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=head1 NAME |
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AnyEvent::MP - multi-processing/message-passing framework |
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=head1 SYNOPSIS |
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use AnyEvent::MP; |
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$NODE # contains this node's noderef |
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NODE $port # returns the noderef of the port |
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snd $port, type => data...; |
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$SELF # receiving/own port id in rcv callbacks |
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rcv $port, smartmatch => $cb->($port, @msg); |
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rcv $port2, ping => sub { snd $_[0], "pong"; 0 }; |
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snd $port2, ping => $port1; |
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rcv $port, [child_died => $pid] => sub { ... |
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=head1 DESCRIPTION |
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This module (-family) implements a simple message passing framework. |
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Despite its simplicity, you can securely message other processes running |
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For an introduction to this module family, see the L<AnyEvent::MP::Intro> |
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manual page. |
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At the moment, this module family is severly broken and underdocumented, |
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so do not use. This was uploaded mainly to reserve the CPAN namespace - |
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stay tuned! The basic API should be finished, however. |
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=head1 CONCEPTS |
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=item port |
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A port is something you can send messages to (with the C<snd> function). |
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Some ports allow you to register C<rcv> handlers that can match specific |
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messages. All C<rcv> handlers will receive messages they match, messages |
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=item port id - C<noderef#portname> |
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A port id is normaly the concatenation of a noderef, a hash-mark (C<#>) as |
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exception is the the node port, whose ID is identical to its node |
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=item node |
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A node is a single process containing at least one port - the node |
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port. You can send messages to node ports to find existing ports or to |
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Nodes are either private (single-process only), slaves (connected to a |
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=item noderef - C<host:port,host:port...>, C<id@noderef>, C<id> |
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A node reference is a string that either simply identifies the node (for |
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private and slave nodes), or contains a recipe on how to reach a given |
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This recipe is simply a comma-separated list of C<address:port> pairs (for |
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=head1 VARIABLES/FUNCTIONS |
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our @EXPORT = qw( |
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resolve_node initialise_node |
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=item $thisnode = NODE / $NODE |
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The C<NODE> function returns, and the C<$NODE> variable contains |
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the noderef of the local node. The value is initialised by a call |
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to C<become_public> or C<become_slave>, after which all local port |
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=item $noderef = node_of $port |
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Extracts and returns the noderef from a portid or a noderef. |
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Takes an unresolved node reference that may contain hostnames and |
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In addition to C<address:port> pairs allowed in resolved noderefs, the |
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=item $SELF |
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Contains the current port id while executing C<rcv> callbacks or C<psub> |
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=item SELF, %SELF, @SELF... |
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=item snd $port, type => @data |
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=item snd $port, @msg |
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Send the given message to the given port ID, which can identify either |
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The type of data you can transfer depends on the transport protocol: when |
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of those are allowed (no objects). When Storable is used, then anything |
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that Storable can serialise and deserialise is allowed, and for the local |
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=item $local_port = port |
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Create a new local port object that can be used either as a pattern |
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=item $port = port { my @msg = @_; $finished } |
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Creates a "miniport", that is, a very lightweight port without any pattern |
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matching behind it, and returns its ID. Semantically the same as creating |
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callback returns a true value its job is considered "done" and the port |
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sub rcv($@); |
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Registers the given port under the name C<$name>. If the name already |
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Replaces the callback on the specified miniport (after converting it to |
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my $port = $SELF |
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or Carp::croak "psub can only be called from within rcv or psub callbacks, not"; |
385 |
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1.1 |
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386 |
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1.22 |
sub { |
387 |
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local $SELF = $port; |
388 |
root |
1.2 |
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389 |
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1.22 |
if (wantarray) { |
390 |
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my @res = eval { &$cb }; |
391 |
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_self_die if $@; |
392 |
|
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@res |
393 |
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} else { |
394 |
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my $res = eval { &$cb }; |
395 |
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_self_die if $@; |
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$res |
397 |
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} |
398 |
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} |
399 |
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1.2 |
} |
400 |
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401 |
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1.33 |
=item $guard = mon $port, $cb->(@reason) |
402 |
root |
1.32 |
|
403 |
root |
1.33 |
=item $guard = mon $port, $otherport |
404 |
root |
1.32 |
|
405 |
root |
1.33 |
=item $guard = mon $port, $otherport, @msg |
406 |
root |
1.32 |
|
407 |
|
|
Monitor the given port and do something when the port is killed. |
408 |
|
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|
409 |
|
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In the first form, the callback is simply called with any number |
410 |
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of C<@reason> elements (no @reason means that the port was deleted |
411 |
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"normally"). Note also that I<< the callback B<must> never die >>, so use |
412 |
|
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C<eval> if unsure. |
413 |
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|
414 |
|
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In the second form, the other port will be C<kil>'ed with C<@reason>, iff |
415 |
|
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a @reason was specified, i.e. on "normal" kils nothing happens, while |
416 |
|
|
under all other conditions, the other port is killed with the same reason. |
417 |
|
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|
418 |
|
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In the last form, a message of the form C<@msg, @reason> will be C<snd>. |
419 |
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|
420 |
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Example: call a given callback when C<$port> is killed. |
421 |
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|
422 |
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mon $port, sub { warn "port died because of <@_>\n" }; |
423 |
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|
424 |
|
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Example: kill ourselves when C<$port> is killed abnormally. |
425 |
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|
426 |
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mon $port, $self; |
427 |
|
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|
428 |
|
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Example: send us a restart message another C<$port> is killed. |
429 |
|
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|
430 |
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mon $port, $self => "restart"; |
431 |
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432 |
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=cut |
433 |
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|
434 |
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sub mon { |
435 |
|
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my ($noderef, $port) = split /#/, shift, 2; |
436 |
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|
437 |
|
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my $node = $NODE{$noderef} || add_node $noderef; |
438 |
|
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|
439 |
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my $cb = shift; |
440 |
|
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|
441 |
|
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unless (ref $cb) { |
442 |
|
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if (@_) { |
443 |
|
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# send a kill info message |
444 |
|
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my (@msg) = ($cb, @_); |
445 |
|
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$cb = sub { snd @msg, @_ }; |
446 |
|
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} else { |
447 |
|
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# simply kill other port |
448 |
|
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my $port = $cb; |
449 |
|
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$cb = sub { kil $port, @_ if @_ }; |
450 |
|
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} |
451 |
|
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} |
452 |
|
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|
453 |
|
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$node->monitor ($port, $cb); |
454 |
|
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|
455 |
|
|
defined wantarray |
456 |
|
|
and AnyEvent::Util::guard { $node->unmonitor ($port, $cb) } |
457 |
|
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} |
458 |
|
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|
459 |
|
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=item $guard = mon_guard $port, $ref, $ref... |
460 |
|
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|
461 |
|
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Monitors the given C<$port> and keeps the passed references. When the port |
462 |
|
|
is killed, the references will be freed. |
463 |
|
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|
464 |
|
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Optionally returns a guard that will stop the monitoring. |
465 |
|
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|
466 |
|
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This function is useful when you create e.g. timers or other watchers and |
467 |
|
|
want to free them when the port gets killed: |
468 |
|
|
|
469 |
|
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$port->rcv (start => sub { |
470 |
|
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my $timer; $timer = mon_guard $port, AE::timer 1, 1, sub { |
471 |
|
|
undef $timer if 0.9 < rand; |
472 |
|
|
}); |
473 |
|
|
}); |
474 |
|
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|
475 |
|
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=cut |
476 |
|
|
|
477 |
|
|
sub mon_guard { |
478 |
|
|
my ($port, @refs) = @_; |
479 |
|
|
|
480 |
|
|
mon $port, sub { 0 && @refs } |
481 |
|
|
} |
482 |
|
|
|
483 |
|
|
=item lnk $port1, $port2 |
484 |
|
|
|
485 |
|
|
Link two ports. This is simply a shorthand for: |
486 |
|
|
|
487 |
|
|
mon $port1, $port2; |
488 |
|
|
mon $port2, $port1; |
489 |
|
|
|
490 |
|
|
It means that if either one is killed abnormally, the other one gets |
491 |
|
|
killed as well. |
492 |
|
|
|
493 |
root |
1.33 |
=item kil $port[, @reason] |
494 |
root |
1.32 |
|
495 |
|
|
Kill the specified port with the given C<@reason>. |
496 |
|
|
|
497 |
|
|
If no C<@reason> is specified, then the port is killed "normally" (linked |
498 |
|
|
ports will not be kileld, or even notified). |
499 |
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
Otherwise, linked ports get killed with the same reason (second form of |
501 |
|
|
C<mon>, see below). |
502 |
|
|
|
503 |
|
|
Runtime errors while evaluating C<rcv> callbacks or inside C<psub> blocks |
504 |
|
|
will be reported as reason C<< die => $@ >>. |
505 |
|
|
|
506 |
|
|
Transport/communication errors are reported as C<< transport_error => |
507 |
|
|
$message >>. |
508 |
|
|
|
509 |
root |
1.8 |
=back |
510 |
|
|
|
511 |
|
|
=head1 FUNCTIONS FOR NODES |
512 |
|
|
|
513 |
|
|
=over 4 |
514 |
root |
1.2 |
|
515 |
root |
1.33 |
=item initialise_node $noderef, $seednode, $seednode... |
516 |
|
|
|
517 |
|
|
=item initialise_node "slave/", $master, $master... |
518 |
|
|
|
519 |
|
|
Initialises a node - must be called exactly once before calling other |
520 |
|
|
AnyEvent::MP functions when talking to other nodes is required. |
521 |
|
|
|
522 |
|
|
All arguments are noderefs, which can be either resolved or unresolved. |
523 |
|
|
|
524 |
|
|
There are two types of networked nodes, public nodes and slave nodes: |
525 |
|
|
|
526 |
|
|
=over 4 |
527 |
|
|
|
528 |
|
|
=item public nodes |
529 |
|
|
|
530 |
|
|
For public nodes, C<$noderef> must either be a (possibly unresolved) |
531 |
|
|
noderef, in which case it will be resolved, or C<undef> (or missing), in |
532 |
|
|
which case the noderef will be guessed. |
533 |
|
|
|
534 |
|
|
Afterwards, the node will bind itself on all endpoints and try to connect |
535 |
|
|
to all additional C<$seednodes> that are specified. Seednodes are optional |
536 |
|
|
and can be used to quickly bootstrap the node into an existing network. |
537 |
|
|
|
538 |
|
|
=item slave nodes |
539 |
|
|
|
540 |
|
|
When the C<$noderef> is the special string C<slave/>, then the node will |
541 |
|
|
become a slave node. Slave nodes cannot be contacted from outside and will |
542 |
|
|
route most of their traffic to the master node that they attach to. |
543 |
|
|
|
544 |
|
|
At least one additional noderef is required: The node will try to connect |
545 |
|
|
to all of them and will become a slave attached to the first node it can |
546 |
|
|
successfully connect to. |
547 |
|
|
|
548 |
|
|
=back |
549 |
|
|
|
550 |
|
|
This function will block until all nodes have been resolved and, for slave |
551 |
|
|
nodes, until it has successfully established a connection to a master |
552 |
|
|
server. |
553 |
|
|
|
554 |
|
|
Example: become a public node listening on the default node. |
555 |
|
|
|
556 |
|
|
initialise_node; |
557 |
|
|
|
558 |
|
|
Example: become a public node, and try to contact some well-known master |
559 |
|
|
servers to become part of the network. |
560 |
|
|
|
561 |
|
|
initialise_node undef, "master1", "master2"; |
562 |
|
|
|
563 |
|
|
Example: become a public node listening on port C<4041>. |
564 |
|
|
|
565 |
|
|
initialise_node 4041; |
566 |
|
|
|
567 |
|
|
Example: become a public node, only visible on localhost port 4044. |
568 |
root |
1.8 |
|
569 |
root |
1.33 |
initialise_node "locahost:4044"; |
570 |
root |
1.8 |
|
571 |
root |
1.33 |
Example: become a slave node to any of the specified master servers. |
572 |
root |
1.29 |
|
573 |
root |
1.33 |
initialise_node "slave/", "master1", "192.168.13.17", "mp.example.net"; |
574 |
root |
1.2 |
|
575 |
root |
1.8 |
=cut |
576 |
root |
1.1 |
|
577 |
root |
1.4 |
=back |
578 |
|
|
|
579 |
|
|
=head1 NODE MESSAGES |
580 |
|
|
|
581 |
root |
1.5 |
Nodes understand the following messages sent to them. Many of them take |
582 |
|
|
arguments called C<@reply>, which will simply be used to compose a reply |
583 |
|
|
message - C<$reply[0]> is the port to reply to, C<$reply[1]> the type and |
584 |
|
|
the remaining arguments are simply the message data. |
585 |
root |
1.4 |
|
586 |
root |
1.29 |
While other messages exist, they are not public and subject to change. |
587 |
|
|
|
588 |
root |
1.4 |
=over 4 |
589 |
|
|
|
590 |
|
|
=cut |
591 |
|
|
|
592 |
root |
1.22 |
=item lookup => $name, @reply |
593 |
root |
1.3 |
|
594 |
root |
1.8 |
Replies with the port ID of the specified well-known port, or C<undef>. |
595 |
root |
1.3 |
|
596 |
root |
1.7 |
=item devnull => ... |
597 |
|
|
|
598 |
|
|
Generic data sink/CPU heat conversion. |
599 |
|
|
|
600 |
root |
1.4 |
=item relay => $port, @msg |
601 |
|
|
|
602 |
|
|
Simply forwards the message to the given port. |
603 |
|
|
|
604 |
|
|
=item eval => $string[ @reply] |
605 |
|
|
|
606 |
|
|
Evaluates the given string. If C<@reply> is given, then a message of the |
607 |
root |
1.5 |
form C<@reply, $@, @evalres> is sent. |
608 |
|
|
|
609 |
|
|
Example: crash another node. |
610 |
|
|
|
611 |
|
|
snd $othernode, eval => "exit"; |
612 |
root |
1.4 |
|
613 |
|
|
=item time => @reply |
614 |
|
|
|
615 |
|
|
Replies the the current node time to C<@reply>. |
616 |
|
|
|
617 |
root |
1.5 |
Example: tell the current node to send the current time to C<$myport> in a |
618 |
|
|
C<timereply> message. |
619 |
|
|
|
620 |
|
|
snd $NODE, time => $myport, timereply => 1, 2; |
621 |
|
|
# => snd $myport, timereply => 1, 2, <time> |
622 |
|
|
|
623 |
root |
1.2 |
=back |
624 |
|
|
|
625 |
root |
1.26 |
=head1 AnyEvent::MP vs. Distributed Erlang |
626 |
|
|
|
627 |
root |
1.27 |
AnyEvent::MP got lots of its ideas from distributed erlang (erlang node |
628 |
|
|
== aemp node, erlang process == aemp port), so many of the documents and |
629 |
|
|
programming techniques employed by erlang apply to AnyEvent::MP. Here is a |
630 |
|
|
sample: |
631 |
|
|
|
632 |
|
|
http://www.erlang.se/doc/programming_rules.shtml |
633 |
|
|
http://erlang.org/doc/getting_started/part_frame.html # chapters 3 and 4 |
634 |
|
|
http://erlang.org/download/erlang-book-part1.pdf # chapters 5 and 6 |
635 |
|
|
http://erlang.org/download/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf # chapters 4 and 5 |
636 |
|
|
|
637 |
|
|
Despite the similarities, there are also some important differences: |
638 |
root |
1.26 |
|
639 |
|
|
=over 4 |
640 |
|
|
|
641 |
|
|
=item * Node references contain the recipe on how to contact them. |
642 |
|
|
|
643 |
|
|
Erlang relies on special naming and DNS to work everywhere in the |
644 |
|
|
same way. AEMP relies on each node knowing it's own address(es), with |
645 |
|
|
convenience functionality. |
646 |
|
|
|
647 |
root |
1.27 |
This means that AEMP requires a less tightly controlled environment at the |
648 |
|
|
cost of longer node references and a slightly higher management overhead. |
649 |
|
|
|
650 |
root |
1.26 |
=item * Erlang uses processes and a mailbox, AEMP does not queue. |
651 |
|
|
|
652 |
|
|
Erlang uses processes that selctively receive messages, and therefore |
653 |
|
|
needs a queue. AEMP is event based, queuing messages would serve no useful |
654 |
|
|
purpose. |
655 |
|
|
|
656 |
|
|
(But see L<Coro::MP> for a more erlang-like process model on top of AEMP). |
657 |
|
|
|
658 |
|
|
=item * Erlang sends are synchronous, AEMP sends are asynchronous. |
659 |
|
|
|
660 |
|
|
Sending messages in erlang is synchronous and blocks the process. AEMP |
661 |
|
|
sends are immediate, connection establishment is handled in the |
662 |
|
|
background. |
663 |
|
|
|
664 |
|
|
=item * Erlang can silently lose messages, AEMP cannot. |
665 |
|
|
|
666 |
|
|
Erlang makes few guarantees on messages delivery - messages can get lost |
667 |
|
|
without any of the processes realising it (i.e. you send messages a, b, |
668 |
|
|
and c, and the other side only receives messages a and c). |
669 |
|
|
|
670 |
|
|
AEMP guarantees correct ordering, and the guarantee that there are no |
671 |
|
|
holes in the message sequence. |
672 |
|
|
|
673 |
|
|
=item * In erlang, processes can be declared dead and later be found to be |
674 |
|
|
alive. |
675 |
|
|
|
676 |
|
|
In erlang it can happen that a monitored process is declared dead and |
677 |
|
|
linked processes get killed, but later it turns out that the process is |
678 |
|
|
still alive - and can receive messages. |
679 |
|
|
|
680 |
|
|
In AEMP, when port monitoring detects a port as dead, then that port will |
681 |
|
|
eventually be killed - it cannot happen that a node detects a port as dead |
682 |
|
|
and then later sends messages to it, finding it is still alive. |
683 |
|
|
|
684 |
|
|
=item * Erlang can send messages to the wrong port, AEMP does not. |
685 |
|
|
|
686 |
|
|
In erlang it is quite possible that a node that restarts reuses a process |
687 |
|
|
ID known to other nodes for a completely different process, causing |
688 |
|
|
messages destined for that process to end up in an unrelated process. |
689 |
|
|
|
690 |
|
|
AEMP never reuses port IDs, so old messages or old port IDs floating |
691 |
|
|
around in the network will not be sent to an unrelated port. |
692 |
|
|
|
693 |
|
|
=item * Erlang uses unprotected connections, AEMP uses secure |
694 |
|
|
authentication and can use TLS. |
695 |
|
|
|
696 |
|
|
AEMP can use a proven protocol - SSL/TLS - to protect connections and |
697 |
|
|
securely authenticate nodes. |
698 |
|
|
|
699 |
root |
1.28 |
=item * The AEMP protocol is optimised for both text-based and binary |
700 |
|
|
communications. |
701 |
|
|
|
702 |
|
|
The AEMP protocol, unlike the erlang protocol, supports both |
703 |
|
|
language-independent text-only protocols (good for debugging) and binary, |
704 |
|
|
language-specific serialisers (e.g. Storable). |
705 |
|
|
|
706 |
|
|
It has also been carefully designed to be implementable in other languages |
707 |
|
|
with a minimum of work while gracefully degrading fucntionality to make the |
708 |
|
|
protocol simple. |
709 |
|
|
|
710 |
root |
1.26 |
=back |
711 |
|
|
|
712 |
root |
1.1 |
=head1 SEE ALSO |
713 |
|
|
|
714 |
|
|
L<AnyEvent>. |
715 |
|
|
|
716 |
|
|
=head1 AUTHOR |
717 |
|
|
|
718 |
|
|
Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> |
719 |
|
|
http://home.schmorp.de/ |
720 |
|
|
|
721 |
|
|
=cut |
722 |
|
|
|
723 |
|
|
1 |
724 |
|
|
|