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authorLoïc Hoguin <[email protected]>2017-02-18 18:26:20 +0100
committerLoïc Hoguin <[email protected]>2017-02-18 18:26:20 +0100
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Allow passing options to sub protocols
Before this commit we had an issue where configuring a Websocket connection was simply not possible without doing magic, adding callbacks or extra return values. The init/2 function only allowed setting hibernate and timeout options. After this commit, when switching to a different type of handler you can either return {module, Req, State} or {module, Req, State, Opts} where Opts is any value (as far as the sub protocol interface is concerned) and is ultimately checked by the custom handlers. A large protocol like Websocket would accept only a map there, with many different options, while a small interface like loop handlers would allow passing hibernate and nothing else. For Websocket, hibernate must be set from the websocket_init/1 callback, because init/2 executes in a separate process. Sub protocols now have two callbacks: one with the Opts value, one without. The loop handler code was largely reworked and simplified. It does not need to manage a timeout or read from the socket anymore, it's the job of the protocol code. A lot of unnecessary stuff was therefore removed. Websocket compression must now be enabled from the handler options instead of per listener. This means that a project can have two separate Websocket handlers with different options. Compression is still disabled by default, and the idle_timeout value was changed from inifnity to 60000 (60 seconds), as that's safer and is also a good value for mobile devices.
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/guide/sub_protocols.asciidoc b/doc/src/guide/sub_protocols.asciidoc
index 2ab96bc..83fa975 100644
--- a/doc/src/guide/sub_protocols.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/guide/sub_protocols.asciidoc
@@ -20,31 +20,31 @@ init(Req, State) ->
{cowboy_websocket, Req, State}.
----
-The return value may also have a `Timeout` value and/or the
-atom `hibernate`. These options are useful for long living
-connections. When they are not provided, the timeout value
-defaults to `infinity` and the hibernate value to `run`.
+The returned tuple may also have a fourth element containing
+options for the sub protocol. No option is universal. While
+it will usually be a map of options, it doesn't have to be.
+For example loop handlers accept the atom `hibernate`.
The following snippet switches to the `my_protocol` sub
protocol, sets the timeout value to 5 seconds and enables
hibernation:
-// @todo Yeah maybe what we really need is an Opts map.
-
[source,erlang]
----
init(Req, State) ->
- {my_protocol, Req, State, 5000, hibernate}.
+ {my_protocol, Req, State, #{
+ timeout => 5000,
+ compress => true}}.
----
-If a sub protocol does not make use of these options, it should
-crash if it receives anything other than the default values.
+Sub protocols should ignore unknown options so as to not waste
+resources doing unnecessary validation.
=== Upgrade
-After the `init/2` function returns, Cowboy will then call the
-`upgrade/6` function. This is the only callback defined by the
-`cowboy_sub_protocol` behavior.
+After the `init/2` function returns, Cowboy will call either
+the `upgrade/4` or the `upgrade/5` function. The former is called
+when no options were given; the latter when they were given.
The function is named `upgrade` because it mimics the mechanism
of HTTP protocol upgrades. For some sub protocols, like Websocket,
@@ -53,16 +53,19 @@ only an upgrade at Cowboy's level and the client has nothing to
do about it.
The upgrade callback receives the Req object, the middleware
-environment, the handler and its options, and the aforementioned
-timeout and hibernate values.
+environment, the handler and its state, and for `upgrade/5`
+also the aformentioned options.
[source,erlang]
----
-upgrade(Req, Env, Handler, HandlerOpts, Timeout, Hibernate) ->
+upgrade(Req, Env, Handler, State) ->
+ %% Sub protocol code here.
+
+upgrade(Req, Env, Handler, State, Opts) ->
%% Sub protocol code here.
----
-This callback is expected to behave like a middleware and to
+These callbacks are expected to behave like middlewares and to
return an updated environment and Req object.
Sub protocols are expected to call the `cowboy_handler:terminate/4`