module Celluloid # A proxy object returned from Celluloid::Actor.spawn/spawn_link which # dispatches calls and casts to normal Ruby objects which are running inside # of their own threads. class ActorProxy attr_reader :mailbox def initialize(actor) @mailbox, @thread, @klass = actor.mailbox, actor.thread, actor.subject.class.to_s end def _send_(meth, *args, &block) Actor.call @mailbox, :__send__, meth, *args, &block end def class Actor.call @mailbox, :__send__, :class end def name Actor.call @mailbox, :name end def is_a?(klass) Actor.call @mailbox, :is_a?, klass end def kind_of?(klass) Actor.call @mailbox, :kind_of?, klass end def respond_to?(meth) Actor.call @mailbox, :respond_to?, meth end def methods(include_ancestors = true) Actor.call @mailbox, :methods, include_ancestors end def alive? @mailbox.alive? end def to_s Actor.call @mailbox, :to_s end def inspect Actor.call @mailbox, :inspect rescue DeadActorError "#" end # Make an asynchronous call to an actor, for those who don't like the # predicate syntax. TIMTOWTDI! def async(method_name, *args, &block) Actor.async @mailbox, method_name, *args, &block end # Create a Celluloid::Future which calls a given method def future(method_name, *args, &block) Actor.future @mailbox, method_name, *args, &block end # Terminate the associated actor def terminate terminate! Thread.pass while alive? end # Terminate the associated actor asynchronously def terminate! raise DeadActorError, "actor already terminated" unless alive? @mailbox.system_event TerminationRequest.new end # Forcibly kill a given actor def kill @thread.kill begin @mailbox.shutdown rescue DeadActorError end end # Wait for an actor to terminate def join @thread.join end # method_missing black magic to call bang predicate methods asynchronously def method_missing(meth, *args, &block) # bang methods are async calls if meth.match(/!$/) unbanged_meth = meth.to_s unbanged_meth.slice!(-1, 1) Actor.async @mailbox, unbanged_meth, *args, &block else Actor.call @mailbox, meth, *args, &block end end end end