require 'thread' module Celluloid class MailboxError < StandardError; end # you can't message the dead class MailboxShutdown < StandardError; end # raised if the mailbox can no longer be used # Actors communicate with asynchronous messages. Messages are buffered in # Mailboxes until Actors can act upon them. class Mailbox include Enumerable # A unique address at which this mailbox can be found alias_method :address, :object_id def initialize @messages = [] @lock = Mutex.new @dead = false @condition = ConditionVariable.new end # Add a message to the Mailbox def <<(message) @lock.synchronize do raise MailboxError, "dead recipient" if @dead @messages << message @condition.signal end nil end # Add a high-priority system event to the Mailbox def system_event(event) @lock.synchronize do unless @dead # Silently fail if messages are sent to dead actors @messages.unshift event @condition.signal end end nil end # Receive a message from the Mailbox def receive(&block) message = nil @lock.synchronize do raise MailboxError, "attempted to receive from a dead mailbox" if @dead begin message = next_message(&block) @condition.wait(@lock) unless message end until message end message end # Retrieve the next message in the mailbox def next_message message = nil if block_given? index = @messages.index do |msg| yield(msg) || msg.is_a?(Celluloid::SystemEvent) end message = @messages.slice!(index, 1).first if index else message = @messages.shift end raise message if message.is_a?(Celluloid::SystemEvent) message end # Shut down this mailbox and clean up its contents def shutdown messages = nil @lock.synchronize do messages = @messages @messages = [] @dead = true end messages.each { |msg| msg.cleanup if msg.respond_to? :cleanup } true end # Is the mailbox alive? def alive? !@dead end # Cast to an array def to_a @lock.synchronize { @messages.dup } end # Iterate through the mailbox def each(&block) to_a.each(&block) end # Inspect the contents of the Mailbox def inspect "#<#{self.class}:#{object_id.to_s(16)} @messages=[#{map { |m| m.inspect }.join(', ')}]>" end end end