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5 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
5 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
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7 | use AnyEvent::MP; |
7 | use AnyEvent::MP; |
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9 | NODE # returns this node identifier |
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10 | $NODE # contains this node identifier |
9 | $NODE # contains this node's noderef |
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10 | NODE # returns this node's noderef |
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11 | NODE $port # returns the noderef of the port |
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13 | $SELF # receiving/own port id in rcv callbacks |
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15 | # initialise the node so it can send/receive messages |
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16 | initialise_node; |
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18 | # ports are message endpoints |
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20 | # sending messages |
12 | snd $port, type => data...; |
21 | snd $port, type => data...; |
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22 | snd $port, @msg; |
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23 | snd @msg_with_first_element_being_a_port; |
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24 | |
14 | rcv $port, smartmatch => $cb->($port, @msg); |
25 | # creating/using ports, the simple way |
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26 | my $simple_port = port { my @msg = @_; 0 }; |
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27 | |
16 | # examples: |
28 | # creating/using ports, tagged message matching |
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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; |
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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 |
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36 | # monitoring |
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37 | mon $port, $cb->(@msg) # callback is invoked on death |
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38 | mon $port, $otherport # kill otherport on abnormal death |
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39 | mon $port, $otherport, @msg # send message on death |
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41 | =head1 CURRENT STATUS |
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43 | AnyEvent::MP - stable API, should work |
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44 | AnyEvent::MP::Intro - outdated |
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45 | AnyEvent::MP::Kernel - mostly stable |
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46 | AnyEvent::MP::Global - mostly stable |
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47 | AnyEvent::MP::Node - mostly stable, but internal anyways |
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48 | AnyEvent::MP::Transport - mostly stable, but internal anyways |
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49 | |
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50 | stay tuned. |
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51 | |
25 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
52 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
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53 | |
27 | This module (-family) implements a simple message passing framework. |
54 | This module (-family) implements a simple message passing framework. |
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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. |
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59 | For an introduction to this module family, see the L<AnyEvent::MP::Intro> |
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60 | manual page and the examples under F<eg/>. |
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62 | At the moment, this module family is a bit underdocumented. |
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63 | |
32 | =head1 CONCEPTS |
64 | =head1 CONCEPTS |
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65 | |
34 | =over 4 |
66 | =over 4 |
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36 | =item port |
68 | =item port |
37 | |
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38 | 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). |
39 | you can register C<rcv> handlers with. All C<rcv> handlers will receive |
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40 | messages they match, messages will not be queued. |
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72 | Ports allow you to register C<rcv> handlers that can match all or just |
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73 | some messages. Messages send to ports will not be queued, regardless of |
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74 | anything was listening for them or not. |
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42 | =item port id - C<noderef#portname> |
76 | =item port ID - C<nodeid#portname> |
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77 | |
44 | 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 |
45 | by a port name (a printable string of unspecified format). |
79 | separator, and a port name (a printable string of unspecified format). |
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80 | |
47 | =item node |
81 | =item node |
48 | |
82 | |
49 | 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, |
50 | 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 |
51 | among other things. |
85 | ports. |
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53 | Initially, nodes are either private (single-process only) or hidden |
87 | Nodes are either public (have one or more listening ports) or private |
54 | (connected to a master node only). Only when they epxlicitly "become |
88 | (no listening ports). Private nodes cannot talk to other private nodes |
55 | public" can you send them messages from unrelated other nodes. |
89 | currently. |
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57 | =item noderef - C<host:port,host:port...>, C<id@noderef, C<id> |
91 | =item node ID - C<[a-za-Z0-9_\-.:]+> |
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92 | |
59 | 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 |
60 | 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 |
61 | node (for public nodes). |
95 | hostname, a hostname and a port, or a random string. AnyEvent::MP itself |
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96 | doesn't interpret node IDs in any way. |
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97 | |
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98 | =item binds - C<ip:port> |
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100 | Nodes can only talk to each other by creating some kind of connection to |
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101 | each other. To do this, nodes should listen on one or more local transport |
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102 | endpoints - binds. Currently, only standard C<ip:port> specifications can |
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103 | be used, which specify TCP ports to listen on. |
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104 | |
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105 | =item seeds - C<host:port> |
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107 | When a node starts, it knows nothing about the network. To teach the node |
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108 | about the network it first has to contact some other node within the |
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109 | network. This node is called a seed. |
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111 | Seeds are transport endpoint(s) of as many nodes as one wants. Those nodes |
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112 | are expected to be long-running, and at least one of those should always |
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113 | be available. When nodes run out of connections (e.g. due to a network |
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114 | error), they try to re-establish connections to some seednodes again to |
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115 | join the network. |
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117 | Apart from being sued for seeding, seednodes are not special in any way - |
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118 | every public node can be a seednode. |
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119 | |
63 | =back |
120 | =back |
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121 | |
65 | =head1 VARIABLES/FUNCTIONS |
122 | =head1 VARIABLES/FUNCTIONS |
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69 | =cut |
126 | =cut |
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127 | |
71 | package AnyEvent::MP; |
128 | package AnyEvent::MP; |
72 | |
129 | |
73 | use AnyEvent::MP::Util (); |
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74 | use AnyEvent::MP::Node; |
130 | use AnyEvent::MP::Kernel; |
75 | use AnyEvent::MP::Transport; |
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131 | |
77 | use utf8; |
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78 | use common::sense; |
132 | use common::sense; |
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133 | |
80 | use Carp (); |
134 | use Carp (); |
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135 | |
82 | use AE (); |
136 | use AE (); |
83 | |
137 | |
84 | use base "Exporter"; |
138 | use base "Exporter"; |
85 | |
139 | |
86 | our $VERSION = '0.0'; |
140 | our $VERSION = $AnyEvent::MP::Kernel::VERSION; |
87 | our @EXPORT = qw(NODE $NODE $PORT snd rcv _any_); |
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89 | our $DEFAULT_SECRET; |
142 | our @EXPORT = qw( |
90 | our $DEFAULT_PORT = "4040"; |
143 | NODE $NODE *SELF node_of after |
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144 | initialise_node |
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145 | snd rcv mon mon_guard kil reg psub spawn |
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146 | port |
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147 | ); |
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92 | our $CONNECT_INTERVAL = 5; # new connect every 5s, at least |
149 | our $SELF; |
93 | our $CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 30; # includes handshake |
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150 | |
95 | sub default_secret { |
151 | sub _self_die() { |
96 | unless (defined $DEFAULT_SECRET) { |
152 | my $msg = $@; |
97 | if (open my $fh, "<$ENV{HOME}/.aemp-secret") { |
153 | $msg =~ s/\n+$// unless ref $msg; |
98 | sysread $fh, $DEFAULT_SECRET, -s $fh; |
154 | kil $SELF, die => $msg; |
99 | } else { |
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100 | $DEFAULT_SECRET = AnyEvent::MP::Util::nonce 32; |
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101 | } |
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102 | } |
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104 | $DEFAULT_SECRET |
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105 | } |
155 | } |
106 | |
156 | |
107 | =item NODE / $NODE |
157 | =item $thisnode = NODE / $NODE |
108 | |
158 | |
109 | The C<NODE ()> function and the C<$NODE> variable contain the noderef of |
159 | The C<NODE> function returns, and the C<$NODE> variable contains, the node |
110 | 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 |
111 | C<become_slave>, after which all local port identifiers become invalid. |
161 | a call to C<initialise_node>. |
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162 | |
113 | =cut |
163 | =item $nodeid = node_of $port |
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115 | our $UNIQ = sprintf "%x.%x", $$, time; # per-process/node unique cookie |
165 | Extracts and returns the node ID from a port ID or a node ID. |
116 | our $PUBLIC = 0; |
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118 | our $PORT; |
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120 | our %NODE; # node id to transport mapping, or "undef", for local node |
167 | =item initialise_node $profile_name |
121 | our %PORT; # local ports |
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122 | our %LISTENER; # local transports |
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168 | |
124 | sub NODE() { $NODE } |
169 | Before a node can talk to other nodes on the network (i.e. enter |
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170 | "distributed mode") it has to initialise itself - the minimum a node needs |
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171 | to know is its own name, and optionally it should know the addresses of |
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172 | some other nodes in the network to discover other nodes. |
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173 | |
126 | { |
174 | This function initialises a node - it must be called exactly once (or |
127 | use POSIX (); |
175 | never) before calling other AnyEvent::MP functions. |
128 | my $nodename = (POSIX::uname)[1]; |
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129 | $NODE = "$$\@$nodename"; |
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130 | } |
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132 | sub _ANY_() { 1 } |
177 | The first argument is a profile name. If it is C<undef> or missing, then |
133 | sub _any_() { \&_ANY_ } |
178 | the current nodename will be used instead (i.e. F<uname -n>). |
134 | |
179 | |
135 | sub add_node { |
180 | The function then looks up the profile in the aemp configuration (see the |
136 | my ($noderef) = @_; |
181 | L<aemp> commandline utility). |
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138 | return $NODE{$noderef} |
183 | If the profile specifies a node ID, then this will become the node ID of |
139 | if exists $NODE{$noderef}; |
184 | this process. If not, then the profile name will be used as node ID. The |
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185 | special node ID of C<anon/> will be replaced by a random node ID. |
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186 | |
141 | for (split /,/, $noderef) { |
187 | The next step is to look up the binds in the profile, followed by binding |
142 | return $NODE{$noderef} = $NODE{$_} |
188 | aemp protocol listeners on all binds specified (it is possible and valid |
143 | if exists $NODE{$_}; |
189 | to have no binds, meaning that the node cannot be contacted form the |
144 | } |
190 | outside. This means the node cannot talk to other nodes that also have no |
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191 | binds, but it can still talk to all "normal" nodes). |
145 | |
192 | |
146 | # for indirect sends, use a different class |
193 | If the profile does not specify a binds list, then the node ID will be |
147 | my $node = new AnyEvent::MP::Node::Direct $noderef; |
194 | treated as if it were of the form C<host:port>, which will be resolved and |
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195 | used as binds list. |
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196 | |
149 | $NODE{$_} = $node |
197 | Lastly, the seeds list from the profile is passed to the |
150 | for $noderef, split /,/, $noderef; |
198 | L<AnyEvent::MP::Global> module, which will then use it to keep |
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199 | connectivity with at least on of those seed nodes at any point in time. |
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152 | $node |
201 | Example: become a distributed node listening on the guessed noderef, or |
153 | } |
202 | the one specified via C<aemp> for the current node. This should be the |
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203 | most common form of invocation for "daemon"-type nodes. |
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205 | initialise_node; |
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207 | Example: become an anonymous node. This form is often used for commandline |
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208 | clients. |
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209 | |
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210 | initialise_node "anon/"; |
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212 | Example: become a distributed node. If there is no profile of the given |
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213 | name, or no binds list was specified, resolve C<localhost:4044> and bind |
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214 | on the resulting addresses. |
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216 | initialise_node "localhost:4044"; |
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218 | =item $SELF |
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219 | |
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220 | Contains the current port id while executing C<rcv> callbacks or C<psub> |
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221 | blocks. |
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223 | =item *SELF, SELF, %SELF, @SELF... |
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225 | Due to some quirks in how perl exports variables, it is impossible to |
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226 | just export C<$SELF>, all the symbols named C<SELF> are exported by this |
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227 | module, but only C<$SELF> is currently used. |
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228 | |
155 | =item snd $portid, type => @data |
229 | =item snd $port, type => @data |
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230 | |
157 | =item snd $portid, @msg |
231 | =item snd $port, @msg |
158 | |
232 | |
159 | Send the given message to the given port ID, which can identify either a |
233 | Send the given message to the given port, which can identify either a |
160 | local or a remote port. |
234 | local or a remote port, and must be a port ID. |
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235 | |
162 | While the message can be about anything, it is highly recommended to use |
236 | While the message can be almost anything, it is highly recommended to |
163 | a constant string as first element. |
237 | use a string as first element (a port ID, or some word that indicates a |
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238 | request type etc.) and to consist if only simple perl values (scalars, |
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239 | arrays, hashes) - if you think you need to pass an object, think again. |
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165 | 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 |
166 | function: modifying any argument is not allowed and can cause many |
242 | function: modifying any argument (or values referenced by them) is |
167 | problems. |
243 | forbidden, as there can be considerable time between the call to C<snd> |
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244 | and the time the message is actually being serialised - in fact, it might |
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245 | never be copied as within the same process it is simply handed to the |
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246 | receiving port. |
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169 | 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 |
170 | 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 |
171 | 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 |
172 | 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 |
173 | node, anything can be passed. |
252 | node, anything can be passed. Best rely only on the common denominator of |
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253 | these. |
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175 | =cut |
255 | =item $local_port = port |
176 | |
256 | |
177 | sub snd(@) { |
257 | Create a new local port object and returns its port ID. Initially it has |
178 | my ($noderef, $port) = split /#/, shift, 2; |
258 | no callbacks set and will throw an error when it receives messages. |
179 | |
259 | |
180 | add_node $noderef |
260 | =item $local_port = port { my @msg = @_ } |
181 | unless exists $NODE{$noderef}; |
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183 | $NODE{$noderef}->send (["$port", [@_]]); |
262 | Creates a new local port, and returns its ID. Semantically the same as |
184 | } |
263 | creating a port and calling C<rcv $port, $callback> on it. |
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265 | The block will be called for every message received on the port, with the |
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266 | global variable C<$SELF> set to the port ID. Runtime errors will cause the |
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267 | port to be C<kil>ed. The message will be passed as-is, no extra argument |
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268 | (i.e. no port ID) will be passed to the callback. |
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270 | If you want to stop/destroy the port, simply C<kil> it: |
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272 | my $port = port { |
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273 | my @msg = @_; |
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274 | ... |
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275 | kil $SELF; |
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276 | }; |
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278 | =cut |
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279 | |
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280 | sub rcv($@); |
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282 | sub _kilme { |
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283 | die "received message on port without callback"; |
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284 | } |
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286 | sub port(;&) { |
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287 | my $id = "$UNIQ." . $ID++; |
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288 | my $port = "$NODE#$id"; |
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290 | rcv $port, shift || \&_kilme; |
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292 | $port |
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293 | } |
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294 | |
186 | =item rcv $portid, type => $callback->(@msg) |
295 | =item rcv $local_port, $callback->(@msg) |
187 | |
296 | |
188 | =item rcv $portid, $smartmatch => $callback->(@msg) |
297 | Replaces the default callback on the specified port. There is no way to |
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298 | remove the default callback: use C<sub { }> to disable it, or better |
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299 | C<kil> the port when it is no longer needed. |
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190 | =item rcv $portid, [$smartmatch...] => $callback->(@msg) |
301 | The global C<$SELF> (exported by this module) contains C<$port> while |
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302 | executing the callback. Runtime errors during callback execution will |
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303 | result in the port being C<kil>ed. |
191 | |
304 | |
192 | Register a callback on the port identified by C<$portid>, which I<must> be |
305 | The default callback received all messages not matched by a more specific |
193 | a local port. |
306 | C<tag> match. |
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307 | |
195 | The callback has to return a true value when its work is done, after |
308 | =item rcv $local_port, tag => $callback->(@msg_without_tag), ... |
196 | which is will be removed, or a false value in which case it will stay |
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197 | registered. |
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199 | If the match is an array reference, then it will be matched against the |
310 | Register (or replace) callbacks to be called on messages starting with the |
200 | first elements of the message, otherwise only the first element is being |
311 | given tag on the given port (and return the port), or unregister it (when |
201 | matched. |
312 | C<$callback> is C<$undef> or missing). There can only be one callback |
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313 | registered for each tag. |
202 | |
314 | |
203 | Any element in the match that is specified as C<_any_> (a function |
315 | The original message will be passed to the callback, after the first |
204 | exported by this module) matches any single element of the message. |
316 | element (the tag) has been removed. The callback will use the same |
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317 | environment as the default callback (see above). |
205 | |
318 | |
206 | While not required, it is highly recommended that the first matching |
319 | Example: create a port and bind receivers on it in one go. |
207 | element is a string identifying the message. The one-string-only match is |
320 | |
208 | also the most efficient match (by far). |
321 | my $port = rcv port, |
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322 | msg1 => sub { ... }, |
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323 | msg2 => sub { ... }, |
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324 | ; |
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326 | Example: create a port, bind receivers and send it in a message elsewhere |
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327 | in one go: |
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329 | snd $otherport, reply => |
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330 | rcv port, |
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331 | msg1 => sub { ... }, |
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332 | ... |
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333 | ; |
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335 | Example: temporarily register a rcv callback for a tag matching some port |
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336 | (e.g. for a rpc reply) and unregister it after a message was received. |
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337 | |
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338 | rcv $port, $otherport => sub { |
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339 | my @reply = @_; |
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340 | |
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341 | rcv $SELF, $otherport; |
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342 | }; |
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343 | |
210 | =cut |
344 | =cut |
211 | |
345 | |
212 | sub rcv($@) { |
346 | sub rcv($@) { |
213 | my ($port, $match, $cb) = @_; |
347 | my $port = shift; |
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215 | my $port = $PORT{$port} |
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216 | or do { |
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217 | my ($noderef, $lport) = split /#/, $port; |
348 | my ($noderef, $portid) = split /#/, $port, 2; |
218 | "AnyEvent::MP::Node::Self" eq ref $NODE{$noderef} |
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350 | $NODE{$noderef} == $NODE{""} |
219 | or Carp::croak "$port: can only rcv on local ports"; |
351 | or Carp::croak "$port: rcv can only be called on local ports, caught"; |
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352 | |
221 | $PORT{$lport} |
353 | while (@_) { |
222 | or Carp::croak "$port: port does not exist"; |
354 | if (ref $_[0]) { |
223 | |
355 | if (my $self = $PORT_DATA{$portid}) { |
224 | $PORT{$port} = $PORT{$lport} # also return |
356 | "AnyEvent::MP::Port" eq ref $self |
225 | }; |
357 | or Carp::croak "$port: rcv can only be called on message matching ports, caught"; |
226 | |
358 | |
227 | if (!ref $match) { |
359 | $self->[2] = shift; |
228 | push @{ $port->{rc0}{$match} }, [$cb]; |
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229 | } elsif (("ARRAY" eq ref $match && !ref $match->[0])) { |
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230 | my ($type, @match) = @$match; |
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231 | @match |
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232 | ? push @{ $port->{rcv}{$match->[0]} }, [$cb, \@match] |
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233 | : push @{ $port->{rc0}{$match->[0]} }, [$cb]; |
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234 | } else { |
360 | } else { |
235 | push @{ $port->{any} }, [$cb, $match]; |
361 | my $cb = shift; |
236 | } |
362 | $PORT{$portid} = sub { |
237 | } |
363 | local $SELF = $port; |
238 | |
364 | eval { &$cb }; _self_die if $@; |
239 | sub _inject { |
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240 | my ($port, $msg) = @{+shift}; |
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241 | |
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242 | $port = $PORT{$port} |
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243 | or return; |
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244 | |
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245 | @_ = @$msg; |
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246 | |
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247 | for (@{ $port->{rc0}{$msg->[0]} }) { |
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248 | $_ && &{$_->[0]} |
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249 | && undef $_; |
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250 | } |
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251 | |
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252 | for (@{ $port->{rcv}{$msg->[0]} }) { |
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253 | $_ && [@_[1..$#{$_->[1]}]] ~~ $_->[1] |
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254 | && &{$_->[0]} |
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255 | && undef $_; |
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256 | } |
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257 | |
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258 | for (@{ $port->{any} }) { |
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259 | $_ && [@_[0..$#{$_->[1]}]] ~~ $_->[1] |
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260 | && &{$_->[0]} |
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261 | && undef $_; |
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262 | } |
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263 | } |
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264 | |
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265 | sub normalise_noderef($) { |
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266 | my ($noderef) = @_; |
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267 | |
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268 | my $cv = AE::cv; |
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269 | my @res; |
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270 | |
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271 | $cv->begin (sub { |
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272 | my %seen; |
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273 | my @refs; |
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274 | for (sort { $a->[0] <=> $b->[0] } @res) { |
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275 | push @refs, $_->[1] unless $seen{$_->[1]}++ |
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276 | } |
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277 | shift->send (join ",", @refs); |
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278 | }); |
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279 | |
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280 | $noderef = $DEFAULT_PORT unless length $noderef; |
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281 | |
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282 | my $idx; |
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283 | for my $t (split /,/, $noderef) { |
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284 | my $pri = ++$idx; |
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285 | |
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286 | #TODO: this should be outside normalise_noderef and in become_public |
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287 | if ($t =~ /^\d*$/) { |
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288 | my $nodename = (POSIX::uname)[1]; |
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289 | |
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290 | $cv->begin; |
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291 | AnyEvent::Socket::resolve_sockaddr $nodename, $t || "aemp=$DEFAULT_PORT", "tcp", 0, undef, sub { |
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292 | for (@_) { |
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293 | my ($service, $host) = AnyEvent::Socket::unpack_sockaddr $_->[3]; |
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294 | push @res, [ |
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295 | $pri += 1e-5, |
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296 | AnyEvent::Socket::format_hostport AnyEvent::Socket::format_address $host, $service |
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297 | ]; |
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298 | } |
365 | }; |
299 | $cv->end; |
366 | } |
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367 | } elsif (defined $_[0]) { |
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368 | my $self = $PORT_DATA{$portid} ||= do { |
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369 | my $self = bless [$PORT{$port} || sub { }, { }, $port], "AnyEvent::MP::Port"; |
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370 | |
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371 | $PORT{$portid} = sub { |
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372 | local $SELF = $port; |
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373 | |
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374 | if (my $cb = $self->[1]{$_[0]}) { |
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375 | shift; |
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376 | eval { &$cb }; _self_die if $@; |
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377 | } else { |
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378 | &{ $self->[0] }; |
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379 | } |
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380 | }; |
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381 | |
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382 | $self |
300 | }; |
383 | }; |
301 | |
384 | |
302 | # my (undef, undef, undef, undef, @ipv4) = gethostbyname $nodename; |
385 | "AnyEvent::MP::Port" eq ref $self |
303 | # |
386 | or Carp::croak "$port: rcv can only be called on message matching ports, caught"; |
304 | # for (@ipv4) { |
387 | |
305 | # push @res, [ |
388 | my ($tag, $cb) = splice @_, 0, 2; |
306 | # $pri, |
389 | |
307 | # AnyEvent::Socket::format_hostport AnyEvent::Socket::format_address $_, $t || $DEFAULT_PORT, |
390 | if (defined $cb) { |
308 | # ]; |
391 | $self->[1]{$tag} = $cb; |
309 | # } |
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310 | } else { |
392 | } else { |
311 | my ($host, $port) = AnyEvent::Socket::parse_hostport $t, "aemp=$DEFAULT_PORT" |
393 | delete $self->[1]{$tag}; |
312 | or Carp::croak "$t: unparsable transport descriptor"; |
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313 | |
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314 | $cv->begin; |
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315 | AnyEvent::Socket::resolve_sockaddr $host, $port, "tcp", 0, undef, sub { |
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316 | for (@_) { |
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317 | my ($service, $host) = AnyEvent::Socket::unpack_sockaddr $_->[3]; |
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318 | push @res, [ |
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319 | $pri += 1e-5, |
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320 | AnyEvent::Socket::format_hostport AnyEvent::Socket::format_address $host, $service |
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321 | ]; |
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322 | } |
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323 | $cv->end; |
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324 | } |
394 | } |
325 | } |
395 | } |
326 | } |
396 | } |
327 | |
397 | |
328 | $cv->end; |
398 | $port |
329 | |
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330 | $cv |
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331 | } |
399 | } |
332 | |
400 | |
333 | sub become_public { |
401 | =item $closure = psub { BLOCK } |
334 | return if $PUBLIC; |
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335 | |
402 | |
336 | my $noderef = join ",", ref $_[0] ? @{+shift} : shift; |
403 | Remembers C<$SELF> and creates a closure out of the BLOCK. When the |
337 | my @args = @_; |
404 | closure is executed, sets up the environment in the same way as in C<rcv> |
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405 | callbacks, i.e. runtime errors will cause the port to get C<kil>ed. |
338 | |
406 | |
339 | $NODE = (normalise_noderef $noderef)->recv; |
407 | This is useful when you register callbacks from C<rcv> callbacks: |
340 | |
408 | |
341 | for my $t (split /,/, $NODE) { |
409 | rcv delayed_reply => sub { |
342 | $NODE{$t} = $NODE{""}; |
410 | my ($delay, @reply) = @_; |
343 | |
411 | my $timer = AE::timer $delay, 0, psub { |
344 | my ($host, $port) = AnyEvent::Socket::parse_hostport $t; |
412 | snd @reply, $SELF; |
345 | |
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346 | $LISTENER{$t} = AnyEvent::MP::Transport::mp_server $host, $port, |
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347 | @args, |
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348 | on_error => sub { |
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349 | die "on_error<@_>\n";#d# |
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350 | }, |
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351 | on_connect => sub { |
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352 | my ($tp) = @_; |
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353 | |
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354 | $NODE{$tp->{remote_id}} = $_[0]; |
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355 | }, |
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356 | sub { |
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357 | my ($tp) = @_; |
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358 | |
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359 | $NODE{"$tp->{peerhost}:$tp->{peerport}"} = $tp; |
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360 | }, |
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361 | ; |
413 | }; |
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414 | }; |
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415 | |
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416 | =cut |
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417 | |
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418 | sub psub(&) { |
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419 | my $cb = shift; |
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420 | |
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421 | my $port = $SELF |
|
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422 | or Carp::croak "psub can only be called from within rcv or psub callbacks, not"; |
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423 | |
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424 | sub { |
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425 | local $SELF = $port; |
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426 | |
|
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427 | if (wantarray) { |
|
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428 | my @res = eval { &$cb }; |
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429 | _self_die if $@; |
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430 | @res |
|
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431 | } else { |
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432 | my $res = eval { &$cb }; |
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433 | _self_die if $@; |
|
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434 | $res |
|
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435 | } |
362 | } |
436 | } |
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437 | } |
363 | |
438 | |
364 | $PUBLIC = 1; |
439 | =item $guard = mon $port, $cb->(@reason) # call $cb when $port dies |
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440 | |
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441 | =item $guard = mon $port, $rcvport # kill $rcvport when $port dies |
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442 | |
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443 | =item $guard = mon $port # kill $SELF when $port dies |
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444 | |
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445 | =item $guard = mon $port, $rcvport, @msg # send a message when $port dies |
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446 | |
|
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447 | Monitor the given port and do something when the port is killed or |
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448 | messages to it were lost, and optionally return a guard that can be used |
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449 | to stop monitoring again. |
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450 | |
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451 | C<mon> effectively guarantees that, in the absence of hardware failures, |
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452 | after starting the monitor, either all messages sent to the port will |
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453 | arrive, or the monitoring action will be invoked after possible message |
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454 | loss has been detected. No messages will be lost "in between" (after |
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455 | the first lost message no further messages will be received by the |
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456 | port). After the monitoring action was invoked, further messages might get |
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457 | delivered again. |
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458 | |
|
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459 | Note that monitoring-actions are one-shot: once messages are lost (and a |
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460 | monitoring alert was raised), they are removed and will not trigger again. |
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461 | |
|
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462 | In the first form (callback), the callback is simply called with any |
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463 | number of C<@reason> elements (no @reason means that the port was deleted |
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464 | "normally"). Note also that I<< the callback B<must> never die >>, so use |
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465 | C<eval> if unsure. |
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466 | |
|
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467 | In the second form (another port given), the other port (C<$rcvport>) |
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468 | will be C<kil>'ed with C<@reason>, iff a @reason was specified, i.e. on |
|
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469 | "normal" kils nothing happens, while under all other conditions, the other |
|
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470 | port is killed with the same reason. |
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471 | |
|
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472 | The third form (kill self) is the same as the second form, except that |
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473 | C<$rvport> defaults to C<$SELF>. |
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|
474 | |
|
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475 | In the last form (message), a message of the form C<@msg, @reason> will be |
|
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476 | C<snd>. |
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|
477 | |
|
|
478 | As a rule of thumb, monitoring requests should always monitor a port from |
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|
479 | a local port (or callback). The reason is that kill messages might get |
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480 | lost, just like any other message. Another less obvious reason is that |
|
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481 | even monitoring requests can get lost (for exmaple, when the connection |
|
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482 | to the other node goes down permanently). When monitoring a port locally |
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|
483 | these problems do not exist. |
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484 | |
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|
485 | Example: call a given callback when C<$port> is killed. |
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486 | |
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|
487 | mon $port, sub { warn "port died because of <@_>\n" }; |
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488 | |
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|
489 | Example: kill ourselves when C<$port> is killed abnormally. |
|
|
490 | |
|
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491 | mon $port; |
|
|
492 | |
|
|
493 | Example: send us a restart message when another C<$port> is killed. |
|
|
494 | |
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495 | mon $port, $self => "restart"; |
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|
496 | |
|
|
497 | =cut |
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498 | |
|
|
499 | sub mon { |
|
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500 | my ($noderef, $port) = split /#/, shift, 2; |
|
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501 | |
|
|
502 | my $node = $NODE{$noderef} || add_node $noderef; |
|
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503 | |
|
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504 | my $cb = @_ ? shift : $SELF || Carp::croak 'mon: called with one argument only, but $SELF not set,'; |
|
|
505 | |
|
|
506 | unless (ref $cb) { |
|
|
507 | if (@_) { |
|
|
508 | # send a kill info message |
|
|
509 | my (@msg) = ($cb, @_); |
|
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510 | $cb = sub { snd @msg, @_ }; |
|
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511 | } else { |
|
|
512 | # simply kill other port |
|
|
513 | my $port = $cb; |
|
|
514 | $cb = sub { kil $port, @_ if @_ }; |
|
|
515 | } |
|
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516 | } |
|
|
517 | |
|
|
518 | $node->monitor ($port, $cb); |
|
|
519 | |
|
|
520 | defined wantarray |
|
|
521 | and AnyEvent::Util::guard { $node->unmonitor ($port, $cb) } |
|
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522 | } |
|
|
523 | |
|
|
524 | =item $guard = mon_guard $port, $ref, $ref... |
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525 | |
|
|
526 | Monitors the given C<$port> and keeps the passed references. When the port |
|
|
527 | is killed, the references will be freed. |
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|
528 | |
|
|
529 | Optionally returns a guard that will stop the monitoring. |
|
|
530 | |
|
|
531 | This function is useful when you create e.g. timers or other watchers and |
|
|
532 | want to free them when the port gets killed (note the use of C<psub>): |
|
|
533 | |
|
|
534 | $port->rcv (start => sub { |
|
|
535 | my $timer; $timer = mon_guard $port, AE::timer 1, 1, psub { |
|
|
536 | undef $timer if 0.9 < rand; |
|
|
537 | }); |
|
|
538 | }); |
|
|
539 | |
|
|
540 | =cut |
|
|
541 | |
|
|
542 | sub mon_guard { |
|
|
543 | my ($port, @refs) = @_; |
|
|
544 | |
|
|
545 | #TODO: mon-less form? |
|
|
546 | |
|
|
547 | mon $port, sub { 0 && @refs } |
|
|
548 | } |
|
|
549 | |
|
|
550 | =item kil $port[, @reason] |
|
|
551 | |
|
|
552 | Kill the specified port with the given C<@reason>. |
|
|
553 | |
|
|
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"). |
|
|
557 | |
|
|
558 | Otherwise, linked ports get killed with the same reason (second form of |
|
|
559 | C<mon>, see above). |
|
|
560 | |
|
|
561 | Runtime errors while evaluating C<rcv> callbacks or inside C<psub> blocks |
|
|
562 | will be reported as reason C<< die => $@ >>. |
|
|
563 | |
|
|
564 | Transport/communication errors are reported as C<< transport_error => |
|
|
565 | $message >>. |
|
|
566 | |
|
|
567 | =cut |
|
|
568 | |
|
|
569 | =item $port = spawn $node, $initfunc[, @initdata] |
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|
570 | |
|
|
571 | Creates a port on the node C<$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 | ... |
|
|
609 | }; |
|
|
610 | } |
|
|
611 | |
|
|
612 | =cut |
|
|
613 | |
|
|
614 | sub _spawn { |
|
|
615 | my $port = shift; |
|
|
616 | my $init = shift; |
|
|
617 | |
|
|
618 | local $SELF = "$NODE#$port"; |
|
|
619 | eval { |
|
|
620 | &{ load_func $init } |
|
|
621 | }; |
|
|
622 | _self_die if $@; |
|
|
623 | } |
|
|
624 | |
|
|
625 | sub spawn(@) { |
|
|
626 | my ($noderef, undef) = split /#/, shift, 2; |
|
|
627 | |
|
|
628 | my $id = "$RUNIQ." . $ID++; |
|
|
629 | |
|
|
630 | $_[0] =~ /::/ |
|
|
631 | or Carp::croak "spawn init function must be a fully-qualified name, caught"; |
|
|
632 | |
|
|
633 | snd_to_func $noderef, "AnyEvent::MP::_spawn" => $id, @_; |
|
|
634 | |
|
|
635 | "$noderef#$id" |
|
|
636 | } |
|
|
637 | |
|
|
638 | =item after $timeout, @msg |
|
|
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 | ? $action[0]() |
|
|
658 | : snd @action; |
|
|
659 | }; |
365 | } |
660 | } |
366 | |
661 | |
367 | =back |
662 | =back |
368 | |
663 | |
369 | =head1 NODE MESSAGES |
664 | =head1 AnyEvent::MP vs. Distributed Erlang |
370 | |
665 | |
371 | Nodes understand the following messages sent to them: |
666 | AnyEvent::MP got lots of its ideas from distributed Erlang (Erlang node |
|
|
667 | == aemp node, Erlang process == aemp port), so many of the documents and |
|
|
668 | programming techniques employed by Erlang apply to AnyEvent::MP. Here is a |
|
|
669 | sample: |
|
|
670 | |
|
|
671 | http://www.Erlang.se/doc/programming_rules.shtml |
|
|
672 | http://Erlang.org/doc/getting_started/part_frame.html # chapters 3 and 4 |
|
|
673 | http://Erlang.org/download/Erlang-book-part1.pdf # chapters 5 and 6 |
|
|
674 | http://Erlang.org/download/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf # chapters 4 and 5 |
|
|
675 | |
|
|
676 | Despite the similarities, there are also some important differences: |
372 | |
677 | |
373 | =over 4 |
678 | =over 4 |
374 | |
679 | |
375 | =cut |
680 | =item * Node IDs are arbitrary strings in AEMP. |
376 | |
681 | |
377 | ############################################################################# |
682 | Erlang relies on special naming and DNS to work everywhere in the same |
378 | # self node code |
683 | way. AEMP relies on each node somehow knowing its own address(es) (e.g. by |
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684 | configuraiton or DNS), but will otherwise discover other odes itself. |
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380 | sub _new_port($) { |
686 | =item * Erlang has a "remote ports are like local ports" philosophy, AEMP |
381 | my ($name) = @_; |
687 | uses "local ports are like remote ports". |
382 | |
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383 | my ($noderef, $portname) = split /#/, $name; |
689 | The failure modes for local ports are quite different (runtime errors |
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690 | only) then for remote ports - when a local port dies, you I<know> it dies, |
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691 | when a connection to another node dies, you know nothing about the other |
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692 | port. |
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385 | $PORT{$name} = |
694 | Erlang pretends remote ports are as reliable as local ports, even when |
386 | $PORT{$portname} = { |
695 | they are not. |
387 | names => [$name, $portname], |
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388 | }; |
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389 | } |
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391 | $NODE{""} = new AnyEvent::MP::Node::Self noderef => $NODE; |
697 | AEMP encourages a "treat remote ports differently" philosophy, with local |
392 | _new_port ""; |
698 | ports being the special case/exception, where transport errors cannot |
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699 | occur. |
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700 | |
394 | =item relay => $port, @msg |
701 | =item * Erlang uses processes and a mailbox, AEMP does not queue. |
395 | |
702 | |
396 | Simply forwards the message to the given port. |
703 | Erlang uses processes that selectively receive messages, and therefore |
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704 | needs a queue. AEMP is event based, queuing messages would serve no |
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705 | useful purpose. For the same reason the pattern-matching abilities of |
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706 | AnyEvent::MP are more limited, as there is little need to be able to |
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707 | filter messages without dequeing them. |
397 | |
708 | |
398 | =cut |
709 | (But see L<Coro::MP> for a more Erlang-like process model on top of AEMP). |
399 | |
710 | |
400 | rcv "", relay => \&snd; |
711 | =item * Erlang sends are synchronous, AEMP sends are asynchronous. |
401 | |
712 | |
402 | =item eval => $string[ @reply] |
713 | Sending messages in Erlang is synchronous and blocks the process (and |
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714 | so does not need a queue that can overflow). AEMP sends are immediate, |
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715 | connection establishment is handled in the background. |
403 | |
716 | |
404 | Evaluates the given string. If C<@reply> is given, then a message of the |
717 | =item * Erlang suffers from silent message loss, AEMP does not. |
405 | form C<@reply, $@, @evalres> is sent (C<$reply[0]> is the port to reply to). |
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406 | |
718 | |
407 | =cut |
719 | Erlang makes few guarantees on messages delivery - messages can get lost |
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720 | without any of the processes realising it (i.e. you send messages a, b, |
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721 | and c, and the other side only receives messages a and c). |
408 | |
722 | |
409 | rcv "", eval => sub { |
723 | AEMP guarantees correct ordering, and the guarantee that after one message |
410 | my (undef, $string, @reply) = @_; |
724 | is lost, all following ones sent to the same port are lost as well, until |
411 | my @res = eval $string; |
725 | monitoring raises an error, so there are no silent "holes" in the message |
412 | snd @reply, "$@", @res if @reply; |
726 | sequence. |
413 | }; |
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414 | |
727 | |
415 | =item time => @reply |
728 | =item * Erlang can send messages to the wrong port, AEMP does not. |
416 | |
729 | |
417 | Replies the the current node time to C<@reply>. |
730 | In Erlang it is quite likely that a node that restarts reuses a process ID |
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731 | known to other nodes for a completely different process, causing messages |
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732 | destined for that process to end up in an unrelated process. |
418 | |
733 | |
419 | =cut |
734 | AEMP never reuses port IDs, so old messages or old port IDs floating |
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735 | around in the network will not be sent to an unrelated port. |
420 | |
736 | |
421 | rcv "", time => sub { shift; snd @_, AE::time }; |
737 | =item * Erlang uses unprotected connections, AEMP uses secure |
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738 | authentication and can use TLS. |
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740 | AEMP can use a proven protocol - TLS - to protect connections and |
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741 | securely authenticate nodes. |
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743 | =item * The AEMP protocol is optimised for both text-based and binary |
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744 | communications. |
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746 | The AEMP protocol, unlike the Erlang protocol, supports both programming |
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747 | language independent text-only protocols (good for debugging) and binary, |
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748 | language-specific serialisers (e.g. Storable). By default, unless TLS is |
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749 | used, the protocol is actually completely text-based. |
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751 | It has also been carefully designed to be implementable in other languages |
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752 | with a minimum of work while gracefully degrading functionality to make the |
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753 | protocol simple. |
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754 | |
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755 | =item * AEMP has more flexible monitoring options than Erlang. |
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757 | In Erlang, you can chose to receive I<all> exit signals as messages |
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758 | or I<none>, there is no in-between, so monitoring single processes is |
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759 | difficult to implement. Monitoring in AEMP is more flexible than in |
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760 | Erlang, as one can choose between automatic kill, exit message or callback |
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761 | on a per-process basis. |
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763 | =item * Erlang tries to hide remote/local connections, AEMP does not. |
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765 | Monitoring in Erlang is not an indicator of process death/crashes, in the |
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766 | same way as linking is (except linking is unreliable in Erlang). |
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768 | In AEMP, you don't "look up" registered port names or send to named ports |
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769 | that might or might not be persistent. Instead, you normally spawn a port |
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770 | on the remote node. The init function monitors you, and you monitor the |
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771 | remote port. Since both monitors are local to the node, they are much more |
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772 | reliable (no need for C<spawn_link>). |
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773 | |
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774 | This also saves round-trips and avoids sending messages to the wrong port |
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775 | (hard to do in Erlang). |
422 | |
776 | |
423 | =back |
777 | =back |
424 | |
778 | |
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779 | =head1 RATIONALE |
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780 | |
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781 | =over 4 |
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782 | |
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783 | =item Why strings for port and node IDs, why not objects? |
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784 | |
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785 | We considered "objects", but found that the actual number of methods |
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786 | that can be called are quite low. Since port and node IDs travel over |
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787 | the network frequently, the serialising/deserialising would add lots of |
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788 | overhead, as well as having to keep a proxy object everywhere. |
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789 | |
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790 | Strings can easily be printed, easily serialised etc. and need no special |
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791 | procedures to be "valid". |
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792 | |
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793 | And as a result, a miniport consists of a single closure stored in a |
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794 | global hash - it can't become much cheaper. |
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795 | |
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796 | =item Why favour JSON, why not a real serialising format such as Storable? |
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797 | |
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798 | In fact, any AnyEvent::MP node will happily accept Storable as framing |
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799 | format, but currently there is no way to make a node use Storable by |
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800 | default (although all nodes will accept it). |
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801 | |
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802 | The default framing protocol is JSON because a) JSON::XS is many times |
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803 | faster for small messages and b) most importantly, after years of |
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804 | experience we found that object serialisation is causing more problems |
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805 | than it solves: Just like function calls, objects simply do not travel |
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806 | easily over the network, mostly because they will always be a copy, so you |
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807 | always have to re-think your design. |
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808 | |
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809 | Keeping your messages simple, concentrating on data structures rather than |
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810 | objects, will keep your messages clean, tidy and efficient. |
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811 | |
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812 | =back |
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813 | |
425 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
814 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
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815 | |
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816 | L<AnyEvent::MP::Intro> - a gentle introduction. |
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817 | |
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818 | L<AnyEvent::MP::Kernel> - more, lower-level, stuff. |
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819 | |
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820 | L<AnyEvent::MP::Global> - network maintainance and port groups, to find |
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821 | your applications. |
426 | |
822 | |
427 | L<AnyEvent>. |
823 | L<AnyEvent>. |
428 | |
824 | |
429 | =head1 AUTHOR |
825 | =head1 AUTHOR |
430 | |
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