otalk-model-message

An Ampersand state model representing the content and life-cyle of an XMPP message.

Installing

$ npm install otalk-model-message

Reference

var Message = require('otalk-model-message');
var msg = new Message();

Properties

.ackReceived - {Boolean}

Set this flag to true when an ack from the server is received for this message.

.ackRequested - {Boolean}

Set this flag to true if an ack from the server was requested when sending the message.

.archivedID - {Boolean}

A peristent and unique ID for this message used for message archive history.

.body - {String}

The textual content of the message.

.comparator - {Date}

Either the .createdTime or .delayedTime value. We generally want this value for sorting messages instead of using the .timestamp directly, because we don't want messages that have been edited to suddenly jump around.

.createdTime - {Date}

The timestamp of when the Message object was created, which in normal use cases will be when the message was sent.

.delayedTime - {Date}

The timestamp for when a message was originally sent, if its delivery was delayed (such as delivering after having been offline).

.delayed - {Boolean}(Derived)

This flag will turn true if the message has .delayedTime set.

.editedTime - {Date}

The timestamp for when a message was edited.

.edited - {Boolean}(Derived)

This flag will turn true when a .editedTime is set, which is also handled by using the .correct() method.

.errorCondition - {String}

If an error reply is received for a message, set .errorCondition to the error name.

.errorMessage - {String}

If an error reply is received for a message, set .errorMessage to the explanatory text of the error.

.fromBare - {String}(Derived)

The XMPP account of the sender of the message.

.fromFull - {String}(Derived)

The complete XMPP address of the sender of the message.

.fromResource - {String}(Derived)

The XMPP resource of the sender of the message.

.from - {JID}

The XMPP address of the sender of the message, as a JID object.

.isMine - {Boolean}

Set this flag to true if this message was from you.

.localeTimestamp - {String}(Derived)

A locale-based formatted version of .timestamp, which will include the date if the timestamp is not for "today".

.meAction - {Boolean}(Derived)

This flag will turn to true if the .body field starts with four characters /me.

.mid - {String}

The XMPP stanza ID for the message. This is only intended for short-term tracking, not a globally unique or persistent ID.

.nick - {String}

An optional nickname used by the sender of the message for themself.

.parentThread - {String}

An opaque reference to the parent thread of conversation, if this message started a new thread.

.pendingAck - {Boolean}(Derived)

This flag will turn to true when .ackRequested is true, but .ackReceived is false.

.pendingReceipt - {Boolean}(Derived)

This flag will turn to true when .receiptRequested is true, but .receiptReceived is false.

.receiptReceived - {Boolean}

Set this flag to true if a delivery receipt is later received for this message.

.receiptRequested - {Boolean}

Set this flag to true if a request for a delivery receipt was included with this message when it was sent.

.subject - {String}

A user supplied subject for the message.

.thread - {String}

An opaque value for associating the message with a conversation thread.

.timestamp - {Date}(Derived)

The best-known time of the creation of the message, based on when the message was received, if the message was delayed, and if the message has been subsequently edited.

.toBare - {String}(Derived)

The XMPP account of the recipient of the message.

.toFull - {String}(Derived)

The complete XMPP address of the recipient of the message.

.toResource - {String}(Derived)

The XMPP resource of the recipient of the message.

.to - {JID}

The XMPP address of the recipient of the message, as a JID object.

.type - {String}

Intended (but not restricted) to be one of: normal, chat, groupchat, headline, error

.uris - {Array<String>}

A list of URIs contained in the message. How this set of URIs is determined is left to the user, but it can be done by extracting them from the body text, or via dedicated protocol support such as Out of Band Data.

Methods

.correct(updatedMsg)

• updatedMsg - {Message}

The .correct() method is used to support message correction, where a newly received message needs to edit an existing message. The results of calling .correct() are to set the .editedTime field, along with updating various fields such as body and subject.

License

MIT