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diff --git a/actioncable/lib/action_cable/channel/streams.rb b/actioncable/lib/action_cable/channel/streams.rb
index 3158f30814..0a0a95f453 100644
--- a/actioncable/lib/action_cable/channel/streams.rb
+++ b/actioncable/lib/action_cable/channel/streams.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
module ActionCable
module Channel
- # Streams allow channels to route broadcastings to the subscriber. A broadcasting is, as discussed elsewhere, a pub/sub queue where any data
- # put into it is automatically sent to the clients that are connected at that time. It's purely an online queue, though. If you're not
- # streaming a broadcasting at the very moment it sends out an update, you'll not get that update when connecting later.
+ # Streams allow channels to route broadcastings to the subscriber. A broadcasting is, as discussed elsewhere, a pubsub queue where any data
+ # placed into it is automatically sent to the clients that are connected at that time. It's purely an online queue, though. If you're not
+ # streaming a broadcasting at the very moment it sends out an update, you will not get that update, even if you connect after it has been sent.
#
# Most commonly, the streamed broadcast is sent straight to the subscriber on the client-side. The channel just acts as a connector between
# the two parties (the broadcaster and the channel subscriber). Here's an example of a channel that allows subscribers to get all new
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ module ActionCable
# end
# end
#
- # So the subscribers of this channel will get whatever data is put into the, let's say, `comments_for_45` broadcasting as soon as it's put there.
- # That looks like so from that side of things:
+ # Based on the above example, the subscribers of this channel will get whatever data is put into the,
+ # let's say, <tt>comments_for_45</tt> broadcasting as soon as it's put there.
+ #
+ # An example broadcasting for this channel looks like so:
#
# ActionCable.server.broadcast "comments_for_45", author: 'DHH', content: 'Rails is just swell'
#
# If you have a stream that is related to a model, then the broadcasting used can be generated from the model and channel.
- # The following example would subscribe to a broadcasting like `comments:Z2lkOi8vVGVzdEFwcC9Qb3N0LzE`
+ # The following example would subscribe to a broadcasting like <tt>comments:Z2lkOi8vVGVzdEFwcC9Qb3N0LzE</tt>.
#
# class CommentsChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel
# def subscribed
@@ -37,16 +39,14 @@ module ActionCable
#
# CommentsChannel.broadcast_to(@post, @comment)
#
- # If you don't just want to parlay the broadcast unfiltered to the subscriber, you can supply a callback that lets you alter what goes out.
- # Example below shows how you can use this to provide performance introspection in the process:
+ # If you don't just want to parlay the broadcast unfiltered to the subscriber, you can also supply a callback that lets you alter what is sent out.
+ # The below example shows how you can use this to provide performance introspection in the process:
#
# class ChatChannel < ApplicationCable::Channel
# def subscribed
# @room = Chat::Room[params[:room_number]]
#
- # stream_for @room, -> (encoded_message) do
- # message = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(encoded_message)
- #
+ # stream_for @room, coder: ActiveSupport::JSON do |message|
# if message['originated_at'].present?
# elapsed_time = (Time.now.to_f - message['originated_at']).round(2)
#
@@ -69,15 +69,21 @@ module ActionCable
# Start streaming from the named <tt>broadcasting</tt> pubsub queue. Optionally, you can pass a <tt>callback</tt> that'll be used
# instead of the default of just transmitting the updates straight to the subscriber.
- def stream_from(broadcasting, callback = nil)
- # Hold off the confirmation until pubsub#subscribe is successful
+ # Pass `coder: ActiveSupport::JSON` to decode messages as JSON before passing to the callback.
+ # Defaults to `coder: nil` which does no decoding, passes raw messages.
+ def stream_from(broadcasting, callback = nil, coder: nil, &block)
+ broadcasting = String(broadcasting)
+
+ # Don't send the confirmation until pubsub#subscribe is successful
defer_subscription_confirmation!
- callback ||= default_stream_callback(broadcasting)
- streams << [ broadcasting, callback ]
+ # Build a stream handler by wrapping the user-provided callback with
+ # a decoder or defaulting to a JSON-decoding retransmitter.
+ handler = worker_pool_stream_handler(broadcasting, callback || block, coder: coder)
+ streams << [ broadcasting, handler ]
- Concurrent.global_io_executor.post do
- pubsub.subscribe(broadcasting, callback, lambda do
+ connection.server.event_loop.post do
+ pubsub.subscribe(broadcasting, handler, lambda do
transmit_subscription_confirmation
logger.info "#{self.class.name} is streaming from #{broadcasting}"
end)
@@ -87,8 +93,11 @@ module ActionCable
# Start streaming the pubsub queue for the <tt>model</tt> in this channel. Optionally, you can pass a
# <tt>callback</tt> that'll be used instead of the default of just transmitting the updates straight
# to the subscriber.
- def stream_for(model, callback = nil)
- stream_from(broadcasting_for([ channel_name, model ]), callback)
+ #
+ # Pass `coder: ActiveSupport::JSON` to decode messages as JSON before passing to the callback.
+ # Defaults to `coder: nil` which does no decoding, passes raw messages.
+ def stream_for(model, callback = nil, coder: nil, &block)
+ stream_from(broadcasting_for([ channel_name, model ]), callback || block, coder: coder)
end
# Unsubscribes all streams associated with this channel from the pubsub queue.
@@ -106,11 +115,60 @@ module ActionCable
@_streams ||= []
end
- def default_stream_callback(broadcasting)
+ # Always wrap the outermost handler to invoke the user handler on the
+ # worker pool rather than blocking the event loop.
+ def worker_pool_stream_handler(broadcasting, user_handler, coder: nil)
+ handler = stream_handler(broadcasting, user_handler, coder: coder)
+
+ -> message do
+ connection.worker_pool.async_invoke handler, :call, message, connection: connection
+ end
+ end
+
+ # May be overridden to add instrumentation, logging, specialized error
+ # handling, or other forms of handler decoration.
+ #
+ # TODO: Tests demonstrating this.
+ def stream_handler(broadcasting, user_handler, coder: nil)
+ if user_handler
+ stream_decoder user_handler, coder: coder
+ else
+ default_stream_handler broadcasting, coder: coder
+ end
+ end
+
+ # May be overridden to change the default stream handling behavior
+ # which decodes JSON and transmits to client.
+ #
+ # TODO: Tests demonstrating this.
+ #
+ # TODO: Room for optimization. Update transmit API to be coder-aware
+ # so we can no-op when pubsub and connection are both JSON-encoded.
+ # Then we can skip decode+encode if we're just proxying messages.
+ def default_stream_handler(broadcasting, coder:)
+ coder ||= ActiveSupport::JSON
+ stream_transmitter stream_decoder(coder: coder), broadcasting: broadcasting
+ end
+
+ def stream_decoder(handler = identity_handler, coder:)
+ if coder
+ -> message { handler.(coder.decode(message)) }
+ else
+ handler
+ end
+ end
+
+ def stream_transmitter(handler = identity_handler, broadcasting:)
+ via = "streamed from #{broadcasting}"
+
-> (message) do
- transmit ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(message), via: "streamed from #{broadcasting}"
+ transmit handler.(message), via: via
end
end
+
+ def identity_handler
+ -> message { message }
+ end
end
end
end