give dtnchannel its own Uid

Modules/Replication/shared/src/main/scala/replication/DTNChannel.scala

@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ class DTNRdtClientContext[T: JsonValueCodec](connection: RdtClient, executionCon
 
 class DTNChannel[T: JsonValueCodec](host: String, port: Int, appName: String, ec: ExecutionContext)
     extends AbstractLatentConnection[ProtocolMessage[T]] {
+
+  // We use a local dtnid instead of a remote replica ID to signify that the local DTNd is the one providing information.
+  // If the local dtnd could be stopped and restarted without loosing data, this id should remain the same for performance reasons, but it will be correct even if it changes.
+  val dtnid = Uid.gen()
+
   override def prepare(incoming: AbstractIncoming[ProtocolMessage[T]])
       : Async[Abort, AbstractConnectionContext[ProtocolMessage[T]]] = Async {
     val client: RdtClient = RdtClient(host, port, appName, NoDotsConvergenceClient).toAsync(using ec).bind
@@ -38,13 +43,12 @@ class DTNChannel[T: JsonValueCodec](host: String, port: Int, appName: String, ec
 
     client.registerOnReceive { (payload: Array[Byte], dots: Dots) =>
       val data = readFromArray[T](payload)
-      // TODO: is Uid zero bad?
-      cb.succeed(ProtocolMessage.Payload(Uid.zero, dots, data))
+      cb.succeed(ProtocolMessage.Payload(dtnid, dots, data))
     }
 
     // TODO: create custom empty request to signal to the application that it should send us all data it has.
     // optimally, this should not be an empty set of dots, but those present in the network
-    cb.succeed(ProtocolMessage.Request(Uid.zero, Dots.empty))
+    cb.succeed(ProtocolMessage.Request(dtnid, Dots.empty))
 
     conn
   }

Modules/Replication/shared/src/main/scala/replication/DataManager.scala

@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ class DataManager[State](
     10000
   )
 
-  def addLatentConnection(latentConnection: AbstractLatentConnection[MessageBuffer])(using JsonValueCodec[CodecState]): Unit = {
+  def addLatentConnection(latentConnection: AbstractLatentConnection[MessageBuffer])(using
+      JsonValueCodec[CodecState]
+  ): Unit = {
     addLatentConnection(DataManager.jsoniterMessages(latentConnection))
   }
 
@@ -155,17 +157,3 @@ class DataManager[State](
   }
 
 }
-
-//def encodeDelta(delta: TransferState): MessageBuffer = {
-//  toEncBuffer:
-//    writeToArray[ProtocolMessage[TransferState]](Payload(replicaId.uid, delta))
-//}
-//
-//def missingRequestMessage: MessageBuffer = {
-//  toEncBuffer:
-//    writeToArray[ProtocolMessage[TransferState]](Request(replicaId.uid, selfContext))
-//}
-//
-//def toEncBuffer(bytes: Array[Byte]): MessageBuffer =
-//  val enc = crypto.map(c => c.encrypt(bytes, Array.empty)).getOrElse(bytes)
-//  ArrayMessageBuffer(enc)