Class: EventMachine::SpawnedProcess

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/em/spawnable.rb

Overview

Support for Erlang-style processes.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#notify(*x) ⇒ Object Also known as: resume, run

Send a message to the spawned process



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# File 'lib/em/spawnable.rb', line 31

def notify *x
  me = self
  EM.next_tick {
    # A notification executes in the context of this
    # SpawnedProcess object. That makes self and notify
    # work as one would expect.
    #
    y = me.call(*x)
    if y and y.respond_to?(:pull_out_yield_block)
      a,b = y.pull_out_yield_block
      set_receiver a
      self.notify if b
    end
  }
end

#set_receiver(blk) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/em/spawnable.rb', line 49

def set_receiver blk
  (class << self ; self ; end).class_eval do
    remove_method :call if method_defined? :call
    define_method :call, blk
  end
end