# Copyright, 2015, by Samuel G. D. Williams. # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN # THE SOFTWARE. module Process class Daemon # This is a one shot cross-process notification mechanism using pipes. It can also be used in the same process if required, e.g. the self-pipe trick. class Notification def initialize @output, @input = IO.pipe @signalled = false end # Signal the notification. def signal @signalled = true @input.puts end # Was this notification signalled? def signalled? @signalled end # Wait/block until a signal is received. Optional timeout. # @param timeout [Integer] the time to wait in seconds. def wait(timeout: nil) if timeout read_ready, _, _ = IO.select([@output], [], [], timeout) return false unless read_ready and read_ready.any? end @signalled or @output.read(1) # Just in case that this was split across multiple processes. @signalled = true end end end end