From 47dbde4bdd32cd82b772faf81c809456c8d36e68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: akwizgran Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 13:09:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update MessagingClient --- MessagingClient.md | 16 ++++------------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/MessagingClient.md b/MessagingClient.md index 35c548c..b312d69 100644 --- a/MessagingClient.md +++ b/MessagingClient.md @@ -1,31 +1,23 @@ -MessagingClient is a [BSP client](BSP) that synchronises private messages between pairs of devices. +The messaging client is a [BSP client](BSP) that synchronises private messages between pairs of devices. ### Group identifiers -MessagingClient uses the following client identifier: -`6bcd c006 c091 0b0f 44e4 0644 c3b3 1f1a 8bf9 a6d6 021d 40d2 19c8 6b73 1b90 3070` +The client's identifier is `org.briarproject.briar.messaging`. The client uses a separate group for each pair of contacts. The [group descriptor](BSP#group-identifiers) is a [BDF list](BDF) containing the unique IDs of the contacts' identities, sorted in ascending order as byte strings. ### Message types -**0: PRIVATE_MESSAGE** - The content is a BDF list with four elements: `parent_id` (raw or null), `content_type` (string), `body` (raw), and `attachments` (dictionary or null). `parent_id` is the identifier of a private message to which this is a response. Each key in `attachments` is the name of an attachment, and the value is a list with two elements: `content_type` (string) and `message_id` (raw). - -**1: ATTACHMENT** - The content is raw data. +**PRIVATE_MESSAGE** - The content is a BDF list with one: `content` (string). ### Validity policy * A private message is valid if it is well-formed. -* An attachment is always valid. - -Note that a private message can be validated before its attachments have been received, and an attachment can be validated before it has been completely received. ### Storage policy -* All local messages are stored. -* All remote messages are stored. +* All messages are stored. ### Sharing policy * All local messages are shared. -* All remote messages are shared.