Class: Async::Reactor

Inherits:
Node
  • Object
show all
Extended by:
Forwardable
Defined in:
lib/async/reactor.rb

Overview

An asynchronous, cooperatively scheduled event reactor.

Instance Attribute Summary

Attributes inherited from Node

#annotation, #children, #head, #parent, #tail

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Node

#annotate, #children?, #consume, #description, #print_hierarchy, #transient?, #traverse

Constructor Details

#initialize(parent = nil, selector: self.class.selector, logger: nil) ⇒ Reactor

Returns a new instance of Reactor.



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 75

def initialize(parent = nil, selector: self.class.selector, logger: nil)
	super(parent)
	
	@selector = selector
	@timers = Timers::Group.new
	@logger = logger
	
	@ready = []
	@running = []
	
	@interrupted = false
	@guard = Mutex.new
end

Class Method Details

.run(*arguments, **options, &block) ⇒ Object

The preferred method to invoke asynchronous behavior at the top level.

  • When invoked within an existing reactor task, it will run the given block asynchronously. Will return the task once it has been scheduled.
  • When invoked at the top level, will create and run a reactor, and invoke the block as an asynchronous task. Will block until the reactor finishes running.


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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 47

def self.run(*arguments, **options, &block)
	if current = Task.current?
		reactor = current.reactor
		
		return reactor.async(*arguments, **options, &block)
	else
		reactor = self.new
		
		begin
			return reactor.run(*arguments, **options, &block)
		ensure
			reactor.close
		end
	end
end

.selector ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 63

def self.selector
	if backend = ENV['ASYNC_BACKEND']&.to_sym
		if NIO::Selector.backends.include?(backend)
			return NIO::Selector.new(backend)
		else
			warn "Could not find ASYNC_BACKEND=#{backend}!"
		end
	end
	
	return NIO::Selector.new
end

Instance Method Details

#<<(fiber) ⇒ Object

Schedule a fiber (or equivalent object) to be resumed on the next loop through the reactor.

Parameters:

  • fiber (#resume) —

    The object to be resumed on the next iteration of the run-loop.



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 147

def << fiber
	@ready << fiber
end

#async(*arguments, **options) {|Task| ... } ⇒ Task

Start an asynchronous task within the specified reactor. The task will be executed until the first blocking call, at which point it will yield and and this method will return.

This is the main entry point for scheduling asynchronus tasks.

Yields:

  • (Task) —

    Executed within the task.

Returns:

  • (Task) —

    The task that was scheduled into the reactor.



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 112

def async(*arguments, **options, &block)
	task = Task.new(self, **options, &block)
	
	# I want to take a moment to explain the logic of this.
	# When calling an async block, we deterministically execute it until the
	# first blocking operation. We don't *have* to do this - we could schedule
	# it for later execution, but it's useful to:
	# - Fail at the point of the method call where possible.
	# - Execute determinstically where possible.
	# - Avoid scheduler overhead if no blocking operation is performed.
	task.run(*arguments)
	
	# logger.debug "Initial execution of task #{fiber} complete (#{result} -> #{fiber.alive?})..."
	return task
end

#close ⇒ void

This method returns an undefined value.

Stop each of the children tasks and close the selector.



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 250

def close
	# This is a critical step. Because tasks could be stored as instance variables, and since the reactor is (probably) going out of scope, we need to ensure they are stopped. Otherwise, the tasks will belong to a reactor that will never run again and are not stopped.
	self.stop(false)
	
	@selector.close
	@selector = nil
end

#closed? ⇒ Boolean

Check if the selector has been closed.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 260

def closed?
	@selector.nil?
end

#finished? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 158

def finished?
	# TODO I'm not sure if checking `@running.empty?` is really required.
	super && @ready.empty? && @running.empty?
end

#interrupt ⇒ Object

Interrupt the reactor at the earliest convenience. Can be called from a different thread safely.



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 136

def interrupt
	@guard.synchronize do
		unless @interrupted
			@interrupted = true
			@selector.wakeup
		end
	end
end

#logger ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 89

def logger
	@logger ||= Console.logger
end

#register(io, interest, value = Fiber.current) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 128

def register(io, interest, value = Fiber.current)
	monitor = @selector.register(io, interest)
	monitor.value = value
	
	return monitor
end

#run(*arguments, **options, &block) ⇒ Object

Run the reactor until all tasks are finished. Proxies arguments to #async immediately before entering the loop, if a block is provided.



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 226

def run(*arguments, **options, &block)
	raise RuntimeError, 'Reactor has been closed' if @selector.nil?
	
	initial_task = self.async(*arguments, **options, &block) if block_given?
	
	while self.run_once
		# Round and round we go!
	end
	
	return initial_task
ensure
	logger.debug(self) {"Exiting run-loop because #{$! ? $! : 'finished'}."}
end

#run_once(timeout = nil) ⇒ Boolean

Run one iteration of the event loop.

Parameters:

  • timeout (Float | nil) (defaults to: nil) —

    the maximum timeout, or if nil, indefinite.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) —

    whether there is more work to do.



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 166

def run_once(timeout = nil)
	# logger.debug(self) {"@ready = #{@ready} @running = #{@running}"}
	
	if @ready.any?
		# running used to correctly answer on `finished?`, and to reuse Array object.
		@running, @ready = @ready, @running
		
		@running.each do |fiber|
			fiber.resume if fiber.alive?
		end
		
		@running.clear
	end
	
	if @ready.empty?
		interval = @timers.wait_interval
	else
		# if there are tasks ready to execute, don't sleep:
		interval = 0
	end
	
	# If we are finished, we stop the task tree and exit:
	if self.finished?
		return false
	end
	
	# If there is no interval to wait (thus no timers), and no tasks, we could be done:
	if interval.nil?
		# Allow the user to specify a maximum interval if we would otherwise be sleeping indefinitely:
		interval = timeout
	elsif interval < 0
		# We have timers ready to fire, don't sleep in the selctor:
		interval = 0
	elsif timeout and interval > timeout
		interval = timeout
	end
	
	# logger.debug(self) {"Selecting with #{@children&.size} children with interval = #{interval ? interval.round(2) : 'infinite'}..."}
	if monitors = @selector.select(interval)
		monitors.each do |monitor|
			monitor.value.resume
		end
	end
	
	@timers.fire
	
	# We check and clear the interrupted flag here:
	if @interrupted
		@guard.synchronize do
			@interrupted = false
		end
		
		return false
	end
	
	# The reactor still has work to do:
	return true
end

#sleep(duration) ⇒ Object

Put the calling fiber to sleep for a given ammount of time.

Parameters:

  • duration (Numeric) —

    The time in seconds, to sleep for.



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 266

def sleep(duration)
	fiber = Fiber.current
	
	timer = self.after(duration) do
		if fiber.alive?
			fiber.resume
		end
	end
	
	Task.yield
ensure
	timer.cancel if timer
end

#stop(later = true) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 240

def stop(later = true)
	@children&.each do |child|
		# We don't want this process to propagate `Async::Stop` exceptions, so we schedule tasks to stop later.
		child.stop(later)
	end
end

#stopped? ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 97

def stopped?
	@children.nil?
end

#to_s ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 93

def to_s
	"\#<#{self.description} #{@children&.size || 0} children (#{stopped? ? 'stopped' : 'running'})>"
end

#with_timeout(timeout, exception = TimeoutError) ⇒ Object

Invoke the block, but after the specified timeout, raise TimeoutError in any currenly blocking operation. If the block runs to completion before the timeout occurs or there are no non-blocking operations after the timeout expires, the code will complete without any exception.

Parameters:

  • duration (Numeric) —

    The time in seconds, in which the task should complete.



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 283

def with_timeout(timeout, exception = TimeoutError)
	fiber = Fiber.current
	
	timer = self.after(timeout) do
		if fiber.alive?
			error = exception.new("execution expired")
			fiber.resume error
		end
	end
	
	yield timer
ensure
	timer.cancel if timer
end

#yield(fiber = Fiber.current) ⇒ Object

Yield the current fiber and resume it on the next iteration of the event loop.



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# File 'lib/async/reactor.rb', line 152

def yield(fiber = Fiber.current)
	@ready << fiber
	
	Fiber.yield
end