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defmodule Commanded.ProcessManagers.ProcessManager do
@moduledoc """
Behaviour to define a process manager.
A process manager is responsible for coordinating one or more aggregates.
It handles events and dispatches commands in response. Process managers have
state that can be used to track which aggregates are being orchestrated.
Use the `Commanded.ProcessManagers.ProcessManager` macro in your process
manager module and implement the callback functions defined in the behaviour:
- `c:interested?/1`
- `c:handle/2`
- `c:apply/2`
- `c:error/3`
## Example
defmodule ExampleProcessManager do
use Commanded.ProcessManagers.ProcessManager,
name: "ExampleProcessManager",
router: ExampleRouter
def interested?(%AnEvent{...}) do
# ...
end
def handle(%ExampleProcessManager{...}, %AnEvent{...}) do
# ...
end
def apply(%ExampleProcessManager{...}, %AnEvent{...}) do
# ...
end
def error({:error, failure}, %ExampleEvent{}, _failure_context) do
# Retry, skip, ignore, or stop process manager on error handling event
end
def error({:error, failure}, %ExampleCommand{}, _failure_context) do
# Retry, skip, ignore, or stop process manager on error dispatching command
end
end
Start the process manager (or configure as a worker inside a [Supervisor](supervision.html))
{:ok, process_manager} = ExampleProcessManager.start_link()
# Error handling
You can define an `c:error/3` callback function to handle any errors or
exceptions during event handling or returned by commands dispatched from your
process manager. The function is passed the error (e.g. `{:error, :failure}`),
the failed event or command, and a failure context.
See `Commanded.ProcessManagers.FailureContext` for details.
Use pattern matching on the error and/or failed event/command to explicitly
handle certain errors, events, or commands. You can choose to retry, skip,
ignore, or stop the process manager after a command dispatch error.
The default behaviour, if you don't provide an `c:error/3` callback, is to
stop the process manager using the exact error reason returned from the
event handler function or command dispatch. You should supervise your
process managers to ensure they are restarted on error.
## Example
defmodule ExampleProcessManager do
use Commanded.ProcessManagers.ProcessManager,
name: "ExampleProcessManager",
router: ExampleRouter
# stop process manager after three failures
def error({:error, _failure}, _failed_command, %{context: %{failures: failures}})
when failures >= 2
do
{:stop, :too_many_failures}
end
# retry command, record failure count in context map
def error({:error, _failure}, _failed_command, %{context: context}) do
context = Map.update(context, :failures, 1, fn failures -> failures + 1 end)
{:retry, context}
end
end
# Idle process timeouts
Each instance of a process manager will run indefinitely once started. To
reduce memory usage you can configure an idle timeout, in milliseconds,
after which the process will be shutdown.
The process will be restarted whenever another event is routed to it and its
state will be rehydrated from the instance snapshot.
## Example
defmodule ExampleProcessManager do
use Commanded.ProcessManagers.ProcessManager,
name: "ExampleProcessManager",
router: ExampleRouter,
idle_timeout: :timer.minutes(10)
end
# Consistency
For each process manager you can define its consistency, as one of either
`:strong` or `:eventual`.
This setting is used when dispatching commands and specifying the `consistency`
option.
When you dispatch a command using `:strong` consistency, after successful
command dispatch the process will block until all process managers configured to
use `:strong` consistency have processed the domain events created by the
command.
The default setting is `:eventual` consistency. Command dispatch will return
immediately upon confirmation of event persistence, not waiting for any
process managers.
## Example
defmodule ExampleProcessManager do
use Commanded.ProcessManagers.ProcessManager,
name: "ExampleProcessManager",
router: BankRouter
consistency: :strong
# ...
end
Please read the [Process managers](process-managers.html) guide for more details.
"""
alias Commanded.ProcessManagers.FailureContext
@type domain_event :: struct
@type command :: struct
@type process_manager :: struct
@type process_uuid :: String.t() | [String.t()]
@type consistency :: :eventual | :strong
@doc """
Is the process manager interested in the given command?
The `c:interested?/1` function is used to indicate which events the process
manager receives. The response is used to route the event to an existing
instance or start a new process instance:
- `{:start, process_uuid}` - create a new instance of the process manager.
- `{:start!, process_uuid}` - create a new instance of the process manager (strict).
- `{:continue, process_uuid}` - continue execution of an existing process manager.
- `{:continue!, process_uuid}` - continue execution of an existing process manager (strict).
- `{:stop, process_uuid}` - stop an existing process manager, shutdown its
process, and delete its persisted state.
- `false` - ignore the event.
You can return a list of process identifiers when a single domain event is to
be handled by multiple process instances.
## Strict process routing
Using strict routing, with `:start!` or `:continue`, enforces the following
validation checks:
- `{:start!, process_uuid}` - validate process does not already exist.
- `{:continue!, process_uuid}` - validate process already exists.
If the check fails an error will be passed to the `error/3` callback function:
- `{:error, {:start!, :process_already_started}}`
- `{:error, {:continue!, :process_not_started}}`
The `error/3` function can choose to `:stop` the process or `:skip` the
problematic event.
"""
@callback interested?(domain_event) ::
{:start, process_uuid}
| {:start!, process_uuid}
| {:continue, process_uuid}
| {:continue!, process_uuid}
| {:stop, process_uuid}
| false
@doc """
Process manager instance handles a domain event, returning any commands to
dispatch.
A `c:handle/2` function can be defined for each `:start` and `:continue`
tagged event previously specified. It receives the process manager's state and
the event to be handled. It must return the commands to be dispatched. This
may be none, a single command, or many commands.
The `c:handle/2` function can be omitted if you do not need to dispatch a
command and are only mutating the process manager's state.
"""
@callback handle(process_manager, domain_event) :: list(command)
@doc """
Mutate the process manager's state by applying the domain event.
The `c:apply/2` function is used to mutate the process manager's state. It
receives the current state and the domain event, and must return the modified
state.
This callback function is optional, the default behaviour is to retain the
process manager's current state.
"""
@callback apply(process_manager, domain_event) :: process_manager
@doc """
Called when a command dispatch returns an error.
The `c:error/3` function allows you to control how command dispatch failures
are handled. The function is passed the command dispatch error (e.g. `{:error,
:failure}`), the failed command, and a failure context struct
(see `Commanded.ProcessManagers.FailureContext` for details). This contains a
context map you can use to pass transient state between failures. For example
it can be used to count the number of failures.
You can return one of the following responses depending upon the
error severity:
- `{:retry, context}` - retry the failed command, provide a context
map containing any state passed to subsequent failures. This could be used
to count the number of retries, failing after too many attempts.
- `{:retry, delay, context}` - retry the failed command, after sleeping for
the requested delay (in milliseconds). Context is a map as described in
`{:retry, context}` above.
- `{:skip, :discard_pending}` - discard the failed command and any pending
commands.
- `{:skip, :continue_pending}` - skip the failed command, but continue
dispatching any pending commands.
- `{:continue, commands, context}` - continue dispatching the given commands.
This allows you to retry the failed command, modify it and retry, drop it,
or drop all pending commands by passing an empty list `[]`. Context is a map
as described in `{:retry, context}` above.
- `{:stop, reason}` - stop the process manager with the given reason.
"""
@callback error(
error :: term(),
failed_command :: command,
failure_context :: FailureContext.t()
) ::
{:retry, context :: map()}
| {:retry, delay :: non_neg_integer(), context :: map()}
| {:skip, :discard_pending}
| {:skip, :continue_pending}
| {:continue, commands :: list(command), context :: map()}
| {:stop, reason :: term()}
alias Commanded.Event.Handler
alias Commanded.ProcessManagers.ProcessManager
alias Commanded.ProcessManagers.ProcessRouter
@doc false
defmacro __using__(opts) do
quote location: :keep do
@before_compile unquote(__MODULE__)
@behaviour ProcessManager
@opts unquote(opts) || []
@name Handler.parse_name(__MODULE__, @opts[:name])
@router @opts[:router] || raise("#{inspect(__MODULE__)} expects `:router` to be given")
def start_link(opts \\ []) do
module_opts = Keyword.drop(@opts, [:name, :router])
opts = Handler.start_opts(__MODULE__, module_opts, opts, [:event_timeout, :idle_timeout])
ProcessRouter.start_link(@name, __MODULE__, @router, opts)
end
@doc """
Provides a child specification to allow the event handler to be easily
supervised.
## Example
Supervisor.start_link([
{ExampleProcessManager, []}
], strategy: :one_for_one)
"""
def child_spec(opts) do
default = %{
id: {__MODULE__, @name},
start: {__MODULE__, :start_link, [opts]},
restart: :permanent,
type: :worker
}
Supervisor.child_spec(default, [])
end
@doc false
def __name__, do: @name
end
end
@doc false
defmacro __before_compile__(_env) do
# include default fallback functions at end, with lowest precedence
quote generated: true do
@doc false
def interested?(_event), do: false
@doc false
def handle(_process_manager, _event), do: []
@doc false
def apply(process_manager, _event), do: process_manager
@doc false
def error({:error, reason}, _command, _failure_context), do: {:stop, reason}
end
end
end