peers.go

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Copyright 2012 Google Inc.

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// peers.go defines how processes find and communicate with their peers.

package groupcache

import (
	pb "github.com/golang/groupcache/groupcachepb"
)

// Context is an opaque value passed through calls to the
// ProtoGetter. It may be nil if your ProtoGetter implementation does
// not require a context.
type Context interface{}

// ProtoGetter is the interface that must be implemented by a peer.
type ProtoGetter interface {
	Get(context Context, in *pb.GetRequest, out *pb.GetResponse) error
}

// PeerPicker is the interface that must be implemented to locate
// the peer that owns a specific key.
type PeerPicker interface {
	// PickPeer returns the peer that owns the specific key
	// and true to indicate that a remote peer was nominated.
	// It returns nil, false if the key owner is the current peer.
	PickPeer(key string) (peer ProtoGetter, ok bool)
}

// NoPeers is an implementation of PeerPicker that never finds a peer.
type NoPeers struct{}

func (NoPeers) PickPeer(key string) (peer ProtoGetter, ok bool) { return }

var (
	portPicker func() PeerPicker
)

// RegisterPeerPicker registers the peer initialization function.
// It is called once, when the first group is created.
func RegisterPeerPicker(fn func() PeerPicker) {
	if portPicker != nil {
		panic("RegisterPeerPicker called more than once")
	}
	portPicker = fn
}

func getPeers() PeerPicker {
	if portPicker == nil {
		return NoPeers{}
	}
	pk := portPicker()
	if pk == nil {
		pk = NoPeers{}
	}
	return pk
}