NAME

AnyEvent::ForkManager - A simple parallel processing fork manager with AnyEvent

VERSION

This document describes AnyEvent::ForkManager version 0.04.

SYNOPSIS

use AnyEvent;
use AnyEvent::ForkManager;
use List::Util qw/shuffle/;

my $MAX_WORKERS = 10;
my $pm = AnyEvent::ForkManager->new(max_workers => $MAX_WORKERS);

$pm->on_start(sub {
    my($pm, $pid, $sec) = @_;
    printf "start sleep %2d sec.\n", $sec;
});
$pm->on_finish(sub {
    my($pm, $pid, $status, $sec) = @_;
    printf "end   sleep %2d sec.\n", $sec;
});

my @sleep_time = shuffle(1 .. 20);
foreach my $sec (@sleep_time) {
    $pm->start(
        cb => sub {
            my($pm, $sec) = @_;
            sleep $sec;
        },
        args => [$sec]
    );
}

my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;

# wait with non-blocking
$pm->wait_all_children(
    cb => sub {
        my($pm) = @_;
        print "end task!\n";
        $cv->send;
    },
);

$cv->recv;

DESCRIPTION

AnyEvent::ForkManager is much like Parallel::ForkManager, but supports non-blocking interface with AnyEvent.

Parallel::ForkManager is useful but, it is difficult to use in conjunction with AnyEvent. Because Parallel::ForkManager's some methods are blocking the event loop of the AnyEvent.

You can accomplish the same goals without adversely affecting the Parallel::ForkManager to AnyEvent::ForkManager with AnyEvent. Because AnyEvent::ForkManager's methods are non-blocking the event loop of the AnyEvent.

INTERFACE

Methods

new

This is constructor.

• max_workers

  max parallel forking count. (default: 10)

• on_start

  started child process callback.

• on_finish

  finished child process callback.

• on_error

  fork error callback.

• on_enqueue

  If push to start up child process queue, this callback is called.

• on_dequeue

  If shift from start up child process queue, this callback is called.

• on_working_max

  If request to start up child process and process count equal max process count, this callback is called.

Example

my $pm = AnyEvent::ForkManager->new(
    max_workers => 2,   ## default 10
    on_finish => sub {  ## optional
        my($pid, $status, @anyargs) = @_;
        ## this callback call when finished child process.(like AnyEvent->child)
    },
    on_error => sub {   ## optional
        my($pm, @anyargs) = @_;
        ## this callback call when fork failed.
    },
);

start

start child process.

• args

  arguments passed to the callback function of the child process.

• cb

  run on child process callback.

Example

$pm->start(
    cb => sub {   ## optional
        my($pm, $job_id) = @_;
        ## this callback call in child process.
    },
    args => [$job_id],## this arguments passed to the callback function
);

wait_all_children

You can call this method to wait for all the processes which have been forked. This can wait with blocking or wait with non-blocking in event loop of AnyEvent. feature to wait with blocking is ALPHA quality till the version hits v1.0.0. Things might be broken.

• blocking

  If this parameter is true, blocking wait enable. (default: false) feature to wait with blocking is ALPHA quality till the version hits v1.0.0. Things might be broken.

• cb

  finished all the processes callback.

Example

$pm->wait_all_children(
    cb => sub {   ## optional
        my($pm) = @_;
        ## this callback call when finished all child process.
    },
);

signal_all_children

Sends signal to all worker processes. Only usable from manager process.

on_error

As a new method's argument.

on_start

As a new method's argument.

on_finish

As a new method's argument.

on_enqueue

As a new method's argument.

on_dequeue

As a new method's argument.

on_working_max

As a new method's argument.

DEPENDENCIES

Perl 5.8.1 or later.

BUGS

All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this module is no exception. If you find a bug please either email me, or add the bug to cpan-RT.

SEE ALSO

AnyEvent AnyEvent::Util Parallel::ForkManager Parallel::Prefork

AUTHOR

Kenta Sato karupa@cpan.org

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2012, Kenta Sato. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.