[ECO-4927] Change Metadata to use JSONValue

README.md

@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ try await room.reactions.send(params: .init(type: "like"))
 You can also add any metadata and headers to reactions:
 
 ```swift
-try await room.reactions.send(params: .init(type: "🎉", metadata: ["effect": .string("fireworks")]))
+try await room.reactions.send(params: .init(type: "🎉", metadata: ["effect": "fireworks"]))
 ```
 
 ### Subscribing to room reactions

Sources/AblyChat/ChatAPI.swift

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ internal final class ChatAPI: Sendable {
 
         // (CHA-M3b) A message may be sent without metadata or headers. When these are not specified by the user, they must be omitted from the REST payload.
         if let metadata = params.metadata {
-            body["metadata"] = .object(metadata.mapValues(\.toJSONValue))
+            body["metadata"] = .object(metadata)
         }
 
         if let headers = params.headers {

Sources/AblyChat/DefaultMessages.swift

@@ -77,11 +77,8 @@ internal final class DefaultMessages: Messages, EmitsDiscontinuities {
                     throw ARTErrorInfo.create(withCode: 50000, status: 500, message: "Received incoming message without clientId")
                 }
 
-                let metadata: Metadata? = if let metadataJSONObject = try data.optionalObjectValueForKey("metadata") {
-                    try metadataJSONObject.mapValues { try MetadataValue(jsonValue: $0) }
-                } else {
-                    nil
-                }
+                let metadata = try data.optionalObjectValueForKey("metadata")
+
                 let headers: Headers? = if let headersJSONObject = try extras.optionalObjectValueForKey("headers") {
                     try headersJSONObject.mapValues { try HeadersValue(jsonValue: $0) }
                 } else {

Sources/AblyChat/Message.swift

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ extension Message: JSONObjectDecodable {
             roomID: jsonObject.stringValueForKey("roomId"),
             text: jsonObject.stringValueForKey("text"),
             createdAt: jsonObject.optionalAblyProtocolDateValueForKey("createdAt"),
-            metadata: jsonObject.objectValueForKey("metadata").mapValues { try .init(jsonValue: $0) },
+            metadata: jsonObject.objectValueForKey("metadata"),
             headers: jsonObject.objectValueForKey("headers").mapValues { try .init(jsonValue: $0) }
         )
     }

Sources/AblyChat/Metadata.swift

@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-// TODO: https://github.com/ably-labs/ably-chat-swift/issues/13 - try to improve this type
-
-public enum MetadataValue: Sendable, Equatable {
-    case string(String)
-    case number(Double)
-    case bool(Bool)
-    case null
-}
-
 /**
  * Metadata is a map of extra information that can be attached to chat
  * messages. It is not used by Ably and is sent as part of the realtime
@@ -17,40 +8,4 @@ public enum MetadataValue: Sendable, Equatable {
  * Do not use metadata for authoritative information. There is no server-side
  * validation. When reading the metadata treat it like user input.
  */
-public typealias Metadata = [String: MetadataValue]
-
-extension MetadataValue: JSONDecodable {
-    internal enum JSONDecodingError: Error {
-        case unsupportedJSONValue(JSONValue)
-    }
-
-    internal init(jsonValue: JSONValue) throws {
-        self = switch jsonValue {
-        case let .string(value):
-            .string(value)
-        case let .number(value):
-            .number(value)
-        case let .bool(value):
-            .bool(value)
-        case .null:
-            .null
-        default:
-            throw JSONDecodingError.unsupportedJSONValue(jsonValue)
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-extension MetadataValue: JSONEncodable {
-    internal var toJSONValue: JSONValue {
-        switch self {
-        case let .string(value):
-            .string(value)
-        case let .number(value):
-            .number(Double(value))
-        case let .bool(value):
-            .bool(value)
-        case .null:
-            .null
-        }
-    }
-}
+public typealias Metadata = [String: JSONValue]

Sources/AblyChat/RoomReactionDTO.swift

@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ extension RoomReactionDTO.Data: JSONObjectCodable {
 
     internal init(jsonObject: [String: JSONValue]) throws {
         type = try jsonObject.stringValueForKey(JSONKey.type.rawValue)
-        metadata = try jsonObject.optionalObjectValueForKey(JSONKey.metadata.rawValue)?.mapValues { try .init(jsonValue: $0) }
+        metadata = try jsonObject.optionalObjectValueForKey(JSONKey.metadata.rawValue)
     }
 
     internal var toJSONObject: [String: JSONValue] {
         [
             JSONKey.type.rawValue: .string(type),
-            JSONKey.metadata.rawValue: .object(metadata?.mapValues(\.toJSONValue) ?? [:]),
+            JSONKey.metadata.rawValue: .object(metadata ?? [:]),
         ]
     }
 }

Tests/AblyChatTests/ChatAPITests.swift

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ struct ChatAPITests {
             params: .init(
                 text: "", // arbitrary
                 // The exact value here is arbitrary, just want to check it gets serialized
-                metadata: ["numberKey": .number(10), "stringKey": .string("hello")]
+                metadata: ["numberKey": 10, "stringKey": "hello"]
             )
         )
 

Tests/AblyChatTests/DefaultRoomReactionsTests.swift

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct DefaultRoomReactionsTests {
 
         let sendReactionParams = SendReactionParams(
             type: "like",
-            metadata: ["someMetadataKey": MetadataValue.string("someMetadataValue")],
+            metadata: ["someMetadataKey": "someMetadataValue"],
             headers: ["someHeadersKey": HeadersValue.string("someHeadersValue")]
         )
 

Tests/AblyChatTests/IntegrationTests.swift

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ struct IntegrationTests {
         let txMessageAfterRxSubscribe = try await txRoom.messages.send(
             params: .init(
                 text: "Hello from txRoom, after rxRoom subscribe",
-                metadata: ["someMetadataKey": .number(123), "someOtherMetadataKey": .string("foo")],
+                metadata: ["someMetadataKey": 123, "someOtherMetadataKey": "foo"],
                 headers: ["someHeadersKey": .number(456), "someOtherHeadersKey": .string("bar")]
             )
         )
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ struct IntegrationTests {
         try await txRoom.reactions.send(
             params: .init(
                 type: "heart",
-                metadata: ["someMetadataKey": .number(123), "someOtherMetadataKey": .string("foo")],
+                metadata: ["someMetadataKey": 123, "someOtherMetadataKey": "foo"],
                 headers: ["someHeadersKey": .number(456), "someOtherHeadersKey": .string("bar")]
             )
         )

Tests/AblyChatTests/RoomReactionDTOTests.swift

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ enum RoomReactionDTOTests {
                 ]
             )
 
-            #expect(data == .init(type: "someType", metadata: ["someStringKey": .string("someStringValue"), "someNumberKey": .number(123)]))
+            #expect(data == .init(type: "someType", metadata: ["someStringKey": "someStringValue", "someNumberKey": 123]))
         }
 
         // MARK: - JSONCodable
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ enum RoomReactionDTOTests {
 
         @Test
         func toJSONValue() {
-            let data = RoomReactionDTO.Data(type: "someType", metadata: ["someStringKey": .string("someStringValue"), "someNumberKey": .number(123)])
+            let data = RoomReactionDTO.Data(type: "someType", metadata: ["someStringKey": "someStringValue", "someNumberKey": 123])
 
             #expect(data.toJSONValue == [
                 "type": "someType",