refactor(client/ts): use discriminated unions for triggering commands

src/public/app/components/app_context.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { t, initLocale } from "../services/i18n.js";
 import NoteDetailWidget from "../widgets/note_detail.js";
 import { ResolveOptions } from "../widgets/dialogs/delete_notes.js";
 import { PromptDialogOptions } from "../widgets/dialogs/prompt.js";
-import { ConfirmWithMessageOptions } from "../widgets/dialogs/confirm.js";
+import { ConfirmWithMessageOptions, ConfirmWithTitleOptions } from "../widgets/dialogs/confirm.js";
 
 interface Layout {
     getRootWidget: (appContext: AppContext) => RootWidget;
@@ -31,63 +31,76 @@ interface BeforeUploadListener extends Component {
     beforeUnloadEvent(): boolean;
 }
 
-interface ApiLogMessagesData {
-    noteId?: string;
-    noteIds?: string[];
-    messages?: unknown[];    
+interface CommandData {
+    ntxId?: string;
 }
 
-interface FocusOnDetailData {
+interface ApiLogMessagesData extends CommandData {
+      
+}
+
+interface FocusOnDetailData extends CommandData {
     ntxId: string;
 }
 
-interface SearchNotesData {    
+interface SearchNotesData extends CommandData {    
     searchString: string | undefined;
 }
 
-interface ShowDeleteNotesDialogData {    
+interface ShowDeleteNotesDialogData extends CommandData {    
     branchIdsToDelete: string[];
     callback: (value: ResolveOptions) => void;
     forceDeleteAllClones: boolean;
 }
 
-interface OpenedFileUpdatedData {
+interface OpenedFileUpdatedData extends CommandData {
     entityType: string;
     entityId: string;
     lastModifiedMs: number;
     filePath: string;
 }
 
-interface FocusAndSelectTitleData {
+interface FocusAndSelectTitleData extends CommandData {
     isNewNote: boolean;
 }
 
-interface OpenNewNoteSplitData {
+interface OpenNewNoteSplitData extends CommandData {
     ntxId: string;
     notePath: string;
 }
 
-interface ExecuteInActiveNoteDetailWidgetData {
+interface ExecuteInActiveNoteDetailWidgetData extends CommandData {
     callback: (value: NoteDetailWidget | PromiseLike<NoteDetailWidget>) => void
 }
 
-interface AddTextToActiveEditorData {
+interface AddTextToActiveEditorData extends CommandData {
     text: string;   
 }
 
-export type TriggerData =
-      ApiLogMessagesData        // For "api-log-messages"
-    | FocusOnDetailData         // For "focusOnDetail"
-    | SearchNotesData           // For "searchNotes"
-    | ShowDeleteNotesDialogData // For "showDeleteNotesDialog"
-    | OpenedFileUpdatedData     // For "openedFileUpdated"
-    | FocusAndSelectTitleData   // For "focusAndSelectTitle"
-    | PromptDialogOptions       // For "showPromptDialog"
-    | ConfirmWithMessageOptions // For "showConfirmDialog"
-    | OpenNewNoteSplitData      // For "openNewNoteSplit"
-    | ExecuteInActiveNoteDetailWidgetData   // For "executeInActiveNoteDetailWidget"
-    | AddTextToActiveEditorData // For "addTextToActiveEditor"
-;
+interface NoData extends CommandData { }
+
+type CommandMappings = {
+    "api-log-messages": ApiLogMessagesData;
+    focusOnDetail: FocusOnDetailData;
+    searchNotes: SearchNotesData;
+    showDeleteNotesDialog: ShowDeleteNotesDialogData;
+    showConfirmDeleteNoteBoxWithNoteDialog: ConfirmWithTitleOptions;
+    openedFileUpdated: OpenedFileUpdatedData;
+    focusAndSelectTitle: FocusAndSelectTitleData;
+    showPromptDialog: PromptDialogOptions;
+    showInfoDialog: ConfirmWithMessageOptions;
+    showConfirmDialog: ConfirmWithMessageOptions;
+    openNewNoteSplit: OpenNewNoteSplitData;
+    executeInActiveNoteDetailWidget: ExecuteInActiveNoteDetailWidgetData;
+    addTextToActiveEditor: AddTextToActiveEditorData;
+    
+    importMarkdownInline: NoData;
+    showPasswordNotSet: NoData;
+    showProtectedSessionPasswordDialog: NoData;
+    closeProtectedSessionPasswordDialog: NoData;
+}
+
+export type CommandNames = keyof CommandMappings;
 
 class AppContext extends Component {
 
@@ -182,11 +195,14 @@ class AppContext extends Component {
         this.triggerEvent('initialRenderComplete');
     }
 
-    triggerEvent(name: string, data: TriggerData = {}) {
+    // TODO: Update signature once all client code is updated, to use a map similar to triggerCommand.
+    triggerEvent(name: string, data: unknown = {}) {
         return this.handleEvent(name, data);
     }
 
-    triggerCommand(name: string, data: TriggerData = {}) {
+    // TODO: Remove ignore once all commands are mapped out.
+    //@ts-ignore
+    triggerCommand<K extends CommandNames>(name: K, data: CommandMappings[K] = {}) {
         for (const executor of this.components) {
             const fun = (executor as any)[`${name}Command`];
 

src/public/app/services/frontend_script_api.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import dateNotesService from './date_notes.js';
 import searchService from './search.js';
 import RightPanelWidget from '../widgets/right_panel_widget.js';
 import ws from "./ws.js";
-import appContext, { TriggerData } from "../components/app_context.js";
+import appContext from "../components/app_context.js";
 import NoteContextAwareWidget from "../widgets/note_context_aware_widget.js";
 import BasicWidget from "../widgets/basic_widget.js";
 import SpacedUpdate from "./spaced_update.js";
@@ -241,12 +241,12 @@ interface Api {
     /**
      * Trigger command. This is a very low-level API which should be avoided if possible.
      */
-    triggerCommand(name: string, data: TriggerData): void;
+    triggerCommand: typeof appContext.triggerCommand;
 
     /**
      * Trigger event. This is a very low-level API which should be avoided if possible.
      */
-    triggerEvent(name: string, data: TriggerData): void;
+    triggerEvent: typeof appContext.triggerEvent;
 
      /**
      * Create a note link (jQuery object) for given note.

src/public/app/services/keyboard_actions.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import server from "./server.js";
-import appContext from "../components/app_context.js";
+import appContext, { CommandNames } from "../components/app_context.js";
 import shortcutService from "./shortcuts.js";
 import Component from "../components/component.js";
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const keyboardActionRepo: Record<string, Action> = {};
 
 // TODO: Deduplicate with server.
 interface Action {
-	actionName: string;
+	actionName: CommandNames;
 	effectiveShortcuts: string[];
 	scope: string;
 }

src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/confirm.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export interface ConfirmWithMessageOptions {
     callback: ConfirmDialogCallback;
 }
 
-interface ConfirmWithTitleOptions {
+export interface ConfirmWithTitleOptions {
     title: string;
     callback: ConfirmDialogCallback;       
 }

src/public/app/widgets/dialogs/prompt.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export interface PromptDialogOptions {
     message?: string;
     defaultValue?: string;
     shown: PromptShownDialogCallback;
-    callback: () => void;
+    callback: (value: unknown) => void;
 }
 
 export type PromptShownDialogCallback = ((callback: ShownCallbackData) => void) | null;