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4		4
5	=head1 SYNOPSIS	5	=head1 SYNOPSIS
6		6
7	use AnyEvent::MP;	7	use AnyEvent::MP;
8		8
9	NODE # returns this node identifier
10	$NODE # contains this node identifier	9	$NODE # contains this node's noderef
		10	NODE # returns this node's noderef
		11	NODE $port # returns the noderef of the port
11		12
		13	$SELF # receiving/own port id in rcv callbacks
		14
		15	# initialise the node so it can send/receive messages
		16	initialise_node;
		17
		18	# ports are message endpoints
		19
		20	# sending messages
12	snd $port, type => data...;	21	snd $port, type => data...;
		22	snd $port, @msg;
		23	snd @msg_with_first_element_being_a_port;
13		24
14	rcv $port, smartmatch => $cb->($port, @msg);	25	# creating/using ports, the simple way
		26	my $simple_port = port { my @msg = @_; 0 };
15		27
16	# examples:	28	# creating/using ports, tagged message matching
		29	my $port = port;
17	rcv $port2, ping => sub { snd $_[0], "pong"; 0 };	30	rcv $port, ping => sub { snd $_[0], "pong"; 0 };
18	rcv $port1, pong => sub { warn "pong received\n" };	31	rcv $port, pong => sub { warn "pong received\n"; 0 };
19	snd $port2, ping => $port1;
20		32
21	# more, smarter, matches (_any_ is exported by this module)	33	# create a port on another node
22	rcv $port, [child_died => $pid] => sub { ...	34	my $port = spawn $node, $initfunc, @initdata;
23	rcv $port, [_any_, _any_, 3] => sub { .. $_[2] is 3	35
		36	# monitoring
		37	mon $port, $cb->(@msg) # callback is invoked on death
		38	mon $port, $otherport # kill otherport on abnormal death
		39	mon $port, $otherport, @msg # send message on death
		40
		41	=head1 CURRENT STATUS
		42
		43	AnyEvent::MP - stable API, should work
		44	AnyEvent::MP::Intro - outdated
		45	AnyEvent::MP::Kernel - mostly stable
		46	AnyEvent::MP::Global - mostly stable
		47	AnyEvent::MP::Node - mostly stable, but internal anyways
		48	AnyEvent::MP::Transport - mostly stable, but internal anyways
		49
		50	stay tuned.
24		51
25	=head1 DESCRIPTION	52	=head1 DESCRIPTION
26		53
27	This module (-family) implements a simple message passing framework.	54	This module (-family) implements a simple message passing framework.
28		55
29	Despite its simplicity, you can securely message other processes running	56	Despite its simplicity, you can securely message other processes running
30	on the same or other hosts.	57	on the same or other hosts, and you can supervise entities remotely.
31		58
		59	For an introduction to this module family, see the L<AnyEvent::MP::Intro>
		60	manual page and the examples under F<eg/>.
		61
32	At the moment, this module family is severly brokena nd underdocumented,	62	At the moment, this module family is a bit underdocumented.
33	so do not use. This was uploaded mainly to reserve the CPAN namespace -
34	stay tuned!
35		63
36	=head1 CONCEPTS	64	=head1 CONCEPTS
37		65
38	=over 4	66	=over 4
39		67
40	=item port	68	=item port
41		69
42	A port is something you can send messages to with the C<snd> function, and	70	A port is something you can send messages to (with the C<snd> function).
43	you can register C<rcv> handlers with. All C<rcv> handlers will receive
44	messages they match, messages will not be queued.
45		71
		72	Ports allow you to register C<rcv> handlers that can match all or just
		73	some messages. Messages send to ports will not be queued, regardless of
		74	anything was listening for them or not.
		75
46	=item port id - C<noderef#portname>	76	=item port ID - C<nodeid#portname>
47		77
48	A port id is always the noderef, a hash-mark (C<#>) as separator, followed	78	A port ID is the concatenation of a node ID, a hash-mark (C<#>) as
49	by a port name (a printable string of unspecified format).	79	separator, and a port name (a printable string of unspecified format).
50		80
51	=item node	81	=item node
52		82
53	A node is a single process containing at least one port - the node	83	A node is a single process containing at least one port - the node port,
54	port. You can send messages to node ports to let them create new ports,	84	which enables nodes to manage each other remotely, and to create new
55	among other things.	85	ports.
56		86
57	Initially, nodes are either private (single-process only) or hidden	87	Nodes are either public (have one or more listening ports) or private
58	(connected to a master node only). Only when they epxlicitly "become	88	(no listening ports). Private nodes cannot talk to other private nodes
59	public" can you send them messages from unrelated other nodes.	89	currently.
60		90
61	=item noderef - C<host:port,host:port...>, C<id@noderef>, C<id>	91	=item node ID - C<[a-za-Z0-9_\-.:]+>
62		92
63	A noderef is a string that either uniquely identifies a given node (for	93	A node ID is a string that uniquely identifies the node within a
64	private and hidden nodes), or contains a recipe on how to reach a given	94	network. Depending on the configuration used, node IDs can look like a
65	node (for public nodes).	95	hostname, a hostname and a port, or a random string. AnyEvent::MP itself
		96	doesn't interpret node IDs in any way.
		97
		98	=item binds - C<ip:port>
		99
		100	Nodes can only talk to each other by creating some kind of connection to
		101	each other. To do this, nodes should listen on one or more local transport
		102	endpoints - binds. Currently, only standard C<ip:port> specifications can
		103	be used, which specify TCP ports to listen on.
		104
		105	=item seeds - C<host:port>
		106
		107	When a node starts, it knows nothing about the network. To teach the node
		108	about the network it first has to contact some other node within the
		109	network. This node is called a seed.
		110
		111	Seeds are transport endpoint(s) of as many nodes as one wants. Those nodes
		112	are expected to be long-running, and at least one of those should always
		113	be available. When nodes run out of connections (e.g. due to a network
		114	error), they try to re-establish connections to some seednodes again to
		115	join the network.
		116
		117	Apart from being sued for seeding, seednodes are not special in any way -
		118	every public node can be a seednode.
66		119
67	=back	120	=back
68		121
69	=head1 VARIABLES/FUNCTIONS	122	=head1 VARIABLES/FUNCTIONS
70		123
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72		125
73	=cut	126	=cut
74		127
75	package AnyEvent::MP;	128	package AnyEvent::MP;
76		129
77	use AnyEvent::MP::Base;	130	use AnyEvent::MP::Kernel;
78		131
79	use common::sense;	132	use common::sense;
80		133
81	use Carp ();	134	use Carp ();
82		135
83	use AE ();	136	use AE ();
84		137
85	use base "Exporter";	138	use base "Exporter";
86		139
87	our $VERSION = '0.02';	140	our $VERSION = $AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::VERSION;
		141
88	our @EXPORT = qw(	142	our @EXPORT = qw(
89	NODE $NODE $PORT snd rcv mon kil _any_	143	NODE $NODE *SELF node_of after
90	create_port create_port_on	144	initialise_node
		145	snd rcv mon mon_guard kil reg psub spawn
91	miniport	146	port
92	become_slave become_public
93	);	147	);
94		148
		149	our $SELF;
		150
		151	sub _self_die() {
		152	my $msg = $@;
		153	$msg =~ s/\n+$// unless ref $msg;
		154	kil $SELF, die => $msg;
		155	}
		156
95	=item NODE / $NODE	157	=item $thisnode = NODE / $NODE
96		158
97	The C<NODE ()> function and the C<$NODE> variable contain the noderef of	159	The C<NODE> function returns, and the C<$NODE> variable contains, the node
98	the local node. The value is initialised by a call to C<become_public> or	160	ID of the node running in the current process. This value is initialised by
99	C<become_slave>, after which all local port identifiers become invalid.	161	a call to C<initialise_node>.
100		162
		163	=item $nodeid = node_of $port
		164
		165	Extracts and returns the node ID from a port ID or a node ID.
		166
		167	=item initialise_node $profile_name
		168
		169	Before a node can talk to other nodes on the network (i.e. enter
		170	"distributed mode") it has to initialise itself - the minimum a node needs
		171	to know is its own name, and optionally it should know the addresses of
		172	some other nodes in the network to discover other nodes.
		173
		174	This function initialises a node - it must be called exactly once (or
		175	never) before calling other AnyEvent::MP functions.
		176
		177	The first argument is a profile name. If it is C<undef> or missing, then
		178	the current nodename will be used instead (i.e. F<uname -n>).
		179
		180	The function then looks up the profile in the aemp configuration (see the
		181	L<aemp> commandline utility).
		182
		183	If the profile specifies a node ID, then this will become the node ID of
		184	this process. If not, then the profile name will be used as node ID. The
		185	special node ID of C<anon/> will be replaced by a random node ID.
		186
		187	The next step is to look up the binds in the profile, followed by binding
		188	aemp protocol listeners on all binds specified (it is possible and valid
		189	to have no binds, meaning that the node cannot be contacted form the
		190	outside. This means the node cannot talk to other nodes that also have no
		191	binds, but it can still talk to all "normal" nodes).
		192
		193	If the profile does not specify a binds list, then the node ID will be
		194	treated as if it were of the form C<host:port>, which will be resolved and
		195	used as binds list.
		196
		197	Lastly, the seeds list from the profile is passed to the
		198	L<AnyEvent::MP::Global> module, which will then use it to keep
		199	connectivity with at least on of those seed nodes at any point in time.
		200
		201	Example: become a distributed node listening on the guessed noderef, or
		202	the one specified via C<aemp> for the current node. This should be the
		203	most common form of invocation for "daemon"-type nodes.
		204
		205	initialise_node;
		206
		207	Example: become an anonymous node. This form is often used for commandline
		208	clients.
		209
		210	initialise_node "anon/";
		211
		212	Example: become a distributed node. If there is no profile of the given
		213	name, or no binds list was specified, resolve C<localhost:4044> and bind
		214	on the resulting addresses.
		215
		216	initialise_node "localhost:4044";
		217
		218	=item $SELF
		219
		220	Contains the current port id while executing C<rcv> callbacks or C<psub>
		221	blocks.
		222
		223	=item *SELF, SELF, %SELF, @SELF...
		224
		225	Due to some quirks in how perl exports variables, it is impossible to
		226	just export C<$SELF>, all the symbols named C<SELF> are exported by this
		227	module, but only C<$SELF> is currently used.
		228
101	=item snd $portid, type => @data	229	=item snd $port, type => @data
102		230
103	=item snd $portid, @msg	231	=item snd $port, @msg
104		232
105	Send the given message to the given port ID, which can identify either	233	Send the given message to the given port, which can identify either a
106	a local or a remote port, and can be either a string or soemthignt hat	234	local or a remote port, and must be a port ID.
107	stringifies a sa port ID (such as a port object :).
108		235
109	While the message can be about anything, it is highly recommended to use a	236	While the message can be almost anything, it is highly recommended to
110	string as first element (a portid, or some word that indicates a request	237	use a string as first element (a port ID, or some word that indicates a
111	type etc.).	238	request type etc.) and to consist if only simple perl values (scalars,
		239	arrays, hashes) - if you think you need to pass an object, think again.
112		240
113	The message data effectively becomes read-only after a call to this	241	The message data logically becomes read-only after a call to this
114	function: modifying any argument is not allowed and can cause many	242	function: modifying any argument (or values referenced by them) is
115	problems.	243	forbidden, as there can be considerable time between the call to C<snd>
		244	and the time the message is actually being serialised - in fact, it might
		245	never be copied as within the same process it is simply handed to the
		246	receiving port.
116		247
117	The type of data you can transfer depends on the transport protocol: when	248	The type of data you can transfer depends on the transport protocol: when
118	JSON is used, then only strings, numbers and arrays and hashes consisting	249	JSON is used, then only strings, numbers and arrays and hashes consisting
119	of those are allowed (no objects). When Storable is used, then anything	250	of those are allowed (no objects). When Storable is used, then anything
120	that Storable can serialise and deserialise is allowed, and for the local	251	that Storable can serialise and deserialise is allowed, and for the local
121	node, anything can be passed.	252	node, anything can be passed. Best rely only on the common denominator of
		253	these.
122		254
123	=item $guard = mon $portid, $cb->()	255	=item $local_port = port
124		256
125	=item $guard = mon $portid, $otherport	257	Create a new local port object and returns its port ID. Initially it has
		258	no callbacks set and will throw an error when it receives messages.
126		259
127	=item $guard = mon $portid, $otherport, @msg	260	=item $local_port = port { my @msg = @_ }
128		261
129	Monitor the given port and call the given callback when the port is	262	Creates a new local port, and returns its ID. Semantically the same as
130	destroyed or connection to it's node is lost.	263	creating a port and calling C<rcv $port, $callback> on it.
131		264
132	#TODO	265	The block will be called for every message received on the port, with the
		266	global variable C<$SELF> set to the port ID. Runtime errors will cause the
		267	port to be C<kil>ed. The message will be passed as-is, no extra argument
		268	(i.e. no port ID) will be passed to the callback.
		269
		270	If you want to stop/destroy the port, simply C<kil> it:
		271
		272	my $port = port {
		273	my @msg = @_;
		274	...
		275	kil $SELF;
		276	};
		277
		278	=cut
		279
		280	sub rcv($@);
		281
		282	sub _kilme {
		283	die "received message on port without callback";
		284	}
		285
		286	sub port(;&) {
		287	my $id = "$UNIQ." . $ID++;
		288	my $port = "$NODE#$id";
		289
		290	rcv $port, shift \|\| \&_kilme;
		291
		292	$port
		293	}
		294
		295	=item rcv $local_port, $callback->(@msg)
		296
		297	Replaces the default callback on the specified port. There is no way to
		298	remove the default callback: use C<sub { }> to disable it, or better
		299	C<kil> the port when it is no longer needed.
		300
		301	The global C<$SELF> (exported by this module) contains C<$port> while
		302	executing the callback. Runtime errors during callback execution will
		303	result in the port being C<kil>ed.
		304
		305	The default callback received all messages not matched by a more specific
		306	C<tag> match.
		307
		308	=item rcv $local_port, tag => $callback->(@msg_without_tag), ...
		309
		310	Register (or replace) callbacks to be called on messages starting with the
		311	given tag on the given port (and return the port), or unregister it (when
		312	C<$callback> is C<$undef> or missing). There can only be one callback
		313	registered for each tag.
		314
		315	The original message will be passed to the callback, after the first
		316	element (the tag) has been removed. The callback will use the same
		317	environment as the default callback (see above).
		318
		319	Example: create a port and bind receivers on it in one go.
		320
		321	my $port = rcv port,
		322	msg1 => sub { ... },
		323	msg2 => sub { ... },
		324	;
		325
		326	Example: create a port, bind receivers and send it in a message elsewhere
		327	in one go:
		328
		329	snd $otherport, reply =>
		330	rcv port,
		331	msg1 => sub { ... },
		332	...
		333	;
		334
		335	Example: temporarily register a rcv callback for a tag matching some port
		336	(e.g. for a rpc reply) and unregister it after a message was received.
		337
		338	rcv $port, $otherport => sub {
		339	my @reply = @_;
		340
		341	rcv $SELF, $otherport;
		342	};
		343
		344	=cut
		345
		346	sub rcv($@) {
		347	my $port = shift;
		348	my ($noderef, $portid) = split /#/, $port, 2;
		349
		350	$NODE{$noderef} == $NODE{""}
		351	or Carp::croak "$port: rcv can only be called on local ports, caught";
		352
		353	while (@_) {
		354	if (ref $_[0]) {
		355	if (my $self = $PORT_DATA{$portid}) {
		356	"AnyEvent::MP::Port" eq ref $self
		357	or Carp::croak "$port: rcv can only be called on message matching ports, caught";
		358
		359	$self->[2] = shift;
		360	} else {
		361	my $cb = shift;
		362	$PORT{$portid} = sub {
		363	local $SELF = $port;
		364	eval { &$cb }; _self_die if $@;
		365	};
		366	}
		367	} elsif (defined $_[0]) {
		368	my $self = $PORT_DATA{$portid} \|\|= do {
		369	my $self = bless [$PORT{$port} \|\| sub { }, { }, $port], "AnyEvent::MP::Port";
		370
		371	$PORT{$portid} = sub {
		372	local $SELF = $port;
		373
		374	if (my $cb = $self->[1]{$_[0]}) {
		375	shift;
		376	eval { &$cb }; _self_die if $@;
		377	} else {
		378	&{ $self->[0] };
		379	}
		380	};
		381
		382	$self
		383	};
		384
		385	"AnyEvent::MP::Port" eq ref $self
		386	or Carp::croak "$port: rcv can only be called on message matching ports, caught";
		387
		388	my ($tag, $cb) = splice @_, 0, 2;
		389
		390	if (defined $cb) {
		391	$self->[1]{$tag} = $cb;
		392	} else {
		393	delete $self->[1]{$tag};
		394	}
		395	}
		396	}
		397
		398	$port
		399	}
		400
		401	=item $closure = psub { BLOCK }
		402
		403	Remembers C<$SELF> and creates a closure out of the BLOCK. When the
		404	closure is executed, sets up the environment in the same way as in C<rcv>
		405	callbacks, i.e. runtime errors will cause the port to get C<kil>ed.
		406
		407	This is useful when you register callbacks from C<rcv> callbacks:
		408
		409	rcv delayed_reply => sub {
		410	my ($delay, @reply) = @_;
		411	my $timer = AE::timer $delay, 0, psub {
		412	snd @reply, $SELF;
		413	};
		414	};
		415
		416	=cut
		417
		418	sub psub(&) {
		419	my $cb = shift;
		420
		421	my $port = $SELF
		422	or Carp::croak "psub can only be called from within rcv or psub callbacks, not";
		423
		424	sub {
		425	local $SELF = $port;
		426
		427	if (wantarray) {
		428	my @res = eval { &$cb };
		429	_self_die if $@;
		430	@res
		431	} else {
		432	my $res = eval { &$cb };
		433	_self_die if $@;
		434	$res
		435	}
		436	}
		437	}
		438
		439	=item $guard = mon $port, $cb->(@reason) # call $cb when $port dies
		440
		441	=item $guard = mon $port, $rcvport # kill $rcvport when $port dies
		442
		443	=item $guard = mon $port # kill $SELF when $port dies
		444
		445	=item $guard = mon $port, $rcvport, @msg # send a message when $port dies
		446
		447	Monitor the given port and do something when the port is killed or
		448	messages to it were lost, and optionally return a guard that can be used
		449	to stop monitoring again.
		450
		451	C<mon> effectively guarantees that, in the absence of hardware failures,
		452	after starting the monitor, either all messages sent to the port will
		453	arrive, or the monitoring action will be invoked after possible message
		454	loss has been detected. No messages will be lost "in between" (after
		455	the first lost message no further messages will be received by the
		456	port). After the monitoring action was invoked, further messages might get
		457	delivered again.
		458
		459	Note that monitoring-actions are one-shot: once messages are lost (and a
		460	monitoring alert was raised), they are removed and will not trigger again.
		461
		462	In the first form (callback), the callback is simply called with any
		463	number of C<@reason> elements (no @reason means that the port was deleted
		464	"normally"). Note also that I<< the callback B<must> never die >>, so use
		465	C<eval> if unsure.
		466
		467	In the second form (another port given), the other port (C<$rcvport>)
		468	will be C<kil>'ed with C<@reason>, iff a @reason was specified, i.e. on
		469	"normal" kils nothing happens, while under all other conditions, the other
		470	port is killed with the same reason.
		471
		472	The third form (kill self) is the same as the second form, except that
		473	C<$rvport> defaults to C<$SELF>.
		474
		475	In the last form (message), a message of the form C<@msg, @reason> will be
		476	C<snd>.
		477
		478	As a rule of thumb, monitoring requests should always monitor a port from
		479	a local port (or callback). The reason is that kill messages might get
		480	lost, just like any other message. Another less obvious reason is that
		481	even monitoring requests can get lost (for exmaple, when the connection
		482	to the other node goes down permanently). When monitoring a port locally
		483	these problems do not exist.
		484
		485	Example: call a given callback when C<$port> is killed.
		486
		487	mon $port, sub { warn "port died because of <@_>\n" };
		488
		489	Example: kill ourselves when C<$port> is killed abnormally.
		490
		491	mon $port;
		492
		493	Example: send us a restart message when another C<$port> is killed.
		494
		495	mon $port, $self => "restart";
133		496
134	=cut	497	=cut
135		498
136	sub mon {	499	sub mon {
137	my ($noderef, $port, $cb) = ((split /#/, shift, 2), shift);	500	my ($noderef, $port) = split /#/, shift, 2;
138		501
139	my $node = AnyEvent::MP::Base::add_node $noderef;	502	my $node = $NODE{$noderef} \|\| add_node $noderef;
140		503
141	#TODO: ports must not be references	504	my $cb = @_ ? shift : $SELF \|\| Carp::croak 'mon: called with one argument only, but $SELF not set,';
142	if (!ref $cb or "AnyEvent::MP::Port" eq ref $cb) {	505
		506	unless (ref $cb) {
143	if (@_) {	507	if (@_) {
144	# send a kill info message	508	# send a kill info message
145	my (@msg) = ($cb, @_);	509	my (@msg) = ($cb, @_);
146	$cb = sub { snd @msg, @_ };	510	$cb = sub { snd @msg, @_ };
147	} else {	511	} else {
148	# simply kill other port	512	# simply kill other port
149	my $port = $cb;	513	my $port = $cb;
150	$cb = sub { kil $port, @_ };	514	$cb = sub { kil $port, @_ if @_ };
151	}	515	}
152	}	516	}
153		517
154	$node->monitor ($port, $cb);	518	$node->monitor ($port, $cb);
155		519
…		…
163	is killed, the references will be freed.	527	is killed, the references will be freed.
164		528
165	Optionally returns a guard that will stop the monitoring.	529	Optionally returns a guard that will stop the monitoring.
166		530
167	This function is useful when you create e.g. timers or other watchers and	531	This function is useful when you create e.g. timers or other watchers and
168	want to free them when the port gets killed:	532	want to free them when the port gets killed (note the use of C<psub>):
169		533
170	$port->rcv (start => sub {	534	$port->rcv (start => sub {
171	my $timer; $timer = mon_guard $port, AE::timer 1, 1, sub {	535	my $timer; $timer = mon_guard $port, AE::timer 1, 1, psub {
172	undef $timer if 0.9 < rand;	536	undef $timer if 0.9 < rand;
173	});	537	});
174	});	538	});
175		539
176	=cut	540	=cut
177		541
178	sub mon_guard {	542	sub mon_guard {
179	my ($port, @refs) = @_;	543	my ($port, @refs) = @_;
180		544
		545	#TODO: mon-less form?
		546
181	mon $port, sub { 0 && @refs }	547	mon $port, sub { 0 && @refs }
182	}	548	}
183		549
184	=item $local_port = create_port	550	=item kil $port[, @reason]
185		551
186	Create a new local port object. See the next section for allowed methods.	552	Kill the specified port with the given C<@reason>.
187		553
188	=cut	554	If no C<@reason> is specified, then the port is killed "normally" (ports
		555	monitoring other ports will not necessarily die because a port dies
		556	"normally").
189		557
190	sub create_port {	558	Otherwise, linked ports get killed with the same reason (second form of
191	my $id = "$AnyEvent::MP::Base::UNIQ." . $AnyEvent::MP::Base::ID++;	559	C<mon>, see above).
192		560
193	my $self = bless {	561	Runtime errors while evaluating C<rcv> callbacks or inside C<psub> blocks
194	id => "$NODE#$id",	562	will be reported as reason C<< die => $@ >>.
195	}, "AnyEvent::MP::Port";
196		563
197	$AnyEvent::MP::Base::PORT{$id} = sub {	564	Transport/communication errors are reported as C<< transport_error =>
198	unshift @_, $self;	565	$message >>.
199		566
200	for (@{ $self->{rc0}{$_[1]} }) {	567	=cut
201	$_ && &{$_->[0]}	568
202	&& undef $_;	569	=item $port = spawn $node, $initfunc[, @initdata]
		570
		571	Creates a port on the node C<$node> (which can also be a port ID, in which
		572	case it's the node where that port resides).
		573
		574	The port ID of the newly created port is returned immediately, and it is
		575	possible to immediately start sending messages or to monitor the port.
		576
		577	After the port has been created, the init function is called on the remote
		578	node, in the same context as a C<rcv> callback. This function must be a
		579	fully-qualified function name (e.g. C<MyApp::Chat::Server::init>). To
		580	specify a function in the main program, use C<::name>.
		581
		582	If the function doesn't exist, then the node tries to C<require>
		583	the package, then the package above the package and so on (e.g.
		584	C<MyApp::Chat::Server>, C<MyApp::Chat>, C<MyApp>) until the function
		585	exists or it runs out of package names.
		586
		587	The init function is then called with the newly-created port as context
		588	object (C<$SELF>) and the C<@initdata> values as arguments.
		589
		590	A common idiom is to pass a local port, immediately monitor the spawned
		591	port, and in the remote init function, immediately monitor the passed
		592	local port. This two-way monitoring ensures that both ports get cleaned up
		593	when there is a problem.
		594
		595	Example: spawn a chat server port on C<$othernode>.
		596
		597	# this node, executed from within a port context:
		598	my $server = spawn $othernode, "MyApp::Chat::Server::connect", $SELF;
		599	mon $server;
		600
		601	# init function on C<$othernode>
		602	sub connect {
		603	my ($srcport) = @_;
		604
		605	mon $srcport;
		606
		607	rcv $SELF, sub {
		608	...
203	}	609	};
		610	}
204		611
205	for (@{ $self->{rcv}{$_[1]} }) {	612	=cut
206	$_ && [@_[1 .. @{$_->[1]}]] ~~ $_->[1]
207	&& &{$_->[0]}
208	&& undef $_;
209	}
210		613
211	for (@{ $self->{any} }) {	614	sub _spawn {
212	$_ && [@_[0 .. $#{$_->[1]}]] ~~ $_->[1]	615	my $port = shift;
213	&& &{$_->[0]}	616	my $init = shift;
214	&& undef $_;	617
215	}	618	local $SELF = "$NODE#$port";
		619	eval {
		620	&{ load_func $init }
216	};	621	};
217		622	_self_die if $@;
218	$self
219	}	623	}
220		624
221	=item $portid = miniport { my @msg = @_; $finished }	625	sub spawn(@) {
		626	my ($noderef, undef) = split /#/, shift, 2;
222		627
223	Creates a "mini port", that is, a very lightweight port without any	628	my $id = "$RUNIQ." . $ID++;
224	pattern matching behind it, and returns its ID.
225		629
226	The block will be called for every message received on the port. When the	630	$_[0] =~ /::/
227	callback returns a true value its job is considered "done" and the port	631	or Carp::croak "spawn init function must be a fully-qualified name, caught";
228	will be destroyed. Otherwise it will stay alive.
229		632
230	The message will be passed as-is, no extra argument (i.e. no port id) will	633	snd_to_func $noderef, "AnyEvent::MP::_spawn" => $id, @_;
231	be passed to the callback.
232		634
233	If you need the local port id in the callback, this works nicely:	635	"$noderef#$id"
		636	}
234		637
235	my $port; $port = miniport {	638	=item after $timeout, @msg
236	snd $otherport, reply => $port;	639
		640	=item after $timeout, $callback
		641
		642	Either sends the given message, or call the given callback, after the
		643	specified number of seconds.
		644
		645	This is simply a utility function that comes in handy at times - the
		646	AnyEvent::MP author is not convinced of the wisdom of having it, though,
		647	so it may go away in the future.
		648
		649	=cut
		650
		651	sub after($@) {
		652	my ($timeout, @action) = @_;
		653
		654	my $t; $t = AE::timer $timeout, 0, sub {
		655	undef $t;
		656	ref $action[0]
		657	? $action[0]()
		658	: snd @action;
237	};	659	};
238
239	=cut
240
241	sub miniport(&) {
242	my $cb = shift;
243	my $id = "$AnyEvent::MP::Base::UNIQ." . $AnyEvent::MP::Base::ID++;
244
245	$AnyEvent::MP::Base::PORT{$id} = sub {
246	&$cb
247	and kil $id;
248	};
249
250	"$NODE#$id"
251	}	660	}
252
253	package AnyEvent::MP::Port;
254		661
255	=back	662	=back
256		663
257	=head1 METHODS FOR PORT OBJECTS	664	=head1 AnyEvent::MP vs. Distributed Erlang
		665
		666	AnyEvent::MP got lots of its ideas from distributed Erlang (Erlang node
		667	== aemp node, Erlang process == aemp port), so many of the documents and
		668	programming techniques employed by Erlang apply to AnyEvent::MP. Here is a
		669	sample:
		670
		671	http://www.Erlang.se/doc/programming_rules.shtml
		672	http://Erlang.org/doc/getting_started/part_frame.html # chapters 3 and 4
		673	http://Erlang.org/download/Erlang-book-part1.pdf # chapters 5 and 6
		674	http://Erlang.org/download/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf # chapters 4 and 5
		675
		676	Despite the similarities, there are also some important differences:
258		677
259	=over 4	678	=over 4
260		679
261	=item "$port"	680	=item * Node IDs are arbitrary strings in AEMP.
262		681
263	A port object stringifies to its port ID, so can be used directly for	682	Erlang relies on special naming and DNS to work everywhere in the same
264	C<snd> operations.	683	way. AEMP relies on each node somehow knowing its own address(es) (e.g. by
		684	configuraiton or DNS), but will otherwise discover other odes itself.
265		685
266	=cut	686	=item * Erlang has a "remote ports are like local ports" philosophy, AEMP
		687	uses "local ports are like remote ports".
267		688
268	use overload	689	The failure modes for local ports are quite different (runtime errors
269	'""' => sub { $_[0]{id} },	690	only) then for remote ports - when a local port dies, you I<know> it dies,
270	fallback => 1;	691	when a connection to another node dies, you know nothing about the other
		692	port.
271		693
272	sub TO_JSON { $_[0]{id} }	694	Erlang pretends remote ports are as reliable as local ports, even when
		695	they are not.
273		696
274	=item $port->rcv (type => $callback->($port, @msg))	697	AEMP encourages a "treat remote ports differently" philosophy, with local
		698	ports being the special case/exception, where transport errors cannot
		699	occur.
275		700
276	=item $port->rcv ($smartmatch => $callback->($port, @msg))	701	=item * Erlang uses processes and a mailbox, AEMP does not queue.
277		702
278	=item $port->rcv ([$smartmatch...] => $callback->($port, @msg))	703	Erlang uses processes that selectively receive messages, and therefore
		704	needs a queue. AEMP is event based, queuing messages would serve no
		705	useful purpose. For the same reason the pattern-matching abilities of
		706	AnyEvent::MP are more limited, as there is little need to be able to
		707	filter messages without dequeing them.
279		708
280	Register a callback on the given port.	709	(But see L<Coro::MP> for a more Erlang-like process model on top of AEMP).
281		710
282	The callback has to return a true value when its work is done, after	711	=item * Erlang sends are synchronous, AEMP sends are asynchronous.
283	which is will be removed, or a false value in which case it will stay
284	registered.
285		712
286	If the match is an array reference, then it will be matched against the	713	Sending messages in Erlang is synchronous and blocks the process (and
287	first elements of the message, otherwise only the first element is being	714	so does not need a queue that can overflow). AEMP sends are immediate,
288	matched.	715	connection establishment is handled in the background.
289		716
290	Any element in the match that is specified as C<_any_> (a function	717	=item * Erlang suffers from silent message loss, AEMP does not.
291	exported by this module) matches any single element of the message.
292		718
293	While not required, it is highly recommended that the first matching	719	Erlang makes few guarantees on messages delivery - messages can get lost
294	element is a string identifying the message. The one-string-only match is	720	without any of the processes realising it (i.e. you send messages a, b,
295	also the most efficient match (by far).	721	and c, and the other side only receives messages a and c).
296		722
297	=cut	723	AEMP guarantees correct ordering, and the guarantee that after one message
		724	is lost, all following ones sent to the same port are lost as well, until
		725	monitoring raises an error, so there are no silent "holes" in the message
		726	sequence.
298		727
299	sub rcv($@) {	728	=item * Erlang can send messages to the wrong port, AEMP does not.
300	my ($self, $match, $cb) = @_;
301		729
302	if (!ref $match) {	730	In Erlang it is quite likely that a node that restarts reuses a process ID
303	push @{ $self->{rc0}{$match} }, [$cb];	731	known to other nodes for a completely different process, causing messages
304	} elsif (("ARRAY" eq ref $match && !ref $match->[0])) {	732	destined for that process to end up in an unrelated process.
305	my ($type, @match) = @$match;
306	@match
307	? push @{ $self->{rcv}{$match->[0]} }, [$cb, \@match]
308	: push @{ $self->{rc0}{$match->[0]} }, [$cb];
309	} else {
310	push @{ $self->{any} }, [$cb, $match];
311	}
312	}
313		733
314	=item $port->register ($name)	734	AEMP never reuses port IDs, so old messages or old port IDs floating
		735	around in the network will not be sent to an unrelated port.
315		736
316	Registers the given port under the well known name C<$name>. If the name	737	=item * Erlang uses unprotected connections, AEMP uses secure
317	already exists it is replaced.	738	authentication and can use TLS.
318		739
319	A port can only be registered under one well known name.	740	AEMP can use a proven protocol - TLS - to protect connections and
		741	securely authenticate nodes.
320		742
321	=cut	743	=item * The AEMP protocol is optimised for both text-based and binary
		744	communications.
322		745
323	sub register {	746	The AEMP protocol, unlike the Erlang protocol, supports both programming
324	my ($self, $name) = @_;	747	language independent text-only protocols (good for debugging) and binary,
		748	language-specific serialisers (e.g. Storable). By default, unless TLS is
		749	used, the protocol is actually completely text-based.
325		750
326	$self->{wkname} = $name;	751	It has also been carefully designed to be implementable in other languages
327	$AnyEvent::MP::Base::WKP{$name} = "$self";	752	with a minimum of work while gracefully degrading functionality to make the
328	}	753	protocol simple.
329		754
330	=item $port->destroy	755	=item * AEMP has more flexible monitoring options than Erlang.
331		756
332	Explicitly destroy/remove/nuke/vaporise the port.	757	In Erlang, you can chose to receive I<all> exit signals as messages
		758	or I<none>, there is no in-between, so monitoring single processes is
		759	difficult to implement. Monitoring in AEMP is more flexible than in
		760	Erlang, as one can choose between automatic kill, exit message or callback
		761	on a per-process basis.
333		762
334	Ports are normally kept alive by their mere existance alone, and need to	763	=item * Erlang tries to hide remote/local connections, AEMP does not.
335	be destroyed explicitly.
336		764
337	=cut	765	Monitoring in Erlang is not an indicator of process death/crashes, in the
		766	same way as linking is (except linking is unreliable in Erlang).
338		767
339	sub destroy {	768	In AEMP, you don't "look up" registered port names or send to named ports
340	my ($self) = @_;	769	that might or might not be persistent. Instead, you normally spawn a port
		770	on the remote node. The init function monitors you, and you monitor the
		771	remote port. Since both monitors are local to the node, they are much more
		772	reliable (no need for C<spawn_link>).
341		773
342	delete $AnyEvent::MP::Base::WKP{ $self->{wkname} };	774	This also saves round-trips and avoids sending messages to the wrong port
343		775	(hard to do in Erlang).
344	AnyEvent::MP::Base::kil $self->{id};
345	}
346		776
347	=back	777	=back
348		778
349	=head1 FUNCTIONS FOR NODES	779	=head1 RATIONALE
350		780
351	=over 4	781	=over 4
352		782
353	=item mon $noderef, $callback->($noderef, $status, $)	783	=item Why strings for port and node IDs, why not objects?
354		784
355	Monitors the given noderef.	785	We considered "objects", but found that the actual number of methods
		786	that can be called are quite low. Since port and node IDs travel over
		787	the network frequently, the serialising/deserialising would add lots of
		788	overhead, as well as having to keep a proxy object everywhere.
356		789
357	=item become_public endpoint...	790	Strings can easily be printed, easily serialised etc. and need no special
		791	procedures to be "valid".
358		792
359	Tells the node to become a public node, i.e. reachable from other nodes.	793	And as a result, a miniport consists of a single closure stored in a
		794	global hash - it can't become much cheaper.
360		795
361	If no arguments are given, or the first argument is C<undef>, then	796	=item Why favour JSON, why not a real serialising format such as Storable?
362	AnyEvent::MP tries to bind on port C<4040> on all IP addresses that the
363	local nodename resolves to.
364		797
365	Otherwise the first argument must be an array-reference with transport	798	In fact, any AnyEvent::MP node will happily accept Storable as framing
366	endpoints ("ip:port", "hostname:port") or port numbers (in which case the	799	format, but currently there is no way to make a node use Storable by
367	local nodename is used as hostname). The endpoints are all resolved and	800	default (although all nodes will accept it).
368	will become the node reference.
369		801
370	=cut	802	The default framing protocol is JSON because a) JSON::XS is many times
		803	faster for small messages and b) most importantly, after years of
		804	experience we found that object serialisation is causing more problems
		805	than it solves: Just like function calls, objects simply do not travel
		806	easily over the network, mostly because they will always be a copy, so you
		807	always have to re-think your design.
		808
		809	Keeping your messages simple, concentrating on data structures rather than
		810	objects, will keep your messages clean, tidy and efficient.
371		811
372	=back	812	=back
373		813
374	=head1 NODE MESSAGES
375
376	Nodes understand the following messages sent to them. Many of them take
377	arguments called C<@reply>, which will simply be used to compose a reply
378	message - C<$reply[0]> is the port to reply to, C<$reply[1]> the type and
379	the remaining arguments are simply the message data.
380
381	=over 4
382
383	=cut
384
385	=item wkp => $name, @reply
386
387	Replies with the port ID of the specified well-known port, or C<undef>.
388
389	=item devnull => ...
390
391	Generic data sink/CPU heat conversion.
392
393	=item relay => $port, @msg
394
395	Simply forwards the message to the given port.
396
397	=item eval => $string[ @reply]
398
399	Evaluates the given string. If C<@reply> is given, then a message of the
400	form C<@reply, $@, @evalres> is sent.
401
402	Example: crash another node.
403
404	snd $othernode, eval => "exit";
405
406	=item time => @reply
407
408	Replies the the current node time to C<@reply>.
409
410	Example: tell the current node to send the current time to C<$myport> in a
411	C<timereply> message.
412
413	snd $NODE, time => $myport, timereply => 1, 2;
414	# => snd $myport, timereply => 1, 2, <time>
415
416	=back
417
418	=head1 SEE ALSO	814	=head1 SEE ALSO
		815
		816	L<AnyEvent::MP::Intro> - a gentle introduction.
		817
		818	L<AnyEvent::MP::Kernel> - more, lower-level, stuff.
		819
		820	L<AnyEvent::MP::Global> - network maintainance and port groups, to find
		821	your applications.
419		822
420	L<AnyEvent>.	823	L<AnyEvent>.
421		824
422	=head1 AUTHOR	825	=head1 AUTHOR
423		826

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