16 +129,7 @@ impl MsgId {
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for MsgId {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        // Would be nice if we could use match here, but no computed values in ranges.
-        if self.0 == DC_MSG_ID_MARKER1 {
-            write!(f, "Msg#Marker1")
-        } else if self.0 == DC_MSG_ID_DAYMARKER {
-            write!(f, "Msg#DayMarker")
-        } else if self.0 <= DC_MSG_ID_LAST_SPECIAL {
-            write!(f, "Msg#UnknownSpecial")
-        } else {
-            write!(f, "Msg#{}", self.0)
-        }
+        write!(f, "Msg#{}", self.0)
     }
 }