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+= lifeline
+
+Methods for creating lifeline tasks. This allows you to write cron jobs that
+restart processes that die while ensuring the code is only executing only once
+(avoiding the duplication that sometimes happens using the 'daemons') gem.
+Both a generic lifeline method is provided as well as methods to create 3
+lifeline rake tasks for managing lifelines.
+
+== The Lifeline Approach
+
+For all their history, daemons can be problematic. For starters, mechanisms
+for restarting daemons that have failed often rely on a third-party
+application like monit which is itself a daemon. In addition, PID-based
+mechanisms to ensure only one daemon is running at a time fail in both ways,
+sometimes preventing a daemon from starting up and other times not preventing
+multiple instances from running.
+
+The lifeline pattern (originally presented to me by Matt Todd of Highgroove
+Studios) is a different approach that uses a cron job that runs every minute
+as a lifeline to restart the daemon process if it has died. This lifeline
+calls ps to see if another instance of the same command is already running. If
+it is, the lifeline exits immediately. Otherwise, it stays running
+indefinitely (Cron starts all jobs via a fork, so it can run forever without
+stalling out cron). The trick is figuring out the right invocation to ps to
+ensure you are only checking for apps with the same name. But the lifeline gem
+handles all this to you.
+
+Although lifelines can work well for processes that run forever, the technique
+can also be used to safeguard any code you only want to run a single instance
+of at a time (eg, if you have a cron job that runs every 5 minutes and you
+want to ensure it doesn't run 2 processes should the first cron job get
+delayed.)
+
+== How a Lifeline Works
+
+More specifically, the lifeline method (and rake task that calls it) does the following steps:
+
+* Get a list of all running processes
+* Find the name of the current process by looking for the command associated with the current process id (the $$ variable)
+* If there is another process with the same command string, return and exit
+* Otherwise yield to run the passed block.
+
+== Examples
+
+  Lifeline.lifeline do
+    # some code you want to run in only a single process
+  end
+  
+  Lifeline.define_lifeline_tasks("appname") do
+    # some code you want to run in a single lifeline
+  end
+  
+  > rake -T appname
+
+== Note on Patches/Pull Requests
+ 
+* Fork the project.
+* Make your feature addition or bug fix.
+* Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a
+  future version unintentionally.
+* Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history.
+  (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
+* Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.
+
+== Copyright
+
+Copyright (c) 2010 The New York Times. See LICENSE for details.

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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'rake'
+
+begin
+  require 'jeweler'
+  Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
+    gem.name = "lifeline"
+    gem.summary = %Q{A cron-based alternative to running daemon scripts}
+    gem.description = %Q{A cron-based alternative to running daemon scripts}
+    gem.email = "open@nytimes.com"
+    gem.homepage = "http://github.com/harrisj/lifeline"
+    gem.authors = ["Jacob Harris", "Ben Koski", "Matt Todd"]
+    gem.add_development_dependency "shoulda", ">= 0"
+    gem.add_development_dependency "yard", ">= 0"
+    gem.add_development_dependency "mocha", ">= 0"
+    # gem is a Gem::Specification... see http://www.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20 for additional settings
+  end
+  Jeweler::GemcutterTasks.new
+rescue LoadError
+  puts "Jeweler (or a dependency) not available. Install it with: gem install jeweler"
+end
+
+require 'rake/testtask'
+Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
+  test.libs << 'lib' << 'test'
+  test.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
+  test.verbose = true
+end
+
+begin
+  require 'rcov/rcovtask'
+  Rcov::RcovTask.new do |test|
+    test.libs << 'test'
+    test.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
+    test.verbose = true
+  end
+rescue LoadError
+  task :rcov do
+    abort "RCov is not available. In order to run rcov, you must: sudo gem install spicycode-rcov"
+  end
+end
+
+task :test => :check_dependencies
+
+task :default => :test
+
+begin
+  require 'yard'
+  YARD::Rake::YardocTask.new
+rescue LoadError
+  task :yardoc do
+    abort "YARD is not available. In order to run yardoc, you must: sudo gem install yard"
+  end
+end

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+0.3.0

data/lib/lifeline.rb

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+require 'rake'
+require 'rake/tasklib'
+
+module Lifeline
+  ##
+  # @private
+  def get_process_list
+    processes = %x{ps ax -o pid,command}
+
+    return nil if processes.nil?
+
+    processes.split(/\n/).map do |p|
+      if p =~ /^(\d+)\s(.+)$/
+        {:pid => $1.to_i, :command => $2.strip}
+      end
+    end.compact
+  end
+
+  ##
+  # A method for executing a block of code only if there is no other process with the same command running. This is useful if you want
+  # to have a perpetually running daemon that only executes once at a time. It uses the process name returned by ps ax to see if there is
+  # a process with the same command name but a different PID already executing. If so, it terminates without running the block. NOTE: since it
+  # uses the command name returned from <tt>ps ax</tt>, it us up to to you to name the process containing this code with a distinctly unique name. If two
+  # separate Rails projects both have a <tt>rake lifeline</tt> task they WILL interfere with each other. I'd suggest prefixing with the project name (ie, 
+  # <tt>doc_viewer:lifeline</tt>) to be sure
+  #
+  # @param &block a block which is executed if there is not already a lifeline running.
+  # @raise [ArgumentError] if you do not pass in a block argument
+  def lifeline
+    if !block_given?
+      raise ArgumentError, "You must pass in a block to be the body of the run rake task"
+    end
+
+    my_pid = $$
+    processes = get_process_list
+
+    if processes.nil? || processes.empty?
+      raise "No processes being returned by get_process_list. Aborting!"
+    end
+
+    myself = processes.detect {|p| p[:pid] == my_pid}
+    if myself.nil?
+      raise "Unable to find self in process list. This is bizarre to say the least. Exiting"
+    end
+
+    # there isn't already another process running with the same command
+    if !processes.any? {|p| p[:pid] != my_pid && p[:command] == myself[:command]}
+      yield
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Define rake tasks for running, starting, and terminating
+  class LifelineRakeTask < ::Rake::TaskLib
+    # The namespace to define the tasks in
+    # @return [String] the namespace for the tasks
+    attr_accessor :namespace
+
+    ##
+    # Creates 3 new tasks for the lifeline in the namespace specified. These
+    # tasks are
+    # * run - a task for running the code provided in the block
+    # * lifeline - a lifeline task for running the run task if it's not already running
+    # * terminate - a task for terminating all lifelines.
+    # 
+    # @param [String, Symbol] name the namespace of the rake tasks
+    # @param [optional, Hash] opts Additional options for the method
+    # @option opts [Array<String, Symbol>] :prereqs ([]) If there any any rake tasks that should be prerequisites of the :run task, specify them here (For Rails, you would do :prereqs => :environment)
+    # @param a block that defines the body of the run task
+    def initialize(namespace, opts={}, &block)
+      if !block_given?
+        raise ArgumentError, "You must pass in a block to be the body of the run rake task"
+      end
+
+      @namespace = namespace
+
+      define_run_task(opts, &block)
+      define_lifeline_task
+      define_terminate_task
+    end
+
+    protected
+
+    def run_task_name
+      "#{namespace}:run"
+    end
+
+    def define_run_task(opts={}, &block)
+      desc "Runs the #{namespace}:run task"
+      
+      task_arg = if opts[:prereqs]
+        {run_task_name => opts[:prereqs]}
+      else
+        run_task_name
+      end
+      
+      task(task_arg, &block)
+    end
+
+    def define_lifeline_task
+      desc "A lifeline task for executing only one process of #{namespace}:run at a time"
+      task("#{namespace}:lifeline") do
+        lifeline do
+          Rake::Task["#{namespace}:run"].invoke
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def define_terminate_task
+      desc "Terminates any running #{namespace}:lifeline tasks"
+      task("#{namespace}:terminate") do
+        unless (process = %x{ps aux | grep "#{namespace}:lifeline" | grep ruby | grep -v grep}.chomp).empty?
+          runner_pid = process.gsub(/(\s+)/, ' ').split(' ')[1]
+          puts %x{kill -9 #{runner_pid}}
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  ##
+  # A method that defines 3 rake tasks for doing lifelines:
+  # * <tt>namespace:run</tt> runs the specified block
+  # * <tt>namespace:lifeline</tt> a lifeline for executing only a single copy of <tt>namespace:run</tt> at a time
+  # * <tt>namespace:terminate</tt> a task for terminating the lifelines
+  #
+  # @param [String,Symbol] namespace the namespace to define the 3 tasks in
+  # @param &block a block which defines the body of the namespace:run method
+  #
+  # @raise [ArgumentError] if you do not pass in a block argument
+  def define_lifeline_tasks(namespace, &block)
+    LifelineRakeTask.new(namespace, &block)
+  end
+end

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+require 'rubygems'
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'shoulda'
+require 'mocha'
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
+require 'lifeline'
+
+class Test::Unit::TestCase
+end

data/test/test_lifeline.rb

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+require 'helper'
+
+class TestBlockExecutionException < StandardError
+end
+
+class TestLifeline < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  include Lifeline
+  
+  context "get_process_list" do
+    should "return an array of process hashes" do
+      processes = get_process_list
+      assert_kind_of(Array, processes)
+      processes.all? do |p|
+        assert_kind_of(Hash, p)
+        assert_not_nil p[:pid]
+        assert_kind_of(Integer, p[:pid])
+        assert_not_nil p[:command]
+        assert_kind_of(String, p[:command])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  
+  context "lifeline" do
+    should "raise an ArgumentError when not passed a block" do
+      assert_raise(ArgumentError) { lifeline }
+    end
+    
+    context "when the process list is empty" do
+      setup do
+        self.expects(:get_process_list).returns(nil)
+      end
+      
+      should "raise a RuntimeError and exit without executing the block" do
+        assert_raise(RuntimeError) do 
+          lifeline do
+            flunk "This block should not be executed"
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    
+    context "when the process list does not contain the PID for this process" do
+      setup do
+        self.expects(:get_process_list).returns([{:pid => $$+1, :command => "random commmand"}])
+      end
+      
+      should "raise a RuntimeError and exit" do
+        assert_raise(RuntimeError) do
+          lifeline do
+            flunk "This block should not be executed"
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    
+    context "when there is no other process with the same command (different pid) as this one" do
+      should "execute the provided block" do
+        assert_raise(TestBlockExecutionException) do
+          lifeline do
+            raise TestBlockExecutionException, "This block throws an exception to show the block was run"
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    
+    context "when there is another process with the same command (different pid)" do
+      setup do
+        @processes = get_process_list
+        my_process = @processes.detect {|p| p[:pid] == $$}
+        assert_not_nil my_process
+        @processes << {:pid => $$ + 10, :command => my_process[:command]}
+        self.expects(:get_process_list).returns(@processes)
+      end
+      
+      should "not execute the provided block" do
+        lifeline do
+          flunk "This block should not be executed"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "define_lifeline_tasks" do
+    setup do
+      define_lifeline_tasks("awesome:namespace") do
+        raise TestBlockExecutionException, "This block throws an exception to show the block was run"
+      end
+    end
+    
+    should "create an awesome:namespace:run task" do
+      assert_raise(TestBlockExecutionException) do
+        Rake::Task["awesome:namespace:run"].invoke
+      end
+    end
+    
+    should "create an awesome:namespace:lifeline task" do
+      assert_not_nil Rake::Task["awesome:namespace:lifeline"]
+    end
+    
+    should "create an awesome:namespace:terminate task" do
+      assert_not_nil Rake::Task["awesome:namespace:terminate"]
+    end
+  end
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
+name: lifeline
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+  prerelease: false
+  segments: 
+  - 0
+  - 3
+  - 0
+  version: 0.3.0
+platform: ruby
+authors: 
+- Jacob Harris
+- Ben Koski
+- Matt Todd
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+
+date: 2010-04-13 00:00:00 -07:00
+default_executable: 
+dependencies: 
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: shoulda
+  prerelease: false
+  requirement: &id001 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    requirements: 
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        segments: 
+        - 0
+        version: "0"
+  type: :development
+  version_requirements: *id001
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: yard
+  prerelease: false
+  requirement: &id002 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    requirements: 
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        segments: 
+        - 0
+        version: "0"
+  type: :development
+  version_requirements: *id002
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency 
+  name: mocha
+  prerelease: false
+  requirement: &id003 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+    requirements: 
+    - - ">="
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+        segments: 
+        - 0
+        version: "0"
+  type: :development
+  version_requirements: *id003
+description: A cron-based alternative to running daemon scripts
+email: open@nytimes.com
+executables: []
+
+extensions: []
+
+extra_rdoc_files: 
+- LICENSE
+- README.rdoc
+files: 
+- .document
+- .gitignore
+- LICENSE
+- README.rdoc
+- Rakefile
+- VERSION
+- lib/lifeline.rb
+- test/helper.rb
+- test/test_lifeline.rb
+has_rdoc: true
+homepage: http://github.com/harrisj/lifeline
+licenses: []
+
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: 
+- --charset=UTF-8
+require_paths: 
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement 
+  requirements: 
+  - - ">="
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
+      segments: 
+      - 0
+      version: "0"
+requirements: []
+
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.3.6
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: A cron-based alternative to running daemon scripts
+test_files: 
+- test/helper.rb
+- test/test_lifeline.rb