channels 0.0.1 → 0.0.2

data/lib/channel.rb

@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
 class Channel
-  attr_reader :thread
+  attr_reader :thread, :sender, :channel_out
 
   def initialize(*params, &block)
     @writing_thread = nil
     @reading_thread = nil
+    @channel_out = params.last || self
     @mutex = Mutex.new
+    @sender = nil
     @value = []
     @write_mutex = Mutex.new
-    @thread = Thread.new do
-      yield self
+    if block_given? 
+      @thread = new_thread { yield self }
+    else 
+      raise "Must implement run" unless respond_to?(:run)
+      @thread = new_thread { run }
     end
   end
 
-  def write(value)
+  def new_thread(&block)
+    @thread = Thread.new { 
+      begin
+        yield block
+      rescue => e
+        puts "error running thread #{e}"
+      end
+    }
+  end
+
+  def write(value, sender = nil)
     @write_mutex.synchronize {
       @mutex.synchronize {
-        @value.push value
+        @value.push(:value => value, :sender => sender)
         if @reading_thread.nil?
           @writing_thread = Thread.current
           @mutex.sleep
@@ -29,6 +44,10 @@ class Channel
     }
   end
 
+  def write_out(value)
+    @channel_out.write(value, self)
+  end
+
   def read
     @mutex.synchronize {
       if @writing_thread 
@@ -39,10 +58,13 @@ class Channel
         @mutex.sleep
         @reading_thread = nil
       end
-      @value.shift
+      response = @value.shift
+      @sender = response[:sender]
+      response[:value]
     }
   end
 
+
   def kill
     @thread.kill
   end

data/lib/channels.rb

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 require 'channel'
+require 'main_channel'

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: channels
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 0.0.1
+  version: 0.0.2
   prerelease: 
 platform: ruby
 authors:
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ authors:
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2010-01-20 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+date: 2012-01-20 00:00:00.000000000 Z
 dependencies: []
 description: Go-lang style channels in ruby
 email: towski@gmail.com