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authordrebs <drebs@leap.se>2013-04-30 18:53:38 -0300
committerdrebs <drebs@leap.se>2013-04-30 18:53:38 -0300
commit086e0de2798c3f9a7df34b8c63d58b9142f81c77 (patch)
tree636b9747762fa5baa74c8ef3918b638dc0ab15e7 /src/leap
parent520221d2bea114ff0191d8e47ce6c085040dfca2 (diff)
Document encryption sync methods.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/leap')
-rw-r--r--src/leap/soledad/backends/leap_backend.py39
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/leap/soledad/backends/leap_backend.py b/src/leap/soledad/backends/leap_backend.py
index 81f6c211..f49c87be 100644
--- a/src/leap/soledad/backends/leap_backend.py
+++ b/src/leap/soledad/backends/leap_backend.py
@@ -290,8 +290,12 @@ class LeapSyncTarget(HTTPSyncTarget):
def _parse_sync_stream(self, data, return_doc_cb, ensure_callback=None):
"""
- Does the same as parent's method but ensures incoming content will be
- decrypted.
+ Parse incoming synchronization stream and insert documents in the
+ local database.
+
+ If an incoming document's encryption scheme is equal to
+ EncryptionSchemes.SYMKEY, then this method will decrypt it with
+ Soledad's symmetric key.
@param data: The body of the HTTP response.
@type data: str
@@ -301,7 +305,10 @@ class LeapSyncTarget(HTTPSyncTarget):
target_replica_uid, if it was just created.
@type ensure_callback: function
- @return: The parsed sync stream.
+ @raise BrokenSyncStream: If C{data} is malformed.
+
+ @return: A dictionary representing the first line of the response got
+ from remote replica.
@rtype: list of str
"""
parts = data.splitlines() # one at a time
@@ -352,7 +359,31 @@ class LeapSyncTarget(HTTPSyncTarget):
last_known_generation, last_known_trans_id,
return_doc_cb, ensure_callback=None):
"""
- Does the same as parent's method but encrypts content before syncing.
+ Find out which documents the remote database does not know about,
+ encrypt and send them.
+
+ This does the same as the parent's method but encrypts content before
+ syncing.
+
+ @param docs_by_generations: A list of (doc_id, generation, trans_id)
+ of local documents that were changed since the last local
+ generation the remote replica knows about.
+ @type docs_by_generations: list of tuples
+ @param source_replica_uid: The uid of the source replica.
+ @type source_replica_uid: str
+ @param last_known_generation: Target's last known generation.
+ @type last_known_generation: int
+ @param last_known_trans_id: Target's last known transaction id.
+ @type last_known_trans_id: str
+ @param return_doc_cb: A callback for inserting received documents from
+ target.
+ @type return_doc_cb: function
+ @param ensure_callback: A callback that ensures we know the target
+ replica uid if the target replica was just created.
+ @type ensure_callback: function
+
+ @return: The new generation and transaction id of the target replica.
+ @rtype: tuple
"""
self._ensure_connection()
if self._trace_hook: # for tests