Method addNewNode

src/generic/key_value_filesystem.ts:520–533

* Creates a new node under a random ID. Retries 5 times before giving up in * the exceedingly unlikely chance that we try to reuse a random GUID. * @return The GUID that the data was stored under.

(tx: SyncKeyValueRWTransaction, data: Buffer)

   * @return The GUID that the data was stored under.
   */
  private addNewNode(tx: SyncKeyValueRWTransaction, data: Buffer): string {
    const retries = 0;
    let currId: string;
    while (retries < 5) {
      try {
        currId = GenerateRandomID();
        tx.put(currId, data, false);
        return currId;
      } catch (e) {
        // Ignore and reroll.
      }
    }
    throw new ApiError(ErrorCode.EIO, 'Unable to commit data to key-value store.');
  }

  /**
   * Commits a new file (well, a FILE or a DIRECTORY) to the file system with