racket/collects/web-server/scribblings/dispatch-server.scrbl
2010-12-13 16:05:40 -06:00

81 lines
3.0 KiB
Racket

#lang scribble/doc
@(require "web-server.rkt")
@title[#:tag "dispatch-server-unit"]{Dispatching Server}
@(require (for-label web-server/private/dispatch-server-unit
web-server/private/dispatch-server-sig
web-server/private/util
web-server/private/connection-manager
net/tcp-sig
unstable/contract
racket/async-channel
racket/tcp
web-server/web-server-sig))
The @web-server is just a configuration of a dispatching server.
@section{Dispatching Server Signatures}
@defmodule[web-server/private/dispatch-server-sig]{
The @racketmodname[web-server/private/dispatch-server-sig] library
provides two signatures.
@defsignature[dispatch-server^ ()]{
The @racket[dispatch-server^] signature is an alias for
@racket[web-server^].
@defproc[(serve) (->* () (#:confirmation-channel (or/c false/c async-channel?)) (-> void))]{
Runs the server---the confirmation channel will be send an exception if one occurs starting the server or the port number if there is none---and returns a procedure that shuts down the server.
}
@defproc[(serve-ports [ip input-port?]
[op output-port?])
void]{
Serves a single connection represented by the ports @racket[ip] and
@racket[op].
}
}
@defsignature[dispatch-server-config^ ()]{
@defthing[port tcp-listen-port?]{Specifies the port to serve on.}
@defthing[listen-ip (or/c string? false/c)]{Passed to @racket[tcp-listen].}
@defthing[max-waiting exact-integer?]{Passed to @racket[tcp-listen].}
@defthing[initial-connection-timeout integer?]{Specifies the initial timeout given to a connection.}
@defproc[(read-request [c connection?]
[p tcp-listen-port?]
[port-addresses
(input-port? . -> . (values string? string?))])
(values any/c boolean?)]{
Defines the way the server reads requests off connections to be passed
to @racket[dispatch].
}
@defthing[dispatch (-> connection? any/c void)]{How to handle requests.}
}
}
@section{Dispatching Server Unit}
@defmodule[web-server/private/dispatch-server-unit]{
The @racketmodname[web-server/private/dispatch-server-unit] module
provides the unit that actually implements a dispatching server.
@defthing[dispatch-server@ (unit/c (import tcp^ dispatch-server-config^)
(export dispatch-server^))]{
Runs the dispatching server config in a very basic way, except that it uses
@secref["connection-manager"] to manage connections.
}
}
@section{Threads and Custodians}
The dispatching server runs in a dedicated thread. Every time a connection is initiated, a new thread is started to handle it.
Connection threads are created inside a dedicated custodian that is a child of the server's custodian. When the server is used to
provide servlets, each servlet also receives a new custodian that is a child of the server's custodian @bold{not} the connection
custodian.