hive-id
hive-create-actor hive-create-actor*
+ create-actor create-actor*
+ self-destruct
+
<message>
make-message message?
message-to message-action message-from
hive-bootstrap-message
serialize-message write-message
- serialize-message-pretty pprint-mesage
+ serialize-message-pretty pprint-message
read-message read-message-from-string))
;; For ids
(define %random-state
(make-parameter (random-state-from-platform)))
-;; Probably bigger than necessary
-(define random-number-size (expt 10 50))
+;; Same size as a uuid4 I think...
+(define random-number-size (expt 2 128))
(define (big-random-number)
(random random-number-size (%random-state)))
slot-name)))
+\f
+;;; Messages
+;;; ========
+
+
+(define-record-type <message>
+ (make-message-intern id to from action
+ body in-reply-to wants-reply ; do we need hive-proxy?
+ ;; Are these still needed?
+ replied deferred-reply)
+ message?
+ (id message-id)
+ (to message-to)
+ (from message-from)
+ (action message-action)
+ (body message-body)
+ (in-reply-to message-in-reply-to)
+ (wants-reply message-wants-reply)
+
+ ;; See XUDD source for these. Not use yet, maybe eventually will be?
+ ;; XUDD uses them for autoreply.
+ ;; Requiring mutation on message objects is clearly not great,
+ ;; but it may be worth it...? Investigate!
+ (replied message-replied set-message-replied!)
+ (deferred-reply message-deferred-reply set-message-deferred-reply!))
+
+
+(define* (make-message id to from action body
+ #:key in-reply-to wants-reply
+ replied deferred-reply)
+ (make-message-intern id to from action body
+ in-reply-to wants-reply replied
+ deferred-reply))
+
+;; Note: the body of messages is currently an alist, but it's created
+;; from a keyword based property list (see the following two functions).
+;; But, that's an extra conversion step, and maybe totally unnecessary:
+;; we already have message-ref, and this could just pull a keyword
+;; from a property list.
+;; The main ways this might be useful are error checking,
+;; serialization across the wire (but even that might require some
+;; change), and using existing tooling (though adding new tooling
+;; would be negligible in implementation effort.)
+
+;; This cons cell is immutable and unique (for eq? tests)
+(define %nothing-provided (cons 'nothing 'provided))
+
+(define* (message-ref message key #:optional (dflt %nothing-provided))
+ "Extract KEY from body of MESSAGE.
+
+Optionally set default with [DFLT]
+If key not found and DFLT not provided, throw an error."
+ (let ((result (assoc key (message-body message))))
+ (if result (cdr result)
+ (if (eq? dflt %nothing-provided)
+ (throw 'message-missing-key
+ "Message body does not contain key and no default provided"
+ #:key key
+ #:message message)
+ dflt))))
+
+
+(define (message-needs-reply message)
+ "See if this message needs a reply still"
+ (and (message-wants-reply message)
+ (not (or (message-replied message)
+ (message-deferred-reply message)))))
+
+
+(define (kwarg-list-to-alist args)
+ (let loop ((remaining args)
+ (result '()))
+ (match remaining
+ (((? keyword? key) val rest ...)
+ (loop rest
+ (cons (cons (keyword->symbol key) val)
+ result)))
+ (() result)
+ (_ (throw 'invalid-kwarg-list
+ "Invalid keyword argument list"
+ args)))))
+
+
+(define (send-message from-actor to-id action . message-body-args)
+ "Send a message from an actor to another actor"
+ (let* ((hive (actor-hive from-actor))
+ (message (make-message (hive-gen-message-id hive) to-id
+ (actor-id from-actor) action
+ (kwarg-list-to-alist message-body-args))))
+ (8sync-nowait (hive-process-message hive message))))
+
+(define (send-message-wait from-actor to-id action . message-body-args)
+ "Send a message from an actor to another, but wait until we get a response"
+ (let* ((hive (actor-hive from-actor))
+ (abort-to (hive-prompt (actor-hive from-actor)))
+ (message (make-message (hive-gen-message-id hive) to-id
+ (actor-id from-actor) action
+ (kwarg-list-to-alist message-body-args)
+ #:wants-reply #t)))
+ (abort-to-prompt abort-to from-actor message)))
+
+;; TODO: Intelligently ~propagate(ish) errors on -wait functions.
+;; We might have `send-message-wait-brazen' to allow callers to
+;; not have an exception thrown and instead just have a message with
+;; the appropriate '*error* message returned.
+
+(define (reply-message from-actor original-message
+ . message-body-args)
+ "Reply to a message"
+ (set-message-replied! original-message #t)
+ (let* ((hive (actor-hive from-actor))
+ (new-message (make-message (hive-gen-message-id hive)
+ (message-from original-message)
+ (actor-id from-actor) '*reply*
+ (kwarg-list-to-alist message-body-args)
+ #:in-reply-to (message-id original-message))))
+ (8sync-nowait (hive-process-message hive new-message))))
+
+(define (reply-message-wait from-actor original-message
+ . message-body-args)
+ "Reply to a messsage, but wait until we get a response"
+ (set-message-replied! original-message #t)
+ (let* ((hive (actor-hive from-actor))
+ (abort-to (hive-prompt (actor-hive from-actor)))
+ (new-message (make-message (hive-gen-message-id hive)
+ (message-from original-message)
+ (actor-id from-actor) '*reply*
+ (kwarg-list-to-alist message-body-args)
+ #:wants-reply #t
+ #:in-reply-to (message-id original-message))))
+ (abort-to-prompt abort-to from-actor new-message)))
+
+
\f
;;; Main actor implementation
;;; =========================
(simple-dispatcher
(list (%expand-action-item action-item) ...)))))
-(define-syntax-rule (define-simple-actor class (actions ...))
+(define-syntax-rule (define-simple-actor class actions ...)
(define-class class (<actor>)
(message-handler
#:init-value (make-action-dispatch actions ...)
;; This is a map from cons cell of message-id
;; to a cons cell of (actor-id . coroutine)
;; @@: Should we have a <waiting-coroutine> record type?
+ ;; @@: Should there be any way to clear out "old" coroutines?
(waiting-coroutines #:init-thunk make-hash-table
#:getter hive-waiting-coroutines)
;; Message prompt
(define-method (hive-process-message (hive <hive>) message)
"Handle one message, or forward it via an ambassador"
- (define (process-local-message)
+ (define (maybe-autoreply actor)
+ ;; Possibly autoreply
+ (if (message-needs-reply message)
+ ;; @@: Should we give *autoreply* as the action instead of *reply*?
+ (reply-message actor message
+ #:*auto-reply* #t)))
+
+ (define (resolve-actor-to)
+ "Get the actor the message was aimed at"
(let ((actor (hive-resolve-local-actor hive (message-to message))))
(if (not actor)
(throw 'actor-not-found
(address->string (message-from message))
(address->string (message-to message)))
message))
- (call-with-prompt (hive-prompt hive)
- (lambda ()
- (define message-handler (actor-message-handler actor))
- ;; @@: Should a more general error handling happen here?
- (message-handler actor message))
-
- (lambda (kont actor message)
- (let ((hive (actor-hive actor)))
- ;; Register the coroutine
- (hash-set! (hive-waiting-coroutines hive)
- (message-id message)
- (cons (actor-id actor) kont))
- ;; Send off the message
- (8sync (hive-process-message hive message)))))))
+ actor))
+
+ (define (call-catching-coroutine thunk)
+ (call-with-prompt (hive-prompt hive)
+ thunk
+ (lambda (kont actor message)
+ (let ((hive (actor-hive actor)))
+ ;; Register the coroutine
+ (hash-set! (hive-waiting-coroutines hive)
+ (message-id message)
+ (cons (actor-id actor) kont))
+ ;; Send off the message
+ (8sync (hive-process-message hive message))))))
+
+ (define (process-local-message)
+ (let ((actor (resolve-actor-to)))
+ (call-catching-coroutine
+ (lambda ()
+ (define message-handler (actor-message-handler actor))
+ ;; @@: Should a more general error handling happen here?
+ (let ((result
+ (message-handler actor message)))
+ (maybe-autoreply actor)
+ ;; Returning result allows actors to possibly make a run-request
+ ;; at the end of handling a message.
+ ;; ... We do want that, right?
+ result)))))
(define (resume-waiting-coroutine)
- (match (hash-remove! (hive-waiting-coroutines hive)
- (message-in-reply-to message))
- ((_ . kont)
- (kont message))
- (#f (throw 'no-waiting-coroutine
- "message in-reply-to tries to resume nonexistent coroutine"
- message))))
+ (call-catching-coroutine
+ (lambda ()
+ (match (hash-remove! (hive-waiting-coroutines hive)
+ (message-in-reply-to message))
+ ((_ . (resume-actor-id . kont))
+ (if (not (equal? (message-to message)
+ resume-actor-id))
+ (throw 'resuming-to-wrong-actor
+ "Attempted to resume a coroutine to the wrong actor!"
+ #:expected-actor-id (message-to message)
+ #:got-actor-id resume-actor-id
+ #:message message))
+ (let (;; @@: How should we resolve resuming coroutines to actors who are
+ ;; now gone?
+ (actor (resolve-actor-to))
+ (result (kont message)))
+ (maybe-autoreply actor)
+ result))
+ (#f (throw 'no-waiting-coroutine
+ "message in-reply-to tries to resume nonexistent coroutine"
+ message))))))
(define (process-remote-message)
;; Find the ambassador
;; return the actor id
actor-id))
-(define* (hive-create-actor hive actor-class
- #:key
- (init '())
- id-cookie)
+(define* (hive-create-actor hive actor-class #:rest init)
(%hive-create-actor hive actor-class
- init id-cookie))
-
-(define-syntax hive-create-actor*
- (syntax-rules ()
- "Create an instance of actor-class attached to this hive.
-Return the new actor's id.
+ init #f))
-Used internally, and used for bootstrapping a fresh hive.
-
-Note that actors should generally not call this method directly.
-Instead, actors should call create-actor."
- ((_ args ... (init-args ...))
- (hive-create-actor args ...
- #:init (list init-args ...)))))
+(define* (hive-create-actor* hive actor-class id-cookie #:rest init)
+ (%hive-create-actor hive actor-class
+ init id-cookie))
;; TODO: Give actors this instead of the actual hive reference
\f
-;;; Messages
-;;; ========
-
-
-(define-record-type <message>
- (make-message-intern id to from action
- body in-reply-to wants-reply ; do we need hive-proxy?
- ;; Are these still needed?
- replied deferred-reply)
- message?
- (id message-id)
- (to message-to)
- (from message-from)
- (action message-action)
- (body message-body)
- (in-reply-to message-in-reply-to)
- (wants-reply message-wants-reply)
-
- ;; See XUDD source for these. Not use yet, maybe eventually will be?
- ;; XUDD uses them for autoreply.
- ;; Requiring mutation on message objects is clearly not great,
- ;; but it may be worth it...? Investigate!
- (replied message-replied set-message-replied!)
- (deferred-reply message-deferred-reply set-message-deferred-reply!))
-
-
-(define* (make-message id to from action body
- #:key in-reply-to wants-reply
- replied deferred-reply)
- (make-message-intern id to from action body
- in-reply-to wants-reply replied
- deferred-reply))
-
-;; Note: the body of messages is currently an alist, but it's created
-;; from a keyword based property list (see the following two functions).
-;; But, that's an extra conversion step, and maybe totally unnecessary:
-;; we already have message-ref, and this could just pull a keyword
-;; from a property list.
-;; The main ways this might be useful are error checking,
-;; serialization across the wire (but even that might require some
-;; change), and using existing tooling (though adding new tooling
-;; would be negligible in implementation effort.)
-
-;; This cons cell is immutable and unique (for eq? tests)
-(define %nothing-provided (cons 'nothing 'provided))
-
-(define* (message-ref message key #:optional (dflt %nothing-provided))
- "Extract KEY from body of MESSAGE.
-
-Optionally set default with [DFLT]
-If key not found and DFLT not provided, throw an error."
- (let ((result (assoc key (message-body message))))
- (if result (cdr result)
- (if (eq? dflt %nothing-provided)
- (throw 'message-missing-key
- "Message body does not contain key and no default provided"
- #:key key
- #:message message)
- dflt))))
+;;; Various API methods for actors to interact with the system
+;;; ==========================================================
+;; TODO: move send-message and friends here...?
-(define (kwarg-list-to-alist args)
- (let loop ((remaining args)
- (result '()))
- (match remaining
- (((? keyword? key) val rest ...)
- (loop rest
- (cons (cons (keyword->symbol key) val)
- result)))
- (() result)
- (_ (throw 'invalid-kwarg-list
- "Invalid keyword argument list"
- args)))))
+;; TODO: Rewrite this inside of a <hive-proxy> ?
+(define* (create-actor from-actor actor-class #:rest init)
+ "Create an instance of actor-class. Return the new actor's id.
+This is the method actors should call directly (unless they want
+to supply an id-cookie, in which case they should use
+create-actor*)."
+ (8sync (%hive-create-actor (actor-hive from-actor) actor-class
+ init #f)))
-(define (send-message from-actor to-id action . message-body-args)
- "Send a message from an actor to another actor"
- (let* ((hive (actor-hive from-actor))
- (message (make-message (hive-gen-message-id hive) to-id
- (actor-id from-actor) action
- (kwarg-list-to-alist message-body-args))))
- (8sync (hive-process-message hive message))))
-(define (send-message-wait from-actor to-id action . message-body-args)
- "Send a message from an actor to another, but wait until we get a response"
- (let* ((hive (actor-hive from-actor))
- (agenda-prompt (hive-prompt (actor-hive from-actor)))
- (message (make-message (hive-gen-message-id hive) to-id
- (actor-id from-actor) action
- (kwarg-list-to-alist message-body-args)
- #:wants-reply #t)))
- (abort-to-prompt agenda-prompt from-actor message)))
+(define* (create-actor* from-actor actor-class id-cookie #:rest init)
+ "Create an instance of actor-class. Return the new actor's id.
-;; TODO: Intelligently ~propagate(ish) errors on -wait functions.
-;; We might have `send-message-wait-brazen' to allow callers to
-;; not have an exception thrown and instead just have a message with
-;; the appropriate '*error* message returned.
+Like create-actor, but permits supplying an id-cookie."
+ (8sync (%hive-create-actor (actor-hive from-actor) actor-class
+ init id-cookie)))
-(define (reply-message from-actor original-message
- . message-body-args)
- "Reply to a message"
- (set-message-replied! original-message #t)
- (let* ((hive (actor-hive from-actor))
- (new-message (make-message (hive-gen-message-id hive)
- (message-from original-message)
- (actor-id from-actor) '*reply*
- (kwarg-list-to-alist message-body-args)
- #:in-reply-to (message-id original-message))))
- (8sync (hive-process-message hive new-message))))
-(define (reply-message-wait from-actor original-message
- . message-body-args)
- "Reply to a messsage, but wait until we get a response"
- (set-message-replied! original-message #t)
- (let* ((hive (actor-hive from-actor))
- (agenda-prompt (hive-prompt (actor-hive from-actor)))
- (new-message (make-message (hive-gen-message-id hive)
- (message-from original-message)
- (actor-id from-actor) '*reply*
- (kwarg-list-to-alist message-body-args)
- #:wants-reply #t
- #:in-reply-to (message-id original-message))))
- (abort-to-prompt agenda-prompt from-actor new-message)))
+(define (self-destruct actor)
+ "Remove an actor from the hive."
+ (hash-remove! (hive-actor-registry (actor-hive actor))
+ (actor-id actor)))
\f
\f
-;;; Convenience procedures
-;;; ======================
+;;; Basic readers / writers
+;;; =======================
(define (serialize-message message)
"Serialize a message for read/write"
(list
(message-id message)
- (address->string (message-to message))
- (address->string (message-from message))
+ (message-to message)
+ (message-from message)
(message-action message)
(message-body message)
(message-in-reply-to message)