int GetSortedChatPosition(ChatView chatView)
{
// starting with > 0.8 the Engine supplies ChatModel.Position for us
if (Frontend.EngineProtocolVersion > new Version("0.8")) {
return chatView.Position;
}
// COMPAT: Engine <= 0.8 doesn't populate ChatModel.Position thus
// _we_ have to find a good position
var chat = chatView.ChatModel;
// REMOTING CALL 1
int idx = chat.Position;
// REMOTING CALL 2
ChatType type = chat.ChatType;
// new group person and group chats behind their protocol chat
if (idx == -1 &&
(type == ChatType.Person ||
type == ChatType.Group)) {
// REMOTING CALL 3
IProtocolManager pm = chat.ProtocolManager;
for (int i = 0; i < f_Notebook.NPages; i++) {
ChatView page = (ChatView) f_Notebook.GetNthPage(i);
ChatModel pageChat = page.ChatModel;
// REMOTING CALL 4 and 5
if (pageChat.ChatType == ChatType.Protocol &&
pageChat.ProtocolManager == pm) {
idx = i + 1;
break;
}
}
if (idx != -1) {
// now find the first chat with a different protocol manager
bool found = false;
for (int i = idx; i < f_Notebook.NPages; i++) {
ChatView page = (ChatView) f_Notebook.GetNthPage(i);
ChatModel pageChat = page.ChatModel;
// REMOTING CALL 6
if (pageChat.ProtocolManager != pm) {
found = true;
idx = i;
break;
}
}
if (!found) {
// if there was no next protocol manager, simply append
// the chat way to the end
idx = -1;
}
}
}
return idx;
}
