backchannel 0.1.0

data/backchannel.gemspec

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+Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+  spec.name          = "backchannel"
+  spec.version       = "0.1.0"
+  spec.platform      = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+  spec.license       = "MIT"
+  spec.authors       = ["John Pignata"]
+  spec.email         = ["john@pignata.com"]
+  spec.summary       = "Multicast-based peer-to-peer text chat"
+  spec.description   = "Sample application from article posted on http://tx.pignata.com"
+  spec.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  spec.executables   = %w(backchannel)
+  spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  spec.required_ruby_version = ">= 1.9.3"
+end

data/bin/backchannel

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+$: << "./lib"
+
+if handle = ARGV[0]
+  trap(:INT) { abort }
+  require "backchannel"
+  Backchannel.start(handle)
+else
+  abort "Usage: bcc <HANDLE>"
+end
+

data/lib/backchannel.rb

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+require_relative "backchannel/client"
+require_relative "backchannel/window"
+require_relative "backchannel/message"
+
+class Backchannel
+  def self.start(handle)
+    client = Client.new(handle)
+    window = Window.new(client)
+
+    window.start
+  end
+end

data/lib/backchannel/client.rb

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+require "socket"
+require "thread"
+require "ipaddr"
+require "securerandom"
+
+class Client
+  MULTICAST_ADDR = "224.6.8.11"
+  BIND_ADDR = "0.0.0.0"
+  PORT = 6811
+
+  def initialize(handle)
+    @handle    = handle
+    @client_id = SecureRandom.hex(5)
+    @listeners = []
+  end
+
+  def add_message_listener(listener)
+    listen unless listening?
+    @listeners << listener
+  end
+
+  def transmit(content)
+    message = Message.new(
+      "client_id" => @client_id,
+      "handle"    => @handle,
+      "content"   => content
+    )
+
+    socket.send(message.to_json, 0, MULTICAST_ADDR, PORT)
+    message
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def listen
+    socket.bind(BIND_ADDR, PORT)
+
+    Thread.new do
+      loop do
+        attributes, _ = socket.recvfrom(1024)
+        message = Message.inflate(attributes)
+
+        unless message.client_id == @client_id
+          @listeners.each { |listener| listener.new_message(message) }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    @listening = true
+  end
+
+  def listening?
+    @listening == true
+  end
+
+  def socket
+    @socket ||= UDPSocket.open.tap do |socket|
+      socket.setsockopt(Socket::IPPROTO_IP, Socket::IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, bind_address)
+      socket.setsockopt(Socket::IPPROTO_IP, Socket::IP_MULTICAST_TTL, 1)
+      socket.setsockopt(Socket::SOL_SOCKET, Socket::SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def bind_address
+    IPAddr.new(MULTICAST_ADDR).hton + IPAddr.new(BIND_ADDR).hton
+  end
+end

data/lib/backchannel/message.rb

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+require "json"
+
+class Message
+  attr_reader :client_id, :handle, :content
+
+  def self.inflate(json)
+    attributes = JSON.parse(json)
+    new(attributes)
+  end
+
+  def initialize(attributes={})
+    @client_id = attributes.fetch("client_id")
+    @handle = attributes.fetch("handle")
+    @content = attributes.fetch("content")
+  end
+
+  def to_json
+    { client_id: client_id, handle: handle, content: content }.to_json
+  end
+end

data/lib/backchannel/window.rb

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+require "curses"
+
+class Window
+  include Curses
+
+  def initialize(client)
+    @client = client
+    @messages = []
+  end
+
+  def start
+    init_screen
+    start_color
+    init_pair(COLOR_WHITE, COLOR_BLACK, COLOR_WHITE)
+    redraw
+
+    @client.add_message_listener(self)
+
+    loop do
+      capture_input
+    end
+  end
+
+  def new_message(message)
+    @messages << message
+    redraw
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def capture_input
+    content = getstr
+
+    if content.length > 0
+      message = @client.transmit(content)
+      new_message(message)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def redraw
+    draw_text_field
+    draw_messages
+    cursor_to_input_line
+    refresh
+  end
+
+  def draw_text_field
+    setpos(divider_line, 0)
+    attron(color_pair(COLOR_WHITE) | A_NORMAL) do
+      addstr(" [backchannel]" + " " * cols)
+    end
+
+    cursor_to_input_line
+    clrtoeol
+  end
+
+  def draw_messages
+    @messages.last(window_line_size).inject(0) do |line_number, message|
+      setpos(line_number, 0)
+      clrtoeol
+      addstr("<#{message.handle}> #{message.content}")
+      line_number + 1
+    end
+  end
+
+  def input_line
+    lines - 1
+  end
+
+  def divider_line
+    lines - 2
+  end
+
+  def window_line_size
+    lines - 2
+  end
+
+  def cursor_to_input_line
+    setpos(input_line, 0)
+  end
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: backchannel
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.1.0
+  prerelease: 
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- John Pignata
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2012-11-01 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies: []
+description: Sample application from article posted on http://tx.pignata.com
+email:
+- john@pignata.com
+executables:
+- backchannel
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- backchannel.gemspec
+- bin/backchannel
+- lib/backchannel.rb
+- lib/backchannel/client.rb
+- lib/backchannel/message.rb
+- lib/backchannel/window.rb
+homepage: 
+licenses:
+- MIT
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: 1.9.3
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.8.24
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Multicast-based peer-to-peer text chat
+test_files: []