the useWaveObject() setter now writes back to the DB. make metadata setting generic

frontend/app/store/global.ts

@@ -27,21 +27,21 @@ const clientAtom: jotai.Atom<Client> = jotai.atom((get) => {
     if (clientId == null) {
         return null;
     }
-    return WOS.getStaticObjectValue(WOS.makeORef("client", clientId), get);
+    return WOS.getObjectValue(WOS.makeORef("client", clientId), get);
 });
 const windowDataAtom: jotai.Atom<WaveWindow> = jotai.atom((get) => {
     const windowId = get(windowIdAtom);
     if (windowId == null) {
         return null;
     }
-    return WOS.getStaticObjectValue(WOS.makeORef("window", windowId), get);
+    return WOS.getObjectValue(WOS.makeORef("window", windowId), get);
 });
 const workspaceAtom: jotai.Atom<Workspace> = jotai.atom((get) => {
     const windowData = get(windowDataAtom);
     if (windowData == null) {
         return null;
     }
-    return WOS.getStaticObjectValue(WOS.makeORef("workspace", windowData.workspaceid), get);
+    return WOS.getObjectValue(WOS.makeORef("workspace", windowData.workspaceid), get);
 });
 
 const atoms = {

frontend/app/store/wos.ts

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ function useWaveObjectValue<T>(oref: string): [T, boolean] {
     return [atomVal.value, atomVal.loading];
 }
 
-function useWaveObject<T>(oref: string): [T, boolean, (T) => void] {
+function useWaveObject<T extends WaveObj>(oref: string): [T, boolean, (T) => void] {
     let wov = waveObjectValueCache.get(oref);
     if (wov == null) {
         wov = createWaveValueObject(oref, true);
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ function useWaveObject<T>(oref: string): [T, boolean, (T) => void] {
     const [atomVal, setAtomVal] = jotai.useAtom(wov.dataAtom);
     const simpleSet = (val: T) => {
         setAtomVal({ value: val, loading: false });
+        UpdateObject(val, false);
     };
     return [atomVal.value, atomVal.loading, simpleSet];
 }
@@ -243,15 +244,39 @@ function wrapObjectServiceCall<T>(fnName: string, ...args: any[]): Promise<T> {
     return prtn;
 }
 
-function getStaticObjectValue<T>(oref: string, getFn: jotai.Getter): T {
+// gets the value of a WaveObject from the cache.
+// should provide getFn if it is available (e.g. inside of a jotai atom)
+// otherwise it will use the globalStore.get function
+function getObjectValue<T>(oref: string, getFn?: jotai.Getter): T {
     let wov = waveObjectValueCache.get(oref);
     if (wov == null) {
         return null;
     }
+    if (getFn == null) {
+        getFn = globalStore.get;
+    }
     const atomVal = getFn(wov.dataAtom);
     return atomVal.value;
 }
 
+// sets the value of a WaveObject in the cache.
+// should provide setFn if it is available (e.g. inside of a jotai atom)
+// otherwise it will use the globalStore.set function
+function setObjectValue<T>(value: WaveObj, setFn?: jotai.Setter, pushToServer?: boolean) {
+    const oref = makeORef(value.otype, value.oid);
+    let wov = waveObjectValueCache.get(oref);
+    if (wov == null) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (setFn == null) {
+        setFn = globalStore.set;
+    }
+    setFn(wov.dataAtom, { value: value, loading: false });
+    if (pushToServer) {
+        UpdateObject(value, false);
+    }
+}
+
 export function AddTabToWorkspace(tabName: string, activateTab: boolean): Promise<{ tabId: string }> {
     return wrapObjectServiceCall("AddTabToWorkspace", tabName, activateTab);
 }
@@ -272,16 +297,21 @@ export function CloseTab(tabId: string): Promise<void> {
     return wrapObjectServiceCall("CloseTab", tabId);
 }
 
-export function UpdateBlockMeta(blockId: string, meta: MetadataType): Promise<void> {
-    return wrapObjectServiceCall("UpdateBlockMeta", blockId, meta);
+export function UpdateObjectMeta(blockId: string, meta: MetadataType): Promise<void> {
+    return wrapObjectServiceCall("UpdateObjectMeta", blockId, meta);
+}
+
+export function UpdateObject(waveObj: WaveObj, returnUpdates: boolean): Promise<WaveObjUpdate[]> {
+    return wrapObjectServiceCall("UpdateObject", waveObj, returnUpdates);
 }
 
 export {
     cleanWaveObjectCache,
     clearWaveObjectCache,
-    getStaticObjectValue,
+    getObjectValue,
     loadAndPinWaveObject,
     makeORef,
+    setObjectValue,
     updateWaveObject,
     updateWaveObjects,
     useWaveObject,