daffi 2.2.1

Daffi is fast, simple and lightweight library for inter process communication

Daffi

Daffi facilitates remote computing and enables remote procedure calls between multiple endpoints. It supports many-to-many relationships between endpoints, allowing for seamless communication between distributed systems. The library abstracts the complexities of remote computing and provides a user-friendly interface for initiating and managing remote procedure calls. It also offers various features such as fault tolerance, load balancing, streaming and security, to ensure reliable and secure communication between endpoints.

Daffi comprises three primary classes:

• Global - Initialization entrypoint. Once Global object is initialized application can respond on remote requests and trigger remote callbacks itself.
• Callback - Represents a collection of methods encapsulated in a class inherited from Callback or a standalone function decorated with the callback decorator. These functions/methods can be triggered from another process.
• Fetcher - Represents a collection of methods encapsulated in a class inherited from Fetcher or a standalone function decorated with the fetcher decorator. These functions/methods serve as triggers for the corresponding callbacks defined in another process.

Documentation

View full documentation at: https://600apples.github.io/dafi/

Basic example

You need to create two files shopping_service.py and shopper.py

shopping_service.py - represents a set of remote callbacks that can be triggered by a client application.

shopper.py - represents shopping_service client (fetcher)

Class based approach

shopping_service.py:

import logging
from daffi import Global
from daffi.registry import Callback

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)


class ShoppingService(Callback):
    auto_init = True # class is automatically initialized, eliminating the need to manually create an object.

    def __post_init__(self):
        self.shopping_list = []

    def get_items(self):
        """Return all items that are currently present in shopping list"""
        return self.shopping_list

    def add_item(self, item):
        """Add new item to shopping list"""
        self.shopping_list.append(item)

    def clear_items(self):
        """Clear shopping list"""
        self.shopping_list.clear()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    Global(init_controller=True, host="localhost", port=8888).join()

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shopper.py:

import logging
from daffi import Global
from daffi.decorators import alias
from daffi.registry import Fetcher

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)


class Shopper(Fetcher):
    """
    Note: Functions without a body are treated as proxies for remote callbacks.
    All arguments provided to this function will be sent to the remote service as-is.
    """

    def get_items(self):
        """Return all items that are currently present in shopping list."""
        pass

    def add_item(self, item):
        """Add new item to shopping list."""
        pass

    def clear_items(self):
        """Clear shopping list"""
        pass

    @alias("add_item")
    def add_many_items(self, *items):
        """
        Alias for `add_item` callback.
        This function shows streaming capabilities for transferring data from one service to another.
        """
        for item in items:
            yield item


if __name__ == '__main__':
    g = Global(host="localhost", port=8888)

    shopper = Shopper()
    items = shopper.get_items()
    print(items)

    shopper.add_item("orange")
    items = shopper.get_items()
    print(items)

    shopper.add_many_items("bread", "cheese")
    items = shopper.get_items()
    print(items)

    shopper.clear_items()
    items = shopper.get_items()
    print(items)

    g.stop()

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To check the full example, you need to execute two scripts in separate terminals

python3 shopping_service.py

...
INFO 2023-03-27 19:49:45 | controller[0x91adb83e] | Controller has been started successfully. Process identificator: '0x91adb83e'. Connection info: tcp: [ host '[::]', port: 8888 ]
INFO 2023-03-27 19:49:45 | node[0x91adb83e] | Node has been started successfully. Process identificator: '0x91adb83e'. Connection info: tcp: [ host '[::]', port: 8888 ]

python3 shopper.py

...
INFO 2023-03-27 19:53:15 | node[0xd7e5d488] | Node has been started successfully. Process identificator: '0xd7e5d488'. Connection info: tcp: [ host '[::]', port: 8888 ]
[]
['orange']
['orange', 'bread', 'cheese']
[]
INFO 2023-03-27 19:53:15 | node[0xd7e5d488] | Node stopped.

Decorators base approach

shopping_service.py:

import logging
from daffi import Global
from daffi.decorators import callback

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

shopping_list = []


@callback
def get_items():
    """Return all items that are currently present in shopping list"""
    return shopping_list


@callback
def add_item(item):
    """Add new item to shopping list"""
    shopping_list.append(item)


@callback
def clear_items():
    """Clear shopping list"""
    shopping_list.clear()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    Global(init_controller=True, host="localhost", port=8888).join()

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shopper.py:

"""
Note: Functions without a body are treated as proxies for remote callbacks.
    All arguments provided to this function will be sent to the remote service as-is.
"""
import logging
from daffi import Global
from daffi.decorators import alias, fetcher

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)


@fetcher
def get_items():
    """Return all items that are currently present in shopping list."""
    pass


@fetcher
def add_item(item):
    """Add new item to shopping list."""
    pass


@fetcher
def clear_items():
    """Add new item to shopping list."""
    pass


@alias("add_item")
@fetcher
def add_many_items(*items):
    """
    Alias for `add_item` callback.
    This function shows streaming capabilities for transferring data from one service to another.
    """
    for item in items:
        yield item


if __name__ == '__main__':
    g = Global(host="localhost", port=8888)

    items = get_items()
    print(items)

    add_item("orange")
    items = get_items()
    print(items)

    add_many_items("bread", "cheese")
    items = get_items()
    print(items)

    clear_items()
    items = get_items()
    print(items)

    g.stop()

(This script is complete, it should run "as is")

To check the full example, you need to execute two scripts in separate terminals

python3 shopping_service.py

...
INFO 2023-03-27 20:31:27 | controller[0xbac16ef4] | Controller has been started successfully. Process identificator: '0xbac16ef4'. Connection info: tcp: [ host '[::]', port: 8888 ]
INFO 2023-03-27 20:31:27 | node[0xbac16ef4] | Node has been started successfully. Process identificator: '0xbac16ef4'. Connection info: tcp: [ host '[::]', port: 8888 ]

python3 shopper.py

...
INFO 2023-03-27 20:31:43 | node[0xb9e10444] | Node has been started successfully. Process identificator: '0xb9e10444'. Connection info: tcp: [ host '[::]', port: 8888 ]
[]
['orange']
['orange', 'bread', 'cheese']
[]
INFO 2023-03-27 20:31:44 | node[0xb9e10444] | Node stopped.