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Add the LiveObjects REST API as channel.object on HTTP channels - #1259
Implement RestObject (RSL16, RSO1-RSO16 in ably/specification#569) as HttpObject, following ably-js's Rest -> Http naming. It is built into the HTTP client in lib, needs no plugin, and follows the HTTP channel's async convention: blocking methods plus ...Async(..., Callback) variants.
get: compact results are returned as plain Java values; full results decode into HttpLiveMap, HttpLiveCounter, HttpObjectData leaves, or a plain HttpLiveObject for unrecognised types.
publish: operations are built with factories, so each has exactly one body. No operation ids are generated (RSO3f), so a publish goes to the current host only and is never retried on a fallback host, which could apply a batch twice.
generateObjectId: derives the ID locally (RTO14) from per-client server time; concurrent first callers share one /time request.
JSON leaf values go on the wire in the OD2g json field rather than the OD4d5 string + encoding: "json" form: the sandbox accepts the latter but drops encoding on storage, so JSON would read back as a string.
Translate the UTS specs with the uts-to-kotlin skill into :core (uts/unit/objects, uts/integration/standard/objects). The realtime-write REST-read interop test stays in :liveobjects, as it needs the realtime plugin. HttpObjectEdgeCasesTest covers async callbacks, error handling, the no-fallback publish and the shared server-time request. Deviations are recorded in deviations.md.
Added channel-based HTTP LiveObjects access for retrieving compact or typed full state, publishing map and counter operations, and generating object IDs.
Added blocking and callback-based asynchronous requests, with support for JSON and MessagePack.
Tests
Added coverage for retrieval, publishing, ID generation, error handling, and REST/realtime interoperability.
Documentation
Added guidance for HTTP LiveObjects and documented differences in REST behavior.
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The pull request adds an HTTP LiveObjects API to channels. It includes GET, publish, and object-ID generation methods, JSON and MessagePack encoding and decoding, and unit and integration tests for REST operations and realtime interoperability.
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HTTP LiveObjects API
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Summary
API contracts and channel access lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/http/ChannelBase.java, lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/http/PubSubBase.java, lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/HttpObject.java, lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/*
ChannelBase exposes an HttpObject. New types define retrieval parameters, operations, values, and result formats.
GET requests and full-result decoding lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/DefaultHttpObject.java, lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/HttpObjectCodec.java, lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/HttpObjectResults.java, lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/uts/unit/objects/RestObjectGetTest.kt, lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/uts/unit/objects/HttpObjectHelpers.kt
GET requests support object IDs and paths. Compact responses and typed full responses are decoded. Tests cover request details and JSON and MessagePack results.
Operation publishing and wire encoding lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/DefaultHttpObject.java, lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/HttpObjectCodec.java, lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/uts/unit/objects/RestObjectPublishTest.kt
Publishing encodes one or more operations in a POST and decodes the result. Tests cover operation bodies, batching, targeting, and value encoding.
Object-ID generation and shared server time lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/http/PubSubBase.java, lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/DefaultHttpObject.java, lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/HttpObjectServerTime.java, lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/uts/unit/objects/RestObjectGenerateIdTest.kt
Object-ID generation uses create data, a nonce, and server time. Concurrent calls can share server-time retrieval.
Async, error, and protocol edge cases lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/HttpObjectEdgeCasesTest.kt, lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/uts/deviations.md
Tests cover callbacks, fallback behavior, invalid inputs, malformed and empty responses, numeric decoding, and server-time request coordination. The deviations document records API adaptations.
REST integration coverage and spec mapping lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/uts/integration/standard/objects/RestObjectTest.kt, lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/uts/unit/objects/HttpObjectHelpers.kt, .claude/skills/uts-to-kotlin/references/objects-mapping.md, liveobjects/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/uts/deviations.md
Sandbox tests cover REST operations with both protocols. Mapping notes and deviations document spec placement and API differences.
Realtime and REST interoperability liveobjects/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/uts/integration/RestObjectRealtimeInteropTest.kt
A sandbox test writes values through realtime objects and checks their compact and full REST representations.
sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant ChannelBase
participant DefaultHttpObject
participant HttpObjectCodec
participant AblyHTTP
Caller->>ChannelBase: Access object
Caller->>DefaultHttpObject: Publish operations
DefaultHttpObject->>HttpObjectCodec: Encode operation list
HttpObjectCodec-->>DefaultHttpObject: JSON or MessagePack body
DefaultHttpObject->>AblyHTTP: POST encoded body
AblyHTTP-->>DefaultHttpObject: Publish response
DefaultHttpObject->>HttpObjectCodec: Decode publish result
HttpObjectCodec-->>Caller: Publish result
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The new HTTP LiveObjects API has no identified blocking defect. Several small robustness, documentation and test-quality items from earlier review remain open. They are worth addressing but should not block the merge.
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A rabbit taps a channel door, HTTP objects hop in store. Maps and counters take their place, Bytes and JSON find their space. Server time guides IDs along, Then REST and realtime sing one song.
Make the missing-body test call generateObjectId and assert the rejection.
RSO4c - missing create body rejected does not call generateObjectId. It only checks that no request was captured after setup, so a change that accepts an empty body would still pass. Java callers can build a body with neither field set by passing null to mapCreate, so this path is reachable from Java. The test should call generateObjectId with that body and assert the 40003 error, status 400, and that no request was made. A Java helper creates the body, because Kotlin does not pass null to this non-null parameter.
Suggested fix
Add a Java helper in lib/src/test/java/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/HttpObjectTestFixtures.java:
packageio.ably.pubsub.liveobjects.http;
publicfinalclassHttpObjectTestFixtures {
privateHttpObjectTestFixtures() {
}
/** A generate-ID body with neither mapCreate nor counterCreate set. */publicstaticHttpObjectGenerateIdBodyemptyGenerateIdBody() {
returnHttpObjectGenerateIdBody.mapCreate((HttpObjectOperation.MapCreate) null);
}
}
Update the test in RestObjectGenerateIdTest.kt:
@Test
fun `RSO4c - missing create body rejected`() = runTest {
- // DEVIATION T-4 (not applicable, per the spec's own note): HttpObjectGenerateIdBody can only- // be built through the mapCreate / counterCreate factories, so an empty body is- // unrepresentable and the runtime 40003 check can't be reached. See deviations.md.
val setup = setup("test-RSO4c-" + randomId())
- assertEquals(0, setup.capturedRequests.size)+ val error = assertFailsWith<AblyException> {+ setup.channel.`object`.generateObjectId(HttpObjectTestFixtures.emptyGenerateIdBody())+ }+ assertEquals(40003, error.errorInfo.code)+ assertEquals(400, error.errorInfo.statusCode)+ assertEquals(0, setup.capturedRequests.size)
}
Also update the T-4 entry in lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/uts/deviations.md so it no longer states that an empty generate-ID body cannot be built.
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at line 188:
Update the “RSO4c - missing create body rejected” test to call generateObjectId
with a body created by a Java test helper that leaves both create fields unset,
then assert error code 40003, status 400, and no captured requests. Remove the
obsolete T-4 deviation stating that an empty body cannot be constructed.
123-124: Trivial · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win
Cover a transport failure on the publish request.
The no-fallback test returns only HTTP 500. The current publish path does not retry transport failures, so the test passes today. A change that retries transport failures on publish would also pass it. The comment at DefaultHttpObject.java:139-142 explains that a batch the first host applied before failing would be applied twice.
Add a case that fails the POST at the request level after it is captured. Use PendingRequest.respondWithTimeout() in the request callback. Do not use PendingConnection.respondWithTimeout(), because that fails before the POST is sent and captures nothing. In the test, assert that the publish fails and that exactly one POST was captured.
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around lines 123 - 124:
Extend the no-fallback test around setupRestObject to simulate a transport
failure after the publish POST is captured, using
PendingRequest.respondWithTimeout() in the request callback. Assert that
publishing fails and exactly one POST was captured; do not use
PendingConnection.respondWithTimeout(), which fails before sending the request.
Record worker results in the blocking time-sharing test.
The test asserts only the /time request count. An exception in a worker thread does not fail it. A worker still running after join(5000) does not fail it either. Record each returned ID and each error, then assert that no errors occurred and that five distinct IDs were returned. The async sibling test already follows this pattern.
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around lines 289 - 292:
Update the blocking time-sharing test around generateObjectId to capture each
worker’s returned object ID and any thrown error using thread-safe collections.
After joining, assert that no errors occurred, all five IDs are distinct, and
every worker has finished; preserve the existing /time request-count assertion.
160-162: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Low value
Assert the compact bin value in the binary-protocol case.
The test writes bin as three bytes. It checks bin only in the full result, so the compact binary value is not checked in this interop test. Add an assertion for compact["bin"] that runs only when useBinaryProtocol is true. The JSON protocol returns binary values in a different form, so the assertion must not run in that case.
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assertEquals("ally", (compact["profile"] as Map<*, *>)["nickname"])
+ if (useBinaryProtocol) {+ assertContentEquals(byteArrayOf(0x01, 0x02, 0x03), compact["bin"] as ByteArray)+ }
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around lines 160 - 162:
Add a compact binary-value assertion alongside the existing assertions in the
interop test, guarded by useBinaryProtocol. Verify compact["bin"] contains the
three bytes written by the test, and do not run this assertion for the JSON
protocol.
Add a mixed-batch test for all-or-nothing validation.
The test RSO5b1 - operation with multiple body fields rejected, no partial batch sent never calls publish. It asserts only that zero requests were captured, so it passes regardless of SDK behavior. No test publishes a batch where a valid operation precedes an invalid one.
Add a test that publishes [mapSet(...), mapCreate(ObjectsMapSemantics.UNKNOWN, emptyMap())]. Expect an AblyException with error code 40003. Assert that setup.capturedRequests is empty. This covers the no-partial-send guarantee for a batch that the factories can represent.
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Update the `RSO5b1` test to publish a batch containing a valid `mapSet` followed
by `mapCreate(ObjectsMapSemantics.UNKNOWN, emptyMap())`. Assert that publishing
throws an `AblyException` with error code 40003 and that
`setup.capturedRequests` remains empty.
Assert the compact bin value in the binary-protocol case.
The compact assertions cover str, num, and bool. The bin value is published but read back only in full mode. A wrong compact binary value in the binary protocol would not fail this test. The mocked RSO2e unit test covers the client decode path, but it does not exercise the sandbox response.
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Add a compact-mode assertion in the test using `compact` to verify the sandbox
returns the expected `bin` value when `useBinaryProtocol` is true. Check that
the value is a `ByteArray` and matches the bytes published for `bin`; leave the
existing assertions and non-binary-protocol behavior unchanged.
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@lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/HttpObjectCodec.java:
- Around line 193-194: Update decodeNode to reject map and counter nodes unless
objectId is present as a string, using the existing decode error mechanism and
preserving the AblyException contract. Do not rely on decodeMap or decodeCounter
to replace a missing objectId with an empty string.
- Around line 215-217: Update decodeSemantics to map a numeric value to LWW only
when it is exactly integral zero, not merely when longValue() truncates to zero.
Preserve the existing handling of the string name and return UNKNOWN for
fractional or other unsupported values.
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@lib/src/main/java/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/HttpObjectServerTime.java:
- Around line 175-184: Update the forwarding callback used by
DefaultHttpObject.generateObjectIdAsync to dispatch both onSuccess and onError
through http.execute, so callbacks that join a blocking /time request run on a
background thread. Preserve the existing success value and error reason when
forwarding.
- Around line 156-164: Update storeOffset and knownTime to publish and read a
single immutable holder containing the server time and a System.nanoTime reading
captured together. Compute later server time by adding the elapsed monotonic
duration, converted to the server-time unit, and preserve the null result until
the first /time response; do not use wall-clock time in this calculation.
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@lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/uts/integration/standard/objects/RestObjectTest.kt:
- Line 105: Update the polling flow around `withTimeout` so a timeout is caught
outside that call and rethrown as `AssertionError("poll_until_success timed
out", lastError)`, preserving the last server error as its cause. Remove the
unreachable `AssertionError` after the loop.
Review comments at
@liveobjects/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/uts/integration/RestObjectRealtimeInteropTest.kt:
- Line 103: Update `pollUntilSuccess` to use `withTimeoutOrNull` so timeout
produces a null result, then throw the `AssertionError` with the stored
`lastError` when that occurs; preserve successful returns and existing polling
behavior.
---
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@lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/http/HttpObjectEdgeCasesTest.kt:
- Around line 123-124: Extend the no-fallback test around setupRestObject to
simulate a transport failure after the publish POST is captured, using
PendingRequest.respondWithTimeout() in the request callback. Assert that
publishing fails and exactly one POST was captured; do not use
PendingConnection.respondWithTimeout(), which fails before sending the request.
- Around line 289-292: Update the blocking time-sharing test around
generateObjectId to capture each worker’s returned object ID and any thrown
error using thread-safe collections. After joining, assert that no errors
occurred, all five IDs are distinct, and every worker has finished; preserve the
existing /time request-count assertion.
Review comments at
@lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/uts/integration/standard/objects/RestObjectTest.kt:
- Around line 150-152: Add a compact-mode assertion in the test using `compact`
to verify the sandbox returns the expected `bin` value when `useBinaryProtocol`
is true. Check that the value is a `ByteArray` and matches the bytes published
for `bin`; leave the existing assertions and non-binary-protocol behavior
unchanged.
Review comments at
@lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/uts/unit/objects/RestObjectGenerateIdTest.kt:
- Line 188: Update the “RSO4c - missing create body rejected” test to call
generateObjectId with a body created by a Java test helper that leaves both
create fields unset, then assert error code 40003, status 400, and no captured
requests. Remove the obsolete T-4 deviation stating that an empty body cannot be
constructed.
Review comments at
@lib/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/uts/unit/objects/RestObjectPublishTest.kt:
- Line 423: Update the `RSO5b1` test to publish a batch containing a valid
`mapSet` followed by `mapCreate(ObjectsMapSemantics.UNKNOWN, emptyMap())`.
Assert that publishing throws an `AblyException` with error code 40003 and that
`setup.capturedRequests` remains empty.
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@liveobjects/src/test/kotlin/io/ably/pubsub/liveobjects/uts/integration/RestObjectRealtimeInteropTest.kt:
- Around line 160-162: Add a compact binary-value assertion alongside the
existing assertions in the interop test, guarded by useBinaryProtocol. Verify
compact["bin"] contains the three bytes written by the test, and do not run this
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decodeMap silently skips entries whose wrapper is not a map or whose data is null. If those are malformed entries that should fail decoding, a successful full GET instead presents an incomplete map.
The name entry disappears from getEntries() without an error indicating that the response was incomplete.
This can occur when: A full map response contains an entry such as "name": {} or "name": "bad".
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- Around line 279-294: Update decodePublishResult to reject responses when
messageId or channel is missing or not a string by throwing a decode error.
Return PublishResult only after both fields are validated, without substituting
empty strings; preserve the existing objectIds handling.
- Around line 100-104: Update encodeMapCreate to reject entries with a null key
using the existing invalidInput mechanism before adding them to the encoded
entries map; preserve the current encoding behavior for non-null keys.
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- Line 94: The unrecognized fields snapshot in HttpObjectResults is only
unmodifiable at the top level, leaving nested values mutable. Align it with the
immutable-snapshot contract by recursively wrapping nested maps and lists and
copying byte arrays; if that cannot be guaranteed at this layer, narrow the
documented contract to top-level map immutability.
- Around line 203-209: Update ObjectDataLeaf’s getBytes() and getJson()
accessors to return defensive copies of their stored values, so callers cannot
mutate the result snapshot through returned byte arrays or JSON elements;
preserve null behavior and use copying appropriate to each value type.
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- Around line 23-25: Update the HttpObject introductory Javadoc to clarify that
it keeps no object state, while generateObjectId(HttpObjectGenerateIdBody) is an
exception to the independent-request description because it reuses the client’s
cached server-time offset. Preserve the existing description of the API’s REST
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Cover the string "LWW" semantics in the unit full-map fixture.
The unit fixtures for full-map get use numeric 0 for semantics. A regression that removes the string branch of decodeSemantics would leave every unit test passing. The sandbox integration test in RestObjectTest.kt asserts LWW for a live REST response, but it runs only with sandbox access. Change the top-level fixture to the documented string form. The existing ObjectsMapSemantics.LWW assertion stays valid, and the nested numeric fixture still covers the numeric branch.
🧪 Suggested fixture change
- "semantics" to 0L,+ "semantics" to "LWW",
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Update the top-level full-map fixture in the `RestObjectGetTest` unit test to
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- Around line 21-25: Correct the `getUnrecognizedFields()` Javadoc to describe
its returned `JsonObject` as a fresh, mutable copy, not an unmodifiable map.
State that changes to the copy do not affect later results and preserve the
empty-result behavior.
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- Around line 347-360: Update HttpObjectCodec.fromJson to preserve the original
text of fractional and exponent-form JSON numbers instead of converting them to
Double; ensure compact GET results rebuild those numbers without losing
server-provided precision.
- Around line 188-193: Update decodeMap to raise a decode error for non-null
entry values that are not maps, consistent with decodeNode’s handling of invalid
nodes. Preserve the existing skips for null entry values and null data.
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- Around line 262-266: Update the top-level full-map fixture in the
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Implement RestObject (RSL16, RSO1-RSO16 in ably/specification#569) as
HttpObject, following ably-js's Rest -> Http naming. It is built into
the HTTP client in lib, needs no plugin, and follows the HTTP channel's
async convention: blocking methods plus ...Async(..., Callback) variants.
- get: compact results are returned as plain Java values; full results
decode into HttpLiveMap, HttpLiveCounter, HttpObjectData leaves, or a
plain HttpLiveObject for unrecognised types.
- publish: operations are built with factories, so each has exactly one
body. No operation ids are generated (RSO3f), so a publish goes to the
current host only and is never retried on a fallback host, which could
apply a batch twice.
- generateObjectId: derives the ID locally (RTO14) from per-client server
time; concurrent first callers share one /time request.
JSON leaf values go on the wire in the OD2g `json` field rather than the
OD4d5 `string` + `encoding: "json"` form: the sandbox accepts the latter
but drops `encoding` on storage, so JSON would read back as a string.
Translate the UTS specs with the uts-to-kotlin skill into :core
(uts/unit/objects, uts/integration/standard/objects). The realtime-write
REST-read interop test stays in :liveobjects, as it needs the realtime
plugin. HttpObjectEdgeCasesTest covers async callbacks, error handling,
the no-fallback publish and the shared server-time request. Deviations
are recorded in deviations.md.
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Async ID generation can invoke callbacks on the UI thread or leave requests permanently pending, while the codec discards unknown fields that the REST spec requires preserving.
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Publish never falls back to another host: should it?
What:publish sends its POST to the current host only, and never retries on a fallback host (lines 174-180). The reason is that operations carry no generated ids, so a retry after a 5xx or a timeout could apply a batch twice.
Why it needs a decision:
ably-js retries every request on fallback hosts, POST included: core-impl/src/common/types/http.ts:163-243, with shouldFallback in core-impl/src/platform/web/lib/http/http.ts:179-189.
The spec only says ids aren't auto-generated (RSO3f). It says nothing about fallback.
So during a primary-host outage, a js publish succeeds (with a small risk of double-applying) while a Java publish fails.
Plain channel.publish in Java does use fallback hosts.
Options:
Keep it as is. Safe from double-applying, but loses availability during an outage and differs from js.
Fall back like js. Same availability as js, but a retried batch without ids can be applied twice.
Fall back only when every operation has a caller-supplied id. The server de-duplicates those, so it's safe, and callers who set ids keep availability. It's a few more lines.
Recommendation: option 3, and ask for an RSO3 sub-point on fallback so js and Java converge.
Note: I haven't changed this in the stacked fix PR (#1261), since it needs agreement first. (review ref F1)
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get() returns the full format, but in ably-js and the spec a bare get() is compact
What:get() / get(params) return the full format (HttpObjectGetFullResult, and they send compact=false). getCompact() returns the compact JSON.
Why it needs a decision:
In ably-js (core/liveobjects-http.d.ts:49,84, core-impl/src/plugins/liveobjects/httpobject.ts:126) and in the spec (RSO2a1c, where compact defaults to true), a bare get() returns the compact result.
Anyone porting channel.object.get() from js, or following the cross-SDK docs, gets a different result type with no warning: both versions compile and succeed.
Renaming after release would be a breaking change.
Options:
Keep it as is. No churn, but the name contradicts js, the spec and the docs.
Make get() compact (returning JsonElement) and add getFull(). This matches the spec's default, and the full format becomes the explicit one.
Use getCompact() + getFull(), with no bare get. Neither format takes the spec's name; it's slightly more verbose.
Recommendation: option 2 (or 3) before release, with the RSO2a1c entry in deviations.md updated to match.
Note: I haven't changed this in the stacked fix PR (#1261), since it's a public API naming decision. (review ref F2)
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Unrecognised fields in full-format results are dropped (RSO2g4)
What:
decodeLeaf keeps only the known value fields. {"string":"hello","futureField":123} loses futureField, and a leaf with an unknown shape becomes an empty UNKNOWN leaf with nothing to inspect. Copilot flagged this case on line 243.
Unknown fields inside map and counter are dropped too (decodeMap, decodeCounter).
So is an unrecognised semantics value, which collapses to UNKNOWN.
Why it needs a decision:
RSO2g4 says unrecognised object shapes or ObjectData fields must be passed through unmodified, and RSO14b says unrecognised semantics must be preserved.
ably-js passes unknown leaf shapes and whole map/counter objects through (core-impl/src/plugins/liveobjects/objectmessage.ts:492-499, httpobject.ts:233-236,253-261). But it also drops fields that sit next to a known value (objectmessage.ts:466-490), so neither SDK fully meets RSO2g4.
The fix adds public API.
Options:
Add HttpObjectData.getUnrecognizedFields(), mirroring HttpLiveObject. Fill it with every non-OD2 field, and also keep unknown map.* / counter.* fields and the raw semantics. This gives full RSO2g4, at the cost of a public API addition.
Pass through unknown shapes only, like js. Matches js today, but still drops fields next to known values.
Leave it, and ask for RSO2g4 to be narrowed. No change, but forward-compatible data is lost.
Recommendation: option 1 for Java, and raise the dropped-sibling-field gap against ably-js and the spec.
Note: this isn't in the stacked fix PR (#1261), since it needs agreement first. That PR makes a malformed leaf decode as UNKNOWN instead of failing the whole get. It leaves out the bad value rather than exposing it, until this is decided. (review ref F4, Copilot C2)
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A third server-time cache, separate from Auth's offset
What:generateObjectId gets server time from a new per-client cache (HttpObjectServerTime, created in PubSubBase). It is separate from the timeDelta that Auth already keeps for queryTime token requests (http/Auth.java:878-893, :1253-1273).
Why it needs a decision:
ably-js keeps a single offset per client, which auth and objects share (core-impl/src/common/lib/client/baseclient.ts:267-281, set in http.ts:98).
In Java, a client that uses both queryTime and generateObjectId makes two /time calls.
The objects offset also never resets after a device clock change. Auth detects jumps of more than 500 ms.
The realtime path has its own, process-global cache (liveobjects/.../ServerTime.kt).
Options:
Keep the separate cache. No coupling to Auth, but duplicate /time calls and no reset on a clock change.
Read and seed the offset through Auth, by adding two small methods (names to be agreed, e.g. serverTimestampIfKnown() and setServerTime(); neither exists today), and keep this class's concurrency handling. One offset per client, like js, at the cost of a small Auth API change.
Move all server time (auth, HTTP objects and realtime objects) into one client-level service. Cleanest, but a larger refactor.
Recommendation: option 2 now, and option 3 as a follow-up ticket.
Note: this isn't in the stacked fix PR (#1261), since it touches Auth and needs agreement first. That PR does fix the hang in this class. (review ref F5)
I've opened #1261 on top of this branch with the review fixes that only need code changes. These should go in before this PR merges:
generateObjectIdAsync can hang forever after a malformed /time response. This is the one Copilot flagged, and the most important.
Async callbacks can run on the caller's thread when a blocking call is already fetching the time.
Operations without a body reach the server instead of failing with 40003 (RSO5b1).
It also has smaller codec and immutability fixes and test hardening. Commits are grouped by area and each includes its tests, so it's easiest to review commit by commit.
Separately, I've left four inline comments on this PR for points that need a decision rather than a fix:
…ormed
A 200 /time response that can't be read as [time] (e.g. [], [null], HTML
or an empty body) makes PubSubBase.timeImpl throw a RuntimeException on
the HTTP worker. HttpScheduler only catches AblyException, so the
timeAsync callback was never invoked: inFlight stayed ASYNC, and the
pending and every later generateObjectIdAsync call on that client hung.
The shared async fetch now runs the blocking client.time() on the
scheduler and calls notifyWaiters() on every outcome, so waiters always
get a result or an error and the next call retries.
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HttpObjectServerTime kept its own offset next to the one Auth keeps for
queryTime token requests, so a client using both fetched /time twice,
and the objects offset was never discarded after a device clock change.
Auth now exposes serverTimestampIfKnown() and setServerTime(), which
hold the existing 500 ms clock-jump check; createTokenRequest uses them,
and HttpObjectServerTime reads and stores the offset through them while
keeping its own coordination of concurrent first fetches. Storing a
time now also resets the clock-jump baseline. timeDelta is volatile, as
serverTimestamp() and the token expiry check read it without the lock.
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Publish went to the current host only, so during a primary-host outage
it failed where ably-js and plain channel.publish fall back. It now goes
through the usual fallback path for every batch. No ids are generated
(RSO3f), so a batch without ids that the first host applied before
failing can be applied twice; the HttpObject.publish docs say to set
ids when that matters, as the server de-duplicates by id.
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Implement RestObject (RSL16, RSO1-RSO16 in ably/specification#569) as HttpObject, following ably-js's Rest -> Http naming. It is built into the HTTP client in lib, needs no plugin, and follows the HTTP channel's async convention: blocking methods plus ...Async(..., Callback) variants.
JSON leaf values go on the wire in the OD2g
jsonfield rather than the OD4d5string+encoding: "json"form: the sandbox accepts the latter but dropsencodingon storage, so JSON would read back as a string.Translate the UTS specs with the uts-to-kotlin skill into :core (uts/unit/objects, uts/integration/standard/objects). The realtime-write REST-read interop test stays in :liveobjects, as it needs the realtime plugin. HttpObjectEdgeCasesTest covers async callbacks, error handling, the no-fallback publish and the shared server-time request. Deviations are recorded in deviations.md.
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