Special class BMStringParser for sending ACK (resolves #1374)

src/class_objectProcessor.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import helper_msgcoding
 import helper_sent
 from helper_sql import SqlBulkExecute, sqlExecute, sqlQuery
 from helper_ackPayload import genAckPayload
+from network import bmproto
 import protocol
 import queues
 import state
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ class objectProcessor(threading.Thread):
         logger.debug(
             'Loaded %s objects from disk into the objectProcessorQueue.',
             len(queryreturn))
+        self._ack_obj = bmproto.BMStringParser()
 
     def run(self):
         while True:
@@ -743,12 +745,13 @@ class objectProcessor(threading.Thread):
 
         # Don't send ACK if invalid, blacklisted senders, invisible
         # messages, disabled or chan
-        # if (self.ackDataHasAValidHeader(ackData) and not blockMessage
+        if (
-        #     and messageEncodingType != 0 and
+            self.ackDataHasAValidHeader(ackData) and not blockMessage and
-        #     not BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(toAddress, 'dontsendack')
+            messageEncodingType != 0 and
-        #     and not BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(toAddress, 'chan')
+            not BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(toAddress, 'dontsendack') and
-        # ):
+            not BMConfigParser().safeGetBoolean(toAddress, 'chan')
-        #     shared.checkAndShareObjectWithPeers(ackData[24:])
+        ):
+            self._ack_obj.send_data(ackData[24:])
 
         # Display timing data
         timeRequiredToAttemptToDecryptMessage = time.time(

src/network/bmproto.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import random
 import socket
 import struct
 import time
+from binascii import hexlify
 
 from bmconfigparser import BMConfigParser
 from debug import logger
@@ -575,3 +576,32 @@ class BMProto(AdvancedDispatcher, ObjectTracker):
             except AttributeError:
                 logger.debug("Disconnected socket closing")
         AdvancedDispatcher.handle_close(self)
+
+
+class BMStringParser(BMProto):
+    """
+    A special case of BMProto used by objectProcessor to send ACK
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(BMStringParser, self).__init__()
+        self.destination = state.Peer('127.0.0.1', 8444)
+        self.payload = None
+        ObjectTracker.__init__(self)
+
+    def send_data(self, data):
+        """Send object given by the data string"""
+        # This class is introduced specially for ACK sending, please
+        # change log strings if you are going to use it for something else
+        self.bm_proto_reset()
+        self.payload = data
+        try:
+            self.bm_command_object()
+        except BMObjectAlreadyHaveError:
+            pass  # maybe the same msg received on different nodes
+        except BMObjectExpiredError:
+            logger.debug(
+                'Sending ACK failure (expired): %s', hexlify(data))
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug(
+                'Exception of type %s while sending ACK',
+                type(e), exc_info=True)