riot-web/src/Unread.js

/*
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you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*/

var MatrixClientPeg = require('./MatrixClientPeg');

module.exports = {
    /**
     * Returns true iff this event arriving in a room should affect the room's
     * count of unread messages
     */
    eventTriggersUnreadCount: function(ev) {
        if (ev.getType() == "m.room.member") {
            return false;
        } else if (ev.getType == 'm.room.message' && ev.getContent().msgtype == 'm.notify') {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    },

    doesRoomHaveUnreadMessages: function(room) {
        var readUpToId = room.getEventReadUpTo(MatrixClientPeg.get().credentials.userId);
        // this just looks at whatever history we have, which if we've only just started
        // up probably won't be very much, so if the last couple of events are ones that
        // don't count, we don't know if there are any events that do count between where
        // we have and the read receipt. We could fetch more history to try & find out,
        // but currently we just guess.

        // Loop through messages, starting with the most recent...
        for (var i = room.timeline.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
            var ev = room.timeline[i];

            if (ev.getId() == readUpToId) {
                // If we've read up to this event, there's nothing more recents
                // that counts and we can stop looking because the user's read
                // this and everything before.
                return false;
            } else if (this.eventTriggersUnreadCount(ev)) {
                // We've found a message that counts before we hit
                // the read marker, so this room is definitely unread.
                return true;
            }
        }
        // If we got here, we didn't find a message that counted but didn't
        // find the read marker either, so we guess and say that the room
        // is unread on the theory that false positives are better than
        // false negatives here.
        return true;
    }
};