YAMI4 - C++ general-purpose interface
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#include <agent.h>
Public Types | |
typedef long long | outgoing_message_id |
Outgoing message identifier type. | |
Public Member Functions | |
agent (const parameters &options=parameters()) | |
Constructor. | |
agent (event_callback &event_listener, const parameters &options=parameters()) | |
Constructor. | |
~agent () | |
Destructor. | |
std::string | add_listener (const std::string &listener) |
Adds new listener. | |
void | remove_listener (const std::string &listener) |
Removes existing listener. | |
template<typename functor > | |
void | register_object (const std::string &object_name, functor &f) |
Registers the new logical destination object. | |
void | register_value_publisher (const std::string &object_name, value_publisher &publisher) |
Registers the value publisher as a new logical object. | |
void | unregister_object (const std::string &object_name) |
Unregisters the logical destination object. | |
void | open_connection (const std::string &target) |
Opens the new connection. | |
void | open_connection (const std::string &target, const parameters &options) |
Opens the new connection with overriding options. | |
std::auto_ptr< outgoing_message > | send (const std::string &target, const std::string &object_name, const std::string &message_name, const serializable &content=parameters(), std::size_t priority=0, bool auto_connect=true) |
Sends the new outgoing message. | |
void | send (outgoing_message &message, const std::string &target, const std::string &object_name, const std::string &message_name, const serializable &content=parameters(), std::size_t priority=0, bool auto_connect=true) |
Sends the outgoing message. | |
template<typename functor > | |
outgoing_message_id | send (functor &f, const std::string &target, const std::string &object_name, const std::string &message_name, const serializable &content=parameters(), std::size_t priority=0, bool auto_connect=true) |
Sends the outgoing message. | |
bool | clean_outgoing_message_callback (outgoing_message_id id) |
Cleans internal resources for the given message callback. | |
void | send_one_way (const std::string &target, const std::string &object_name, const std::string &message_name, const serializable &content=parameters(), std::size_t priority=0, bool auto_connect=true) |
Sends the new outgoing message. | |
void | close_connection (const std::string &target, std::size_t priority=0) |
Closes the given communication channel. | |
void | hard_close_connection (const std::string &target) |
Immediately closes the given communication channel. | |
template<typename functor > | |
void | register_connection_event_monitor (functor &f) |
Registers the monitor for connection-related events. | |
template<typename functor > | |
void | register_io_error_logger (functor &f) |
Registers the logger for I/O errors. | |
void | get_outgoing_flow_state (std::size_t ¤t_level, std::size_t &high_water_mark, std::size_t &low_water_mark) const |
Obtains the state of overall outgoing flow. | |
void | get_channel_usage (int &max_allowed, int &used) |
Returns the selector's channel usage counters. | |
std::size_t | get_pending_outgoing_bytes (const std::string &target) |
Returns the size of outgoing queue for the given channel. |
The message broker that encapsulates physical channel management, incoming and outgoing message queues, listeners and resource management.
A single agent object can manage many listeners, which are responsible for accepting remote connections, and many incoming and outgoing connections.
The agent objects can be created and destroyed without constraints on the stack, on the free store or as static objects.
The objects of this class can be safely used by multiple threads.
agent::agent | ( | const parameters & | options = parameters() | ) |
Creates the message broker and starts its internal threads. The broker created with this constructor has no listener.
agent::agent | ( | event_callback & | event_listener, |
const parameters & | options = parameters() |
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Creates the message broker with event notification callback. The broker created with this constructor has no listener.
agent::~agent | ( | ) |
The destructor stops the internal threads and cleans up all internal data structures.
Note: The messages and replies that were posted for transmission and that have not yet been fully transmitted are abandoned; in the case of outgoing messages their state is properly notified about that fact.
std::string agent::add_listener | ( | const std::string & | listener | ) |
Adds a new listener for the given target address.
The supported target formats are:
host
can be provided in the symbolic or numeric formThe port for TCP/IP and UDP protocols can be 0
or *
, in which case the actual port number is assigned by the system.
listener | The target name for the new listener. |
void agent::remove_listener | ( | const std::string & | listener | ) |
Removes the listener denoted by its actual target name. Note that the actual target name might be different from the name provided when the listener was created, due to target resolution. The name which should be used for listener removal is the name that is returned by the add_listener
function.
void yami::agent::register_object | ( | const std::string & | object_name, |
functor & | f | ||
) | [inline] |
Registers the new "object" that can be a logical destination for incoming messages.
object_name | The name of the newly registered object. If an object with this name is already registered, the registration data is replaced. |
f | The callable entity that can accept the incoming_message as the invocation parameter. |
void agent::register_value_publisher | ( | const std::string & | object_name, |
value_publisher & | publisher | ||
) |
object_name | The name of the newly registered object. If an object with this name is already registered, the registration data is replaced. |
publisher | The value publisher to be registered. |
void agent::unregister_object | ( | const std::string & | object_name | ) |
It is permitted to request unregistration for an object that does not exist - such operation has no effect.
Note: Due to performance and design tradeoffs it is not guaranteed that no more messages will be ever dispatched to the given object when this function returns. In fact, some of the messages that have been received by agent and not yet dispatched might be still dispatched shortly after this function returns. Only those messages that are received by agent after this function returns are guaranteed not to be dispatched to the unregistered object. This might be particularly important with regard to the lifetime of the callable entity that was provided when the given object has been registered.
object_name | The name of the object to be unregistered. |
void agent::open_connection | ( | const std::string & | target | ) |
Opens the new channel or does nothing if the channel already exists.
This function is not necessary with automatic connection recovery option in send
and send_one_way
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target | The name of the target endpoint. This name should correspond to the listener name in some target agent object. |
void agent::open_connection | ( | const std::string & | target, |
const parameters & | options | ||
) |
Opens the new channel or does nothing if the channel already exists. If the new channel is created, it will use the overriding options from those which are defined.
This function is not necessary with automatic connection recovery option in send
and send_one_way
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target | The name of the target endpoint. This name should correspond to the listener name in some target agent object. |
options | The set of options that will override agent's values. |
std::auto_ptr< outgoing_message > agent::send | ( | const std::string & | target, |
const std::string & | object_name, | ||
const std::string & | message_name, | ||
const serializable & | content = parameters() , |
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std::size_t | priority = 0 , |
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bool | auto_connect = true |
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Sends the new outgoing message to the given destination.
target | The name of the target endpoint. This name should correspond to the listener name in some target agent object. |
object_name | The name of the logical destination object in the target agent. |
message_name | The name of the message. |
content | The content of the message. |
priority | The priority of the message. |
auto_connect | The flag controlling automatic (re)connection. |
outgoing_message
object that allows to track the progress of this message, its status and obtain response data.Note: This function implicitly opens a new communication channel if it is not already open. This channel is kept open until it is explicitly closed (see the close_connection
function) or until the agent is destroyed or the communication error is detected.
void agent::send | ( | outgoing_message & | message, |
const std::string & | target, | ||
const std::string & | object_name, | ||
const std::string & | message_name, | ||
const serializable & | content = parameters() , |
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std::size_t | priority = 0 , |
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bool | auto_connect = true |
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Sends the outgoing message to the given destination and reinitializes the message object in-place.
This function behaves as the other version of send, except for the outgoing_message object creation policy.
outgoing_message_id yami::agent::send | ( | functor & | f, |
const std::string & | target, | ||
const std::string & | object_name, | ||
const std::string & | message_name, | ||
const serializable & | content = parameters() , |
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std::size_t | priority = 0 , |
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bool | auto_connect = true |
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Sends the outgoing message to the given destination and executes the callback whenever the status of the message changes. The callback should accept the outgoing_message object as its parameter. Note: the callback should not block the processing unnecessarily.
This function behaves as the other version of send, except for the outgoing_message object creation policy.
bool agent::clean_outgoing_message_callback | ( | outgoing_message_id | id | ) |
Cleans internal resources associated with the given message callback.
id | Outgoing message identifier, as obtained from send. |
void agent::send_one_way | ( | const std::string & | target, |
const std::string & | object_name, | ||
const std::string & | message_name, | ||
const serializable & | content = parameters() , |
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std::size_t | priority = 0 , |
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bool | auto_connect = true |
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Sends the new outgoing message to the given destination, without the possibility to track its progress.
See the description and notes for the send
function.
void agent::close_connection | ( | const std::string & | target, |
std::size_t | priority = 0 |
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Closes the channel identified by name.
The priority allows to properly handle the existing outgoing messages that are waiting in the outgoing queue for transmission. The existing messages with lower priority are abandoned, whereas the existing messages with priority equal or higher to the one provided as parameter are retained in the outgoing queue and are properly pushed for transmission before the channel is physically closed. The channel is closed immediately only if there are no messages waiting in its outgoing queue.
target | The name of the target endpoint. |
priority | Proprity of the request, respects existing messages in the outgoing queue. |
void agent::hard_close_connection | ( | const std::string & | target | ) |
Closes the channel identified by name.
The channel is closed immediately and those messages that are waiting in its outgoing queue are abandoned. Integrity of the message that was already partly transmitted is not guaranteed.
target | The name of the target endpoint. |
void yami::agent::register_connection_event_monitor | ( | functor & | f | ) | [inline] |
Registers the monitor for connection events.
Note: The monitor callback is intentionally not synchronized. Use this function after constructing the agent, but before opening any connections.
f | The callable entity that can accept the std::string as the connection name and connection_event as event description. |
void yami::agent::register_io_error_logger | ( | functor & | f | ) | [inline] |
Registers the logger for I/O errors.
Note: The logger callback is intentionally not synchronized. Use this function after constructing the agent, but before opening any connections.
f | The callable entity that can accept the int as the error code and const char * as error description. |
void agent::get_outgoing_flow_state | ( | std::size_t & | current_level, |
std::size_t & | high_water_mark, | ||
std::size_t & | low_water_mark | ||
) | const |
Obtains the state of overall outgoing flow.
Note: The outgoing flow is a combination of all outgoing traffic, and is not tied to any particular communication channel.
current_level | The current level of the outgoing flow. |
high_water_mark | The high water mark. |
low_water_mark | The low water mark. |
void agent::get_channel_usage | ( | int & | max_allowed, |
int & | used | ||
) |
Note: The information obtained with this function can be in constant flow, as incoming and outgoing channels are created and closed.
max_allowed | The maximum number of channels that the agent can handle internall or 0 if the limit is unknown. |
used | Total number of handled channels and listeners. |
std::size_t agent::get_pending_outgoing_bytes | ( | const std::string & | target | ) |
target | The name of the target endpoint. |