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src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/clients/clients.go

@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func (c *Clients) newClient(config types.ClientConfig) (*matrix.Client, error) {
 	}
 
 	client := matrix.NewClient(homeserverURL, config.AccessToken, config.UserID)
-	client.NextBatch = nextBatchStore{c.db}
+	client.NextBatchStorer = nextBatchStore{c.db}
 
 	// TODO: Check that the access token is valid for the userID by peforming
 	// a request against the server.

src/github.com/matrix-org/go-neb/matrix/matrix.go

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type Client struct {
 	syncingID       uint32 // Identifies the current Sync. Only one Sync can be active at any given time.
 	httpClient      *http.Client
 	filterID        string
-	NextBatch     NextBatchStorer
+	NextBatchStorer NextBatchStorer
 }
 
 func (cli *Client) buildURL(urlPath ...string) string {
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func (cli *Client) Sync() {
 	}
 	cli.filterID = filterID
 	logger.WithField("filter", filterID).Print("Got filter ID")
-	nextToken := cli.NextBatch.Load(cli.UserID)
+	nextToken := cli.NextBatchStorer.Load(cli.UserID)
 
 	logger.WithField("next_batch", nextToken).Print("Starting sync")
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (cli *Client) Sync() {
 		// Save the token now *before* passing it through to the worker. This means it's possible
 		// to not process some events, but it means that we won't get constantly stuck processing
 		// a malformed/buggy event which keeps making us panic.
-		cli.NextBatch.Save(cli.UserID, nextToken)
+		cli.NextBatchStorer.Save(cli.UserID, nextToken)
 
 		if !isFirstSync {
 			channel <- syncResponse
@@ -390,7 +390,10 @@ func NewClient(homeserverURL *url.URL, accessToken string, userID string) *Clien
 		Prefix:        "/_matrix/client/r0",
 	}
 	cli.Worker = newWorker(&cli)
-	cli.NextBatch = noopNextBatchStore{}
+	// By default, use a no-op next_batch storer which will never save tokens and always
+	// "load" the empty string as a token. The client will work with this storer: it just won't
+	// remember the token across restarts. In practice, a database backend should be used.
+	cli.NextBatchStorer = noopNextBatchStore{}
 	cli.Rooms = make(map[string]*Room)
 	cli.httpClient = &http.Client{}