groovyx.gpars.dataflow
Class DataflowBroadcast<T>

java.lang.Object
  groovyx.gpars.dataflow.stream.DataflowStreamWriteAdapter<T>
      groovyx.gpars.dataflow.DataflowBroadcast<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The type of messages to pass through the stream

All Implemented Interfaces:

DataflowWriteChannel<T>

public final class DataflowBroadcast<T>
extends DataflowStreamWriteAdapter<T>

Offers a deterministic one-to-many and many-to-many messaging alternative to DataflowQueue. Internally it wraps a DataflowStream class with a DataflowStreamWriteAdapter and so synchronizes all writes to the underlying stream allowing multiple threads accessing the stream concurrently. On demand through the createReadChannel() method it will return an DataflowReadChannel through which the reader will receive all messages written to the channel since then.

Typical use:

DataflowWriteChannel broadcastStream = new DataflowBroadcast() DataflowReadChannel stream1 = broadcastStream.createReadChannel() DataflowReadChannel stream2 = broadcastStream.createReadChannel() broadcastStream << 'Message' assert stream1.val == stream2.val

Author:

Vaclav Pech

Constructor Summary

DataflowBroadcast()
Creates a new instance

Method Summary

DataflowReadChannel<T>	createReadChannel() Retrieves an implementation of DataflowReadChannel to read all messages submitted to the broadcast chanel.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class groovyx.gpars.dataflow.stream.DataflowStreamWriteAdapter

bind, getHead, leftShift, leftShift

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DataflowBroadcast

public DataflowBroadcast()

Creates a new instance

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class DataflowStreamWriteAdapter<T>

createReadChannel

public DataflowReadChannel<T> createReadChannel()

Retrieves an implementation of DataflowReadChannel to read all messages submitted to the broadcast chanel. Since multiple parties (threads/tasks/actors/...) may ask for read channels independently, the submitted messages are effectively broadcast to all the subscribers.

Returns:

A read channel to receive messages submitted to the broadcast channel from now on.