Implement LiveObjects.getRoot() method

Resolves DTP-951

src/plugins/liveobjects/liveobjects.ts

@@ -2,16 +2,24 @@ import type BaseClient from 'common/lib/client/baseclient';
 import type RealtimeChannel from 'common/lib/client/realtimechannel';
 import type ErrorInfo from 'common/lib/types/errorinfo';
 import type * as API from '../../../ably';
+import type EventEmitter from 'common/lib/util/eventemitter';
 import { LiveCounter } from './livecounter';
 import { LiveMap } from './livemap';
 import { LiveObject } from './liveobject';
 import { LiveObjectsPool, ROOT_OBJECT_ID } from './liveobjectspool';
 import { StateMessage } from './statemessage';
 import { SyncLiveObjectsDataPool } from './syncliveobjectsdatapool';
 
+enum LiveObjectsEvents {
+  SyncCompleted = 'SyncCompleted',
+}
+
 export class LiveObjects {
   private _client: BaseClient;
   private _channel: RealtimeChannel;
+  // composition over inheritance since we cannot import class directly into plugin code.
+  // instead we obtain a class type from the client
+  private _eventEmitter: EventEmitter;
   private _liveObjectsPool: LiveObjectsPool;
   private _syncLiveObjectsDataPool: SyncLiveObjectsDataPool;
   private _syncInProgress: boolean;
@@ -21,14 +29,24 @@ export class LiveObjects {
   constructor(channel: RealtimeChannel) {
     this._channel = channel;
     this._client = channel.client;
+    this._eventEmitter = new this._client.EventEmitter(this._client.logger);
     this._liveObjectsPool = new LiveObjectsPool(this);
     this._syncLiveObjectsDataPool = new SyncLiveObjectsDataPool(this);
     this._syncInProgress = true;
   }
 
   async getRoot(): Promise<LiveMap> {
-    // TODO: wait for SYNC sequence to finish to return root
-    return this._liveObjectsPool.get(ROOT_OBJECT_ID) as LiveMap;
+    if (!this._syncInProgress) {
+      // SYNC is finished, can return immediately root object from pool
+      return this._liveObjectsPool.get(ROOT_OBJECT_ID) as LiveMap;
+    }
+
+    // otherwise wait for SYNC sequence to finish
+    return new Promise((res) => {
+      this._eventEmitter.once(LiveObjectsEvents.SyncCompleted, () => {
+        res(this._liveObjectsPool.get(ROOT_OBJECT_ID) as LiveMap);
+      });
+    });
   }
 
   /**

test/realtime/live_objects.test.js

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ define(['ably', 'shared_helper', 'async', 'chai', 'live_objects'], function (
           await helper.monitorConnectionThenCloseAndFinish(async () => {
             const channel = client.channels.get('channel');
             const liveObjects = channel.liveObjects;
+            await channel.attach();
             const root = await liveObjects.getRoot();
 
             expect(root.constructor.name).to.equal('LiveMap');
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ define(['ably', 'shared_helper', 'async', 'chai', 'live_objects'], function (
           await helper.monitorConnectionThenCloseAndFinish(async () => {
             const channel = client.channels.get('channel');
             const liveObjects = channel.liveObjects;
+            await channel.attach();
             const root = await liveObjects.getRoot();
 
             helper.recordPrivateApi('call.LiveObject.getObjectId');