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defmodule Periodic do
@moduledoc """
Periodic job execution.
This module can be used when you need to periodically run some code in a
separate process.
To setup the job execution, you can include the child_spec in your supervision
tree. The childspec has the following shape:
```
{Periodic, run: mfa_or_zero_arity_lambda, every: interval}
```
For example:
```
Supervisor.start_link(
[{Periodic, run: {IO, :puts, ["Hello, World!"]}, every: :timer.seconds(1)}],
strategy: :one_for_one
)
Hello, World! # after one second
Hello, World! # after two seconds
...
```
## Multiple children under the same supervisor
You can start multiple periodic tasks under the same supervisor. However,
in this case you need to provide a unique id for each task, which is used as
the supervisor child id:
```
Supervisor.start_link(
[
{Periodic, id: :job1, run: {IO, :puts, ["Hi!"]}, every: :timer.seconds(1)},
{Periodic, id: :job2, run: {IO, :puts, ["Hello!"]}, every: :timer.seconds(2)}
],
strategy: :one_for_one
)
Hi!
Hello!
Hi!
Hi!
Hello!
...
```
## Overlapped execution
By default, the jobs are running as overlapped. This means that a new job
instance will be started even if the previous one is not running. If you want
to change that, you can pass the `overlap?: false` option.
## Disabling execution
If you pass the `:infinity` as the timeout value, the job will not be executed.
This can be useful to disable the job in some environments (e.g. in `:test`).
## Logging
By default, nothing is logged. You can however, turn logging with `:log_level` and `:log_meta` options.
See the timeout example for usage.
## Timeout
You can also pass the :timeout option:
```
Supervisor.start_link(
[
{Periodic,
run: {Process, :sleep, [:infinity]}, every: :timer.seconds(1),
overlap?: false,
timeout: :timer.seconds(2),
strategy: :one_for_one,
log_level: :debug,
log_meta: [job_id: :my_job]
}
],
strategy: :one_for_one
)
job_id=my_job [debug] starting the job
job_id=my_job [debug] previous job still running, not starting another instance
job_id=my_job [debug] job failed with the reason `:timeout`
job_id=my_job [debug] starting the job
job_id=my_job [debug] previous job still running, not starting another instance
job_id=my_job [debug] job failed with the reason `:timeout`
...
```
## Shutdown
Since periodic executor is a plain supervisor child, shutting down is not
explicitly supported. If you want to stop the job, just take it down via its
supervisor, or shut down either of its ancestors.
"""
use Parent.GenServer
require Logger
@type opts :: [
every: duration,
run: job_spec,
overlap?: boolean,
timeout: duration,
log_level: nil | Logger.level(),
log_meta: Keyword.t()
]
@type duration :: pos_integer | :infinity
@type job_spec :: (() -> term) | {module, atom, [term]}
@doc "Starts the periodic executor."
@spec start_link(opts) :: GenServer.on_start()
def start_link(opts), do: Parent.GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, Map.new(opts))
@doc "Builds a child specification for starting the periodic executor."
@spec child_spec(opts) :: Supervisor.child_spec()
def child_spec(opts) do
opts
|> super()
|> Supervisor.child_spec(id: Keyword.get(opts, :id, __MODULE__))
end
@impl GenServer
def init(opts) do
state = defaults() |> Map.merge(opts) |> Map.put(:timer, nil)
enqueue_next(state)
{:ok, state}
end
@impl GenServer
def handle_info(:run_job, state) do
maybe_start_job(state)
enqueue_next(state)
{:noreply, state}
end
@impl Parent.GenServer
def handle_child_terminated(_id, _meta, _pid, reason, state) do
case reason do
:normal -> log(state, "job finished")
_other -> log(state, "job failed with the reason `#{inspect(reason)}`")
end
{:noreply, state}
end
defp defaults(), do: %{overlap?: true, timeout: :infinity, log_level: nil, log_meta: []}
defp maybe_start_job(state) do
if state.overlap? == true or not job_running?() do
start_job(state)
else
log(state, "previous job still running, not starting another instance")
end
end
defp job_running?(), do: Parent.GenServer.child?(:job)
defp start_job(state) do
log(state, "starting the job")
id = if state.overlap?, do: make_ref(), else: :job
job = state.run
Parent.GenServer.start_child(%{
id: id,
start: {Task, :start_link, [fn -> invoke_job(job) end]},
timeout: state.timeout,
shutdown: :brutal_kill
})
end
defp invoke_job({mod, fun, args}), do: apply(mod, fun, args)
defp invoke_job(fun) when is_function(fun, 0), do: fun.()
defp enqueue_next(%{every: :infinity}), do: :ok
defp enqueue_next(state), do: Process.send_after(self(), :run_job, state.every)
defp log(state, message) do
if not is_nil(state.log_level), do: Logger.log(state.log_level, message, state.log_meta)
end
end