transport.go

package raft

import (
	"io"
	"time"
)

// RPCResponse captures both a response and a potential error.
type RPCResponse struct {
	Response interface{}
	Error    error
}

// RPC has a command, and provides a response mechanism.
type RPC struct {
	Command  interface{}
	Reader   io.Reader // Set only for InstallSnapshot
	RespChan chan<- RPCResponse
}

// Respond is used to respond with a response, error or both
func (r *RPC) Respond(resp interface{}, err error) {
	r.RespChan <- RPCResponse{resp, err}
}

// Transport provides an interface for network transports
// to allow Raft to communicate with other nodes.
type Transport interface {
	// Consumer returns a channel that can be used to
	// consume and respond to RPC requests.
	Consumer() <-chan RPC

	// LocalAddr is used to return our local address to distinguish from our peers.
	LocalAddr() string

	// AppendEntriesPipeline returns an interface that can be used to pipeline
	// AppendEntries requests.
	AppendEntriesPipeline(target string) (AppendPipeline, error)

	// AppendEntries sends the appropriate RPC to the target node.
	AppendEntries(target string, args *AppendEntriesRequest, resp *AppendEntriesResponse) error

	// RequestVote sends the appropriate RPC to the target node.
	RequestVote(target string, args *RequestVoteRequest, resp *RequestVoteResponse) error

	// InstallSnapshot is used to push a snapshot down to a follower. The data is read from
	// the ReadCloser and streamed to the client.
	InstallSnapshot(target string, args *InstallSnapshotRequest, resp *InstallSnapshotResponse, data io.Reader) error

	// EncodePeer is used to serialize a peer name.
	EncodePeer(string) []byte

	// DecodePeer is used to deserialize a peer name.
	DecodePeer([]byte) string

	// SetHeartbeatHandler is used to setup a heartbeat handler
	// as a fast-pass. This is to avoid head-of-line blocking from
	// disk IO. If a Transport does not support this, it can simply
	// ignore the call, and push the heartbeat onto the Consumer channel.
	SetHeartbeatHandler(cb func(rpc RPC))
}

// AppendPipeline is used for pipelining AppendEntries requests. It is used
// to increase the replication throughput by masking latency and better
// utilizing bandwidth.
type AppendPipeline interface {
	// AppendEntries is used to add another request to the pipeline.
	// The send may block which is an effective form of back-pressure.
	AppendEntries(args *AppendEntriesRequest, resp *AppendEntriesResponse) (AppendFuture, error)

	// Consumer returns a channel that can be used to consume
	// response futures when they are ready.
	Consumer() <-chan AppendFuture

	// Closes pipeline and cancels all inflight RPCs
	Close() error
}

// AppendFuture is used to return information about a pipelined AppendEntries request.
type AppendFuture interface {
	Future
	Start() time.Time
	Request() *AppendEntriesRequest
	Response() *AppendEntriesResponse
}