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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 $port # returns the noderef of the port |
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$SELF # receiving/own port id in rcv callbacks |
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# initialise the node so it can send/receive messages |
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initialise_node; # -OR- |
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initialise_node "localhost:4040"; # -OR- |
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initialise_node "slave/", "localhost:4040" |
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# ports are message endpoints |
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# sending messages |
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snd $port, type => data...; |
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snd $port, @msg; |
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snd @msg_with_first_element_being_a_port; |
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# creating/using ports, the simple way |
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my $somple_port = port { my @msg = @_; 0 }; |
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# creating/using ports, tagged message matching |
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my $port = port; |
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rcv $port, ping => sub { snd $_[0], "pong"; 0 }; |
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# create a port on another node |
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# monitoring |
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mon $port, $cb->(@msg) # callback is invoked on death |
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mon $port, $otherport # kill otherport on abnormal death |
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mon $port, $otherport, @msg # send message on death |
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=head1 CURRENT STATUS |
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AnyEvent::MP - stable API, should work |
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AnyEvent::MP::Intro - outdated |
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AnyEvent::MP::Kernel - WIP |
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AnyEvent::MP::Transport - mostly stable |
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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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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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=head1 CONCEPTS |
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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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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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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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snd rcv mon kil reg psub spawn |
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The C<NODE> function returns, and the C<$NODE> variable contains the |
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=item $noderef = node_of $port |
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Extracts and returns the noderef from a port ID or a noderef. |
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=item initialise_node $noderef, $seednode, $seednode... |
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=item initialise_node "slave/", $master, $master... |
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This function initialises a node - it must be called exactly once (or |
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All arguments (optionally except for the first) are noderefs, which can be |
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the relevant configuration profile (see L<aemp>). If none is found then |
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the default configuration is used. The configuration supplies additional |
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For public nodes, C<$noderef> (supplied either directly to |
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This function will block until all nodes have been resolved and, for slave |
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Example: become a public node listening on the guessed noderef, or the one |
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Example: become a slave node to any of the the seednodes specified via |
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=item snd $port, type => @data |
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Send the given message to the given port ID, which can identify either |
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string as first element (a port ID, or some word that indicates a request |
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=item $local_port = port { my @msg = @_ } |
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Creates a new local port, and returns its ID. Semantically the same as |
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The block will be called for every message received on the port, with the |
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global variable C<$SELF> set to the port ID. Runtime errors will cause the |
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Replaces the default callback on the specified port. There is no way to |
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380 |
|
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sub rcv($@) { |
381 |
root |
1.33 |
my $port = shift; |
382 |
|
|
my ($noderef, $portid) = split /#/, $port, 2; |
383 |
root |
1.3 |
|
384 |
root |
1.22 |
($NODE{$noderef} || add_node $noderef) == $NODE{""} |
385 |
root |
1.33 |
or Carp::croak "$port: rcv can only be called on local ports, caught"; |
386 |
root |
1.22 |
|
387 |
root |
1.50 |
while (@_) { |
388 |
|
|
if (ref $_[0]) { |
389 |
|
|
if (my $self = $PORT_DATA{$portid}) { |
390 |
|
|
"AnyEvent::MP::Port" eq ref $self |
391 |
|
|
or Carp::croak "$port: rcv can only be called on message matching ports, caught"; |
392 |
root |
1.33 |
|
393 |
root |
1.50 |
$self->[2] = shift; |
394 |
|
|
} else { |
395 |
|
|
my $cb = shift; |
396 |
|
|
$PORT{$portid} = sub { |
397 |
|
|
local $SELF = $port; |
398 |
|
|
eval { &$cb }; _self_die if $@; |
399 |
|
|
}; |
400 |
|
|
} |
401 |
|
|
} elsif (defined $_[0]) { |
402 |
|
|
my $self = $PORT_DATA{$portid} ||= do { |
403 |
|
|
my $self = bless [$PORT{$port} || sub { }, { }, $port], "AnyEvent::MP::Port"; |
404 |
|
|
|
405 |
|
|
$PORT{$portid} = sub { |
406 |
|
|
local $SELF = $port; |
407 |
|
|
|
408 |
|
|
if (my $cb = $self->[1]{$_[0]}) { |
409 |
|
|
shift; |
410 |
|
|
eval { &$cb }; _self_die if $@; |
411 |
|
|
} else { |
412 |
|
|
&{ $self->[0] }; |
413 |
root |
1.33 |
} |
414 |
|
|
}; |
415 |
root |
1.50 |
|
416 |
|
|
$self |
417 |
root |
1.33 |
}; |
418 |
|
|
|
419 |
root |
1.50 |
"AnyEvent::MP::Port" eq ref $self |
420 |
|
|
or Carp::croak "$port: rcv can only be called on message matching ports, caught"; |
421 |
root |
1.22 |
|
422 |
root |
1.50 |
my ($tag, $cb) = splice @_, 0, 2; |
423 |
root |
1.33 |
|
424 |
root |
1.50 |
if (defined $cb) { |
425 |
|
|
$self->[1]{$tag} = $cb; |
426 |
root |
1.33 |
} else { |
427 |
root |
1.50 |
delete $self->[1]{$tag}; |
428 |
root |
1.33 |
} |
429 |
root |
1.22 |
} |
430 |
root |
1.3 |
} |
431 |
root |
1.31 |
|
432 |
root |
1.33 |
$port |
433 |
root |
1.2 |
} |
434 |
|
|
|
435 |
root |
1.22 |
=item $closure = psub { BLOCK } |
436 |
root |
1.2 |
|
437 |
root |
1.22 |
Remembers C<$SELF> and creates a closure out of the BLOCK. When the |
438 |
|
|
closure is executed, sets up the environment in the same way as in C<rcv> |
439 |
|
|
callbacks, i.e. runtime errors will cause the port to get C<kil>ed. |
440 |
|
|
|
441 |
|
|
This is useful when you register callbacks from C<rcv> callbacks: |
442 |
|
|
|
443 |
|
|
rcv delayed_reply => sub { |
444 |
|
|
my ($delay, @reply) = @_; |
445 |
|
|
my $timer = AE::timer $delay, 0, psub { |
446 |
|
|
snd @reply, $SELF; |
447 |
|
|
}; |
448 |
|
|
}; |
449 |
root |
1.3 |
|
450 |
root |
1.8 |
=cut |
451 |
root |
1.3 |
|
452 |
root |
1.22 |
sub psub(&) { |
453 |
|
|
my $cb = shift; |
454 |
root |
1.3 |
|
455 |
root |
1.22 |
my $port = $SELF |
456 |
|
|
or Carp::croak "psub can only be called from within rcv or psub callbacks, not"; |
457 |
root |
1.1 |
|
458 |
root |
1.22 |
sub { |
459 |
|
|
local $SELF = $port; |
460 |
root |
1.2 |
|
461 |
root |
1.22 |
if (wantarray) { |
462 |
|
|
my @res = eval { &$cb }; |
463 |
|
|
_self_die if $@; |
464 |
|
|
@res |
465 |
|
|
} else { |
466 |
|
|
my $res = eval { &$cb }; |
467 |
|
|
_self_die if $@; |
468 |
|
|
$res |
469 |
|
|
} |
470 |
|
|
} |
471 |
root |
1.2 |
} |
472 |
|
|
|
473 |
root |
1.33 |
=item $guard = mon $port, $cb->(@reason) |
474 |
root |
1.32 |
|
475 |
root |
1.36 |
=item $guard = mon $port, $rcvport |
476 |
|
|
|
477 |
|
|
=item $guard = mon $port |
478 |
root |
1.32 |
|
479 |
root |
1.36 |
=item $guard = mon $port, $rcvport, @msg |
480 |
root |
1.32 |
|
481 |
root |
1.42 |
Monitor the given port and do something when the port is killed or |
482 |
|
|
messages to it were lost, and optionally return a guard that can be used |
483 |
|
|
to stop monitoring again. |
484 |
|
|
|
485 |
|
|
C<mon> effectively guarantees that, in the absence of hardware failures, |
486 |
|
|
that after starting the monitor, either all messages sent to the port |
487 |
|
|
will arrive, or the monitoring action will be invoked after possible |
488 |
|
|
message loss has been detected. No messages will be lost "in between" |
489 |
|
|
(after the first lost message no further messages will be received by the |
490 |
|
|
port). After the monitoring action was invoked, further messages might get |
491 |
|
|
delivered again. |
492 |
root |
1.32 |
|
493 |
root |
1.36 |
In the first form (callback), the callback is simply called with any |
494 |
|
|
number of C<@reason> elements (no @reason means that the port was deleted |
495 |
root |
1.32 |
"normally"). Note also that I<< the callback B<must> never die >>, so use |
496 |
|
|
C<eval> if unsure. |
497 |
|
|
|
498 |
root |
1.43 |
In the second form (another port given), the other port (C<$rcvport>) |
499 |
root |
1.36 |
will be C<kil>'ed with C<@reason>, iff a @reason was specified, i.e. on |
500 |
|
|
"normal" kils nothing happens, while under all other conditions, the other |
501 |
|
|
port is killed with the same reason. |
502 |
root |
1.32 |
|
503 |
root |
1.36 |
The third form (kill self) is the same as the second form, except that |
504 |
|
|
C<$rvport> defaults to C<$SELF>. |
505 |
|
|
|
506 |
|
|
In the last form (message), a message of the form C<@msg, @reason> will be |
507 |
|
|
C<snd>. |
508 |
root |
1.32 |
|
509 |
root |
1.37 |
As a rule of thumb, monitoring requests should always monitor a port from |
510 |
|
|
a local port (or callback). The reason is that kill messages might get |
511 |
|
|
lost, just like any other message. Another less obvious reason is that |
512 |
|
|
even monitoring requests can get lost (for exmaple, when the connection |
513 |
|
|
to the other node goes down permanently). When monitoring a port locally |
514 |
|
|
these problems do not exist. |
515 |
|
|
|
516 |
root |
1.32 |
Example: call a given callback when C<$port> is killed. |
517 |
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
mon $port, sub { warn "port died because of <@_>\n" }; |
519 |
|
|
|
520 |
|
|
Example: kill ourselves when C<$port> is killed abnormally. |
521 |
|
|
|
522 |
root |
1.36 |
mon $port; |
523 |
root |
1.32 |
|
524 |
root |
1.36 |
Example: send us a restart message when another C<$port> is killed. |
525 |
root |
1.32 |
|
526 |
|
|
mon $port, $self => "restart"; |
527 |
|
|
|
528 |
|
|
=cut |
529 |
|
|
|
530 |
|
|
sub mon { |
531 |
|
|
my ($noderef, $port) = split /#/, shift, 2; |
532 |
|
|
|
533 |
|
|
my $node = $NODE{$noderef} || add_node $noderef; |
534 |
|
|
|
535 |
root |
1.41 |
my $cb = @_ ? shift : $SELF || Carp::croak 'mon: called with one argument only, but $SELF not set,'; |
536 |
root |
1.32 |
|
537 |
|
|
unless (ref $cb) { |
538 |
|
|
if (@_) { |
539 |
|
|
# send a kill info message |
540 |
root |
1.41 |
my (@msg) = ($cb, @_); |
541 |
root |
1.32 |
$cb = sub { snd @msg, @_ }; |
542 |
|
|
} else { |
543 |
|
|
# simply kill other port |
544 |
|
|
my $port = $cb; |
545 |
|
|
$cb = sub { kil $port, @_ if @_ }; |
546 |
|
|
} |
547 |
|
|
} |
548 |
|
|
|
549 |
|
|
$node->monitor ($port, $cb); |
550 |
|
|
|
551 |
|
|
defined wantarray |
552 |
|
|
and AnyEvent::Util::guard { $node->unmonitor ($port, $cb) } |
553 |
|
|
} |
554 |
|
|
|
555 |
|
|
=item $guard = mon_guard $port, $ref, $ref... |
556 |
|
|
|
557 |
|
|
Monitors the given C<$port> and keeps the passed references. When the port |
558 |
|
|
is killed, the references will be freed. |
559 |
|
|
|
560 |
|
|
Optionally returns a guard that will stop the monitoring. |
561 |
|
|
|
562 |
|
|
This function is useful when you create e.g. timers or other watchers and |
563 |
|
|
want to free them when the port gets killed: |
564 |
|
|
|
565 |
|
|
$port->rcv (start => sub { |
566 |
|
|
my $timer; $timer = mon_guard $port, AE::timer 1, 1, sub { |
567 |
|
|
undef $timer if 0.9 < rand; |
568 |
|
|
}); |
569 |
|
|
}); |
570 |
|
|
|
571 |
|
|
=cut |
572 |
|
|
|
573 |
|
|
sub mon_guard { |
574 |
|
|
my ($port, @refs) = @_; |
575 |
|
|
|
576 |
root |
1.36 |
#TODO: mon-less form? |
577 |
|
|
|
578 |
root |
1.32 |
mon $port, sub { 0 && @refs } |
579 |
|
|
} |
580 |
|
|
|
581 |
root |
1.33 |
=item kil $port[, @reason] |
582 |
root |
1.32 |
|
583 |
|
|
Kill the specified port with the given C<@reason>. |
584 |
|
|
|
585 |
|
|
If no C<@reason> is specified, then the port is killed "normally" (linked |
586 |
|
|
ports will not be kileld, or even notified). |
587 |
|
|
|
588 |
|
|
Otherwise, linked ports get killed with the same reason (second form of |
589 |
|
|
C<mon>, see below). |
590 |
|
|
|
591 |
|
|
Runtime errors while evaluating C<rcv> callbacks or inside C<psub> blocks |
592 |
|
|
will be reported as reason C<< die => $@ >>. |
593 |
|
|
|
594 |
|
|
Transport/communication errors are reported as C<< transport_error => |
595 |
|
|
$message >>. |
596 |
|
|
|
597 |
root |
1.38 |
=cut |
598 |
|
|
|
599 |
|
|
=item $port = spawn $node, $initfunc[, @initdata] |
600 |
|
|
|
601 |
|
|
Creates a port on the node C<$node> (which can also be a port ID, in which |
602 |
|
|
case it's the node where that port resides). |
603 |
|
|
|
604 |
|
|
The port ID of the newly created port is return immediately, and it is |
605 |
|
|
permissible to immediately start sending messages or monitor the port. |
606 |
|
|
|
607 |
|
|
After the port has been created, the init function is |
608 |
root |
1.39 |
called. This function must be a fully-qualified function name |
609 |
root |
1.40 |
(e.g. C<MyApp::Chat::Server::init>). To specify a function in the main |
610 |
|
|
program, use C<::name>. |
611 |
root |
1.38 |
|
612 |
|
|
If the function doesn't exist, then the node tries to C<require> |
613 |
|
|
the package, then the package above the package and so on (e.g. |
614 |
|
|
C<MyApp::Chat::Server>, C<MyApp::Chat>, C<MyApp>) until the function |
615 |
|
|
exists or it runs out of package names. |
616 |
|
|
|
617 |
|
|
The init function is then called with the newly-created port as context |
618 |
|
|
object (C<$SELF>) and the C<@initdata> values as arguments. |
619 |
|
|
|
620 |
|
|
A common idiom is to pass your own port, monitor the spawned port, and |
621 |
|
|
in the init function, monitor the original port. This two-way monitoring |
622 |
|
|
ensures that both ports get cleaned up when there is a problem. |
623 |
|
|
|
624 |
|
|
Example: spawn a chat server port on C<$othernode>. |
625 |
|
|
|
626 |
|
|
# this node, executed from within a port context: |
627 |
|
|
my $server = spawn $othernode, "MyApp::Chat::Server::connect", $SELF; |
628 |
|
|
mon $server; |
629 |
|
|
|
630 |
|
|
# init function on C<$othernode> |
631 |
|
|
sub connect { |
632 |
|
|
my ($srcport) = @_; |
633 |
|
|
|
634 |
|
|
mon $srcport; |
635 |
|
|
|
636 |
|
|
rcv $SELF, sub { |
637 |
|
|
... |
638 |
|
|
}; |
639 |
|
|
} |
640 |
|
|
|
641 |
|
|
=cut |
642 |
|
|
|
643 |
|
|
sub _spawn { |
644 |
|
|
my $port = shift; |
645 |
|
|
my $init = shift; |
646 |
|
|
|
647 |
|
|
local $SELF = "$NODE#$port"; |
648 |
|
|
eval { |
649 |
|
|
&{ load_func $init } |
650 |
|
|
}; |
651 |
|
|
_self_die if $@; |
652 |
|
|
} |
653 |
|
|
|
654 |
|
|
sub spawn(@) { |
655 |
|
|
my ($noderef, undef) = split /#/, shift, 2; |
656 |
|
|
|
657 |
|
|
my $id = "$RUNIQ." . $ID++; |
658 |
|
|
|
659 |
root |
1.39 |
$_[0] =~ /::/ |
660 |
|
|
or Carp::croak "spawn init function must be a fully-qualified name, caught"; |
661 |
|
|
|
662 |
root |
1.38 |
($NODE{$noderef} || add_node $noderef) |
663 |
|
|
->send (["", "AnyEvent::MP::_spawn" => $id, @_]); |
664 |
|
|
|
665 |
|
|
"$noderef#$id" |
666 |
|
|
} |
667 |
|
|
|
668 |
root |
1.8 |
=back |
669 |
|
|
|
670 |
root |
1.4 |
=head1 NODE MESSAGES |
671 |
|
|
|
672 |
root |
1.5 |
Nodes understand the following messages sent to them. Many of them take |
673 |
|
|
arguments called C<@reply>, which will simply be used to compose a reply |
674 |
|
|
message - C<$reply[0]> is the port to reply to, C<$reply[1]> the type and |
675 |
|
|
the remaining arguments are simply the message data. |
676 |
root |
1.4 |
|
677 |
root |
1.29 |
While other messages exist, they are not public and subject to change. |
678 |
|
|
|
679 |
root |
1.4 |
=over 4 |
680 |
|
|
|
681 |
|
|
=cut |
682 |
|
|
|
683 |
root |
1.22 |
=item lookup => $name, @reply |
684 |
root |
1.3 |
|
685 |
root |
1.8 |
Replies with the port ID of the specified well-known port, or C<undef>. |
686 |
root |
1.3 |
|
687 |
root |
1.7 |
=item devnull => ... |
688 |
|
|
|
689 |
|
|
Generic data sink/CPU heat conversion. |
690 |
|
|
|
691 |
root |
1.4 |
=item relay => $port, @msg |
692 |
|
|
|
693 |
|
|
Simply forwards the message to the given port. |
694 |
|
|
|
695 |
|
|
=item eval => $string[ @reply] |
696 |
|
|
|
697 |
|
|
Evaluates the given string. If C<@reply> is given, then a message of the |
698 |
root |
1.5 |
form C<@reply, $@, @evalres> is sent. |
699 |
|
|
|
700 |
|
|
Example: crash another node. |
701 |
|
|
|
702 |
|
|
snd $othernode, eval => "exit"; |
703 |
root |
1.4 |
|
704 |
|
|
=item time => @reply |
705 |
|
|
|
706 |
|
|
Replies the the current node time to C<@reply>. |
707 |
|
|
|
708 |
root |
1.5 |
Example: tell the current node to send the current time to C<$myport> in a |
709 |
|
|
C<timereply> message. |
710 |
|
|
|
711 |
|
|
snd $NODE, time => $myport, timereply => 1, 2; |
712 |
|
|
# => snd $myport, timereply => 1, 2, <time> |
713 |
|
|
|
714 |
root |
1.2 |
=back |
715 |
|
|
|
716 |
root |
1.26 |
=head1 AnyEvent::MP vs. Distributed Erlang |
717 |
|
|
|
718 |
root |
1.35 |
AnyEvent::MP got lots of its ideas from distributed Erlang (Erlang node |
719 |
|
|
== aemp node, Erlang process == aemp port), so many of the documents and |
720 |
|
|
programming techniques employed by Erlang apply to AnyEvent::MP. Here is a |
721 |
root |
1.27 |
sample: |
722 |
|
|
|
723 |
root |
1.35 |
http://www.Erlang.se/doc/programming_rules.shtml |
724 |
|
|
http://Erlang.org/doc/getting_started/part_frame.html # chapters 3 and 4 |
725 |
|
|
http://Erlang.org/download/Erlang-book-part1.pdf # chapters 5 and 6 |
726 |
|
|
http://Erlang.org/download/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf # chapters 4 and 5 |
727 |
root |
1.27 |
|
728 |
|
|
Despite the similarities, there are also some important differences: |
729 |
root |
1.26 |
|
730 |
|
|
=over 4 |
731 |
|
|
|
732 |
|
|
=item * Node references contain the recipe on how to contact them. |
733 |
|
|
|
734 |
|
|
Erlang relies on special naming and DNS to work everywhere in the |
735 |
|
|
same way. AEMP relies on each node knowing it's own address(es), with |
736 |
|
|
convenience functionality. |
737 |
|
|
|
738 |
root |
1.27 |
This means that AEMP requires a less tightly controlled environment at the |
739 |
|
|
cost of longer node references and a slightly higher management overhead. |
740 |
|
|
|
741 |
root |
1.51 |
=item Erlang has a "remote ports are like local ports" philosophy, AEMP |
742 |
|
|
uses "local ports are like remote ports". |
743 |
|
|
|
744 |
|
|
The failure modes for local ports are quite different (runtime errors |
745 |
|
|
only) then for remote ports - when a local port dies, you I<know> it dies, |
746 |
|
|
when a connection to another node dies, you know nothing about the other |
747 |
|
|
port. |
748 |
|
|
|
749 |
|
|
Erlang pretends remote ports are as reliable as local ports, even when |
750 |
|
|
they are not. |
751 |
|
|
|
752 |
|
|
AEMP encourages a "treat remote ports differently" philosophy, with local |
753 |
|
|
ports being the special case/exception, where transport errors cannot |
754 |
|
|
occur. |
755 |
|
|
|
756 |
root |
1.26 |
=item * Erlang uses processes and a mailbox, AEMP does not queue. |
757 |
|
|
|
758 |
root |
1.51 |
Erlang uses processes that selectively receive messages, and therefore |
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needs a queue. AEMP is event based, queuing messages would serve no |
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useful purpose. For the same reason the pattern-matching abilities of |
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AnyEvent::MP are more limited, as there is little need to be able to |
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filter messages without dequeing them. |
763 |
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1.26 |
|
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1.35 |
(But see L<Coro::MP> for a more Erlang-like process model on top of AEMP). |
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1.26 |
|
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=item * Erlang sends are synchronous, AEMP sends are asynchronous. |
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768 |
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1.51 |
Sending messages in Erlang is synchronous and blocks the process (and |
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so does not need a queue that can overflow). AEMP sends are immediate, |
770 |
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connection establishment is handled in the background. |
771 |
root |
1.26 |
|
772 |
root |
1.51 |
=item * Erlang suffers from silent message loss, AEMP does not. |
773 |
root |
1.26 |
|
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Erlang makes few guarantees on messages delivery - messages can get lost |
775 |
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without any of the processes realising it (i.e. you send messages a, b, |
776 |
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and c, and the other side only receives messages a and c). |
777 |
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778 |
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AEMP guarantees correct ordering, and the guarantee that there are no |
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holes in the message sequence. |
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root |
1.35 |
=item * In Erlang, processes can be declared dead and later be found to be |
782 |
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1.26 |
alive. |
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|
784 |
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1.35 |
In Erlang it can happen that a monitored process is declared dead and |
785 |
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1.26 |
linked processes get killed, but later it turns out that the process is |
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still alive - and can receive messages. |
787 |
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788 |
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In AEMP, when port monitoring detects a port as dead, then that port will |
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eventually be killed - it cannot happen that a node detects a port as dead |
790 |
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and then later sends messages to it, finding it is still alive. |
791 |
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=item * Erlang can send messages to the wrong port, AEMP does not. |
793 |
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794 |
root |
1.51 |
In Erlang it is quite likely that a node that restarts reuses a process ID |
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known to other nodes for a completely different process, causing messages |
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destined for that process to end up in an unrelated process. |
797 |
root |
1.26 |
|
798 |
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AEMP never reuses port IDs, so old messages or old port IDs floating |
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around in the network will not be sent to an unrelated port. |
800 |
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|
801 |
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=item * Erlang uses unprotected connections, AEMP uses secure |
802 |
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authentication and can use TLS. |
803 |
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|
804 |
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AEMP can use a proven protocol - SSL/TLS - to protect connections and |
805 |
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securely authenticate nodes. |
806 |
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|
807 |
root |
1.28 |
=item * The AEMP protocol is optimised for both text-based and binary |
808 |
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communications. |
809 |
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|
810 |
root |
1.35 |
The AEMP protocol, unlike the Erlang protocol, supports both |
811 |
root |
1.28 |
language-independent text-only protocols (good for debugging) and binary, |
812 |
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language-specific serialisers (e.g. Storable). |
813 |
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814 |
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It has also been carefully designed to be implementable in other languages |
815 |
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with a minimum of work while gracefully degrading fucntionality to make the |
816 |
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protocol simple. |
817 |
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|
818 |
root |
1.35 |
=item * AEMP has more flexible monitoring options than Erlang. |
819 |
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820 |
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In Erlang, you can chose to receive I<all> exit signals as messages |
821 |
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or I<none>, there is no in-between, so monitoring single processes is |
822 |
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difficult to implement. Monitoring in AEMP is more flexible than in |
823 |
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Erlang, as one can choose between automatic kill, exit message or callback |
824 |
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on a per-process basis. |
825 |
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|
826 |
root |
1.37 |
=item * Erlang tries to hide remote/local connections, AEMP does not. |
827 |
root |
1.35 |
|
828 |
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Monitoring in Erlang is not an indicator of process death/crashes, |
829 |
root |
1.37 |
as linking is (except linking is unreliable in Erlang). |
830 |
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|
831 |
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In AEMP, you don't "look up" registered port names or send to named ports |
832 |
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that might or might not be persistent. Instead, you normally spawn a port |
833 |
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on the remote node. The init function monitors the you, and you monitor |
834 |
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the remote port. Since both monitors are local to the node, they are much |
835 |
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more reliable. |
836 |
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|
837 |
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This also saves round-trips and avoids sending messages to the wrong port |
838 |
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(hard to do in Erlang). |
839 |
root |
1.35 |
|
840 |
root |
1.26 |
=back |
841 |
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|
842 |
root |
1.46 |
=head1 RATIONALE |
843 |
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|
844 |
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=over 4 |
845 |
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|
846 |
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=item Why strings for ports and noderefs, why not objects? |
847 |
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|
848 |
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We considered "objects", but found that the actual number of methods |
849 |
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thatc an be called are very low. Since port IDs and noderefs travel over |
850 |
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the network frequently, the serialising/deserialising would add lots of |
851 |
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overhead, as well as having to keep a proxy object. |
852 |
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|
853 |
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Strings can easily be printed, easily serialised etc. and need no special |
854 |
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procedures to be "valid". |
855 |
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|
856 |
root |
1.47 |
And a a miniport consists of a single closure stored in a global hash - it |
857 |
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can't become much cheaper. |
858 |
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|
859 |
root |
1.46 |
=item Why favour JSON, why not real serialising format such as Storable? |
860 |
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|
861 |
|
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In fact, any AnyEvent::MP node will happily accept Storable as framing |
862 |
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format, but currently there is no way to make a node use Storable by |
863 |
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default. |
864 |
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|
865 |
|
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The default framing protocol is JSON because a) JSON::XS is many times |
866 |
|
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faster for small messages and b) most importantly, after years of |
867 |
|
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experience we found that object serialisation is causing more problems |
868 |
|
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than it gains: Just like function calls, objects simply do not travel |
869 |
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easily over the network, mostly because they will always be a copy, so you |
870 |
|
|
always have to re-think your design. |
871 |
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|
872 |
|
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Keeping your messages simple, concentrating on data structures rather than |
873 |
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objects, will keep your messages clean, tidy and efficient. |
874 |
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|
875 |
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=back |
876 |
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|
877 |
root |
1.1 |
=head1 SEE ALSO |
878 |
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|
879 |
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L<AnyEvent>. |
880 |
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=head1 AUTHOR |
882 |
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|
883 |
|
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Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> |
884 |
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http://home.schmorp.de/ |
885 |
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|
886 |
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=cut |
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888 |
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