Send message to a specific thread

[KabDeveloper]

Hi

Is there any clear example on how to send a message to a specific thread ?

Clearely, I want a function inside a thread that listen live messages received from the main function of my script on user request, this mean each time a request is receive from online user, I send it to the specific thread were the function is working.

Just a small example that interpret this case please, I am stcuking since I am new to channels ad can't find a good example that demonstrating how it works.

Thanks again

[jdm]

Messages are not sent to threads in this library; they are sent to a receiver. To have a specific thread receive a message, you need to create a sender and receiver pair (ipc::channel()), then move the receiver into the thread when it is spawned and use it to receive messages.

[KabDeveloper]

@jdm Thank you so much for your answer !

Is there a way you show a simple example on how to achieve that please ? I can't find any in your github :(

[jdm]

Often you will have code that looks like this:

let (sender, receiver) = ipc::channel().unwrap();
thread::spawn(move || {
    while let Ok(msg) = receiver.recv() {
        // do something in response to receiving `msg`
    }
});

// We send integers here, but this could also be
// an enum, or strings, or something else.
let _ = sender.send(5);
// ...later...
let _ = sender.send(3);

That being said, it sounds like you might be looking for https://doc.servo.org/std/sync/mpsc/index.html rather than ipc-channel, since ipc-channel is used to support inter-process communication. If you're only communicating between threads, ipc-channel is an unnecessary burden.

[KabDeveloper]

@jdm big thanks sir ! Really appreciated.