services/mgmt/node/impl/proxy_invoker.go

package impl

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"

	"veyron.io/veyron/veyron2/ipc"
	"veyron.io/veyron/veyron2/rt"
	"veyron.io/veyron/veyron2/security"
)

// proxyInvoker is an ipc.Invoker implementation that proxies all requests
// to a remote object, i.e. requests to <suffix> are forwarded to
// <remote> transparently.
//
// remote is the name of the remote object.
// label is the security label required to access this object.
// sigStub is used to get the signature of the remote object.
type proxyInvoker struct {
	remote  string
	label   security.Label
	sigStub signatureStub
}

var _ ipc.Invoker = (*proxyInvoker)(nil)

type signatureStub interface {
	Signature(ipc.ServerContext) (ipc.ServiceSignature, error)
}

func (p *proxyInvoker) Prepare(method string, numArgs int) (argptrs, tags []interface{}, err error) {
	argptrs = make([]interface{}, numArgs)
	for i, _ := range argptrs {
		var x interface{}
		argptrs[i] = &x
	}
	tags = []interface{}{p.label}
	return
}

func (p *proxyInvoker) Invoke(method string, inCall ipc.ServerCall, argptrs []interface{}) (results []interface{}, err error) {
	// We accept any values as argument and pass them through to the remote
	// server.
	args := make([]interface{}, len(argptrs))
	for i, ap := range argptrs {
		args[i] = ap
	}
	outCall, err := rt.R().Client().StartCall(inCall, p.remote, method, args)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// Each RPC has a bi-directional stream, and there is no way to know in
	// advance how much data will be sent in either direction, if any.
	//
	// This method (Invoke) must return when the remote server is done with
	// the RPC, which is when outCall.Recv() returns EOF. When that happens,
	// we need to call outCall.Finish() to get the return values, and then
	// return these values to the client.
	//
	// While we are forwarding data from the server to the client, we must
	// also forward data from the client to the server. This happens in a
	// separate goroutine. This goroutine may return after Invoke has
	// returned if the client doesn't call CloseSend() explicitly.
	//
	// Any error, other than EOF, will be returned to the client, if
	// possible. The only situation where it is not possible to send an
	// error to the client is when the error comes from forwarding data from
	// the client to the server and Invoke has already returned or is about
	// to return. In this case, the error is lost. So, it is possible that
	// the client could successfully Send() data that the server doesn't
	// actually receive if the server terminates the RPC while the data is
	// in the proxy.
	fwd := func(src, dst ipc.Stream, errors chan<- error) {
		for {
			var obj interface{}
			switch err := src.Recv(&obj); err {
			case io.EOF:
				if call, ok := src.(ipc.Call); ok {
					if err := call.CloseSend(); err != nil {
						errors <- err
					}
				}
				return
			case nil:
				break
			default:
				errors <- err
				return
			}
			if err := dst.Send(obj); err != nil {
				errors <- err
				return
			}
		}
	}
	errors := make(chan error, 2)
	go fwd(inCall, outCall, errors)
	fwd(outCall, inCall, errors)
	select {
	case err := <-errors:
		return nil, err
	default:
	}

	nResults, err := p.numResults(method)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// We accept any return values, without type checking, and return them
	// to the client.
	res := make([]interface{}, nResults)
	for i := 0; i < len(res); i++ {
		var foo interface{}
		res[i] = &foo
	}
	err = outCall.Finish(res...)
	results = make([]interface{}, len(res))
	for i, r := range res {
		results[i] = *r.(*interface{})
	}
	return results, err
}

// TODO(toddw): Expose a helper function that performs all error checking based
// on reflection, to simplify the repeated logic processing results.
func (p *proxyInvoker) Signature(ctx ipc.ServerContext) ([]ipc.InterfaceSig, error) {
	call, ok := ctx.(ipc.ServerCall)
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't upgrade ipc.ServerContext to ipc.ServerCall")
	}
	results, err := p.Invoke(ipc.ReservedSignature, call, nil)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	if len(results) != 2 {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected number of result values. Got %d, want 2.", len(results))
	}
	if results[1] != nil {
		err, ok := results[1].(error)
		if !ok {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected error type. Got %T, want error.", err)
		}
		return nil, err
	}
	var res []ipc.InterfaceSig
	if results[0] != nil {
		sig, ok := results[0].([]ipc.InterfaceSig)
		if !ok {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected result value type. Got %T, want []ipc.InterfaceSig.", sig)
		}
	}
	return res, nil
}

func (p *proxyInvoker) MethodSignature(ctx ipc.ServerContext, method string) (ipc.MethodSig, error) {
	empty := ipc.MethodSig{}
	call, ok := ctx.(ipc.ServerCall)
	if !ok {
		return empty, fmt.Errorf("couldn't upgrade ipc.ServerContext to ipc.ServerCall")
	}
	results, err := p.Invoke(ipc.ReservedMethodSignature, call, []interface{}{&method})
	if err != nil {
		return empty, err
	}
	if len(results) != 2 {
		return empty, fmt.Errorf("unexpected number of result values. Got %d, want 2.", len(results))
	}
	if results[1] != nil {
		err, ok := results[1].(error)
		if !ok {
			return empty, fmt.Errorf("unexpected error type. Got %T, want error.", err)
		}
		return empty, err
	}
	var res ipc.MethodSig
	if results[0] != nil {
		sig, ok := results[0].(ipc.MethodSig)
		if !ok {
			return empty, fmt.Errorf("unexpected result value type. Got %T, want ipc.MethodSig.", sig)
		}
	}
	return res, nil
}

func (p *proxyInvoker) VGlob() *ipc.GlobState {
	return &ipc.GlobState{VAllGlobber: p}
}

func (p *proxyInvoker) Glob(ctx *ipc.GlobContextStub, pattern string) error {
	argptrs := []interface{}{&pattern}
	results, err := p.Invoke(ipc.GlobMethod, ctx, argptrs)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if len(results) != 1 {
		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected number of result values. Got %d, want 1.", len(results))
	}
	if results[0] == nil {
		return nil
	}
	err, ok := results[0].(error)
	if !ok {
		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected result value type. Got %T, want error.", err)
	}
	return err
}

// numResults returns the number of result values for the given method.
func (p *proxyInvoker) numResults(method string) (int, error) {
	// TODO(toddw): Replace this mechanism when the new signature mechanism is
	// complete.
	switch method {
	case ipc.GlobMethod:
		return 1, nil
	case ipc.ReservedSignature, ipc.ReservedMethodSignature:
		return 2, nil
	}
	sig, err := p.sigStub.Signature(nil)
	if err != nil {
		return 0, err
	}
	m, ok := sig.Methods[method]
	if !ok {
		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unknown method %q", method)
	}
	return len(m.OutArgs), nil
}