compact wire protocol

client/main.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import diff from "npm:fast-diff";
+import { decompressOps } from "../compression.ts";
 import { Packet } from "../proto.ts";
 import { CausalTree, CausalTreeOp } from "../sync/ordt/causal-tree.ts";
 import { PlainTextOperation, PlainTextORDT } from "../sync/ordt/plain-text.ts";
@@ -31,7 +32,8 @@ const initialized = Promise.withResolvers<Packet & { t: "init" }>();
 socket.addEventListener("message", ev => {
   const packet = JSON.parse(ev.data) as Packet;
   if (packet.t === "init") {
-    for (const op of packet.ops) pt.apply(op);
+    const ops = decompressOps(packet.ops);
+    for (const op of ops) pt.apply(op);
     initialized.resolve(packet);
   } else if (packet.t === "op") {
     pt.apply(packet.op);

compression.ts

@@ -2,14 +2,15 @@ import { Timestamp } from "./sync/common.ts";
 import { CausalTree, CausalTreeOp, WeakCausalTreeOp } from "./sync/ordt/causal-tree.ts";
 import { PlainTextOperation } from "./sync/ordt/plain-text.ts";
 
-type VerbatimRun = WeakCausalTreeOp<PlainTextOperation>;
+type VerbatimOp = WeakCausalTreeOp<PlainTextOperation>;
 type CompressedRun = { st: Timestamp; p: Timestamp | undefined; seq: string };
-type Run = VerbatimRun | CompressedRun;
 
-export function compressOps(ops: CausalTreeOp<PlainTextOperation>[]): Run[] {
+export type CompactedOperations = (VerbatimOp | CompressedRun)[];
-  if (ops.length === 0) throw new Error("can't create a compressed run!");
 
-  const runs: Run[] = [];
+export function compressOps(ops: CausalTreeOp<PlainTextOperation>[]): CompactedOperations {
+  if (ops.length === 0) return [];
+
+  const runs: CompactedOperations = [];
   let seq = "";
   let cnt = 0;
   let start: Timestamp | undefined;
@@ -18,8 +19,10 @@ export function compressOps(ops: CausalTreeOp<PlainTextOperation>[]): Run[] {
     const op = ops[i];
     const lastOp = ops[i - 1];
 
-    if (!start) start = op.at;
+    if (!start) {
-    if (!firstParent) firstParent = op.parent?.at;
+      start = op.at;
+      firstParent = op.parent?.at;
+    }
 
     if (
       op.type === "insert" &&
@@ -54,16 +57,18 @@ export function compressOps(ops: CausalTreeOp<PlainTextOperation>[]): Run[] {
   return runs;
 }
 
-export function decompressOps(runs: Run[]): WeakCausalTreeOp<PlainTextOperation>[] {
+export function decompressOps(
+  compacted: CompactedOperations,
+): WeakCausalTreeOp<PlainTextOperation>[] {
   const ops: WeakCausalTreeOp<PlainTextOperation>[] = [];
 
-  for (const run of runs) {
+  for (const item of compacted) {
-    if ("st" in run) {
+    if ("st" in item) {
       let i = 0;
-      let parent: Timestamp | undefined = run.p;
+      let parent: Timestamp | undefined = item.p;
-      for (const c of run.seq) {
+      for (const c of item.seq) {
         const op = {
-          at: [run.st[0], run.st[1] + i] as Timestamp,
+          at: [item.st[0], item.st[1] + i] as Timestamp,
           parent,
           type: "insert",
           sequence: c,
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ export function decompressOps(runs: Run[]): WeakCausalTreeOp<PlainTextOperation>
         i++;
       }
     } else {
-      ops.push(run);
+      ops.push(item);
     }
   }
 

proto.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import { CompactedOperations } from "./compression.ts";
 import { WeakCausalTreeOp } from "./sync/ordt/causal-tree.ts";
 import { PlainTextOperation } from "./sync/ordt/plain-text.ts";
 
 export type Packet =
-  | { t: "init"; ops: WeakCausalTreeOp<PlainTextOperation>[]; you: string }
+  | { t: "init"; ops: CompactedOperations; you: string }
   | { t: "op"; op: WeakCausalTreeOp<PlainTextOperation> };

server.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Application, Router } from "@oak/oak";
+import { compressOps } from "./compression.ts";
 import { Packet } from "./proto.ts";
 import { CausalTree } from "./sync/ordt/causal-tree.ts";
 import { PlainTextORDT } from "./sync/ordt/plain-text.ts";
@@ -13,10 +14,14 @@ const sockets = new Set<WebSocket>();
 router.get("/api/connect", ctx => {
   const socket = ctx.upgrade();
   sockets.add(socket);
+
+  const connectionId = crypto.randomUUID();
+
   socket.addEventListener("message", event => {
     if (typeof event.data !== "string") return;
 
     const op = JSON.parse(event.data);
+    op.at[0] = connectionId;
     pt.apply(op); // mutates op to strong
     const weakOp = CausalTree.toWeakOp(op);
 
@@ -33,8 +38,8 @@ router.get("/api/connect", ctx => {
     socket.send(
       JSON.stringify({
         t: "init",
-        ops: pt.operations.map(it => CausalTree.toWeakOp(it)),
+        ops: compressOps(pt.operations),
-        you: crypto.randomUUID(),
+        you: connectionId,
       } satisfies Packet),
     );
   };