thrift_application_base.h

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#ifndef THRIFT_APPLICATION_BASE_H
#define THRIFT_APPLICATION_BASE_H

#include <gnuradio/api.h>
#include <gnuradio/logger.h>
#include <gnuradio/prefs.h>
#include <gnuradio/thread/thread.h>
#include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>

namespace {
// Time, in milliseconds, to wait between checks to the Thrift runtime to see if
// it has fully initialized.
static const unsigned int THRIFTAPPLICATION_ACTIVATION_TIMEOUT_MS(200);
}; // namespace

namespace apache {
namespace thrift {
namespace server {
class TServer;
}
} // namespace thrift
} // namespace apache

/*!
 * \brief  Class to be statically initialized by thrift_application_base. Used
 * to store state for thrift_application_base's singleton functions.
 */

class thrift_application_base_impl
{
public:
    thrift_application_base_impl()
        : d_application_initilized(false), d_endpointStr(""), d_start_thrift_thread()
    {
        ;
    }

    // Used to ensure the Thrift runtime is initialized on the first call to ::i().
    bool d_application_initilized;
    // Stores the generated endpoint string after the Thrift runtime has initialized.
    std::string d_endpointStr;
    // Thread to execute the Thrift runtime's blocking serve() function.
    boost::shared_ptr<gr::thread::thread> d_start_thrift_thread;
};

/*!
 * \brief Base class for a Thrift application with a singleton with
 * instance function thrift_application_base::i(). Lazy initialization
 * is used to start the Thrift runtime, therefore the Thrift runtime
 * is not started unless thrift_application_base::i() is called at
 * least once. This typically means that at least one rpc variable
 * must be registered by a block before the runtime will start.
 *
 * \param TserverBase Template parameter naming the type of the server
 *   base, which is typically rpcserverbase.
 * \param TserverClass Template parameter naming the eventual type of
 *   the fully derived application.
 * \param _app Reference to the fully derived application instance to
 *   be returned by thrift_application_base::i().
 */

template <typename TserverBase, typename TserverClass>
class thrift_application_base
{
public:
    thrift_application_base(TserverClass* _app);

    /*!
     * Destructor for the application. Since shutdown and cleanup of the
     * runtime is typically custom to a particular booter
     * implementation, this must be implemented as a specialized function
     * for a particular booter. Thus a template implementation is not
     * provided here.
     */
    ~thrift_application_base();

    /*!
     * The application singleton instance function.
     */
    static TserverBase* i();

    /*!
     * Returns the endpoint string of this application.
     */
    static const std::vector<std::string> endpoints();

protected:
    /*!
     * Allows this application's booter to set the endpoint string after
     * the Thrift runtime has initialized.
     *
     * \param[in] endpoint The endpoint string reported by this class.
     */
    void set_endpoint(const std::string& endpoint);

    virtual TserverBase* i_impl() = 0;

    /*!
     * Reference to the fully derived application instance.
     */
    static TserverClass* d_application;

    /*!
     * Reference to the Thrift runtime.
     */
    boost::scoped_ptr<apache::thrift::server::TServer> d_thriftserver;

    /*!
     * Max number of attempts when checking the Thrift runtime for
     * Initialization before giving up. Set in the Thrift config file
     * (see \ref ctrlport_thrift_prefs).
     */
    static const unsigned int d_default_max_init_attempts;

    /*!
     * Default port for the runtime to listen on, if a static port is
     * not specified. Set in the Thrift config file (see \ref
     * ctrlport_thrift_prefs).
     */
    static const unsigned int d_default_thrift_port;

    /*!
     * Maximum number of threads to create when serving multiple rpc
     * clients. Set in the Thrift config file (see \ref
     * ctrlport_thrift_prefs).
     */
    static const unsigned int d_default_num_thrift_threads;

    /*!
     * Default packet size for the IP payload of thrift packets. Set in
     * the Thrift config file (see \ref ctrlport_thrift_prefs).
     */
    static const unsigned int d_default_thrift_buffer_size;

    /*!
     * \ref page_logger instances.
     */
    gr::logger_ptr d_logger, d_debug_logger;

private:
    // Function to be called in a separate thread to invoke the blocking
    // ThriftServer::serve() function. Must be specialized for a particular
    // booter implementation, therefore a template implementation is
    // not provided here.
    void start_thrift();

    // Non-blocking function that returns true when the Thrift
    // runtime has finished initialization. Must be implemented
    // as a specialized template function for a particular booter
    // implementation, therefore template implementation is not
    // provided here.
    bool application_started();

    // Internal function to start the initialization of the runtime.
    // Since this singleton uses lazy instantiation, this function
    // will be called on the first call to the instance function ::i(),
    // and since ::i() is static, this function must be static as well.
    static void start_application();

    // Pointer to the structure containing statically allocated
    // state information for the applicaiton_base singleton.
    static boost::scoped_ptr<thrift_application_base_impl> p_impl;

    // Mutex to protect the endpoint string.
    gr::thread::mutex d_lock;

    // Will be set to true by a the application_started() function,
    // specialized for a particular booter implementation, once the
    // thrift runtime has successfully initialized.
    bool d_thirft_is_running;
};

template <typename TserverBase, typename TserverClass>
TserverClass* thrift_application_base<TserverBase, TserverClass>::d_application(0);

template <typename TserverBase, typename TserverClass>
thrift_application_base<TserverBase, TserverClass>::thrift_application_base(
    TserverClass* _app)
    : d_lock(), d_thirft_is_running(false)
{
    gr::configure_default_loggers(d_logger, d_debug_logger, "controlport");
    d_application = _app;
}

template <typename TserverBase, typename TserverClass>
void thrift_application_base<TserverBase, TserverClass>::start_application()
{
    unsigned int max_init_attempts =
        static_cast<unsigned int>(gr::prefs::singleton()->get_long(
            "thrift", "init_attempts", d_default_max_init_attempts));

    if (!p_impl->d_application_initilized) {
        p_impl->d_start_thrift_thread.reset((new gr::thread::thread(
            boost::bind(&thrift_application_base::start_thrift, d_application))));

        bool app_started(false);
        for (unsigned int attempts(0); (!app_started && attempts < max_init_attempts);
             ++attempts) {
            boost::this_thread::sleep(
                boost::posix_time::milliseconds(THRIFTAPPLICATION_ACTIVATION_TIMEOUT_MS));
            app_started = d_application->application_started();
        }

        if (!app_started) {
            GR_WARN("thrift_application_base",
                    "thrift_application_base::start_application(), "
                    "timeout waiting to port number might have failed?");
        }

        p_impl->d_application_initilized = true;
    }
}

template <typename TserverBase, typename TserverClass>
const std::vector<std::string>
thrift_application_base<TserverBase, TserverClass>::endpoints()
{
    std::vector<std::string> ep;
    ep.push_back(p_impl->d_endpointStr);
    return ep;
}

template <typename TserverBase, typename TserverClass>
void thrift_application_base<TserverBase, TserverClass>::set_endpoint(
    const std::string& endpoint)
{
    gr::thread::scoped_lock guard(d_lock);
    p_impl->d_endpointStr = endpoint;
}

template <typename TserverBase, typename TserverClass>
TserverBase* thrift_application_base<TserverBase, TserverClass>::i()
{
    if (!p_impl->d_application_initilized) {
        start_application();
    }
    return d_application->i_impl();
}

#endif