fix: updates per review

- Renames updateComponents to ingestComponents in ui/core/index.ts
- Updates comment and variable name for sendComponent Update
- Refactors to_dict method of SessionComponentTree in core.py for readability

src/streamsync/core.py

@@ -585,19 +585,19 @@ def get_component(self, component_id: str) -> Optional[Component]:
 
         if session_component_present:
             return session_component
-
-        return self.base_component_tree.get_component(component_id)
 
-
+        return self.base_component_tree.get_component(component_id)
 
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict:
         active_components = {
-            k: v.to_dict()
-            for k, v in self.base_component_tree.components.items()
-            }
-        for id, component in {**self.components}.items():
+            # Collecting serialized base tree components
+            component_id: base_component.to_dict()
+            for component_id, base_component
+            in self.base_component_tree.components.items()
+        }
+        for component_id, session_component in self.components.items():
             # Overriding base tree components with session-specific ones
-            active_components[id] = component.to_dict()
+            active_components[component_id] = session_component.to_dict()
         return active_components
 
 

ui/src/core/index.ts

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export function generateCore() {
 		});
 	}
 
-	function updateComponents(newComponents: Record<string, any>) {
+	function ingestComponents(newComponents: Record<string, any>) {
 		if (!newComponents) return;
 		components.value = newComponents
 	}
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export function generateCore() {
 			) {
 				ingestMutations(message.payload?.mutations);
 				collateMail(message.payload?.mail);
-				updateComponents(message.payload?.components);
+				ingestComponents(message.payload?.components);
 			}
 
 			const mapItem = frontendMessageMap.value.get(message.trackingId);
@@ -436,19 +436,20 @@ export function generateCore() {
 	 */
 	async function sendComponentUpdate(): Promise<void> {
 		/*
- 		Only send components created by the frontend (static), to avoid re-feeding the backend
- 		those components created by the backend.
+ 		Ensure that the backend receives only components 
+		created by the frontend (Builder-managed components, BMC), 
+		and not the components it generated (Code-managed components, CMC).
  		*/
 
- 		const staticComponents = {};
+ 		const builderManagedComponents = {};
 
  		Object.entries(components.value).forEach(([componentId, component]) => {
  			if (component.flag === 'cmc') return;
- 			staticComponents[componentId] = component;
+ 			builderManagedComponents[componentId] = component;
  		});
 
 		const payload = {
-			components: staticComponents,
+			components: builderManagedComponents,
 		};
 
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {