racket/collects/scribblings/reference/distributed.scrbl
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#lang scribble/manual
@(require scribble/eval
scribble/struct
scribble/decode
racket/contract
racket/place/distributed
racket/sandbox
racket/class
(except-in "mz.rkt" log-message)
(for-label (except-in racket/base log-message)
racket/place/define-remote-server
racket/place/distributed
racket/class
racket/contract
racket/place
racket/place/private/async-bi-channel
racket/place/define-remote-server))
@(define evaler (make-base-eval))
@(interaction-eval #:eval evaler (require racket/place/distributed
racket/class
racket/place/define-remote-server))
@title[#:tag "distributed-places"]{Distributed Places}
@guidealso["distributed-places"]
@defmodule[racket/place/distributed]
Distributed places support programs whose computation may span
physical machines. The design relies on machine @deftech{nodes} that
perform computation. The programmer configures a new distributed
system using a declarative syntax and callbacks. A node begins life
with one initial place: the @deftech{message router}. @;{See
@figure-ref["node-places"].} After a node has been configured, its
message router is activated by calling the @racket[message-router]
function. The message router listens on a TCP port for incoming
connections from other nodes in the distributed system. Places can be
spawned within the node by sending place-spawn request messages to the
node's message router.
The distributed places implementation relies on two assumptions:
@itemlist[
@item{The user's @filepath{.ssh/config} and
@filepath{.ssh/authorized_keys} files are configured correctly to
allow passwordless connection to remote hosts via public key authentication.}
@item{Distributed places does not support the specification of ssh usernames.
If a non-default ssh username is required the @filepath{.ssh/config} file
should be used to specifiy the username.}
@item{All machines run the same version of Racket. Futures versions of distributed
places may use the zo binary data format for serialization.}
]
The following example illustrates a configuration and use of
distributed places that starts a new node on the current machine and
passes it a @racket["Hello World"] string:
@(begin
#reader scribble/comment-reader
[examples
(module hello-world-example racket/base
(require racket/place/distributed
racket/place)
(provide hello-world)
(define (hello-world)
(place ch
(printf "hello-world received: ~a\n" (place-channel-get ch))
(place-channel-put ch "Hello World\n")
(printf "hello-world sent: Hello World\n" )))
(module+ main
;; 1) spawns a node running at "localhost" and listenting on port
;; 6344 for incomming connections.
;; 2) connects to the node running at localhost:6344 and creates a
;; place on that node by calling the hello-world procedure from
;; the current module.
;; 3) returns a remote-node% instance (node) and a
;; remote-connection% instance (pl) for communicating with the
;; new node and place
(define-values (node pl)
(spawn-node-supervise-place-at "localhost"
#:listen-port 6344
#:thunk #t
(quote-module-path "..")
'hello-world))
;; starts a message router which adds three event-container<%>s to
;; its list of events to handle: the node and two after-seconds
;; event containers . Two seconds after the launch of the message-router, a
;; message will be sent to the pl place. After six seconds, the
;; program and all spawned nodes and places will terminate.
(message-router
node
(after-seconds 2
(*channel-put pl "Hello")
(printf "message-router received: ~a\n" (*channel-get pl)))
(after-seconds 6
(exit 0)))))
]
)
@defproc[(message-router [ec (is-a?/c event-container<%>)] ...+) void?]{
Waits in an endless loop for one of many events to become ready. The
@racket[message-router] procedure constructs a @racket[node%]
instance to serve as the message router for the node. The
@racket[message-router] procedure then adds all the declared
@racket[event-container<%>]s to the @racket[node%] and finally calls
the never ending loop @method[node% sync-events] method, which handles
events for the node.
}
@defproc[(spawn-node-with-place-at
[hostname string?]
[instance-module-path module-path?]
[instance-place-function-name symbol?]
[#:listen-port port port-no? DEFAULT-ROUTER-PORT]
[#:initial-message initial-message any #f]
[#:racket-path racket-path string-path? (racket-path)]
[#:ssh-bin-path ssh-path string-path? (ssh-bin-path)]
[#:distributed-launch-path launcher-path string-path? (path->string distributed-launch-path)]
[#:restart-on-exit restart-on-exit any/c #f]
[#:named place-name (or/c #f symbol?) #f]
[#:thunk thunk (or/c #f #t) #f]) (is-a?/c remote-connection%)]{
Spawns a new remote node at @racket[hostname] with one instance place specified by
the @racket[instance-module-path] and @racket[instance-place-function-name].
When @racket[thunk] is @racket[#f], the place is created as the result of the framework
calling @racket[(dynamic-place instance-module-path instance-place-function-name)].
in the new node.
When @racket[thunk] is @racket[#t] the
@racket[instance-place-function-name] function should use
@racket[dynamic-place] or @racket[place] to create and return an
initial place in the new node.
When the @racket[place-name] symbol is present a named place is
created. The @racket[place-name] symbol is used to establish later
connections to the named place.}
The result is a @racket[remote-node%] instance, not a
@racket[remote-connection%]. Use @method[remote-node%
get-first-place] on the result to obtain a @racket[remote-connection%].
The @racket[restart-on-exit] argument can be @racket[#t] to instruct
the @racket[remote-connection%] instance to respawn the place on the
remote node should it exit or terminate at any time. It can also be a
procedure of zero arguments to implement the restart procedure, or it
can be an object that support a @racket[restart] method that takes a
@tech{place} argument.}
@defproc[(spawn-node-supervise-place-at
[hostname string?]
[instance-module-path module-path?]
[instance-place-function-name symbol?]
[#:listen-port port port-no? DEFAULT-ROUTER-PORT]
[#:initial-message initial-message any #f]
[#:racket-path racket-path string-path? (racket-path)]
[#:ssh-bin-path ssh-path string-path? (ssh-bin-path)]
[#:distributed-launch-path launcher-path string-path? (path->string distributed-launch-path)]
[#:restart-on-exit restart-on-exit any/c #f]
[#:named named (or/c #f string?) #f]
[#:thunk thunk (or/c #f #t) #f]) (values (is-a?/c remote-node%) (is-a?/c remote-connection%))]{
Like @racket[spawn-node-with-dynamic-place-at], but the result is two values: the
new @racket[remote-node%] and its @racket[remote-connection%] instance.}
@defproc[(spawn-remote-racket-node
[hostname string?]
[#:listen-port port port-no? DEFAULT-ROUTER-PORT]
[#:racket-path racket-path string-path? (racket-path)]
[#:ssh-bin-path ssh-path string-path? (ssh-bin-path)]
[#:distributed-launch-path launcher-path string-path? (path->string distributed-launch-path)]
[#:use-current-ports use-current-ports #f]) (is-a?/c remote-node%)]{
Spawns a new remote node at @racket[hostname] and returns a @racket[remote-node%] handle.}
@defproc[(create-place-node
[hostname string?]
[#:listen-port port port-no? DEFAULT-ROUTER-PORT]
[#:racket-path racket-path string-path? (racket-path)]
[#:ssh-bin-path ssh-path string-path? (ssh-bin-path)]
[#:distributed-launch-path launcher-path string-path? (path->string distributed-launch-path)]
[#:use-current-ports use-current-ports boolean? #t]) (is-a?/c remote-node%)]{
Like @racket[spawn-remote-racket-node], but the @racket[current-output-port] and @racket[current-error-port]
are used as the standard ports for the spawned process instead of new pipe ports.}
@defproc[(supervise-place-at
[remote-node (is-a?/c remote-node%)]
[instance-module-path module-path?]
[instance-place-function-name symbol?]
[#:restart-on-exit restart-on-exit any/c #f]
[#:named named (or/c #f symbol?) #f]
[#:thunk thunk (or/c #f #t) #f]) (is-a?/c remote-connection%)]{
When @racket[thunk] is @racket[#f], creates a new place on @racket[remote-node] by using
@racket[dynamic-place] to invoke
@racket[instance-place-function-name] from the module
@racket[instance-module-path].
When @racket[thunk] is @racket[#t], creates a new place at @racket[remote-node] by executing the thunk
exported as @racket[instance-place-function-name] from the module
@racket[instance-module-path]. The function should use
@racket[dynamic-place] or @racket[place] to create and return a place in the new
node.
When the @racket[place-name] symbol is present a named place is
created. The @racket[place-name] symbol is used to establish later
connections to the named place.}
@defproc[(supervise-process-at
[hostname string?]
[commandline-argument string?] ...+
[#:listen-port port port-no? DEFAULT-ROUTER-PORT]) (is-a?/c remote-process%)]{
Spawns an attached external process at host @racket[hostname].
}
@defproc[(supervise-thread-at
[remote-node (is-a?/c remote-node%)]
[instance-module-path module-path?]
[instance-thunk-function-name symbol?]
[#:restart-on-exit restart-on-exit any/c #f]) (is-a?/c remote-connection%)]{
Creates a new threadon the @racket[remote-node] by using
@racket[dynamic-require] to invoke
@racket[instance-place-function-name] from the module
@racket[instance-module-path].}
@defproc[(restart-every [seconds (number?)]
[#:retry retry (or/c number? #f) #f]
[#:on-final-fail on-final-fail (or/c #f (-> any/c)) #f])
(is-a/c respawn-and-fire%)]{
Returns a @racket[restarter%] instance that should be supplied to a @racket[#:restart-on-exit] argument.
}
@defform[(every-seconds seconds-expr body ....)]{
Returns a @racket[respawn-and-fire%] instance that should be supplied
to a @racket[message-router]. The @racket[respawn-and-fire%] instance
executes @racket[body]s once every @math{N} seconds,
where @math{N} is the result of @racket[seconds-expr].}
@defform[(after-seconds seconds-expr body ....)]{
Returns a @racket[after-seconds%] instance that should be supplied to
a @racket[message-router]. The @racket[after-seconds%] instance
executes the @racket[body]s after a delay of @math{N} seconds from the
start of the event loop, where @math{N} is the result of
@racket[seconds-expr].}
@defproc[(connect-to-named-place [node (is-a?/c remote-node%)] [name symbol?]) (is-a?/c remote-connection%)]{
Connects to a named place on the @racket[node] named @racket[name] and returns a @racket[remote-connection%] object.
}
@defproc[(log-message [severity (or/c 'fatal 'error 'warning 'info 'debug)] [msg string?])
void?]{
Logs a message at the root node.}
@definterface[event-container<%> ()]{
All objects that are supplied to the @racket[message-router] must
implement the @racket[event-container<%>] interface. The
@racket[message-router] calls the @racket[register] method on each
supplied @racket[event-container<%>] to obtain a list of events
on which the event loop should wait.
@defmethod[(register [events (listof events?)]) (listof events?)]{
Returns the list of events inside the @racket[event-container<%>] that
should be waited on by the @racket[message-router].
}
The following classes all implement @racket[event-container<%>] and
can be supplied to a @racket[message-router]:
@racket[spawned-process%], @racket[place-socket-bridge%],
@racket[node%], @racket[remote-node%], @racket[remote-connection%],
@racket[place%] @racket[connection%], @racket[respawn-and-fire%], and
@racket[after-seconds%].
}
@defclass[spawned-process% object% (event-container<%>)
(defmethod (get-pid) exact-positive-integer?) ]{
@defconstructor[([cmdline-list (listof (or/c string? path?))]
[parent (is-a?/c remote-node%) #f]
)]{
The @racket[cmdline-list] is a list of command line arguments of type @racket[string] and/or @racket[path].
The @racket[parent] argument is a @racket[remote-node%] instance that will be notified when the process dies via
a @racket[(send parent process-died this)] call.
}
}
@;{@examples[ #:eval evaler
(new spawned-process% [cmdline-list
(list (ssh-bin-path) "localhost" (racket-path) "-tm" distributed-launch-path "spawn" (->string 6340))])
]
}
@defclass[place-socket-bridge% object% (event-container<%>)
(defmethod (get-sc-id) exact-positive-integer?) ]{
@defconstructor[([pch place-channel?]
[sch (is-a?/c socket-connection%)]
[id exact-positive-integer?]
)]{
The @racket[pch] argument is a @racket[place-channel]. Messages
received on @racket[pch] are forwarded to the socket-connection%
@racket[sch] via a @racket[dcgm] message. e.g.
@racket[(sconn-write-flush sch (dcgm DCGM-TYPE-INTER-DCHANNEL id id msg))]
The @racket[id] is a @racket[exact-positive-integer] that identifies
the socket-connection subchannel for this inter-node place connection.
}
}
@defclass[socket-connection% object% (event-container<%>)]{
@defconstructor[([host (or/c string? #f) #f]
[port (or/c port-no? #f) #f]
[retry-times exact-nonnegative-integer? 30]
[delay number? 1]
[background-connect? any/c #f]
[in (or/c input-port? #f) #f]
[out (or/c output-port #f) #f]
[remote-node (or/c (is-a?/c remote-node%) #f) #f]
)]{
When a @racket[host] and @racket[port] are supplied a new tcp
connection is established. If a @racket[input-port?] and
@racket[output-port?] are supplied as @racket[in] and @racket[out],
the ports are used as a connection to the remote host. The
@racket[retry-times] argument specifies how many times to retry the
connection attempt should it fail to connect and defaults to 30 retry
attempts. Often a remote node is still booting up when a connection
is attempted and the connection needs to be retried several times.
The @racket[delay] argument specifies how many seconds to wait between
retry attempts. The @racket[background-connect?] argument defaults to
@racket[#t] and specifies that the constructor should retry
immediately and that connecion establishment should occur in the
background. Finally, the @racket[remote-node] argument specifies the
@racket[remote-node%] instance that should be notified should the
connection fail.
}
}
@defclass[node% object% (event-container<%>)]{
The @racket[node%] instance controls a distributed places node. It
launches places and routes inter-node place messages in the
distributed system. The @racket[message-router] form constructs a
@racket[node%] instance under the hood. Newly spawned nodes also have
a @racket[node%] instance in their initial place that serves as the
node's message router.
@defconstructor[([listen-port tcp-listen-port? #f])]{
Constructs a @racket[node%] that will listen on @racket[listen-port] for inter-node connections.}
@defmethod[(sync-events) void?]{
Starts the never ending event loop for this distributed places node.
}
}
@(define-syntax-rule (one-sided-note one-sided-place?)
(list
@t{The @racket[one-sided-place?] argument is an internal use
argument for launching remote places from within a place using
the old design pattern.}))
@defclass[remote-node% object% (event-container<%>)]{
The @racket[node%] instance controls a distributed places node. It
launches compute places and routes inter-node place messages in the
distributed system. This is the remote api to a distributed places
node. Instances of @racket[remote-node%] are returned by
@racket[spawn-remote-racket-node],
@racket[spawn-node-supervise-dynamic-place-at], and
@racket[spawn-node-supervise-place-thunk-at].
@defconstructor[([listen-port tcp-listen-port? #f]
[restart-on-exit any/c #f])]{
Constructs a @racket[node%] that will listen on
@racket[listen-port] for inter-node connections.
When set to true the @racket[restart-on-exit] parameter causes the
specified node to be restarted when the ssh session spawning the node
dies.
}
@defmethod[(get-first-place) (is-a?/c remote-connection%)]{
Returns the @racket[remote-connection%] object instance for the first place spawned on this node.
}
@defmethod[(get-first-place-channel) place-channel?]{
Returns the communication channel for the first place spawned on this node.
}
@defmethod[(get-log-prefix) string?]{
Returns @racket[(format "PLACE ~a:~a" host-name listen-port)]
}
@defmethod[(launch-place
[place-exec list?]
[#:restart-on-exit restart-on-exit any/c #f]
[#:one-sided-place? one-sided-place? any/c #f]) (is-a?/c remote-connection%)]{
Launches a place on the remote node represented by this @racket[remote-node%] instance.
The @racket[place-exec] argument describes how the remote place should be launched,
and it should have one of the following shapes:
@itemize[@item{@racket[(list 'place _place-module-path _place-thunk)]}
@item{@racket[(list 'dynamic-place _place-module-path _place-func)]}]
The difference between these two launching methods is that
the @racket['place] version of @racket[place-exec] expects a
thunk to be exported by the module
@racket[place-module-path]. Executing the thunk is expected to
create a new place and return a place descriptor to the newly
created place. The @racket['dynamic-place] version of
@racket[place-exec] expects place-func to be a function taking a
single argument, the initial channel argument, and calls
@racket[dynamic-place] on behalf of the user and creates the new
place from the @racket[place-module-path] and
@racket[place-func].
The @racket[restart-on-exit] argument is treated in the same way
as for @racket[spawn-node-with-dynamic-place-at].
@one-sided-note[one-sided-place?]
}
@defmethod[(remote-connect [name string?]) remote-connection%]{
Connects to a named place on the remote node represented by this @racket[remote-node%] instance.
}
@defmethod[(send-exit) void?]{
Sends a message instructing the remote node represented by this
@racket[remote-node%] instance to exit immediately
}
}
@defproc[(node-send-exit [remote-node% node]) void?]{
Sends @racket[node] a message telling it to exit immediately.
}
@defproc[(node-get-first-place [remote-node% node]) (is-a?/c remote-connection%)]{
Returns the @racket[remote-connection%] instance of the first place spawned at this node
}
@defproc[(distributed-place-wait [remote-connection% place]) void?]{
Waits for @racket[place] to terminate.}
@defclass[remote-connection% object% (event-container<%>)]{
The @racket[remote-connection%]
instance provides a remote api to a place
running on a remote distributed places node. It launches a
places or connects to a named place and routes inter-node place messages to the remote place.
@defconstructor[([node (is-a?/c remote-node%)]
[place-exec list?]
[name string?]
[restart-on-exit #f]
[one-sided-place? #f]
[on-channel #f])]{
Constructs a @racket[remote-connection%] instance.
The @racket[place-exec] argument describes how the remote place should be launched
in the same way as for @xmethod[remote-node% launch-place].
The @racket[restart-on-exit] argument is treated in the same way
as for @racket[spawn-node-with-dynamic-place-at].
@one-sided-note[one-sided-place?]
See @racket[set-on-channel!] for description of @racket[on-channel] argument.
}
@defmethod[(set-on-channel! [callback (-> channel msg void?)]) void?]{
Installs a handler function that handles messages from the remote place.
The @racket[setup/distributed-docs] module uses this callback to handle job completion messages.
}
}
@defclass[place% object% (event-container<%>)]{
The @racket[place%] instance represents a place launched on a
distributed places node at that node. It launches a compute places and
routes inter-node place messages to the place.
@defconstructor[([node (is-a?/c remote-connection%)]
[place-exec list?]
[ch-id exact-positive-integer?]
[sc (is-a?/c socket-connection%)]
[on-place-dead (-> event void?) default-on-place-dead])]{
Constructs a @racket[remote-connection%] instance.
The @racket[place-exec] argument describes how the remote place should be launched
in the same way as for @xmethod[remote-node% launch-place].
The @racket[ch-id] and @racket[sc] arguments are internally used to
establish routing between the remote node spawning this place and the
place itself. The @racket[on-place-dead] callback handles the event
when the newly spawned place terminates.
}
@defmethod[(wait-for-die) void?]{
Blocks and waits for the subprocess representing the @racket[remote-node%] to exit.
}
}
@defclass[connection% object% (event-container<%>)]{
The @racket[connection%] instance represents a connection to a
named-place instance running on the current node. It routes inter-node
place messages to the named place.
@defconstructor[([node (is-a?/c remote-node%)]
[name string?]
[ch-id exact-positive-integer?]
[sc (is-a?/c socket-connection%)])]{
Constructs a @racket[remote-connection%] instance.
The @racket[place-exec] argument describes how the remote place should be launched
in the same way as for @xmethod[remote-node% launch-place].
The @racket[ch-id] and @racket[sc] arguments are internally used to
establish routing between the remote node and this named-place.
}
}
@defclass[respawn-and-fire% object% (event-container<%>)]{
The @racket[respawn-and-fire%] instance represents a thunk that should
execute every @racket[n] seconds.
@defconstructor[([seconds (and/c real? (not/c negative?))]
[thunk (-> void?)])]{
Constructs a @racket[respawn-and-fire%] instance that when placed
inside a @racket[message-router] construct causes the supplied
thunk to execute every @racket[n] seconds.
}
}
@defclass[after-seconds% object% (event-container<%>)]{
The @racket[after-seconds%] instance represents a thunk that should
execute after @racket[n] seconds.
@defconstructor[([seconds (and/c real? (not/c negative?))]
[thunk (-> void?)])]{
Constructs an @racket[after-seconds%] instance that when placed
inside a @racket[message-router] construct causes the supplied
thunk to execute after @racket[n] seconds.
}
}
@defclass[restarter% after-seconds% (event-container<%>)]{
The @racket[restarter%] instance represents a restart strategy.
@defconstructor[([seconds number?]
[retry (or/c number? #f) #f]
[on-final-fail (or/c #f (-> any/c)) #f])]{
Constructs an @racket[restarter%] instance that when supplied to a
@racket[#:restart-on-exit] argument, attempts to restart the process
every @racket[seconds]. The @racket[retry] argument specifies how
many time to attempt to restart the process before giving up. If the
process stays alive for @racket[(* 2 seconds)] the attempted retries
count is reset to @racket[0]. The @racket[on-final-fail] thunk is
called when the number of retries is exceeded
}
}
@defthing[distributed-launch-path path?]{
Contains the local path to the distributed places launcher. The
distributed places launcher is the bootsrap file that launches the
message router on a new node.
}
@defproc[(ssh-bin-path) string?]{
Returns the path to the ssh binary on the local system in string form.
}
@examples[ #:eval evaler
(ssh-bin-path)
]
@defproc[(racket-path) path?]{
Returns the path to the currently executing Racket binary on the local system.
}
@defproc[(build-distributed-launch-path [collects-path path-string?]) string?]{
Returns the path to the distributed places launch file.
The function can take an optional argument specifying the path to the collects directory.
}
@;{
@defproc[(build-node-args . list?) list?]{
Takes all the positional and keyword arguments pass to it and builds a
@racket[(list (list keywords ...) (list keyword-arguments ...) (list positional-args ...))]
suitable as an argument to @racket[(lambda (x) (apply keyword-apply spawn-node-at x))].}
}
@defproc[(spawn-node-at [hostname string?]
[#:listen-port port port-no? DEFAULT-ROUTER-PORT]
[#:racket-path racket-path string-path? (racket-path)]
[#:ssh-bin-path ssh-path string-path? (ssh-bin-path)]
[#:distributed-launch-path launcher-path string-path? (path->string distributed-launch-path)]) channel?]{
Spawns a node in the background using a Racket thread and returns a channel that becomes ready with a @racket[remote-node%]
once the node has spawned successfully
}
@defproc[(spawn-nodes/join [nodes-descs list?]) void?]{
Spawns a list of nodes by calling @racket[(lambda (x) (apply keyword-apply spawn-node-at x))] for each node description in
@racket[nodes-descs] and then waits for each node to spawn.
}
@defproc[(*channel-put [ch (or/c place-channel? async-bi-channel?
channel? (is-a?/c remote-connection%))]
[msg any])
void?]{
Sends @racket[msg] over @racket[ch] channel.
}
@defproc[(*channel-get [ch (or/c place-channel? async-bi-channel?
channel? (is-a?/c remote-connection%))])
any]{
Returns a message received on @racket[ch] channel.
}
@defproc[(*channel? [v any/c]) boolean?]{
Returns @racket[#t] if @racket[v] is one of @racket[place-channel?], @racket[async-bi-channel?],
@racket[channel?], or @racket[(is-a?/c remote-connection%)].
}
@defproc[(send-new-place-channel-to-named-dest [ch *channel?] [src-id any]
[dest-list (listof string? port-no? string?)])
place-channel?]{
Creates and returns a new place channel connection to a named place at @racket[dest-list].
The @racket[dest-list] argument is a list of a remote-hostname remote-port and named-place name.
The channel @racket[ch] should be a connection to a @racket[message-router].
}
@defproc[(mr-spawn-remote-node [mrch *channel?] [host string?] [#:listen-port listen-port port-no? DEFAULT-ROUTER-PORT]
[#:solo solo boolean? #f]) void?]{
Sends a message to a message router over @racket[mrch] channel asking the message router to spawn a new node
at @racket[host] listening on port @racket[listen-port]. If the @racket[#:solo] keyword argument is supplied
the new node is not folded into the complete network with other nodes in the distributed system.
}
@defproc[(mr-supervise-named-dynamic-place-at [mrch *channel?] [dest (listof string? port-no?)] [name string?] [path string?] [func symbol?]) void?]{
Sends a message to a message router over @racket[mrch] channel asking the message router to spawn
a named place at @racket[dest] named @racket[name]. The place is spawned at the remote node by calling
dynamic place with module-path @racket[path] and function @racket[func]. The @racket[dest] parameter should be a
list of remote-hostname and remote-port.
}
@defproc[(mr-connect-to [mrch *channel?] [dest (listof string? port-no?)] [name string?]) void?]{
Sends a message to a message router over @racket[mrch] channel asking the message router to create a new
connection to the named place named @racket[name] at @racket[dest].
The @racket[dest] parameter should be a list of remote-hostname and remote-port.
}
@defproc[(start-message-router/thread [#:listen-port listen-port port-no? DEFAULT-ROUTER-PORT]
[#:nodes nodes list? null]) (values thread? channel?)]{
Starts a message router in a Racket thread connected to @racket[nodes], listening on port @racket[listen-port], and
returns a @racket[channel?] connection to the message router.
}
@defproc[(port-no? [no (and/c exact-nonnegative-integer? (integer-in 0 65535))]) boolean?]{
Returns @racket[#t] if @racket[no] is a @racket[exact-nonnegative-integer?] between @racket[0] and @racket[65535].
}
@defthing[DEFAULT-ROUTER-PORT port-no?]{
The default port for distributed places message router.
}
@defclass[named-place-typed-channel% object% () ]{
@defconstructor[([ch place-channel?])]{
The @racket[ch] argument is a @racket[place-channel].
}
@defmethod[(get [type symbol?]) any]{
Returns the first message received on @racket[ch] that has the type @racket[type]. Messages are lists and their type is the first
item of the list which should be a @racket[symbol?]. Messages of other types that are received are queued for later @racket[get] requests.
}
}
@defproc[(tc-get [type symbol?] [ch place-channel?]) void?]{
Gets a message of type @racket[type] from the @racket[named-place-typed-channel%] @racket[ch].
}
@;{@examples[ #:eval evaler
(racket-path)
]}
@;{
@defproc[(->string) string?]{
Coerces strings, numbers, symbols, and paths to a string.
}
@examples[ #:eval evaler
(->string "hello")
(->string 1)
(->string 'bye)
(->string (build-path "ridge"))
(->string #"bytes")
]
@defproc[(->number) number?]{
Coerces strings, numbers, to a number.
}
@examples[ #:eval evaler
(->number "100")
(->number 1)
]
@defproc[(->path) path?]{
Coerces paths and strings to a path.
}
@examples[ #:eval evaler
(->path "/usr/bin")
(->path (build-path "ridge"))
]
@defproc[(->length) path?]{
Returns the length of strings, bytes, and lists.
}
@examples[ #:eval evaler
(->length "Boo")
(->length #"Woo")
(->length (list 1 2 3 4))
]
}
@defproc[(write-flush [datum any] [port port?]) void?]{
Writes @racket[datum] to @racket[port] and then flushes @racket[port].
}
@defproc[(printf/f [format string?] [args any] ...) void?]{
Calls @racket[printf] followed by a call to @racket[flush-output].
}
@defproc[(displayln/f [item any]) void?]{
Calls @racket[displayln] followed by a call to @racket[flush-output].
}
@examples[ #:eval evaler
(write-flush "Hello World" (current-output-port))
]
@;@include-section["define-remote-server.scrbl"]
@section{Define Remote Server}
@defmodule[racket/place/define-remote-server]
@deftogether[(@defform[(define-remote-server [name identifier?] rpc-forms ...+)]
@defform[(define-named-remote-server [name identifier?] rpc-forms ...+)])]{
The @racket[define-remote-server] and @racket[define-named-remote-server] forms
are nearly identical. The @racket[define-remote-server] form should be used
with @racket[supervise-dynamic-place-at] to build a private rpc server, while
the @racket[define-named-remote-server] form should be used with
@racket[supervise-named-dynamic-place-at] to build a rpc server inside a named
place.
The @racket[define-named-remote-server] form takes an identifier and a
list of custom expressions as its arguments. From the identifier a
function is created by prepending the @tt{make-} prefix. This
procedure takes a single argument a @racket[place-channel]. In the
example below, the @racket[make-tuple-server] identifier is the
@racket[place-function-name] given to the
@racket[supervise-named-dynamic-place-at] form to spawn an rpc server.
The server created by the @racket[make-tuple-server] procedure sits in
a loop waiting for rpc requests from the @racket[define-rpc] functions
documented below.
@defform[(define-state id value)]{
Expands to a @@racket[define], which is closed over by the @racket[define-rpc] functions
to form local state.
}
@defform[(define-rpc (id args ...) body ...)]{
Expands to a client rpc function @tt{name-id} which sends @racket[id] and @racket[args ...] to
the rpc server @racket[rpc-place] and waits for a response.
@racket[(define (name-id rpc-place args ...) body)]
}
@defform[(define-cast (id args ...) body ...)]{
Expands to a client rpc function @tt{name-id} which sends @racket[id] and @racket[args ...] to
the rpc server @racket[rpc-place] but does not receive any response. A cast is a one-way communication
technique.
@racket[(define (name-id rpc-place args ...) body)]
}
The
@racket[define-state] custom form translates into a simple
@racket[define] form, which is closed over by the @racket[define-rpc]
forms.
The @racket[define-rpc] form is expanded into two parts. The first
part is the client stubs that call the rpc functions. The client
function name is formed by concatenating the
@racket[define-named-remote-server] identifier, @tt{tuple-server},
with the RPC function name @tt{set} to form @racket[tuple-server-set].
The RPC client functions take a destination argument which is a
@racket[remote-connection%] descriptor and then the RPC function
arguments. The RPC client function sends the RPC function name,
@racket[set], and the RPC arguments to the destination by calling an
internal function @racket[named-place-channel-put]. The RPC client
then calls @racket[named-place-channel-get] to wait for the RPC
response.
The second expansion part of @racket[define-rpc] is the server
implementation of the RPC call. The server is implemented by a match
expression inside the @racket[make-tuple-server] function. The match
clause for @racket[tuple-server-set] matches on messages beginning
with the @racket['set] symbol. The server executes the RPC call with
the communicated arguments and sends the result back to the RPC
client.
The @racket[define-cast] form is similar to the @racket[define-rpc] form
except there is no reply message from the server to client
}
@examples[ #:eval evaler
(module tuple-server-example racket/base
(require racket/match
racket/place/define-remote-server)
(define-named-remote-server tuple-server
(define-state h (make-hash))
(define-rpc (set k v)
(hash-set! h k v)
v)
(define-rpc (get k)
(hash-ref h k #f))
(define-cast (hello)
(printf "Hello from define-cast\n")
(flush-output))))
]
@examples[ #:eval evaler
(module bank-server-example racket/base
(require racket/match
racket/place/define-remote-server)
(define-remote-server bank
(define-state accounts (make-hash))
(define-rpc (new-account who)
(match (hash-has-key? accounts who)
[#t '(already-exists)]
[else
(hash-set! accounts who 0)
(list 'created who)]))
(define-rpc (remove who amount)
(cond
[(hash-ref accounts who (lambda () #f)) =>
(lambda (balance)
(cond [(<= amount balance)
(define new-balance (- balance amount))
(hash-set! accounts who new-balance)
(list 'ok new-balance)]
[else
(list 'insufficient-funds balance)]))]
[else
(list 'invalid-account who)]))
(define-rpc (add who amount)
(cond
[(hash-ref accounts who (lambda () #f)) =>
(lambda (balance)
(define new-balance (+ balance amount))
(hash-set! accounts who new-balance)
(list 'ok new-balance))]
[else
(list 'invalid-account who)]))))
]
@defproc[(log-to-parent [msg string?] [#:severity severity symbol? 'info]) void?]{
The @racket[log-to-parent] procedure can be used inside a
@racket[define-remote-server] or @racket[define-named-remote-server] form to
send a logging message to the remote owner of the rpc server.
}
@section{Async Bidirectional Channels}
@defmodule[racket/place/private/async-bi-channel]
@defproc[(make-async-bi-channel) async-bi-channel?]{
Creates and returns a opaque structure, which is the async bidirectional channel.
}
@defproc[(async-bi-channel? [ch any]) boolean?]{
A predicate that returns @racket[#t] for async bidirectional channels.
}
@defproc[(async-bi-channel-get [ch async-bi-channel?]) any]{
Returns the next available message from the async bidirectional channel @racket[ch].
}
@defproc[(async-bi-channel-put [ch async-bi-channel?] [msg any]) void?]{
Sends message @racket[msg] to the remote end of the async bidirectional channel @racket[ch].
}
@(close-eval evaler)
@include-section["rmpi.scrbl"]