class EventMachine::SpawnedProcess

Support for Erlang-style processes.

Public Instance Methods

notify(*x) click to toggle source

Send a message to the spawned process

# File lib/em/spawnable.rb, line 31
def notify *x
  me = self
  EM.next_tick {
    # A notification executes in the context of this
    # SpawnedProcess object. That makes self and notify
    # work as one would expect.
    #
    y = me.call(*x)
    if y and y.respond_to?(:pull_out_yield_block)
      a,b = y.pull_out_yield_block
      set_receiver a
      self.notify if b
    end
  }
end
Also aliased as: resume, run
resume(*x)
Alias for: notify
run(*x)
Alias for: notify
set_receiver(blk) click to toggle source
# File lib/em/spawnable.rb, line 49
def set_receiver blk
  (class << self ; self ; end).class_eval do
    remove_method :call if method_defined? :call
    define_method :call, blk
  end
end