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TimeQueue is a simple functional timer queue (no processes, no messaging, no erlang timers), serializable, based on a single list of maps.
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lib/time_queue.ex
defmodule TimeQueue do
@moduledoc """
Implements a timers queue based on a list of maps. The queue can be encoded
as JSON.
The performance will be worse for large queues in regard to the previous
gb_trees based implementation, although the difference is negligible for
small queues (<= 1000 entries).
All map keys are shrinked to a single letter as this queue is intended to
be encoded and published to HTTP clients over the wire, mutiple times.
The queue keys are a map composed of the timestamp (`t`) of an entry
and an unique integer (`u`).
No erlang timers or processes are used, as the queue is only a
data structure. The advantage is that the queue can be persisted on
storage and keeps working after restarting the runtime. The queue
maintain its own list of unique integers to avoir relying on BEAM
unique integers as they are reset on VM restarts.
The main drawback of a functional queue is that the queue entries must be
manually checked for expired timers.
"""
@timespec_units [
# :millisecond, # no single millisecond
:ms,
:second,
:seconds,
:minute,
:minutes,
:hour,
:hours,
:day,
:days,
:week,
:weeks
]
@type timespec_unit ::
:ms
| :second
| :seconds
| :minute
| :minutes
| :hour
| :hours
| :day
| :days
| :week
| :weeks
@opaque t :: %{m: max_id :: integer, s: size :: non_neg_integer, q: list(entry)}
@type entry_value :: any
@opaque entry :: %{k: tref, v: entry_value}
@type timespec :: {pos_integer, timespec_unit}
@type ttl :: timespec | integer
@type timestamp_ms :: pos_integer
@opaque tref :: %{t: timestamp_ms, u: integer}
@type pop_return() :: :empty | {:delay, tref(), non_neg_integer} | {:ok, entry_value, t}
@type peek_return() :: :empty | {:delay, tref(), non_neg_integer} | {:ok, entry_value}
@type peek_entry_return() :: :empty | {:delay, tref(), non_neg_integer} | {:ok, entry}
@type pop_entry_return() :: :empty | {:delay, tref(), non_neg_integer} | {:ok, entry, t}
@type enqueue_return(tq) :: {:ok, tref, tq}
# If we reach the @max_int for the keys, we will start over at @min_int.
# Hopefully in the meantime they will be no tref stored that would match any
# tref created with the same timestamp and the same ref (very unlikely !).
# We have to do this though because the time queue must be persistable, so
# unique integers must remain unique even if we are restarting the runtime ;
# and timestamps can be manually set to any values, for example with small
# integers like (1, 2, 3) when modeling a discrete time (in steps).
#
# We use 32b integers to keep low data size when using external term format.
@min_int -2_147_483_648
@max_int 2_147_483_647
defguardp is_timespec(timespec)
when is_integer(elem(timespec, 0)) and elem(timespec, 1) in @timespec_units
@doc """
Creates an empty time queue.
iex> tq = TimeQueue.new()
iex> TimeQueue.peek_entry(tq)
:empty
"""
@spec new :: t
def new,
do: %{m: @min_int, s: 0, q: []}
@doc """
Returns the numer of entries in the queue.
"""
@spec size(t) :: integer
def size(%{s: s}),
do: s
@doc """
Returns the next value of the queue with the current system time as `now/0`.
See `peek/2`.
"""
@spec peek(t) :: peek_return()
def peek(tq),
do: peek(tq, now())
@doc """
Returns the next value of the queue according to the given current time in
milliseconds.
Just like `pop/2` _vs._ `pop_entry/2`, `peek` wil only return `{:ok, value}`
when a timeout is reached whereas `peek_entry` will return `{:ok, entry}`.
"""
@spec peek(t, now_ms :: timestamp_ms) :: peek_return()
def peek(tq, now) do
case peek_entry(tq, now) do
{:ok, entry} -> {:ok, value(entry)}
other -> other
end
end
@doc """
Returns the next event of the queue with the current system time as `now/0`.
See `peek_entry/2`.
"""
@spec peek_entry(t) :: peek_entry_return()
def peek_entry(tq),
do: peek_entry(tq, now())
@doc """
Returns the next event of the queue according to the given current time in
milliseconds.
Possible return values are:
- `:empty`
- `{:ok, entry}` if the timestamp of the first entry is `<=` to the given
current time.
- `{:delay, tref, ms}` if the timestamp of the first entry is `>` to the given
current time. The remaining amount of milliseconds is returned.
### Example
iex> {:ok, tref, tq} = TimeQueue.new() |> TimeQueue.enqueue(100, :hello, _now = 0)
iex> {:delay, ^tref, 80} = TimeQueue.peek_entry(tq, _now = 20)
iex> {:ok, _} = TimeQueue.peek_entry(tq, _now = 100)
"""
@spec peek_entry(t, now_ms :: timestamp_ms) :: peek_entry_return()
def peek_entry(%{s: 0}, _),
do: :empty
def peek_entry(%{q: [h | _]}, now) do
case h do
%{k: %{t: ts}} = entry when ts <= now -> {:ok, entry}
%{k: %{t: ts} = tref} -> {:delay, tref, ts - now}
end
end
@doc """
Extracts the next entry in the queue with the current system time as `now/0`.
See `pop/2`.
"""
@spec pop(t) :: pop_return()
def pop(tq),
do: pop(tq, now())
@doc ~S"""
Extracts the next entry in the queue according to the given current time in
milliseconds.
Much like `pop_entry/2` but the tuple returned when an entry time is reached
(returns with `:ok`) success will only contain the value inserted in the
queue.
Possible return values are:
- `:empty`
- `{:ok, value, new_queue}` if the timestamp of the first entry is `<=` to the
given current time. The entry is deleted from `new_queue`.
- `{:delay, tref, ms}` if the timestamp of the first entry is `>` to the given
current time. The remaining amount of milliseconds is returned.
### Example
iex> {:ok, tref, tq} = TimeQueue.new() |> TimeQueue.enqueue(100, :hello, _now = 0)
iex> {:delay, ^tref, 80} = TimeQueue.pop(tq, _now = 20)
iex> {:ok, value, _} = TimeQueue.pop(tq, _now = 100)
iex> value
:hello
"""
@spec pop(t, now_ms :: timestamp_ms) :: pop_return()
def pop(tq, now) do
case pop_entry(tq, now) do
{:ok, entry, tq2} -> {:ok, value(entry), tq2}
other -> other
end
end
@doc """
Extracts the next entry in the queue with the current system time as `now/0`.
See `pop_entry/2`.
"""
@spec pop_entry(t) :: pop_entry_return()
def pop_entry(tq),
do: pop_entry(tq, now())
@doc ~S"""
Extracts the next entry in the queue according to the given current time in
milliseconds.
Possible return values are:
- `:empty`
- `{:ok, entry, new_queue}` if the timestamp of the first entry is `<=` to the
given current time. The entry is deleted from `new_queue`.
- `{:delay, tref, ms}` if the timestamp of the first entry is `>` to the given
current time. The remaining amount of milliseconds is returned.
### Example
iex> {:ok, tref, tq} = TimeQueue.new() |> TimeQueue.enqueue(100, :hello, _now = 0)
iex> {:delay, ^tref, 80} = TimeQueue.pop_entry(tq, _now = 20)
iex> {:ok, entry, _} = TimeQueue.pop_entry(tq, _now = 100)
iex> TimeQueue.value(entry)
:hello
"""
@spec pop_entry(t, now_ms :: timestamp_ms) :: pop_entry_return()
def pop_entry(%{s: 0}, _),
do: :empty
def pop_entry(%{s: size, q: [h | tail]} = tq, now) do
case h do
%{k: %{t: ts}} = entry when ts <= now ->
tq = %{tq | s: size - 1, q: tail}
{:ok, entry, tq}
%{k: %{t: ts} = tref} ->
{:delay, tref, ts - now}
end
end
@doc """
Deletes an entry from the queue and returns the new queue.
It accepts a time reference or a full entry. When an entry is given,
its time reference will be used to find the entry to delete,
meaning the queue entry will be deleted even if the value of the
passed entry was tampered.
The function does not fail if the entry cannot be found and simply
returns the queue as-is.
"""
@spec delete(t, entry | tref) :: t
def delete(tq, %{k: tref}),
do: delete(tq, tref)
def delete(tq, %{t: _, u: _} = tref),
do: filter(tq, fn %{k: k} -> k != tref end)
@doc """
Deletes all entries from the queue whose values are equal to `unwanted`.
"""
@spec delete_val(t, any) :: t
def delete_val(tq, unwanted) do
filter(tq, fn %{v: v} -> v !== unwanted end)
end
@doc """
Returns a new queue with entries for whom the given callback returned a truthy
value.
Use `filter_val/2` to filter only using values.
"""
@spec filter(t, (entry -> bool)) :: t
def filter(%{q: q} = tq, fun) do
new_q = Enum.filter(q, fun)
%{tq | s: length(new_q), q: new_q}
end
@doc """
Returns a new queue with entries for whom the given callback returned a truthy
value.
Unlinke `filter/2`, the callback is only passed the entry value.
"""
@spec filter_val(t, (any -> bool)) :: t
def filter_val(tq, fun) do
filter(tq, fn %{v: v} -> fun.(v) end)
end
@doc """
Adds a new entry to the queue with a TTL and the current system time as `now/0`.
See `enqueue/4`.
"""
@spec enqueue(t, ttl, any) :: enqueue_return(t)
def enqueue(tq, ttl, val),
do: enqueue(tq, ttl, val, now())
@doc """
Adds a new entry to the queue with a TTL relative to the given timestamp in
milliseconds.
Returns `{:ok, tref, new_queue}` where `tref` is a timer reference.
"""
@spec enqueue(t, ttl, any, now :: integer) :: enqueue_return(t)
def enqueue(tq, ttl, val, now_ms)
def enqueue(tq, ttl, val, now) when is_timespec(ttl),
do: enqueue_abs(tq, timespec_add(ttl, now), val)
def enqueue(tq, ttl, val, now) when is_integer(ttl),
do: enqueue_abs(tq, now + ttl, val)
@doc """
Adds a new entry to the queue with an absolute timestamp.
Returns `{:ok, tref, new_queue}` where `tref` is a timer reference.
"""
@spec enqueue_abs(t, end_time :: integer, value :: any) :: enqueue_return(t)
def enqueue_abs(%{m: max_id, s: size, q: q} = tq, ts, val) do
new_max_id = bump_max_id(max_id)
tref = %{t: ts, u: new_max_id}
entry = %{k: tref, v: val}
q = insert(q, entry)
{:ok, tref, %{tq | s: size + 1, q: q, m: new_max_id}}
end
defp insert([%{k: ktop} = top | rest], %{k: k} = cur) when k > ktop do
[top | insert(rest, cur)]
end
defp insert(list, cur) do
[cur | list]
end
defp bump_max_id(max_id) when max_id < @max_int, do: max_id + 1
defp bump_max_id(@max_int), do: @min_int
@doc """
Returns the value of an queue entry.
iex> tq = TimeQueue.new()
iex> {:ok, _, tq} = TimeQueue.enqueue(tq, 10, :my_value)
iex> Process.sleep(10)
iex> {:ok, entry} = TimeQueue.peek_entry(tq)
iex> TimeQueue.value(entry)
:my_value
"""
@spec value(entry) :: any
def value(%{v: val}), do: val
@doc """
Returns the time reference of an queue entry. This reference is
used as a key to identify a unique entry.
iex> tq = TimeQueue.new()
iex> {:ok, tref, tq} = TimeQueue.enqueue(tq, 10, :my_value)
iex> Process.sleep(10)
iex> {:ok, entry} = TimeQueue.peek_entry(tq)
iex> tref == TimeQueue.tref(entry)
true
"""
@spec tref(entry) :: any
def tref(%{k: tref}), do: tref
@doc """
This function is used internally to determine the current time when it is not
given in the arguments to `enqueue/3`, `pop/1`, `pop_entry/1` and `peek_entry/1`.
It is a simple alias to `:erlang.system_time(:millisecond)`. TimeQueue does
not use monotonic time since it already manages its own unique identifiers for
queue entries.
"""
@spec now :: integer
def now(),
do: :erlang.system_time(:millisecond)
defp ttl_to_milliseconds({n, :ms}) when is_integer(n) and n > 0,
do: n
defp ttl_to_milliseconds({_, _} = ttl) when is_timespec(ttl),
do: ttl_to_seconds(ttl) * 1000
defp ttl_to_seconds({seconds, unit}) when unit in [:second, :seconds],
do: seconds
defp ttl_to_seconds({minutes, unit}) when unit in [:minute, :minutes],
do: minutes * 60
defp ttl_to_seconds({hours, unit}) when unit in [:hour, :hours],
do: hours * 60 * 60
defp ttl_to_seconds({days, unit}) when unit in [:day, :days],
do: days * 24 * 60 * 60
defp ttl_to_seconds({weeks, unit}) when unit in [:week, :weeks],
do: weeks * 7 * 24 * 60 * 60
defp ttl_to_seconds({_, unit}),
do: raise("Unknown TTL unit: #{unit}")
defp timespec_add(ttl, int),
do: ttl_to_milliseconds(ttl) + int
def supports_encoding(:json), do: true
def supports_encoding(:etf), do: true
def supports_encoding(_), do: false
end