Merge pull request #565 from quotient-im/kitsune/streamline-event-types-2

Streamline event types, part 2

42 files changed, 856 insertions, 838 deletions

diff --git a/lib/events/accountdataevents.h b/lib/events/accountdataevents.h
index 24c3353c..324ce449 100644
--- a/lib/events/accountdataevents.h
+++ b/lib/events/accountdataevents.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "event.h"
-#include "util.h"
 
 namespace Quotient {
 constexpr auto FavouriteTag [[maybe_unused]] = "m.favourite"_ls;
@@ -46,14 +45,21 @@ struct JsonObjectConverter<TagRecord> {
 
 using TagsMap = QHash<QString, TagRecord>;
 
-DEFINE_SIMPLE_EVENT(TagEvent, Event, "m.tag", TagsMap, tags)
-DEFINE_SIMPLE_EVENT(ReadMarkerEventImpl, Event, "m.fully_read", QString, eventId)
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_EVENT(TagEvent, Event, "m.tag", TagsMap, tags, "tags")
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_EVENT(ReadMarkerEventImpl, Event, "m.fully_read", QString,
+                    eventId, "event_id")
 class ReadMarkerEvent : public ReadMarkerEventImpl {
 public:
     using ReadMarkerEventImpl::ReadMarkerEventImpl;
     [[deprecated("Use ReadMarkerEvent::eventId() instead")]]
-    QString event_id() const { return eventId(); }
+    auto event_id() const { return eventId(); }
+};
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_EVENT(IgnoredUsersEventImpl, Event, "m.ignored_user_list",
+                    QSet<QString>, ignoredUsers, "ignored_users")
+class IgnoredUsersEvent : public IgnoredUsersEventImpl {
+public:
+    using IgnoredUsersEventImpl::IgnoredUsersEventImpl;
+    [[deprecated("Use IgnoredUsersEvent::ignoredUsers() instead")]]
+    auto ignored_users() const { return ignoredUsers(); }
 };
-DEFINE_SIMPLE_EVENT(IgnoredUsersEvent, Event, "m.ignored_user_list", QSet<QString>,
-                    ignored_users)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/callanswerevent.cpp b/lib/events/callanswerevent.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index f75f8ad3..00000000
--- a/lib/events/callanswerevent.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Marius Gripsgard <marius@ubports.com>
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Josip Delic <delijati@googlemail.com>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-
-#include "callanswerevent.h"
-
-/*
-m.call.answer
-{
-    "age": 242352,
-    "content": {
-        "answer": {
-            "sdp": "v=0\r\no=- 6584580628695956864 2 IN IP4 127.0.0.1[...]",
-            "type": "answer"
-        },
-        "call_id": "12345",
-        "version": 0
-    },
-    "event_id": "$WLGTSEFSEF:localhost",
-    "origin_server_ts": 1431961217939,
-    "room_id": "!Cuyf34gef24t:localhost",
-    "sender": "@example:localhost",
-    "type": "m.call.answer"
-}
-*/
-
-using namespace Quotient;
-
-CallAnswerEvent::CallAnswerEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-    : CallEventBase(typeId(), obj)
-{
-    qCDebug(EVENTS) << "Call Answer event";
-}
-
-CallAnswerEvent::CallAnswerEvent(const QString& callId, const QString& sdp)
-    : CallEventBase(
-        typeId(), matrixTypeId(), callId, 0,
-        { { QStringLiteral("answer"),
-            QJsonObject { { QStringLiteral("type"), QStringLiteral("answer") },
-                          { QStringLiteral("sdp"), sdp } } } })
-{}
diff --git a/lib/events/callanswerevent.h b/lib/events/callanswerevent.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d539b85..00000000
--- a/lib/events/callanswerevent.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Marius Gripsgard <marius@ubports.com>
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Josip Delic <delijati@googlemail.com>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "roomevent.h"
-
-namespace Quotient {
-class QUOTIENT_API CallAnswerEvent : public CallEventBase {
-public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.call.answer", CallAnswerEvent)
-
-    explicit CallAnswerEvent(const QJsonObject& obj);
-
-    explicit CallAnswerEvent(const QString& callId, const QString& sdp);
-
-    QString sdp() const
-    {
-        return contentPart<QJsonObject>("answer"_ls).value("sdp"_ls).toString();
-    }
-};
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(CallAnswerEvent)
-} // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/callcandidatesevent.h b/lib/events/callcandidatesevent.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e949f722..00000000
--- a/lib/events/callcandidatesevent.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Marius Gripsgard <marius@ubports.com>
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Josip Delic <delijati@googlemail.com>
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Kitsune Ral <Kitsune-Ral@users.sf.net>
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Carl Schwan <carlschwan@kde.org>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "roomevent.h"
-
-namespace Quotient {
-class CallCandidatesEvent : public CallEventBase {
-public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.call.candidates", CallCandidatesEvent)
-
-    explicit CallCandidatesEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : CallEventBase(typeId(), obj)
-    {}
-
-    explicit CallCandidatesEvent(const QString& callId,
-                                 const QJsonArray& candidates)
-        : CallEventBase(typeId(), matrixTypeId(), callId, 0,
-                        { { QStringLiteral("candidates"), candidates } })
-    {}
-
-    QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QJsonArray, candidates)
-    QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QString, callId)
-    QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(int, version)
-};
-
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(CallCandidatesEvent)
-} // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/callevents.cpp b/lib/events/callevents.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3873614d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/events/callevents.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Kitsune Ral <Kitsune-Ral@users.sf.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+
+#include "callevents.h"
+
+#include "logging.h"
+
+using namespace Quotient;
+
+QJsonObject CallEvent::basicJson(const QString& matrixType,
+                                 const QString& callId, int version,
+                                 QJsonObject contentJson)
+{
+    contentJson.insert(QStringLiteral("call_id"), callId);
+    contentJson.insert(QStringLiteral("version"), version);
+    return RoomEvent::basicJson(matrixType, contentJson);
+}
+
+CallEvent::CallEvent(const QJsonObject& json)
+    : RoomEvent(json)
+{
+    if (callId().isEmpty())
+        qCWarning(EVENTS) << id() << "is a call event with an empty call id";
+}
+
+/*
+m.call.invite
+{
+    "age": 242352,
+    "content": {
+        "call_id": "12345",
+        "lifetime": 60000,
+        "offer": {
+            "sdp": "v=0\r\no=- 6584580628695956864 2 IN IP4 127.0.0.1[...]",
+            "type": "offer"
+        },
+        "version": 0
+    },
+    "event_id": "$WLGTSEFSEF:localhost",
+    "origin_server_ts": 1431961217939,
+    "room_id": "!Cuyf34gef24t:localhost",
+    "sender": "@example:localhost",
+    "type": "m.call.invite"
+}
+*/
+
+CallInviteEvent::CallInviteEvent(const QString& callId, int lifetime,
+                                 const QString& sdp)
+    : EventTemplate(
+        callId,
+        { { QStringLiteral("lifetime"), lifetime },
+          { QStringLiteral("offer"),
+            QJsonObject{ { QStringLiteral("type"), QStringLiteral("offer") },
+                         { QStringLiteral("sdp"), sdp } } } })
+{}
+
+/*
+m.call.answer
+{
+    "age": 242352,
+    "content": {
+        "answer": {
+            "sdp": "v=0\r\no=- 6584580628695956864 2 IN IP4 127.0.0.1[...]",
+            "type": "answer"
+        },
+        "call_id": "12345",
+        "version": 0
+    },
+    "event_id": "$WLGTSEFSEF:localhost",
+    "origin_server_ts": 1431961217939,
+    "room_id": "!Cuyf34gef24t:localhost",
+    "sender": "@example:localhost",
+    "type": "m.call.answer"
+}
+*/
+
+CallAnswerEvent::CallAnswerEvent(const QString& callId, const QString& sdp)
+    : EventTemplate(callId, { { QStringLiteral("answer"),
+                            QJsonObject { { QStringLiteral("type"),
+                                            QStringLiteral("answer") },
+                                          { QStringLiteral("sdp"), sdp } } } })
+{}
diff --git a/lib/events/callevents.h b/lib/events/callevents.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..752e331d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/events/callevents.h
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Kitsune Ral <Kitsune-Ral@users.sf.net>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "roomevent.h"
+
+namespace Quotient {
+
+class QUOTIENT_API CallEvent : public RoomEvent {
+public:
+    QUO_BASE_EVENT(CallEvent, "m.call.*"_ls, RoomEvent::BaseMetaType)
+    static bool matches(const QJsonObject&, const QString& mType)
+    {
+        return mType.startsWith("m.call.");
+    }
+
+    QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QString, callId)
+    QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(int, version)
+
+protected:
+    explicit CallEvent(const QJsonObject& json);
+
+    static QJsonObject basicJson(const QString& matrixType,
+                                 const QString& callId, int version,
+                                 QJsonObject contentJson = {});
+};
+using CallEventBase
+    [[deprecated("CallEventBase is CallEvent now")]] = CallEvent;
+
+template <typename EventT>
+class EventTemplate<EventT, CallEvent> : public CallEvent {
+public:
+    using CallEvent::CallEvent;
+    explicit EventTemplate(const QString& callId,
+                           const QJsonObject& contentJson = {})
+        : EventTemplate(basicJson(EventT::TypeId, callId, 0, contentJson))
+    {}
+};
+
+template <typename EventT, typename ContentT>
+class EventTemplate<EventT, CallEvent, ContentT>
+    : public EventTemplate<EventT, CallEvent> {
+public:
+    using EventTemplate<EventT, CallEvent>::EventTemplate;
+    template <typename... ContentParamTs>
+    explicit EventTemplate(const QString& callId,
+                           ContentParamTs&&... contentParams)
+        : EventTemplate<EventT, CallEvent>(
+            callId,
+            toJson(ContentT{ std::forward<ContentParamTs>(contentParams)... }))
+    {}
+};
+
+class QUOTIENT_API CallInviteEvent
+    : public EventTemplate<CallInviteEvent, CallEvent> {
+public:
+    QUO_EVENT(CallInviteEvent, "m.call.invite")
+
+    using EventTemplate::EventTemplate;
+
+    explicit CallInviteEvent(const QString& callId, int lifetime,
+                             const QString& sdp);
+
+    QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(int, lifetime)
+    QString sdp() const
+    {
+        return contentPart<QJsonObject>("offer"_ls).value("sdp"_ls).toString();
+    }
+};
+
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_EVENT(CallCandidatesEvent, CallEvent, "m.call.candidates",
+                    QJsonArray, candidates, "candidates")
+
+class QUOTIENT_API CallAnswerEvent
+    : public EventTemplate<CallAnswerEvent, CallEvent> {
+public:
+    QUO_EVENT(CallAnswerEvent, "m.call.answer")
+
+    using EventTemplate::EventTemplate;
+
+    explicit CallAnswerEvent(const QString& callId, const QString& sdp);
+
+    QString sdp() const
+    {
+        return contentPart<QJsonObject>("answer"_ls).value("sdp"_ls).toString();
+    }
+};
+
+class QUOTIENT_API CallHangupEvent
+    : public EventTemplate<CallHangupEvent, CallEvent> {
+public:
+    QUO_EVENT(CallHangupEvent, "m.call.hangup")
+    using EventTemplate::EventTemplate;
+};
+
+} // namespace Quotient
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Quotient::CallEvent*)
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(const Quotient::CallEvent*)
diff --git a/lib/events/callhangupevent.h b/lib/events/callhangupevent.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b0017c59..00000000
--- a/lib/events/callhangupevent.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Marius Gripsgard <marius@ubports.com>
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Josip Delic <delijati@googlemail.com>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "roomevent.h"
-
-namespace Quotient {
-class QUOTIENT_API CallHangupEvent : public CallEventBase {
-public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.call.hangup", CallHangupEvent)
-
-    explicit CallHangupEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : CallEventBase(typeId(), obj)
-    {}
-    explicit CallHangupEvent(const QString& callId)
-        : CallEventBase(typeId(), matrixTypeId(), callId, 0)
-    {}
-};
-
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(CallHangupEvent)
-} // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/callinviteevent.cpp b/lib/events/callinviteevent.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f26a1cb..00000000
--- a/lib/events/callinviteevent.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Marius Gripsgard <marius@ubports.com>
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Josip Delic <delijati@googlemail.com>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-
-#include "callinviteevent.h"
-
-/*
-m.call.invite
-{
-    "age": 242352,
-    "content": {
-        "call_id": "12345",
-        "lifetime": 60000,
-        "offer": {
-            "sdp": "v=0\r\no=- 6584580628695956864 2 IN IP4 127.0.0.1[...]",
-            "type": "offer"
-        },
-        "version": 0
-    },
-    "event_id": "$WLGTSEFSEF:localhost",
-    "origin_server_ts": 1431961217939,
-    "room_id": "!Cuyf34gef24t:localhost",
-    "sender": "@example:localhost",
-    "type": "m.call.invite"
-}
-*/
-
-using namespace Quotient;
-
-CallInviteEvent::CallInviteEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-    : CallEventBase(typeId(), obj)
-{
-    qCDebug(EVENTS) << "Call Invite event";
-}
-
-CallInviteEvent::CallInviteEvent(const QString& callId, int lifetime,
-                                 const QString& sdp)
-    : CallEventBase(
-        typeId(), matrixTypeId(), callId, 0,
-        { { QStringLiteral("lifetime"), lifetime },
-          { QStringLiteral("offer"),
-            QJsonObject { { QStringLiteral("type"), QStringLiteral("offer") },
-                          { QStringLiteral("sdp"), sdp } } } })
-{}
diff --git a/lib/events/callinviteevent.h b/lib/events/callinviteevent.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b4ca0df..00000000
--- a/lib/events/callinviteevent.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Marius Gripsgard <marius@ubports.com>
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Josip Delic <delijati@googlemail.com>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "roomevent.h"
-
-namespace Quotient {
-class QUOTIENT_API CallInviteEvent : public CallEventBase {
-public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.call.invite", CallInviteEvent)
-
-    explicit CallInviteEvent(const QJsonObject& obj);
-
-    explicit CallInviteEvent(const QString& callId, int lifetime,
-                             const QString& sdp);
-
-    QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(int, lifetime)
-    QString sdp() const
-    {
-        return contentPart<QJsonObject>("offer"_ls).value("sdp"_ls).toString();
-    }
-};
-
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(CallInviteEvent)
-} // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/directchatevent.h b/lib/events/directchatevent.h
index 2018d3d6..0756d816 100644
--- a/lib/events/directchatevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/directchatevent.h
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@
 namespace Quotient {
 class QUOTIENT_API DirectChatEvent : public Event {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.direct", DirectChatEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(DirectChatEvent, "m.direct")
 
-    explicit DirectChatEvent(const QJsonObject& obj) : Event(typeId(), obj) {}
+    using Event::Event;
 
     QMultiHash<QString, QString> usersToDirectChats() const;
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(DirectChatEvent)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/encryptedevent.cpp b/lib/events/encryptedevent.cpp
index ec00ad4c..94b44901 100644
--- a/lib/events/encryptedevent.cpp
+++ b/lib/events/encryptedevent.cpp
@@ -2,33 +2,31 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
 #include "encryptedevent.h"
-#include "roommessageevent.h"
-#include "events/eventloader.h"
+#include "logging.h"
 
 using namespace Quotient;
 
-EncryptedEvent::EncryptedEvent(const QJsonObject& ciphertext,
+EncryptedEvent::EncryptedEvent(const QJsonObject& ciphertexts,
                                const QString& senderKey)
-    : RoomEvent(typeId(), matrixTypeId(),
-                { { AlgorithmKeyL, OlmV1Curve25519AesSha2AlgoKey },
-                  { CiphertextKeyL, ciphertext },
+    : RoomEvent({ { AlgorithmKeyL, OlmV1Curve25519AesSha2AlgoKey },
+                  { CiphertextKeyL, ciphertexts },
                   { SenderKeyKeyL, senderKey } })
 {}
 
-EncryptedEvent::EncryptedEvent(QByteArray ciphertext, const QString& senderKey,
+EncryptedEvent::EncryptedEvent(const QByteArray& ciphertext,
+                               const QString& senderKey,
                                const QString& deviceId, const QString& sessionId)
-    : RoomEvent(typeId(), matrixTypeId(),
-                {
-                    { AlgorithmKeyL, MegolmV1AesSha2AlgoKey },
-                    { CiphertextKeyL, QString(ciphertext) },
-                    { DeviceIdKeyL, deviceId },
-                    { SenderKeyKeyL, senderKey },
-                    { SessionIdKeyL, sessionId },
-                })
+    : RoomEvent({
+        { AlgorithmKeyL, MegolmV1AesSha2AlgoKey },
+        { CiphertextKeyL, QString(ciphertext) },
+        { DeviceIdKeyL, deviceId },
+        { SenderKeyKeyL, senderKey },
+        { SessionIdKeyL, sessionId },
+    })
 {}
 
 EncryptedEvent::EncryptedEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-    : RoomEvent(typeId(), obj)
+    : RoomEvent(obj)
 {
     qCDebug(E2EE) << "Encrypted event from" << senderId();
 }
diff --git a/lib/events/encryptedevent.h b/lib/events/encryptedevent.h
index ddd5e415..02d4c7aa 100644
--- a/lib/events/encryptedevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/encryptedevent.h
@@ -27,16 +27,17 @@ namespace Quotient {
  */
 class QUOTIENT_API EncryptedEvent : public RoomEvent {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.room.encrypted", EncryptedEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(EncryptedEvent, "m.room.encrypted")
 
     /* In case with Olm, the encrypted content of the event is
      * a map from the recipient Curve25519 identity key to ciphertext
      * information */
-    explicit EncryptedEvent(const QJsonObject& ciphertext,
+    explicit EncryptedEvent(const QJsonObject& ciphertexts,
                             const QString& senderKey);
     /* In case with Megolm, device_id and session_id are required */
-    explicit EncryptedEvent(QByteArray ciphertext, const QString& senderKey,
-                            const QString& deviceId, const QString& sessionId);
+    explicit EncryptedEvent(const QByteArray& ciphertext,
+                            const QString& senderKey, const QString& deviceId,
+                            const QString& sessionId);
     explicit EncryptedEvent(const QJsonObject& obj);
 
     QString algorithm() const;
@@ -59,6 +60,4 @@ public:
 
     void setRelation(const QJsonObject& relation);
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(EncryptedEvent)
-
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/encryptionevent.cpp b/lib/events/encryptionevent.cpp
index 8872447b..b1b04984 100644
--- a/lib/events/encryptionevent.cpp
+++ b/lib/events/encryptionevent.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
 #include "encryptionevent.h"
+#include "logging.h"
 
 #include "e2ee/e2ee.h"
 
diff --git a/lib/events/encryptionevent.h b/lib/events/encryptionevent.h
index 91452c3f..4bf7459c 100644
--- a/lib/events/encryptionevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/encryptionevent.h
@@ -26,20 +26,16 @@ public:
     int rotationPeriodMsgs = 100;
 };
 
-class QUOTIENT_API EncryptionEvent : public StateEvent<EncryptionEventContent> {
+class QUOTIENT_API EncryptionEvent
+    : public KeylessStateEventBase<EncryptionEvent, EncryptionEventContent> {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.room.encryption", EncryptionEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(EncryptionEvent, "m.room.encryption")
 
     using EncryptionType
         [[deprecated("Use Quotient::EncryptionType instead")]] =
             Quotient::EncryptionType;
 
-    explicit EncryptionEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : StateEvent(typeId(), obj)
-    {}
-    explicit EncryptionEvent(EncryptionEventContent&& content)
-        : StateEvent(typeId(), matrixTypeId(), QString(), std::move(content))
-    {}
+    using KeylessStateEventBase::KeylessStateEventBase;
 
     Quotient::EncryptionType encryption() const { return content().encryption; }
     QString algorithm() const { return content().algorithm; }
@@ -48,5 +44,4 @@ public:
 
     bool useEncryption() const { return !algorithm().isEmpty(); }
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(EncryptionEvent)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/event.cpp b/lib/events/event.cpp
index 1f1eebaa..da7de919 100644
--- a/lib/events/event.cpp
+++ b/lib/events/event.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 #include "event.h"
 
+#include "callevents.h"
 #include "logging.h"
+#include "stateevent.h"
 
 #include <QtCore/QJsonDocument>
 
@@ -11,15 +13,42 @@ using namespace Quotient;
 
 QString EventTypeRegistry::getMatrixType(event_type_t typeId) { return typeId; }
 
-void _impl::EventFactoryBase::logAddingMethod(event_type_t TypeId,
-                                              size_t newSize)
+void AbstractEventMetaType::addDerived(AbstractEventMetaType* newType)
 {
-    qDebug(EVENTS) << "Adding factory method for" << TypeId << "events;"
-                   << newSize << "methods will be in the" << name
-                   << "chain";
+    if (const auto existing =
+            std::find_if(derivedTypes.cbegin(), derivedTypes.cend(),
+                         [&newType](const AbstractEventMetaType* t) {
+                             return t->matrixId == newType->matrixId;
+                         });
+        existing != derivedTypes.cend())
+    {
+        if (*existing == newType)
+            return;
+        // Two different metatype objects claim the same Matrix type id; this
+        // is not normal, so give as much information as possible to diagnose
+        if ((*existing)->className == newType->className) {
+            qCritical(EVENTS)
+                << newType->className << "claims" << newType->matrixId
+                << "repeatedly; check that it's exported across translation "
+                   "units or shared objects";
+            Q_ASSERT(false); // That situation is plain wrong
+            return; // So maybe std::terminate() even?
+        }
+        qWarning(EVENTS).nospace()
+            << newType->matrixId << " is already mapped to "
+            << (*existing)->className << " before " << newType->className
+            << "; unless the two have different isValid() conditions, the "
+               "latter class will never be used";
+    }
+    derivedTypes.emplace_back(newType);
+    qDebug(EVENTS).nospace()
+        << newType->matrixId << " -> " << newType->className << "; "
+        << derivedTypes.size() << " derived type(s) registered for "
+        << className;
 }
 
-Event::Event(Type type, const QJsonObject& json) : _type(type), _json(json)
+Event::Event(const QJsonObject& json)
+    : _json(json)
 {
     if (!json.contains(ContentKeyL)
         && !json.value(UnsignedKeyL).toObject().contains(RedactedCauseKeyL)) {
@@ -28,10 +57,6 @@ Event::Event(Type type, const QJsonObject& json) : _type(type), _json(json)
     }
 }
 
-Event::Event(Type type, event_mtype_t matrixType, const QJsonObject& contentJson)
-    : Event(type, basicJson(matrixType, contentJson))
-{}
-
 Event::~Event() = default;
 
 QString Event::matrixType() const { return fullJson()[TypeKeyL].toString(); }
@@ -48,6 +73,10 @@ const QJsonObject Event::unsignedJson() const
     return fullJson()[UnsignedKeyL].toObject();
 }
 
+bool Event::isStateEvent() const { return is<StateEvent>(); }
+
+bool Event::isCallEvent() const { return is<CallEvent>(); }
+
 void Event::dumpTo(QDebug dbg) const
 {
     dbg << QJsonDocument(contentJson()).toJson(QJsonDocument::Compact);
diff --git a/lib/events/event.h b/lib/events/event.h
index b7454337..0abef1f0 100644
--- a/lib/events/event.h
+++ b/lib/events/event.h
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "converters.h"
-#include "logging.h"
 #include "function_traits.h"
+#include "single_key_value.h"
 
 namespace Quotient {
-// === event_ptr_tt<> and type casting facilities ===
+// === event_ptr_tt<> and basic type casting facilities ===
 
 template <typename EventT>
 using event_ptr_tt = std::unique_ptr<EventT>;
@@ -48,141 +48,233 @@ const QString RoomIdKey { RoomIdKeyL };
 const QString UnsignedKey { UnsignedKeyL };
 const QString StateKeyKey { StateKeyKeyL };
 
-// === Event types ===
-
 using event_type_t = QLatin1String;
-using event_mtype_t = const char*;
-
-class QUOTIENT_API EventTypeRegistry {
-public:
-    ~EventTypeRegistry() = default;
 
-    [[deprecated("event_type_t is a string now, use it directly instead")]]
+// TODO: Remove in 0.8
+struct QUOTIENT_API EventTypeRegistry {
+    [[deprecated("event_type_t is a string since libQuotient 0.7, use it directly instead")]]
     static QString getMatrixType(event_type_t typeId);
 
-private:
-    EventTypeRegistry() = default;
+    EventTypeRegistry() = delete;
+    ~EventTypeRegistry() = default;
     Q_DISABLE_COPY_MOVE(EventTypeRegistry)
 };
 
-template <typename EventT>
-constexpr event_type_t typeId()
-{
-    return std::decay_t<EventT>::TypeId;
-}
+// === EventMetaType ===
 
-constexpr event_type_t UnknownEventTypeId = "?"_ls;
-[[deprecated("Use UnknownEventTypeId")]]
-constexpr event_type_t unknownEventTypeId() { return UnknownEventTypeId; }
+class Event;
 
-// === Event creation facilities ===
+// TODO: move over to std::derived_from<Event> once it's available everywhere
+template <typename EventT, typename BaseEventT = Event>
+concept EventClass = std::is_base_of_v<BaseEventT, EventT>;
 
-//! Create an event of arbitrary type from its arguments
-template <typename EventT, typename... ArgTs>
-inline event_ptr_tt<EventT> makeEvent(ArgTs&&... args)
-{
-    return std::make_unique<EventT>(std::forward<ArgTs>(args)...);
-}
+template <EventClass EventT>
+bool is(const Event& e);
 
-namespace _impl {
-    class QUOTIENT_API EventFactoryBase {
-    public:
-        EventFactoryBase(const EventFactoryBase&) = delete;
-
-    protected: // This class is only to inherit from
-        explicit EventFactoryBase(const char* name)
-            : name(name)
-        {}
-        void logAddingMethod(event_type_t TypeId, size_t newSize);
-
-    private:
-        const char* const name;
-    };
-} // namespace _impl
-
-//! \brief A family of event factories to create events from CS API responses
+//! \brief The base class for event metatypes
 //!
-//! Each of these factories, as instantiated by event base types (Event,
-//! RoomEvent etc.) is capable of producing an event object derived from
-//! \p BaseEventT, using the JSON payload and the event type passed to its
-//! make() method. Don't use these directly to make events; use loadEvent()
-//! overloads as the frontend for these. Never instantiate new factories
-//! outside of base event classes.
-//! \sa loadEvent, setupFactory, Event::factory, RoomEvent::factory,
-//!     StateEventBase::factory
-template <typename BaseEventT>
-class EventFactory : public _impl::EventFactoryBase {
-private:
-    using method_t = event_ptr_tt<BaseEventT> (*)(const QJsonObject&,
-                                                  const QString&);
-    std::vector<method_t> methods {};
-
-    template <class EventT>
-    static event_ptr_tt<BaseEventT> makeIfMatches(const QJsonObject& json,
-                                                  const QString& matrixType)
+//! You should not normally have to use this directly, unless you need to devise
+//! a whole new kind of event metatypes.
+class QUOTIENT_API AbstractEventMetaType {
+public:
+    // The public fields here are const and are not to be changeable anyway.
+    // NOLINTBEGIN(misc-non-private-member-variables-in-classes)
+    const char* const className;
+    const event_type_t matrixId;
+    const AbstractEventMetaType* const baseType = nullptr;
+    // NOLINTEND(misc-non-private-member-variables-in-classes)
+
+    explicit AbstractEventMetaType(const char* className)
+        : className(className)
+    {}
+    explicit AbstractEventMetaType(const char* className, event_type_t matrixId,
+                                   AbstractEventMetaType& nearestBase)
+        : className(className), matrixId(matrixId), baseType(&nearestBase)
     {
-        // If your matrix event type is not all ASCII, it's your problem
-        // (see https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2758)
-        return EventT::TypeId == matrixType ? makeEvent<EventT>(json) : nullptr;
+        nearestBase.addDerived(this);
     }
 
+    void addDerived(AbstractEventMetaType *newType);
+
+    virtual ~AbstractEventMetaType() = default;
+
+protected:
+    // Allow template specialisations to call into one another
+    template <class EventT>
+    friend class EventMetaType;
+
+    // The returned value indicates whether a generic object has to be created
+    // on the top level when `event` is empty, instead of returning nullptr
+    virtual bool doLoadFrom(const QJsonObject& fullJson, const QString& type,
+                            Event*& event) const = 0;
+
+private:
+    std::vector<const AbstractEventMetaType*> derivedTypes{};
+    Q_DISABLE_COPY_MOVE(AbstractEventMetaType)
+};
+
+// Any event metatype is unique (note Q_DISABLE_COPY_MOVE above) so can be
+// identified by its address
+inline bool operator==(const AbstractEventMetaType& lhs,
+                       const AbstractEventMetaType& rhs)
+{
+    return &lhs == &rhs;
+}
+
+//! \brief A family of event meta-types to load and match events
+//!
+//! TL;DR for the loadFrom() story:
+//! - for base event types, use QUO_BASE_EVENT and, if you have additional
+//!   validation (e.g., JSON has to contain a certain key - see StateEvent
+//!   for a real example), define it in the static EventT::isValid() member
+//!   function accepting QJsonObject and returning bool.
+//! - for leaf (specific) event types - simply use QUO_EVENT and it will do
+//!   everything necessary, including the TypeId definition.
+//! \sa QUO_EVENT, QUO_BASE_EVENT
+template <class EventT>
+class QUOTIENT_API EventMetaType : public AbstractEventMetaType {
+    // Above: can't constrain EventT to be EventClass because it's incomplete
+    // at the point of EventMetaType<EventT> instantiation.
 public:
-    explicit EventFactory(const char* fName)
-        : EventFactoryBase { fName }
-    {}
+    using AbstractEventMetaType::AbstractEventMetaType;
 
-    //! \brief Add a method to create events of a given type
+    //! \brief Try to load an event from JSON, with dynamic type resolution
     //!
-    //! Adds a standard factory method (makeIfMatches) for \p EventT so that
-    //! event objects of this type can be created dynamically by loadEvent.
-    //! The caller is responsible for ensuring this method is called only
-    //! once per type.
-    //! \sa loadEvent, Quotient::loadEvent
-    template <class EventT>
-    const auto& addMethod()
+    //! The generic logic defined in this class template and invoked applies to
+    //! all event types defined in the library and boils down to the following:
+    //! 1.
+    //!    a. If EventT has TypeId defined (which normally is a case of
+    //!       all leaf - specific - event types, via QUO_EVENT macro) and
+    //!       \p type doesn't exactly match it, nullptr is immediately returned.
+    //!    b. In absence of TypeId, an event type is assumed to be a base;
+    //!       its derivedTypes are examined, and this algorithm is applied
+    //!       recursively on each.
+    //! 2. Optional validation: if EventT (or, due to the way inheritance works,
+    //!    any of its base event types) has a static isValid() predicate and
+    //!    the event JSON does not satisfy it, nullptr is immediately returned
+    //!    to the upper level or to the loadFrom() caller. This is how existence
+    //!    of `state_key` is checked in any type derived from StateEvent.
+    //! 3. If step 1b above returned non-nullptr, immediately return it.
+    //! 4.
+    //!    a. If EventT::isValid() or EventT::TypeId (either, or both) exist and
+    //!       are satisfied (see steps 1a and 2 above), an object of this type
+    //!       is created from the passed JSON and returned. In case of a base
+    //!       event type, this will be a generic (aka "unknown") event.
+    //!    b. If neither exists, a generic event is only created and returned
+    //!       when on the top level (i.e., outside of recursion into
+    //!       derivedTypes); lower levels return nullptr instead and the type
+    //!       lookup continues. The latter is a case of a derived base event
+    //!       metatype (e.g. RoomEvent) called from its base event metatype
+    //!       (i.e., Event). If no matching type derived from RoomEvent is found,
+    //!       the nested lookup returns nullptr rather than a generic RoomEvent,
+    //!       so that other types derived from Event could be examined.
+    event_ptr_tt<EventT> loadFrom(const QJsonObject& fullJson,
+                                  const QString& type) const
     {
-        const auto m = &makeIfMatches<EventT>;
-        const auto it = std::find(methods.cbegin(), methods.cend(), m);
-        if (it != methods.cend())
-            return *it;
-        logAddingMethod(EventT::TypeId, methods.size() + 1);
-        return methods.emplace_back(m);
+        Event* event = nullptr;
+        const bool goodEnough = doLoadFrom(fullJson, type, event);
+        if (!event && goodEnough)
+            return event_ptr_tt<EventT>{ new EventT(fullJson) };
+        return event_ptr_tt<EventT>{ static_cast<EventT*>(event) };
     }
 
-    auto loadEvent(const QJsonObject& json, const QString& matrixType)
+private:
+    bool doLoadFrom(const QJsonObject& fullJson, const QString& type,
+                    Event*& event) const override
     {
-        for (const auto& f : methods)
-            if (auto e = f(json, matrixType))
-                return e;
-        return makeEvent<BaseEventT>(UnknownEventTypeId, json);
+        if constexpr (requires { EventT::TypeId; }) {
+            if (EventT::TypeId != type)
+                return false;
+        } else {
+            for (const auto& p : derivedTypes) {
+                p->doLoadFrom(fullJson, type, event);
+                if (event) {
+                    Q_ASSERT(is<EventT>(*event));
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if constexpr (requires { EventT::isValid; }) {
+            if (!EventT::isValid(fullJson))
+                return false;
+        } else if constexpr (!requires { EventT::TypeId; })
+            return true; // Create a generic event object if on the top level
+        event = new EventT(fullJson);
+        return false;
     }
 };
 
-//! \brief Point of customisation to dynamically load events
+// === Event creation facilities ===
+
+//! \brief Create an event of arbitrary type from its arguments
 //!
-//! The default specialisation of this calls BaseEventT::factory.loadEvent()
-//! and if that fails (i.e. returns nullptr) creates an unknown event of
-//! BaseEventT. Other specialisations may reuse other factories, add validations
-//! common to BaseEventT events, and so on.
-template <class BaseEventT>
-event_ptr_tt<BaseEventT> doLoadEvent(const QJsonObject& json,
-                                     const QString& matrixType)
+//! This should not be used to load events from JSON - use loadEvent() for that.
+//! \sa loadEvent
+template <EventClass EventT, typename... ArgTs>
+inline event_ptr_tt<EventT> makeEvent(ArgTs&&... args)
 {
-    return BaseEventT::factory.loadEvent(json, matrixType);
+    return std::make_unique<EventT>(std::forward<ArgTs>(args)...);
 }
 
+template <EventClass EventT>
+constexpr const auto& mostSpecificMetaType()
+{
+    if constexpr (requires { EventT::MetaType; })
+        return EventT::MetaType;
+    else
+        return EventT::BaseMetaType;
+}
+
+//! \brief Create an event with proper type from a JSON object
+//!
+//! Use this factory template to detect the type from the JSON object
+//! contents (the detected event type should derive from the template
+//! parameter type) and create an event object of that type.
+template <EventClass EventT>
+inline event_ptr_tt<EventT> loadEvent(const QJsonObject& fullJson)
+{
+    return mostSpecificMetaType<EventT>().loadFrom(
+        fullJson, fullJson[TypeKeyL].toString());
+}
+
+//! \brief Create an event from a type string and content JSON
+//!
+//! Use this template to resolve the C++ type from the Matrix type string in
+//! \p matrixType and create an event of that type by passing all parameters
+//! to BaseEventT::basicJson().
+template <EventClass EventT>
+inline event_ptr_tt<EventT> loadEvent(const QString& matrixType,
+                                      const auto&... otherBasicJsonParams)
+{
+    return mostSpecificMetaType<EventT>().loadFrom(
+        EventT::basicJson(matrixType, otherBasicJsonParams...), matrixType);
+}
+
+template <EventClass EventT>
+struct JsonConverter<event_ptr_tt<EventT>>
+    : JsonObjectUnpacker<event_ptr_tt<EventT>> {
+    // No dump() to avoid any ambiguity on whether a given export to JSON uses
+    // fullJson() or only contentJson()
+    using JsonObjectUnpacker<event_ptr_tt<EventT>>::load;
+    static auto load(const QJsonObject& jo)
+    {
+        return loadEvent<EventT>(jo);
+    }
+};
+
 // === Event ===
 
 class QUOTIENT_API Event {
 public:
     using Type = event_type_t;
-    static inline EventFactory<Event> factory { "Event" };
+    static inline EventMetaType<Event> BaseMetaType { "Event" };
+    virtual const AbstractEventMetaType& metaType() const
+    {
+        return BaseMetaType;
+    }
 
-    explicit Event(Type type, const QJsonObject& json);
-    explicit Event(Type type, event_mtype_t matrixType,
-                   const QJsonObject& contentJson = {});
     Q_DISABLE_COPY(Event)
-    Event(Event&&) = default;
+    Event(Event&&) noexcept = default;
     Event& operator=(Event&&) = delete;
     virtual ~Event();
 
@@ -193,8 +285,26 @@ public:
         return { { TypeKey, matrixType }, { ContentKey, content } };
     }
 
-    Type type() const { return _type; }
+    //! \brief Event Matrix type, as identified by its metatype object
+    //!
+    //! For generic/unknown events it will contain a descriptive/generic string
+    //! defined by the respective base event type (that can be empty).
+    //! \sa matrixType
+    Type type() const { return metaType().matrixId; }
+
+    //! \brief Exact Matrix type stored in JSON
+    //!
+    //! Coincides with the result of type() (but is slower) for events defined
+    //! in C++ (not necessarily in the library); for generic/unknown events
+    //! the returned value will be different.
     QString matrixType() const;
+
+    template <EventClass EventT>
+    bool is() const
+    {
+        return Quotient::is<EventT>(*this);
+    }
+
     [[deprecated("Use fullJson() and stringify it with QJsonDocument::toJson() "
                  "or by other means")]]
     QByteArray originalJson() const;
@@ -212,6 +322,11 @@ public:
 
     const QJsonObject contentJson() const;
 
+    //! \brief Get a part of the content object, assuming a given type
+    //!
+    //! This retrieves the value under `content.<key>` from the event JSON and
+    //! then converts it to \p T using fromJson().
+    //! \sa contentJson, fromJson
     template <typename T, typename KeyT>
     const T contentPart(KeyT&& key) const
     {
@@ -227,6 +342,11 @@ public:
 
     const QJsonObject unsignedJson() const;
 
+    //! \brief Get a part of the unsigned object, assuming a given type
+    //!
+    //! This retrieves the value under `unsigned.<key>` from the event JSON and
+    //! then converts it to \p T using fromJson().
+    //! \sa unsignedJson, fromJson
     template <typename T, typename KeyT>
     const T unsignedPart(KeyT&& key) const
     {
@@ -236,28 +356,138 @@ public:
     friend QUOTIENT_API QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const Event& e)
     {
         QDebugStateSaver _dss { dbg };
-        dbg.noquote().nospace() << e.matrixType() << '(' << e.type() << "): ";
+        dbg.noquote().nospace()
+            << e.matrixType() << '(' << e.metaType().className << "): ";
         e.dumpTo(dbg);
         return dbg;
     }
 
-    virtual bool isStateEvent() const { return false; }
-    virtual bool isCallEvent() const { return false; }
+    // State events are quite special in Matrix; so isStateEvent() is here,
+    // as an exception. For other base events, Event::is<>() and
+    // Quotient::is<>() should be used; don't add is* methods here
+    bool isStateEvent() const;
+    [[deprecated("Use is<CallEvent>() instead")]] bool isCallEvent() const;
 
 protected:
+    friend class EventMetaType<Event>; // To access the below constructor
+
+    explicit Event(const QJsonObject& json);
+
     QJsonObject& editJson() { return _json; }
     virtual void dumpTo(QDebug dbg) const;
 
 private:
-    Type _type;
     QJsonObject _json;
 };
 using EventPtr = event_ptr_tt<Event>;
 
-template <typename EventT>
+template <EventClass EventT>
 using EventsArray = std::vector<event_ptr_tt<EventT>>;
 using Events = EventsArray<Event>;
 
+// === Facilities for event class definitions ===
+
+//! \brief A template base class to derive your event type from
+//!
+//! This simple class template generates commonly used event constructor
+//! signatures and the content() method with the appropriate return type.
+//! The generic version here is only used with non-trivial \p ContentT (if you
+//! don't need to create an event from its content structure, just go and derive
+//! straight from the respective \p EventBaseT instead of using EventTemplate);
+//! specialisations may override that and provide useful semantics even without
+//! \p ContentT (see EventTemplate<CallEvent>, e.g.).
+//!
+//! The template uses CRTP to pick the event type id from the actual class;
+//! it will fail to compile if \p EventT doesn't provide TypeId. It also uses
+//! the base event type's basicJson(); if you need extra keys to be inserted
+//! you may want to bypass this template as writing the code to that effect in
+//! your class will likely be clearer and more concise.
+//! \sa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiously_recurring_template_pattern
+//! \sa DEFINE_SIMPLE_EVENT
+template <typename EventT, EventClass BaseEventT, typename ContentT = void>
+class EventTemplate : public BaseEventT {
+    // Above: can't constrain EventT to be EventClass because it's incomplete
+    // by CRTP definition.
+public:
+    static_assert(
+        !std::is_same_v<ContentT, void>,
+        "If you see this, you tried to use EventTemplate with the default"
+        " ContentT type, which is void. This default is only used with explicit"
+        " specialisations (see CallEvent, e.g.). Otherwise, if you don't intend"
+        " to use the content part of EventTemplate then you don't need"
+        " EventTemplate; just use the base event class directly");
+    using content_type = ContentT;
+
+    explicit EventTemplate(const QJsonObject& json)
+        : BaseEventT(json)
+    {}
+    explicit EventTemplate(const ContentT& c)
+        : BaseEventT(EventT::basicJson(EventT::TypeId, toJson(c)))
+    {}
+
+    ContentT content() const { return fromJson<ContentT>(this->contentJson()); }
+};
+
+//! \brief Supply event metatype information in base event types
+//!
+//! Use this macro in a public section of your base event class to provide
+//! type identity and enable dynamic loading of generic events of that type.
+//! Do _not_ add this macro if your class is an intermediate wrapper and is not
+//! supposed to be instantiated on its own. Provides BaseMetaType static field
+//! initialised by parameters passed to the macro, and a metaType() override
+//! pointing to that BaseMetaType.
+//! \sa EventMetaType, EventMetaType::SuppressLoadDerived
+#define QUO_BASE_EVENT(CppType_, ...)                      \
+    friend class EventMetaType<CppType_>;                  \
+    static inline EventMetaType<CppType_> BaseMetaType{    \
+        #CppType_ __VA_OPT__(,) __VA_ARGS__ };             \
+    const AbstractEventMetaType& metaType() const override \
+    {                                                      \
+        return BaseMetaType;                               \
+    }                                                      \
+    // End of macro
+
+//! Supply event metatype information in (specific) event types
+//!
+//! Use this macro in a public section of your event class to provide type
+//! identity and enable dynamic loading of generic events of that type.
+//! Do _not_ use this macro if your class is an intermediate wrapper and is not
+//! supposed to be instantiated on its own. Provides MetaType static field
+//! initialised as described below; a metaType() override pointing to it; and
+//! the TypeId static field that is equal to MetaType.matrixId.
+//!
+//! The first two macro parameters are used as the first two EventMetaType
+//! constructor parameters; the third EventMetaType parameter is always
+//! BaseMetaType; and additional base types can be passed in extra macro
+//! parameters if you need to include the same event type in more than one
+//! event factory hierarchy (e.g., EncryptedEvent).
+//! \sa EventMetaType
+#define QUO_EVENT(CppType_, MatrixType_, ...)                           \
+    static inline const auto& TypeId = MatrixType_##_ls;                \
+    friend class EventMetaType<CppType_>;                               \
+    static inline const EventMetaType<CppType_> MetaType{               \
+        #CppType_, TypeId, BaseMetaType __VA_OPT__(,) __VA_ARGS__       \
+    };                                                                  \
+    const AbstractEventMetaType& metaType() const override              \
+    {                                                                   \
+        return MetaType;                                                \
+    }                                                                   \
+    [[deprecated("Use " #CppType_ "::TypeId directly instead")]]        \
+    static constexpr const char* matrixTypeId() { return MatrixType_; } \
+    [[deprecated("Use " #CppType_ "::TypeId directly instead")]]        \
+    static event_type_t typeId() { return TypeId; }                     \
+    // End of macro
+
+//! \deprecated This is the old name for what is now known as QUO_EVENT
+#define DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID(Type_, Id_) QUO_EVENT(Type_, Id_)
+
+#define QUO_CONTENT_GETTER_X(PartType_, PartName_, JsonKey_) \
+    PartType_ PartName_() const                              \
+    {                                                        \
+        static const auto PartName_##JsonKey = JsonKey_;     \
+        return contentPart<PartType_>(PartName_##JsonKey);   \
+    }
+
 //! \brief Define an inline method obtaining a content part
 //!
 //! This macro adds a const method that extracts a JSON value at the key
@@ -266,32 +496,12 @@ using Events = EventsArray<Event>;
 //! \code
 //! contentPart<PartType_>(Quotient::toSnakeCase(#PartName_##_ls));
 //! \endcode
-#define QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(PartType_, PartName_)                  \
-    PartType_ PartName_() const                                   \
-    {                                                             \
-        static const auto JsonKey = toSnakeCase(#PartName_##_ls); \
-        return contentPart<PartType_>(JsonKey);                   \
-    }
-
-// === Facilities for event class definitions ===
+#define QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(PartType_, PartName_) \
+    QUO_CONTENT_GETTER_X(PartType_, PartName_, toSnakeCase(#PartName_##_ls))
 
-// This macro should be used in a public section of an event class to
-// provide matrixTypeId() and typeId().
-#define DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID(Id_, Type_)                           \
-    static constexpr event_type_t TypeId = Id_##_ls;              \
-    [[deprecated("Use " #Type_ "::TypeId directly instead")]]     \
-    static constexpr event_mtype_t matrixTypeId() { return Id_; } \
-    [[deprecated("Use " #Type_ "::TypeId directly instead")]]     \
-    static event_type_t typeId() { return TypeId; }               \
-    // End of macro
-
-// This macro should be put after an event class definition (in .h or .cpp)
-// to enable its deserialisation from a /sync and other
-// polymorphic event arrays
-#define REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(Type_)                                \
-    [[maybe_unused]] inline const auto& factoryMethodFor##Type_ = \
-        Type_::factory.addMethod<Type_>();                        \
-    // End of macro
+//! \deprecated This macro was used after an event class definition
+//! to enable its dynamic loading; it is completely superseded by QUO_EVENT
+#define REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(Type_)
 
 /// \brief Define a new event class with a single key-value pair in the content
 ///
@@ -301,35 +511,36 @@ using Events = EventsArray<Event>;
 /// To retrieve the value the getter uses a JSON key name that corresponds to
 /// its own (getter's) name but written in snake_case. \p GetterName_ must be
 /// in camelCase, no quotes (an identifier, not a literal).
-#define DEFINE_SIMPLE_EVENT(Name_, Base_, TypeId_, ValueType_, GetterName_)     \
-    class QUOTIENT_API Name_ : public Base_ {                                   \
-    public:                                                                     \
-        using content_type = ValueType_;                                        \
-        DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID(TypeId_, Name_)                                     \
-        explicit Name_(const QJsonObject& obj) : Base_(TypeId, obj) {}          \
-        explicit Name_(const content_type& content)                             \
-            : Name_(Base_::basicJson(TypeId, { { JsonKey, toJson(content) } })) \
-        {}                                                                      \
-        auto GetterName_() const                                                \
-        {                                                                       \
-            return contentPart<content_type>(JsonKey);                          \
-        }                                                                       \
-        static inline const auto JsonKey = toSnakeCase(#GetterName_##_ls);      \
-    };                                                                          \
-    REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(Name_)                                                  \
+#define DEFINE_SIMPLE_EVENT(Name_, Base_, TypeId_, ValueType_, GetterName_,  \
+                            JsonKey_)                                        \
+    constexpr auto Name_##ContentKey = JsonKey_##_ls;                        \
+    class QUOTIENT_API Name_                                                 \
+        : public EventTemplate<                                              \
+              Name_, Base_,                                                  \
+              EventContent::SingleKeyValue<ValueType_, Name_##ContentKey>> { \
+    public:                                                                  \
+        QUO_EVENT(Name_, TypeId_)                                            \
+        using value_type = ValueType_;                                       \
+        using EventTemplate::EventTemplate;                                  \
+        QUO_CONTENT_GETTER_X(ValueType_, GetterName_, Name_##ContentKey)     \
+    };                                                                       \
     // End of macro
 
 // === is<>(), eventCast<>() and switchOnType<>() ===
 
-template <class EventT>
+template <EventClass EventT>
 inline bool is(const Event& e)
 {
-    return e.type() == typeId<EventT>();
-}
-
-inline bool isUnknown(const Event& e)
-{
-    return e.type() == UnknownEventTypeId;
+    if constexpr (requires { EventT::MetaType; }) {
+        return &e.metaType() == &EventT::MetaType;
+    } else {
+        const auto* p = &e.metaType();
+        do {
+            if (p == &EventT::BaseMetaType)
+                return true;
+        } while ((p = p->baseType) != nullptr);
+        return false;
+    }
 }
 
 //! \brief Cast the event pointer down in a type-safe way
@@ -339,7 +550,7 @@ inline bool isUnknown(const Event& e)
 //! can be either "dumb" (BaseEventT*) or "smart" (`event_ptr_tt<>`). This
 //! overload doesn't affect the event ownership - if the original pointer owns
 //! the event it must outlive the downcast pointer to keep it from dangling.
-template <class EventT, typename BasePtrT>
+template <EventClass EventT, typename BasePtrT>
 inline auto eventCast(const BasePtrT& eptr)
     -> decltype(static_cast<EventT*>(&*eptr))
 {
@@ -362,7 +573,7 @@ inline auto eventCast(const BasePtrT& eptr)
 //!       after calling this overload; if it is a temporary, this normally
 //!       leads to the event getting deleted along with the end of
 //!       the temporary's lifetime.
-template <class EventT, typename BaseEventT>
+template <EventClass EventT, typename BaseEventT>
 inline auto eventCast(event_ptr_tt<BaseEventT>&& eptr)
 {
     return eptr && is<std::decay_t<EventT>>(*eptr)
@@ -371,12 +582,15 @@ inline auto eventCast(event_ptr_tt<BaseEventT>&& eptr)
 }
 
 namespace _impl {
-    template <typename FnT, class BaseT>
-    concept Invocable_With_Downcast =
+    template <typename FnT, typename BaseT>
+    concept Invocable_With_Downcast = requires
+    {
+        requires EventClass<BaseT>;
         std::is_base_of_v<BaseT, std::remove_cvref_t<fn_arg_t<FnT>>>;
+    };
 }
 
-template <class BaseT, typename TailT>
+template <EventClass BaseT, typename TailT>
 inline auto switchOnType(const BaseT& event, TailT&& tail)
 {
     if constexpr (std::is_invocable_v<TailT, BaseT>) {
@@ -391,7 +605,7 @@ inline auto switchOnType(const BaseT& event, TailT&& tail)
     }
 }
 
-template <class BaseT, typename FnT1, typename... FnTs>
+template <EventClass BaseT, typename FnT1, typename... FnTs>
 inline auto switchOnType(const BaseT& event, FnT1&& fn1, FnTs&&... fns)
 {
     using event_type1 = fn_arg_t<FnT1>;
@@ -400,7 +614,7 @@ inline auto switchOnType(const BaseT& event, FnT1&& fn1, FnTs&&... fns)
     return switchOnType(event, std::forward<FnTs>(fns)...);
 }
 
-template <class BaseT, typename... FnTs>
+template <EventClass BaseT, typename... FnTs>
 [[deprecated("The new name for visit() is switchOnType()")]] //
 inline auto visit(const BaseT& event, FnTs&&... fns)
 {
diff --git a/lib/events/eventloader.h b/lib/events/eventloader.h
index 4c639efa..b4ac154c 100644
--- a/lib/events/eventloader.h
+++ b/lib/events/eventloader.h
@@ -6,40 +6,8 @@
 #include "stateevent.h"
 
 namespace Quotient {
-
-/*! Create an event with proper type from a JSON object
- *
- * Use this factory template to detect the type from the JSON object
- * contents (the detected event type should derive from the template
- * parameter type) and create an event object of that type.
- */
-template <typename BaseEventT>
-inline event_ptr_tt<BaseEventT> loadEvent(const QJsonObject& fullJson)
-{
-    return doLoadEvent<BaseEventT>(fullJson, fullJson[TypeKeyL].toString());
-}
-
-//! \brief Create an event from a type string and content JSON
-//!
-//! Use this template to resolve the C++ type from the Matrix type string in
-//! \p matrixType and create an event of that type by passing all parameters
-//! to BaseEventT::basicJson().
-template <typename BaseEventT, typename... BasicJsonParamTs>
-inline event_ptr_tt<BaseEventT> loadEvent(
-    const QString& matrixType, const BasicJsonParamTs&... basicJsonParams)
-{
-    return doLoadEvent<BaseEventT>(
-        BaseEventT::basicJson(matrixType, basicJsonParams...), matrixType);
+struct [[deprecated(
+    "This header is obsolete since libQuotient 0.7; include a header with"
+    " the respective event type definition instead")]] EventLoaderH;
+StateEventPtr eventLoaderH(EventLoaderH&);
 }
-
-template <typename EventT>
-struct JsonConverter<event_ptr_tt<EventT>>
-    : JsonObjectUnpacker<event_ptr_tt<EventT>> {
-    using JsonObjectUnpacker<event_ptr_tt<EventT>>::load;
-    static auto load(const QJsonObject& jo)
-    {
-        return loadEvent<EventT>(jo);
-    }
-};
-
-} // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/keyverificationevent.h b/lib/events/keyverificationevent.h
index 5b587522..0ffd8b2c 100644
--- a/lib/events/keyverificationevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/keyverificationevent.h
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ static constexpr auto SasV1Method = "m.sas.v1"_ls;
 /// Typically sent as a to-device event.
 class QUOTIENT_API KeyVerificationRequestEvent : public Event {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.key.verification.request", KeyVerificationRequestEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(KeyVerificationRequestEvent, "m.key.verification.request")
 
-    explicit KeyVerificationRequestEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : Event(TypeId, obj)
-    {}
+    using Event::Event;
     KeyVerificationRequestEvent(const QString& transactionId,
                                 const QString& fromDevice,
                                 const QStringList& methods,
@@ -45,15 +43,12 @@ public:
     /// by the receiver.
     QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QDateTime, timestamp)
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(KeyVerificationRequestEvent)
 
 class QUOTIENT_API KeyVerificationReadyEvent : public Event {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.key.verification.ready", KeyVerificationReadyEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(KeyVerificationReadyEvent, "m.key.verification.ready")
 
-    explicit KeyVerificationReadyEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : Event(TypeId, obj)
-    {}
+    using Event::Event;
     KeyVerificationReadyEvent(const QString& transactionId,
                               const QString& fromDevice,
                               const QStringList& methods)
@@ -72,17 +67,13 @@ public:
     /// The verification methods supported by the sender.
     QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QStringList, methods)
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(KeyVerificationReadyEvent)
-
 
 /// Begins a key verification process.
 class QUOTIENT_API KeyVerificationStartEvent : public Event {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.key.verification.start", KeyVerificationStartEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(KeyVerificationStartEvent, "m.key.verification.start")
 
-    explicit KeyVerificationStartEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : Event(TypeId, obj)
-    {}
+    using Event::Event;
     KeyVerificationStartEvent(const QString& transactionId,
                               const QString& fromDevice)
         : KeyVerificationStartEvent(
@@ -146,17 +137,14 @@ public:
         return contentPart<QString>("short_authentification_string"_ls);
     }
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(KeyVerificationStartEvent)
 
 /// Accepts a previously sent m.key.verification.start message.
 /// Typically sent as a to-device event.
 class QUOTIENT_API KeyVerificationAcceptEvent : public Event {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.key.verification.accept", KeyVerificationAcceptEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(KeyVerificationAcceptEvent, "m.key.verification.accept")
 
-    explicit KeyVerificationAcceptEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : Event(TypeId, obj)
-    {}
+    using Event::Event;
     KeyVerificationAcceptEvent(const QString& transactionId,
                                const QString& commitment)
         : KeyVerificationAcceptEvent(basicJson(
@@ -199,15 +187,12 @@ public:
     /// canonical JSON representation of the m.key.verification.start message.
     QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QString, commitment)
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(KeyVerificationAcceptEvent)
 
 class QUOTIENT_API KeyVerificationCancelEvent : public Event {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.key.verification.cancel", KeyVerificationCancelEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(KeyVerificationCancelEvent, "m.key.verification.cancel")
 
-    explicit KeyVerificationCancelEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : Event(TypeId, obj)
-    {}
+    using Event::Event;
     KeyVerificationCancelEvent(const QString& transactionId,
                                const QString& reason)
         : KeyVerificationCancelEvent(
@@ -228,17 +213,14 @@ public:
     /// The error code for why the process/request was cancelled by the user.
     QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QString, code)
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(KeyVerificationCancelEvent)
 
 /// Sends the ephemeral public key for a device to the partner device.
 /// Typically sent as a to-device event.
 class QUOTIENT_API KeyVerificationKeyEvent : public Event {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.key.verification.key", KeyVerificationKeyEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(KeyVerificationKeyEvent, "m.key.verification.key")
 
-    explicit KeyVerificationKeyEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : Event(TypeId, obj)
-    {}
+    using Event::Event;
     KeyVerificationKeyEvent(const QString& transactionId, const QString& key)
         : KeyVerificationKeyEvent(
             basicJson(TypeId, { { "transaction_id"_ls, transactionId },
@@ -251,16 +233,13 @@ public:
     /// The device's ephemeral public key, encoded as unpadded base64.
     QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QString, key)
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(KeyVerificationKeyEvent)
 
 /// Sends the MAC of a device's key to the partner device.
 class QUOTIENT_API KeyVerificationMacEvent : public Event {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.key.verification.mac", KeyVerificationMacEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(KeyVerificationMacEvent, "m.key.verification.mac")
 
-    explicit KeyVerificationMacEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : Event(TypeId, obj)
-    {}
+    using Event::Event;
     KeyVerificationMacEvent(const QString& transactionId, const QString& keys,
                             const QJsonObject& mac)
         : KeyVerificationMacEvent(
@@ -280,15 +259,12 @@ public:
         return contentPart<QHash<QString, QString>>("mac"_ls);
     }
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(KeyVerificationMacEvent)
 
 class QUOTIENT_API KeyVerificationDoneEvent : public Event {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.key.verification.done", KeyVerificationDoneEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(KeyVerificationDoneEvent, "m.key.verification.done")
 
-    explicit KeyVerificationDoneEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : Event(TypeId, obj)
-    {}
+    using Event::Event;
     explicit KeyVerificationDoneEvent(const QString& transactionId)
         : KeyVerificationDoneEvent(
             basicJson(TypeId, { { "transaction_id"_ls, transactionId } }))
@@ -297,6 +273,4 @@ public:
     /// The same transactionId as before
     QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QString, transactionId)
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(KeyVerificationDoneEvent)
-
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/reactionevent.h b/lib/events/reactionevent.h
index b3cb3ca7..8d873441 100644
--- a/lib/events/reactionevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/reactionevent.h
@@ -8,20 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace Quotient {
 
-class QUOTIENT_API ReactionEvent : public RoomEvent {
-public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.reaction", ReactionEvent)
-
-    explicit ReactionEvent(const EventRelation& value)
-        : RoomEvent(typeId(), matrixTypeId(),
-                    { { QStringLiteral("m.relates_to"), toJson(value) } })
-    {}
-    explicit ReactionEvent(const QJsonObject& obj) : RoomEvent(typeId(), obj) {}
-    EventRelation relation() const
-    {
-        return contentPart<EventRelation>(RelatesToKey);
-    }
-};
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(ReactionEvent)
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_EVENT(ReactionEvent, RoomEvent, "m.reaction", EventRelation,
+                    relation, "m.relates_to")
 
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/receiptevent.cpp b/lib/events/receiptevent.cpp
index 7f06d99f..d8f9fa0b 100644
--- a/lib/events/receiptevent.cpp
+++ b/lib/events/receiptevent.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ using namespace Quotient;
 // map lookups are not used and vectors are massively faster. Same goes for
 // de-/serialization of ReceiptsForEvent::receipts.
 // (XXX: would this be generally preferred across CS API JSON maps?..)
-QJsonObject toJson(const EventsWithReceipts& ewrs)
+QJsonObject Quotient::toJson(const EventsWithReceipts& ewrs)
 {
     QJsonObject json;
     for (const auto& e : ewrs) {
@@ -41,20 +41,16 @@ QJsonObject toJson(const EventsWithReceipts& ewrs)
     return json;
 }
 
-ReceiptEvent::ReceiptEvent(const EventsWithReceipts &ewrs)
-    : Event(typeId(), matrixTypeId(), toJson(ewrs))
-{}
-
-EventsWithReceipts ReceiptEvent::eventsWithReceipts() const
+template<>
+EventsWithReceipts Quotient::fromJson(const QJsonObject& json)
 {
     EventsWithReceipts result;
-    const auto& contents = contentJson();
-    result.reserve(contents.size());
-    for (auto eventIt = contents.begin(); eventIt != contents.end(); ++eventIt) {
+    result.reserve(json.size());
+    for (auto eventIt = json.begin(); eventIt != json.end(); ++eventIt) {
         if (eventIt.key().isEmpty()) {
             qCWarning(EPHEMERAL)
                 << "ReceiptEvent has an empty event id, skipping";
-            qCDebug(EPHEMERAL) << "ReceiptEvent content follows:\n" << contents;
+            qCDebug(EPHEMERAL) << "ReceiptEvent content follows:\n" << json;
             continue;
         }
         const auto reads =
diff --git a/lib/events/receiptevent.h b/lib/events/receiptevent.h
index 5e077e47..b87e00f6 100644
--- a/lib/events/receiptevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/receiptevent.h
@@ -19,13 +19,17 @@ struct ReceiptsForEvent {
 };
 using EventsWithReceipts = QVector<ReceiptsForEvent>;
 
-class QUOTIENT_API ReceiptEvent : public Event {
+template <>
+QUOTIENT_API EventsWithReceipts fromJson(const QJsonObject& json);
+QUOTIENT_API QJsonObject toJson(const EventsWithReceipts& ewrs);
+
+class QUOTIENT_API ReceiptEvent
+    : public EventTemplate<ReceiptEvent, Event, EventsWithReceipts> {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.receipt", ReceiptEvent)
-    explicit ReceiptEvent(const EventsWithReceipts& ewrs);
-    explicit ReceiptEvent(const QJsonObject& obj) : Event(typeId(), obj) {}
+    QUO_EVENT(ReceiptEvent, "m.receipt")
+    using EventTemplate::EventTemplate;
 
-    EventsWithReceipts eventsWithReceipts() const;
+    [[deprecated("Use content() instead")]]
+    EventsWithReceipts eventsWithReceipts() const { return content(); }
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(ReceiptEvent)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/redactionevent.h b/lib/events/redactionevent.h
index 63617e54..a2e0b73b 100644
--- a/lib/events/redactionevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/redactionevent.h
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@
 namespace Quotient {
 class QUOTIENT_API RedactionEvent : public RoomEvent {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.room.redaction", RedactionEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(RedactionEvent, "m.room.redaction")
 
-    explicit RedactionEvent(const QJsonObject& obj) : RoomEvent(typeId(), obj)
-    {}
+    using RoomEvent::RoomEvent;
 
     QString redactedEvent() const
     {
@@ -19,5 +18,4 @@ public:
     }
     QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QString, reason)
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(RedactionEvent)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/roomavatarevent.h b/lib/events/roomavatarevent.h
index af291696..1986f852 100644
--- a/lib/events/roomavatarevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/roomavatarevent.h
@@ -8,28 +8,16 @@
 
 namespace Quotient {
 class QUOTIENT_API RoomAvatarEvent
-    : public StateEvent<EventContent::ImageContent> {
+    : public KeylessStateEventBase<RoomAvatarEvent,
+                       EventContent::ImageContent> {
     // It's a bit of an overkill to use a full-fledged ImageContent
     // because in reality m.room.avatar usually only has a single URL,
     // without a thumbnail. But The Spec says there be thumbnails, and
-    // we follow The Spec.
+    // we follow The Spec (and ImageContent is very convenient to reuse here).
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.room.avatar", RoomAvatarEvent)
-    explicit RoomAvatarEvent(const QJsonObject& obj) : StateEvent(typeId(), obj)
-    {}
-    explicit RoomAvatarEvent(const EventContent::ImageContent& avatar)
-        : StateEvent(typeId(), matrixTypeId(), QString(), avatar)
-    {}
-    // A replica of EventContent::ImageInfo constructor
-    explicit RoomAvatarEvent(const QUrl& mxcUrl, qint64 fileSize = -1,
-                             QMimeType mimeType = {},
-                             const QSize& imageSize = {},
-                             const QString& originalFilename = {})
-        : RoomAvatarEvent(EventContent::ImageContent {
-            mxcUrl, fileSize, mimeType, imageSize, originalFilename })
-    {}
+    QUO_EVENT(RoomAvatarEvent, "m.room.avatar")
+    using KeylessStateEventBase::KeylessStateEventBase;
 
     QUrl url() const { return content().url(); }
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(RoomAvatarEvent)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/roomcanonicalaliasevent.h b/lib/events/roomcanonicalaliasevent.h
index 60ca68ac..c73bc92a 100644
--- a/lib/events/roomcanonicalaliasevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/roomcanonicalaliasevent.h
@@ -32,28 +32,13 @@ inline auto toJson(const EventContent::AliasesEventContent& c)
 }
 
 class QUOTIENT_API RoomCanonicalAliasEvent
-    : public StateEvent<EventContent::AliasesEventContent> {
+    : public KeylessStateEventBase<RoomCanonicalAliasEvent,
+                                   EventContent::AliasesEventContent> {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.room.canonical_alias", RoomCanonicalAliasEvent)
-
-    explicit RoomCanonicalAliasEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : StateEvent(typeId(), obj)
-    { }
-
-    explicit RoomCanonicalAliasEvent(const QString& canonicalAlias,
-                                     const QStringList& altAliases = {})
-        : StateEvent(typeId(), matrixTypeId(), {},
-                canonicalAlias, altAliases)
-    { }
-
-    explicit RoomCanonicalAliasEvent(QString&& canonicalAlias,
-                                     QStringList&& altAliases = {})
-        : StateEvent(typeId(), matrixTypeId(), {},
-                std::move(canonicalAlias), std::move(altAliases))
-    { }
+    QUO_EVENT(RoomCanonicalAliasEvent, "m.room.canonical_alias")
+    using KeylessStateEventBase::KeylessStateEventBase;
 
     QString alias() const { return content().canonicalAlias; }
     QStringList altAliases() const { return content().altAliases; }
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(RoomCanonicalAliasEvent)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/roomcreateevent.h b/lib/events/roomcreateevent.h
index 989030ac..5968e187 100644
--- a/lib/events/roomcreateevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/roomcreateevent.h
@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@
 #include "quotient_common.h"
 
 namespace Quotient {
-class QUOTIENT_API RoomCreateEvent : public StateEventBase {
+class QUOTIENT_API RoomCreateEvent : public StateEvent {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.room.create", RoomCreateEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(RoomCreateEvent, "m.room.create")
 
-    explicit RoomCreateEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : StateEventBase(typeId(), obj)
-    {}
+    using StateEvent::StateEvent;
 
     struct Predecessor {
         QString roomId;
@@ -26,5 +24,4 @@ public:
     bool isUpgrade() const;
     RoomType roomType() const;
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(RoomCreateEvent)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/roomevent.cpp b/lib/events/roomevent.cpp
index e695e0ec..e98cb591 100644
--- a/lib/events/roomevent.cpp
+++ b/lib/events/roomevent.cpp
@@ -8,16 +8,11 @@
 
 using namespace Quotient;
 
-RoomEvent::RoomEvent(Type type, event_mtype_t matrixType,
-                     const QJsonObject& contentJson)
-    : Event(type, matrixType, contentJson)
-{}
-
-RoomEvent::RoomEvent(Type type, const QJsonObject& json) : Event(type, json)
+RoomEvent::RoomEvent(const QJsonObject& json) : Event(json)
 {
     if (const auto redaction = unsignedPart<QJsonObject>(RedactedCauseKeyL);
         !redaction.isEmpty())
-        _redactedBecause = makeEvent<RedactionEvent>(redaction);
+        _redactedBecause = loadEvent<RedactionEvent>(redaction);
 }
 
 RoomEvent::~RoomEvent() = default; // Let the smart pointer do its job
@@ -101,28 +96,6 @@ void RoomEvent::dumpTo(QDebug dbg) const
     dbg << " (made at " << originTimestamp().toString(Qt::ISODate) << ')';
 }
 
-QJsonObject CallEventBase::basicJson(const QString& matrixType,
-                                     const QString& callId, int version,
-                                     QJsonObject contentJson)
-{
-    contentJson.insert(QStringLiteral("call_id"), callId);
-    contentJson.insert(QStringLiteral("version"), version);
-    return RoomEvent::basicJson(matrixType, contentJson);
-}
-
-CallEventBase::CallEventBase(Type type, event_mtype_t matrixType,
-                             const QString& callId, int version,
-                             const QJsonObject& contentJson)
-    : RoomEvent(type, basicJson(matrixType, callId, version, contentJson))
-{}
-
-CallEventBase::CallEventBase(Type type, const QJsonObject& json)
-    : RoomEvent(type, json)
-{
-    if (callId().isEmpty())
-        qCWarning(EVENTS) << id() << "is a call event with an empty call id";
-}
-
 #ifdef Quotient_E2EE_ENABLED
 void RoomEvent::setOriginalEvent(event_ptr_tt<RoomEvent>&& originalEvent)
 {
diff --git a/lib/events/roomevent.h b/lib/events/roomevent.h
index 9461340b..203434f6 100644
--- a/lib/events/roomevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/roomevent.h
@@ -10,17 +10,13 @@
 namespace Quotient {
 class RedactionEvent;
 
-/** This class corresponds to m.room.* events */
+// That check could look into Event and find most stuff already deleted...
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions)
 class QUOTIENT_API RoomEvent : public Event {
 public:
-    static inline EventFactory<RoomEvent> factory { "RoomEvent" };
+    QUO_BASE_EVENT(RoomEvent, {}, Event::BaseMetaType)
 
-    // RedactionEvent is an incomplete type here so we cannot inline
-    // constructors and destructors and we cannot use 'using'.
-    RoomEvent(Type type, event_mtype_t matrixType,
-              const QJsonObject& contentJson = {});
-    RoomEvent(Type type, const QJsonObject& json);
-    ~RoomEvent() override;
+    ~RoomEvent() override; // Don't inline this - see the private section
 
     QString id() const;
     QDateTime originTimestamp() const;
@@ -67,9 +63,12 @@ public:
 #endif
 
 protected:
+    explicit RoomEvent(const QJsonObject& json);
     void dumpTo(QDebug dbg) const override;
 
 private:
+    // RedactionEvent is an incomplete type here so we cannot inline
+    // constructors using it and also destructors (with 'using', in particular).
     event_ptr_tt<RedactionEvent> _redactedBecause;
 
 #ifdef Quotient_E2EE_ENABLED
@@ -80,30 +79,6 @@ using RoomEventPtr = event_ptr_tt<RoomEvent>;
 using RoomEvents = EventsArray<RoomEvent>;
 using RoomEventsRange = Range<RoomEvents>;
 
-template <>
-inline EventPtr doLoadEvent(const QJsonObject& json, const QString& matrixType)
-{
-    if (matrixType == "m.room.encrypted")
-        return RoomEvent::factory.loadEvent(json, matrixType);
-    return Event::factory.loadEvent(json, matrixType);
-}
-
-class QUOTIENT_API CallEventBase : public RoomEvent {
-public:
-    CallEventBase(Type type, event_mtype_t matrixType, const QString& callId,
-                  int version, const QJsonObject& contentJson = {});
-    CallEventBase(Type type, const QJsonObject& json);
-    ~CallEventBase() override = default;
-    bool isCallEvent() const override { return true; }
-
-    QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QString, callId)
-    QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(int, version)
-
-protected:
-    static QJsonObject basicJson(const QString& matrixType,
-                                 const QString& callId, int version,
-                                 QJsonObject contentJson = {});
-};
 } // namespace Quotient
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Quotient::RoomEvent*)
 Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(const Quotient::RoomEvent*)
diff --git a/lib/events/roomkeyevent.cpp b/lib/events/roomkeyevent.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a8601d1..00000000
--- a/lib/events/roomkeyevent.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Alexey Andreyev <aa13q@ya.ru>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-
-#include "roomkeyevent.h"
-
-using namespace Quotient;
-
-RoomKeyEvent::RoomKeyEvent(const QJsonObject &obj) : Event(TypeId, obj)
-{
-    if (roomId().isEmpty())
-        qCWarning(E2EE) << "Room key event has empty room id";
-}
-
-RoomKeyEvent::RoomKeyEvent(const QString& algorithm, const QString& roomId,
-                           const QString& sessionId, const QString& sessionKey)
-    : Event(TypeId, basicJson(TypeId, {
-                                          { "algorithm", algorithm },
-                                          { "room_id", roomId },
-                                          { "session_id", sessionId },
-                                          { "session_key", sessionKey },
-                                      }))
-{}
diff --git a/lib/events/roomkeyevent.h b/lib/events/roomkeyevent.h
index 0dfdf383..dad5df8b 100644
--- a/lib/events/roomkeyevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/roomkeyevent.h
@@ -9,11 +9,18 @@ namespace Quotient {
 class QUOTIENT_API RoomKeyEvent : public Event
 {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.room_key", RoomKeyEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(RoomKeyEvent, "m.room_key")
 
-    explicit RoomKeyEvent(const QJsonObject& obj);
+    using Event::Event;
     explicit RoomKeyEvent(const QString& algorithm, const QString& roomId,
-                          const QString& sessionId, const QString& sessionKey);
+                          const QString& sessionId, const QString& sessionKey)
+        : Event(basicJson(TypeId, {
+                                      { "algorithm", algorithm },
+                                      { "room_id", roomId },
+                                      { "session_id", sessionId },
+                                      { "session_key", sessionKey },
+                                  }))
+    {}
 
     QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QString, algorithm)
     QUO_CONTENT_GETTER(QString, roomId)
@@ -23,5 +30,4 @@ public:
         return contentPart<QString>("session_key"_ls).toLatin1();
     }
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(RoomKeyEvent)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/roommemberevent.cpp b/lib/events/roommemberevent.cpp
index 953ff8ae..4e7eae1b 100644
--- a/lib/events/roommemberevent.cpp
+++ b/lib/events/roommemberevent.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
 #include "roommemberevent.h"
-
-#include <QtCore/QtAlgorithms>
+#include "logging.h"
 
 namespace Quotient {
 template <>
diff --git a/lib/events/roommemberevent.h b/lib/events/roommemberevent.h
index dd33ea6b..9f063136 100644
--- a/lib/events/roommemberevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/roommemberevent.h
@@ -28,32 +28,16 @@ public:
 
 using MembershipType [[deprecated("Use Membership instead")]] = Membership;
 
-class QUOTIENT_API RoomMemberEvent : public StateEvent<MemberEventContent> {
+class QUOTIENT_API RoomMemberEvent
+    : public KeyedStateEventBase<RoomMemberEvent, MemberEventContent> {
     Q_GADGET
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.room.member", RoomMemberEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(RoomMemberEvent, "m.room.member")
 
     using MembershipType
         [[deprecated("Use Quotient::Membership instead")]] = Membership;
 
-    explicit RoomMemberEvent(const QJsonObject& obj) : StateEvent(typeId(), obj)
-    {}
-    RoomMemberEvent(const QString& userId, MemberEventContent&& content)
-        : StateEvent(typeId(), matrixTypeId(), userId, std::move(content))
-    {}
-
-    //! \brief A special constructor to create unknown RoomMemberEvents
-    //!
-    //! This is needed in order to use RoomMemberEvent as a "base event class"
-    //! in cases like GetMembersByRoomJob when RoomMemberEvents (rather than
-    //! RoomEvents or StateEvents) are resolved from JSON. For such cases
-    //! loadEvent\<> requires an underlying class to have a specialisation of
-    //! EventFactory\<> and be constructible with unknownTypeId() instead of
-    //! its genuine id. Don't use directly.
-    //! \sa EventFactory, loadEvent, GetMembersByRoomJob
-    RoomMemberEvent(Type type, const QJsonObject& fullJson)
-        : StateEvent(type, fullJson)
-    {}
+    using KeyedStateEventBase::KeyedStateEventBase;
 
     Membership membership() const { return content().membership; }
     QString userId() const { return stateKey(); }
@@ -79,14 +63,4 @@ public:
     bool isRename() const;
     bool isAvatarUpdate() const;
 };
-
-template <>
-inline event_ptr_tt<RoomMemberEvent>
-doLoadEvent<RoomMemberEvent>(const QJsonObject& json, const QString& matrixType)
-{
-    if (matrixType == QLatin1String(RoomMemberEvent::matrixTypeId()))
-        return makeEvent<RoomMemberEvent>(json);
-    return makeEvent<RoomMemberEvent>(unknownEventTypeId(), json);
-}
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(RoomMemberEvent)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/roommessageevent.cpp b/lib/events/roommessageevent.cpp
index 2a6ae93c..df4840b3 100644
--- a/lib/events/roommessageevent.cpp
+++ b/lib/events/roommessageevent.cpp
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ QJsonObject RoomMessageEvent::assembleContentJson(const QString& plainBody,
 RoomMessageEvent::RoomMessageEvent(const QString& plainBody,
                                    const QString& jsonMsgType,
                                    TypedBase* content)
-    : RoomEvent(typeId(), matrixTypeId(),
-                assembleContentJson(plainBody, jsonMsgType, content))
+    : RoomEvent(
+        basicJson(TypeId, assembleContentJson(plainBody, jsonMsgType, content)))
     , _content(content)
 {}
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ RoomMessageEvent::RoomMessageEvent(const QString& plainBody,
 #endif
 
 RoomMessageEvent::RoomMessageEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-    : RoomEvent(typeId(), obj), _content(nullptr)
+    : RoomEvent(obj), _content(nullptr)
 {
     if (isRedacted())
         return;
diff --git a/lib/events/roommessageevent.h b/lib/events/roommessageevent.h
index 6968ad70..889fc4dc 100644
--- a/lib/events/roommessageevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/roommessageevent.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace MessageEventContent = EventContent; // Back-compatibility
 class QUOTIENT_API RoomMessageEvent : public RoomEvent {
     Q_GADGET
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.room.message", RoomMessageEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(RoomMessageEvent, "m.room.message")
 
     enum class MsgType {
         Text,
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ private:
 
     Q_ENUM(MsgType)
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(RoomMessageEvent)
+
 using MessageEventType = RoomMessageEvent::MsgType;
 
 namespace EventContent {
diff --git a/lib/events/roompowerlevelsevent.h b/lib/events/roompowerlevelsevent.h
index a1638a27..6150980a 100644
--- a/lib/events/roompowerlevelsevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/roompowerlevelsevent.h
@@ -31,16 +31,11 @@ struct QUOTIENT_API PowerLevelsEventContent {
 };
 
 class QUOTIENT_API RoomPowerLevelsEvent
-    : public StateEvent<PowerLevelsEventContent> {
+    : public KeylessStateEventBase<RoomPowerLevelsEvent, PowerLevelsEventContent> {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.room.power_levels", RoomPowerLevelsEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(RoomPowerLevelsEvent, "m.room.power_levels")
 
-    explicit RoomPowerLevelsEvent(PowerLevelsEventContent&& content)
-        : StateEvent(typeId(), matrixTypeId(), QString(), std::move(content))
-    {}
-    explicit RoomPowerLevelsEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : StateEvent(typeId(), obj)
-    {}
+    using KeylessStateEventBase::KeylessStateEventBase;
 
     int invite() const { return content().invite; }
     int kick() const { return content().kick; }
@@ -61,5 +56,4 @@ public:
     int powerLevelForState(const QString& eventId) const;
     int powerLevelForUser(const QString& userId) const;
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(RoomPowerLevelsEvent)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/roomtombstoneevent.h b/lib/events/roomtombstoneevent.h
index 15d26923..c85b4dfd 100644
--- a/lib/events/roomtombstoneevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/roomtombstoneevent.h
@@ -6,16 +6,13 @@
 #include "stateevent.h"
 
 namespace Quotient {
-class QUOTIENT_API RoomTombstoneEvent : public StateEventBase {
+class QUOTIENT_API RoomTombstoneEvent : public StateEvent {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.room.tombstone", RoomTombstoneEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(RoomTombstoneEvent, "m.room.tombstone")
 
-    explicit RoomTombstoneEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : StateEventBase(typeId(), obj)
-    {}
+    using StateEvent::StateEvent;
 
     QString serverMessage() const;
     QString successorRoomId() const;
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(RoomTombstoneEvent)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/simplestateevents.h b/lib/events/simplestateevents.h
index a8eaab56..2a0d3817 100644
--- a/lib/events/simplestateevents.h
+++ b/lib/events/simplestateevents.h
@@ -7,26 +7,18 @@
 #include "single_key_value.h"
 
 namespace Quotient {
-#define DEFINE_SIMPLE_STATE_EVENT(_Name, _TypeId, _ValueType, _ContentKey) \
-    constexpr auto _Name##Key = #_ContentKey##_ls;                         \
-    class QUOTIENT_API _Name                                               \
-        : public StateEvent<                                               \
-              EventContent::SingleKeyValue<_ValueType, &_Name##Key>> {     \
-    public:                                                                \
-        using value_type = _ValueType;                                     \
-        DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID(_TypeId, _Name)                                \
-        template <typename T>                                              \
-        explicit _Name(T&& value)                                          \
-            : StateEvent(TypeId, matrixTypeId(), QString(),                \
-                         std::forward<T>(value))                           \
-        {}                                                                 \
-        explicit _Name(QJsonObject obj)                                    \
-            : StateEvent(TypeId, std::move(obj))                           \
-        {}                                                                 \
-        auto _ContentKey() const { return content().value; }               \
-    };                                                                     \
-    REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(_Name)                                             \
-    // End of macro
+#define DEFINE_SIMPLE_STATE_EVENT(Name_, TypeId_, ValueType_, ContentKey_)   \
+    constexpr auto Name_##Key = #ContentKey_##_ls;                           \
+    class QUOTIENT_API Name_                                                 \
+        : public KeylessStateEventBase<                                      \
+              Name_, EventContent::SingleKeyValue<ValueType_, Name_##Key>> { \
+    public:                                                                  \
+        using value_type = ValueType_;                                       \
+        QUO_EVENT(Name_, TypeId_)                                            \
+        using KeylessStateEventBase::KeylessStateEventBase;                  \
+        auto ContentKey_() const { return content().value; }                 \
+    };                                                                       \
+// End of macro
 
 DEFINE_SIMPLE_STATE_EVENT(RoomNameEvent, "m.room.name", QString, name)
 DEFINE_SIMPLE_STATE_EVENT(RoomTopicEvent, "m.room.topic", QString, topic)
@@ -35,13 +27,14 @@ DEFINE_SIMPLE_STATE_EVENT(RoomPinnedEvent, "m.room.pinned_messages",
 
 constexpr auto RoomAliasesEventKey = "aliases"_ls;
 class QUOTIENT_API RoomAliasesEvent
-    : public StateEvent<
-          EventContent::SingleKeyValue<QStringList, &RoomAliasesEventKey>> {
+    : public KeyedStateEventBase<
+          RoomAliasesEvent,
+          EventContent::SingleKeyValue<QStringList, RoomAliasesEventKey>>
+{
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.room.aliases", RoomAliasesEvent)
-    explicit RoomAliasesEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
-        : StateEvent(typeId(), obj)
-    {}
+    QUO_EVENT(RoomAliasesEvent, "m.room.aliases")
+    using KeyedStateEventBase::KeyedStateEventBase;
+
     Q_DECL_DEPRECATED_X(
         "m.room.aliases events are deprecated by the Matrix spec; use"
         " RoomCanonicalAliasEvent::altAliases() to get non-authoritative aliases")
diff --git a/lib/events/single_key_value.h b/lib/events/single_key_value.h
index 75ca8cd2..ca2bd331 100644
--- a/lib/events/single_key_value.h
+++ b/lib/events/single_key_value.h
@@ -5,13 +5,22 @@
 namespace Quotient {
 
 namespace EventContent {
-    template <typename T, const QLatin1String* KeyStr>
+    template <typename T, const QLatin1String& KeyStr>
     struct SingleKeyValue {
+        // NOLINTBEGIN(google-explicit-constructor): that check should learn
+        //                                           about explicit(false)
+        QUO_IMPLICIT SingleKeyValue(const T& v = {})
+            : value { v }
+        {}
+        QUO_IMPLICIT SingleKeyValue(T&& v)
+            : value { std::move(v) }
+        {}
+        // NOLINTEND(google-explicit-constructor)
         T value;
     };
 } // namespace EventContent
 
-template <typename ValueT, const QLatin1String* KeyStr>
+template <typename ValueT, const QLatin1String& KeyStr>
 struct JsonConverter<EventContent::SingleKeyValue<ValueT, KeyStr>> {
     using content_type = EventContent::SingleKeyValue<ValueT, KeyStr>;
     static content_type load(const QJsonValue& jv)
@@ -22,6 +31,6 @@ struct JsonConverter<EventContent::SingleKeyValue<ValueT, KeyStr>> {
     {
         return { { JsonKey, toJson(c.value) } };
     }
-    static inline const auto JsonKey = toSnakeCase(*KeyStr);
+    static inline const auto JsonKey = toSnakeCase(KeyStr);
 };
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/stateevent.cpp b/lib/events/stateevent.cpp
index 1df24df0..72ecd5ad 100644
--- a/lib/events/stateevent.cpp
+++ b/lib/events/stateevent.cpp
@@ -2,35 +2,33 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
 #include "stateevent.h"
+#include "logging.h"
 
 using namespace Quotient;
 
-StateEventBase::StateEventBase(Type type, const QJsonObject& json)
-    : RoomEvent(json.contains(StateKeyKeyL) ? type : UnknownEventTypeId, json)
+StateEvent::StateEvent(const QJsonObject& json)
+    : RoomEvent(json)
 {
-    if (Event::type() == UnknownEventTypeId && !json.contains(StateKeyKeyL))
-        qWarning(EVENTS) << "Attempt to create a state event with no stateKey -"
-                            "forcing the event type to unknown to avoid damage";
+    Q_ASSERT_X(json.contains(StateKeyKeyL), __FUNCTION__,
+               "Attempt to create a state event without state key");
 }
 
-StateEventBase::StateEventBase(Event::Type type, event_mtype_t matrixType,
-                               const QString& stateKey,
+StateEvent::StateEvent(Event::Type type, const QString& stateKey,
                                const QJsonObject& contentJson)
-    : RoomEvent(type, basicJson(type, stateKey, contentJson))
+    : RoomEvent(basicJson(type, stateKey, contentJson))
 {}
 
-bool StateEventBase::repeatsState() const
+bool StateEvent::repeatsState() const
 {
-    const auto prevContentJson = unsignedPart<QJsonObject>(PrevContentKeyL);
-    return fullJson().value(ContentKeyL) == prevContentJson;
+    return contentJson() == unsignedPart<QJsonObject>(PrevContentKeyL);
 }
 
-QString StateEventBase::replacedState() const
+QString StateEvent::replacedState() const
 {
     return unsignedPart<QString>("replaces_state"_ls);
 }
 
-void StateEventBase::dumpTo(QDebug dbg) const
+void StateEvent::dumpTo(QDebug dbg) const
 {
     if (!stateKey().isEmpty())
         dbg << '<' << stateKey() << "> ";
diff --git a/lib/events/stateevent.h b/lib/events/stateevent.h
index 9f1d7118..992ec2e2 100644
--- a/lib/events/stateevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/stateevent.h
@@ -7,15 +7,25 @@
 
 namespace Quotient {
 
-class QUOTIENT_API StateEventBase : public RoomEvent {
+class QUOTIENT_API StateEvent : public RoomEvent {
 public:
-    static inline EventFactory<StateEventBase> factory { "StateEvent" };
+    QUO_BASE_EVENT(StateEvent, "json.contains('state_key')"_ls,
+                   RoomEvent::BaseMetaType)
+    static bool isValid(const QJsonObject& fullJson)
+    {
+        return fullJson.contains(StateKeyKeyL);
+    }
+
+    //! \brief Static setting of whether a given even type uses state keys
+    //!
+    //! Most event types don't use a state key; overriding this to `true`
+    //! for a given type changes the calls across Quotient to include state key
+    //! in their signatures; otherwise, state key is still accessible but
+    //! constructors and calls in, e.g., RoomStateView don't include it.
+    static constexpr auto needsStateKey = false;
 
-    StateEventBase(Type type, const QJsonObject& json);
-    StateEventBase(Type type, event_mtype_t matrixType,
-                   const QString& stateKey = {},
-                   const QJsonObject& contentJson = {});
-    ~StateEventBase() override = default;
+    explicit StateEvent(Type type, const QString& stateKey = {},
+                        const QJsonObject& contentJson = {});
 
     //! Make a minimal correct Matrix state event JSON
     static QJsonObject basicJson(const QString& matrixTypeId,
@@ -27,43 +37,24 @@ public:
                  { ContentKey, contentJson } };
     }
 
-    bool isStateEvent() const override { return true; }
     QString replacedState() const;
-    void dumpTo(QDebug dbg) const override;
-
     virtual bool repeatsState() const;
+
+protected:
+    explicit StateEvent(const QJsonObject& json);
+    void dumpTo(QDebug dbg) const override;
 };
-using StateEventPtr = event_ptr_tt<StateEventBase>;
-using StateEvents = EventsArray<StateEventBase>;
+using StateEventBase
+    [[deprecated("StateEventBase is StateEvent now")]] = StateEvent;
+using StateEventPtr = event_ptr_tt<StateEvent>;
+using StateEvents = EventsArray<StateEvent>;
 
-[[deprecated("Use StateEventBase::basicJson() instead")]]
+[[deprecated("Use StateEvent::basicJson() instead")]]
 inline QJsonObject basicStateEventJson(const QString& matrixTypeId,
                                        const QJsonObject& content,
                                        const QString& stateKey = {})
 {
-    return StateEventBase::basicJson(matrixTypeId, stateKey, content);
-}
-
-//! \brief Override RoomEvent factory with that from StateEventBase if JSON has
-//! stateKey
-//!
-//! This means in particular that an event with a type known to RoomEvent but
-//! having stateKey set (even to an empty value) will be treated as a state
-//! event and most likely end up as unknown (consider, e.g., m.room.message
-//! that has stateKey set).
-template <>
-inline RoomEventPtr doLoadEvent(const QJsonObject& json,
-                                const QString& matrixType)
-{
-    if (json.contains(StateKeyKeyL))
-        return StateEventBase::factory.loadEvent(json, matrixType);
-    return RoomEvent::factory.loadEvent(json, matrixType);
-}
-
-template <>
-inline bool is<StateEventBase>(const Event& e)
-{
-    return e.isStateEvent();
+    return StateEvent::basicJson(matrixTypeId, stateKey, content);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -74,64 +65,87 @@ inline bool is<StateEventBase>(const Event& e)
  */
 using StateEventKey = std::pair<QString, QString>;
 
-template <typename ContentT>
-struct Prev {
-    template <typename... ContentParamTs>
-    explicit Prev(const QJsonObject& unsignedJson,
-                  ContentParamTs&&... contentParams)
-        : senderId(unsignedJson.value("prev_sender"_ls).toString())
-        , content(fromJson<ContentT>(unsignedJson.value(PrevContentKeyL)),
-                  std::forward<ContentParamTs>(contentParams)...)
-    {}
-
-    QString senderId;
-    ContentT content;
-};
-
-template <typename ContentT>
-class StateEvent : public StateEventBase {
+template <typename EventT, typename ContentT>
+class EventTemplate<EventT, StateEvent, ContentT>
+    : public StateEvent {
 public:
     using content_type = ContentT;
 
+    struct Prev {
+        explicit Prev() = default;
+        explicit Prev(const QJsonObject& unsignedJson)
+            : senderId(fromJson<QString>(unsignedJson["prev_sender"_ls]))
+            , content(
+                  fromJson<Omittable<ContentT>>(unsignedJson[PrevContentKeyL]))
+        {}
+
+        QString senderId;
+        Omittable<ContentT> content;
+    };
+
+    explicit EventTemplate(const QJsonObject& fullJson)
+        : StateEvent(fullJson)
+        , _content(fromJson<ContentT>(Event::contentJson()))
+        , _prev(unsignedJson())
+    {}
     template <typename... ContentParamTs>
-    explicit StateEvent(Type type, const QJsonObject& fullJson,
-                        ContentParamTs&&... contentParams)
-        : StateEventBase(type, fullJson)
-        , _content(fromJson<ContentT>(contentJson()),
-                   std::forward<ContentParamTs>(contentParams)...)
-    {
-        const auto& unsignedData = unsignedJson();
-        if (unsignedData.contains(PrevContentKeyL))
-            _prev = std::make_unique<Prev<ContentT>>(
-                unsignedData, std::forward<ContentParamTs>(contentParams)...);
-    }
-    template <typename... ContentParamTs>
-    explicit StateEvent(Type type, event_mtype_t matrixType,
-                        const QString& stateKey,
-                        ContentParamTs&&... contentParams)
-        : StateEventBase(type, matrixType, stateKey)
-        , _content{std::forward<ContentParamTs>(contentParams)...}
+    explicit EventTemplate(const QString& stateKey,
+                           ContentParamTs&&... contentParams)
+        : StateEvent(EventT::TypeId, stateKey)
+        , _content { std::forward<ContentParamTs>(contentParams)... }
     {
         editJson().insert(ContentKey, toJson(_content));
     }
 
     const ContentT& content() const { return _content; }
+
     template <typename VisitorT>
     void editContent(VisitorT&& visitor)
     {
         visitor(_content);
         editJson()[ContentKeyL] = toJson(_content);
     }
-    const ContentT* prevContent() const
-    {
-        return _prev ? &_prev->content : nullptr;
-    }
-    QString prevSenderId() const { return _prev ? _prev->senderId : QString(); }
+    const Omittable<ContentT>& prevContent() const { return _prev.content; }
+    QString prevSenderId() const { return _prev.senderId; }
 
 private:
     ContentT _content;
-    std::unique_ptr<Prev<ContentT>> _prev;
+    Prev _prev;
+};
+
+template <typename EventT, typename ContentT>
+class KeyedStateEventBase
+    : public EventTemplate<EventT, StateEvent, ContentT> {
+public:
+    static constexpr auto needsStateKey = true;
+
+    using EventTemplate<EventT, StateEvent, ContentT>::EventTemplate;
+};
+
+template <typename EvT>
+concept Keyed_State_Event = EvT::needsStateKey;
+
+template <typename EventT, typename ContentT>
+class KeylessStateEventBase
+    : public EventTemplate<EventT, StateEvent, ContentT> {
+private:
+    using base_type = EventTemplate<EventT, StateEvent, ContentT>;
+
+public:
+    template <typename... ContentParamTs>
+    explicit KeylessStateEventBase(ContentParamTs&&... contentParams)
+        : base_type(QString(), std::forward<ContentParamTs>(contentParams)...)
+    {}
+
+protected:
+    explicit KeylessStateEventBase(const QJsonObject& fullJson)
+        : base_type(fullJson)
+    {}
 };
+
+template <typename EvT>
+concept Keyless_State_Event = !EvT::needsStateKey;
+
 } // namespace Quotient
-Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Quotient::StateEventBase*)
-Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(const Quotient::StateEventBase*)
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Quotient::StateEvent*)
+Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(const Quotient::StateEvent*)
diff --git a/lib/events/stickerevent.h b/lib/events/stickerevent.h
index e378422d..67905481 100644
--- a/lib/events/stickerevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/stickerevent.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Quotient {
 class QUOTIENT_API StickerEvent : public RoomEvent
 {
 public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.sticker", StickerEvent)
+    QUO_EVENT(StickerEvent, "m.sticker")
 
     explicit StickerEvent(const QJsonObject& obj)
         : RoomEvent(TypeId, obj)
@@ -45,5 +45,4 @@ public:
 private:
     EventContent::ImageContent m_imageContent;
 };
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(StickerEvent)
 } // namespace Quotient
diff --git a/lib/events/typingevent.cpp b/lib/events/typingevent.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e5d7ee6..00000000
--- a/lib/events/typingevent.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Kitsune Ral <Kitsune-Ral@users.sf.net>
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
-
-#include "typingevent.h"
-
-using namespace Quotient;
-
-QStringList TypingEvent::users() const
-{
-    return contentPart<QStringList>("user_ids"_ls);
-}
diff --git a/lib/events/typingevent.h b/lib/events/typingevent.h
index 522f7e42..b56475af 100644
--- a/lib/events/typingevent.h
+++ b/lib/events/typingevent.h
@@ -6,13 +6,5 @@
 #include "event.h"
 
 namespace Quotient {
-class QUOTIENT_API TypingEvent : public Event {
-public:
-    DEFINE_EVENT_TYPEID("m.typing", TypingEvent)
-
-    explicit TypingEvent(const QJsonObject& obj) : Event(typeId(), obj) {}
-
-    QStringList users() const;
-};
-REGISTER_EVENT_TYPE(TypingEvent)
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_EVENT(TypingEvent, Event, "m.typing", QStringList, users, "user_ids")
 } // namespace Quotient