readme: add information section
[nit.git] / lib / libevent.nit
index ddae7fe..c01d417 100644 (file)
@@ -42,44 +42,21 @@ in "C" `{
        // Callback forwarded to 'Connection.read_callback_native'
        static void c_read_cb(struct bufferevent *bev, Connection ctx)
        {
-               // TODO move to Nit code
-               struct evbuffer *input = bufferevent_get_input(bev);
-               size_t len = evbuffer_get_length(input);
-               char* cstr = malloc(len);
-               evbuffer_remove(input, cstr, len);
-               Connection_read_callback_native(ctx, cstr, len);
+               Connection_read_callback_native(ctx, bev);
        }
 
        // Callback forwarded to 'Connection.event_callback'
        static void c_event_cb(struct bufferevent *bev, short events, Connection ctx)
        {
-               Connection_event_callback(ctx, events);
-
-               // TODO move to Nit code
-               if (events & BEV_EVENT_ERROR)
-                       perror("Error from bufferevent");
-               if (events & (BEV_EVENT_EOF | BEV_EVENT_ERROR)) {
-                       bufferevent_free(bev);
-                       Connection_decr_ref(ctx);
-               }
+               int release = Connection_event_callback(ctx, events);
+               if (release) Connection_decr_ref(ctx);
        }
 
-       // Callback fowarded to 'ConnectionFactory.spawn_connection'
-       static void accept_conn_cb(struct evconnlistener *listener, evutil_socket_t fd,
+       // Callback forwarded to 'ConnectionFactory.accept_connection'
+       static void accept_connection_cb(struct evconnlistener *listener, evutil_socket_t fd,
                struct sockaddr *address, int socklen, ConnectionFactory ctx)
        {
-               // TODO move to Nit code
-               struct event_base *base = evconnlistener_get_base(listener);
-               struct bufferevent *bev = bufferevent_socket_new(base, fd, BEV_OPT_CLOSE_ON_FREE);
-
-               Connection nit_con = ConnectionFactory_spawn_connection(ctx, bev);
-               Connection_incr_ref(nit_con);
-
-               bufferevent_setcb(bev,
-                       (bufferevent_data_cb)c_read_cb,
-                       (bufferevent_data_cb)c_write_cb,
-                       (bufferevent_event_cb)c_event_cb, nit_con);
-               bufferevent_enable(bev, EV_READ|EV_WRITE);
+               ConnectionFactory_accept_connection(ctx, listener, fd, address, socklen);
        }
 `}
 
@@ -141,9 +118,14 @@ class Connection
                if close_requested then close
        end
 
-       private fun read_callback_native(cstr: NativeString, len: Int)
+       private fun read_callback_native(bev: NativeBufferEvent)
        do
-               read_callback(cstr.to_s_with_length(len))
+               var evbuffer = bev.input_buffer
+               var len = evbuffer.length
+               var buf = new NativeString(len)
+               evbuffer.remove(buf, len)
+               var str = buf.to_s_with_length(len)
+               read_callback str
        end
 
        # Callback method when data is available to read
@@ -152,8 +134,19 @@ class Connection
                if close_requested then close
        end
 
-       # Callback method on events
-       fun event_callback(events: Int) do end
+       # Callback method on events: EOF, user-defined timeout and unrecoverable errors
+       #
+       # Returns `true` if the native handles to `self` can be released.
+       fun event_callback(events: Int): Bool
+       do
+               if events & bev_event_error != 0 or events & bev_event_eof != 0 then
+                       if events & bev_event_error != 0 then print_error "Error from bufferevent"
+                       close
+                       return true
+               end
+
+               return false
+       end
 
        # Write a string to the connection
        redef fun write(str)
@@ -205,8 +198,76 @@ class Connection
        end
 end
 
+# ---
+# Error code for event callbacks
+
+# error encountered while reading
+fun bev_event_reading: Int `{ return BEV_EVENT_READING; `}
+
+# error encountered while writing
+fun bev_event_writing: Int `{ return BEV_EVENT_WRITING; `}
+
+# eof file reached
+fun bev_event_eof: Int `{ return BEV_EVENT_EOF; `}
+
+# unrecoverable error encountered
+fun bev_event_error: Int `{ return BEV_EVENT_ERROR; `}
+
+# user-specified timeout reached
+fun bev_event_timeout: Int `{ return BEV_EVENT_TIMEOUT; `}
+
+# connect operation finished.
+fun bev_event_connected: Int `{ return BEV_EVENT_CONNECTED; `}
+
+# ---
+# Options that can be specified when creating a `NativeBufferEvent`
+
+# Close the underlying file descriptor/bufferevent/whatever when this bufferevent is freed.
+fun bev_opt_close_on_free: Int `{ return BEV_OPT_CLOSE_ON_FREE; `}
+
+# If threading is enabled, protect the operations on this bufferevent with a lock.
+fun bev_opt_threadsafe: Int `{ return BEV_OPT_THREADSAFE; `}
+
+# Run callbacks deferred in the event loop.
+fun bev_opt_defer_callbacks: Int `{ return BEV_OPT_DEFER_CALLBACKS; `}
+
+# If set, callbacks are executed without locks being held on the bufferevent.
+fun bev_opt_unlock_callbacks: Int `{ return BEV_OPT_UNLOCK_CALLBACKS; `}
+
+# ---
+# Options for `NativeBufferEvent::enable`
+
+# Read operation
+fun ev_read: Int `{ return EV_READ; `}
+
+# Write operation
+fun ev_write: Int `{ return EV_WRITE; `}
+
+# ---
+
 # A buffer event structure, strongly associated to a connection, an input buffer and an output_buffer
 extern class NativeBufferEvent `{ struct bufferevent * `}
+
+       # Socket-based `NativeBufferEvent` that reads and writes data onto a network
+       new socket(base: NativeEventBase, fd, options: Int) `{
+               return bufferevent_socket_new(base, fd, options);
+       `}
+
+       # Enable a bufferevent.
+       fun enable(operation: Int) `{
+               bufferevent_enable(self, operation);
+       `}
+
+       # Set callbacks to `read_callback_native`, `write_callback` and `event_callback` of `conn`
+       fun setcb(conn: Connection) import Connection.read_callback_native,
+       Connection.write_callback, Connection.event_callback, NativeString `{
+               Connection_incr_ref(conn);
+               bufferevent_setcb(self,
+                       (bufferevent_data_cb)c_read_cb,
+                       (bufferevent_data_cb)c_write_cb,
+                       (bufferevent_event_cb)c_event_cb, conn);
+       `}
+
        # Write `length` bytes of `line`
        fun write(line: NativeString, length: Int): Int `{
                return bufferevent_write(self, line, length);
@@ -248,6 +309,11 @@ end
 extern class NativeEvBuffer `{ struct evbuffer * `}
        # Length of data in this buffer
        fun length: Int `{ return evbuffer_get_length(self); `}
+
+       # Read data from an evbuffer and drain the bytes read
+       fun remove(buffer: NativeString, len: Int) `{
+               evbuffer_remove(self, buffer, len);
+       `}
 end
 
 # An input buffer
@@ -272,8 +338,7 @@ end
 extern class ConnectionListener `{ struct evconnlistener * `}
 
        private new bind_to(base: NativeEventBase, address: NativeString, port: Int, factory: ConnectionFactory)
-       import ConnectionFactory.spawn_connection, error_callback, Connection.read_callback_native,
-       Connection.write_callback, Connection.event_callback `{
+       import ConnectionFactory.accept_connection, error_callback `{
 
                struct sockaddr_in sin;
                struct evconnlistener *listener;
@@ -281,13 +346,17 @@ extern class ConnectionListener `{ struct evconnlistener * `}
 
                struct hostent *hostent = gethostbyname(address);
 
+               if (!hostent) {
+                       return NULL;
+               }
+
                memset(&sin, 0, sizeof(sin));
                sin.sin_family = hostent->h_addrtype;
                sin.sin_port = htons(port);
                memcpy( &(sin.sin_addr.s_addr), (const void*)hostent->h_addr, hostent->h_length );
 
                listener = evconnlistener_new_bind(base,
-                       (evconnlistener_cb)accept_conn_cb, factory,
+                       (evconnlistener_cb)accept_connection_cb, factory,
                        LEV_OPT_CLOSE_ON_FREE | LEV_OPT_REUSEABLE, -1,
                        (struct sockaddr*)&sin, sizeof(sin));
 
@@ -320,10 +389,22 @@ class ConnectionFactory
        # The `NativeEventBase` for the dispatch loop of this factory
        var event_base: NativeEventBase
 
-       # On new connection, create the handler `Connection` object
-       fun spawn_connection(nat_buf_ev: NativeBufferEvent): Connection
+       # Accept a connection on `listener`
+       #
+       # By default, it creates a new NativeBufferEvent and calls `spawn_connection`.
+       fun accept_connection(listener: ConnectionListener, fd: Int, address: Pointer, socklen: Int)
+       do
+               var base = listener.base
+               var bev = new NativeBufferEvent.socket(base, fd, bev_opt_close_on_free)
+               var conn = spawn_connection(bev)
+               bev.enable ev_read|ev_write
+               bev.setcb conn
+       end
+
+       # Create a new `Connection` object for `buffer_event`
+       fun spawn_connection(buffer_event: NativeBufferEvent): Connection
        do
-               return new Connection(nat_buf_ev)
+               return new Connection(buffer_event)
        end
 
        # Listen on `address`:`port` for new connection, which will callback `spawn_connection`