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POE-Component-WheelRun-Pool-0.003
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NAME

POE::Component::WheelRun::Pool - POE::Wheel::Run worker pool

VERSION

version 0.003

SYNOPSIS

Provides a pool wrapper around POE::Wheel::Run to allow for large worker pools that are automatically replenished. POE::Component::WheelRun::Pool uses STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR for communication between the parent session and the worker children.

    my $worker_pool_id = POE::Component::WheelRun::Pool->spawn(
        Alias            => 'pool',             # Default
        Program          => \&run_analysis,     # Required
        PoolSize         => 4,                  # Default
        MaxTasksPerChild => 1000,               # Default '0' = unlimited
        MaxTimePerChild  => 3600,               # Default '0' = unlimited
        Splay            => 0.1,                # Default
        # Any Options from POE::Wheel::Run
        User     => 'bob',
        Group    => 'nobody',
        Priority => 5,
    );

    my $main = POE::Session->create(inline_states => {
        new_event => sub { $poe_kernel->post( pool => dispatch => @_[ARG0] ) },
    });

This will create a pool of 4 workers with the run_analyze function as the entry point to the pool::dispatch event. Child processes should monitor STDIN for availability as the first thing attempted by the parent is an EOF on the STDIN of the child to let it know it should go away. Failing this, a kill() is called which is SIGINT by default.

FUNCTIONS

spawn()

Creates the worker pool and sets it ready for incoming tasks. POE::Component::WheelRun::Pool will pass sensible options from POE::Wheel::Run to the child process. See:

    perldoc POE::Wheel::Run

For more information on options not covered here.

Alias

Default is 'pool', use a unique name to make dispatching events to worker pools easier to understand.

Program

Required! Can be either a CODE reference or a path to an executable to launch. The script needs to be able to accept data on STDIN and communicate back to the parent session using STDOUT or STDERR. This means the program can be in any language.

PoolSize

Default is 4. This is the number of children to spawn and maintain.

MaxTasksPerChild

Default 0, anything <= 0 means unlimited. This is the maximum number of tasks that can be handed to any one worker before it needs to respawn.

MaxTimePerChild

Default 0, anything <= 0 means unlimited. This is the maximum number of seconds any worker can live before being killed and respawned. This check occurs only inside of the dispatch event trigger and only for that "next" worker. This means it is possible for processes to live longer that MaxTimePerChild, but their next invocation will be their last.

Splay

Default is 0.1 and is unimportant without MaxTimePerChild or MaxTasksPerChild. This applies a random splay to the time or tasks checker. Best thought of as a percentage range for max tasks or time. e. g.

    ChildMaxUpperBound = MaxTasksPerChild + (Splay * MaxTasksPerChild)
    ChildMaxLowerBound = MaxTasksPerChild - (Splay * MaxTasksPerChild)

When a child is spawned the max tasks/time is calculated inside that range using two calls to rand(), one for the Splay and the second for positive/negative.

The idea behind this is to offset process creation in the parent process as that can be expensive. If you would like to disable this feature, set the Splay to 0.

StatsInterval

Default is 60. Seconds to run the stats handler.

StatsHandler

Default 'undef'. If passed a CODE reference, that refernce is run every StatInterval seconds. The handler is passed a hash reference with the events tracked and the values representing the number of times each event ocurred.

StdoutHandler

Default 'undef'. CODE reference with what to do when there's content on STDOUT of the worker process. Based on StdioFilter or StdoutFilter this reference may be passed the content as a stream, line of text, or even a Perl object.

StderrHandler

Default 'undef'. CODE reference with what to do when there's content on STDERR of the worker process. Based on StderrFilter this reference may be passed the content as a stream, line of text, or even a Perl object.

AUTHOR

Brad Lhotsky <brad@divisionbyzero.net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2016 by Brad Lhotsky.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The (three-clause) BSD License

SUPPORT

Websites

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Source Code

This module's source code is available by visiting: https://github.com/reyjrar/POE-Component-WheelRun-Pool