Meta.Lib 2.0.0-beta

This is a prerelease version of Meta.Lib.
dotnet add package Meta.Lib --version 2.0.0-beta                
NuGet\Install-Package Meta.Lib -Version 2.0.0-beta                
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="Meta.Lib" Version="2.0.0-beta" />                
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add Meta.Lib --version 2.0.0-beta                
#r "nuget: Meta.Lib, 2.0.0-beta"                
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install Meta.Lib as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Meta.Lib&version=2.0.0-beta&prerelease

// Install Meta.Lib as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Meta.Lib&version=2.0.0-beta&prerelease                

Meta.Lib

MetaPubSub is an implementation of the publish/subscribe pattern - when the publisher and subscriber know nothing of each other but can exchange messages. It's fast, lightweight and beside basic functionality has some cool features:

  • interprocess communication - messages can be sent between different processes and computers
  • awaitable methods, for example, you can await Publish and wait until all subscribers have finished processing the message
  • at least once delivery check - you can opt in to have an exception if no one subscribed to your message
  • message filtering - you can define a predicate to subscribe only those messages you want to process
  • timeout to wait for a subscriber - your message can be queued and wait until someone subscribed and processed it
  • scheduling a message - your message can be queued and published after a time delay
  • request-response pattern - send a message and wait for the response as a single awaitable method, without need to Subscribe/Unsubscribe to the response message
  • cancellation token support - you can cancel scheduling or waiting for the message
  • exceptions handling - all exceptions raised when a message processing by subscribers can be caught by the publisher as an AggregateException

MetaPipeServer and MetaPipeConnection are used to simplify inter-process communication using named pipes. The module utilizes NamedPipeServerStream and NamedPipeClientStream for message transmission. System.Text.Json is used for object serialization before sending. The main features of the module include:

  • automatic connection recovery in case of disconnection
  • transmission of strings, byte arrays, and arbitrary objects
  • sending an arbitrary object and waiting for the response in a single method call.

PubSubPipe extends the capabilities of the MetaPubSub module by adding the ability to exchange messages between processes or computers.

StateMachine is a simple and easy to use state machine implementation. It is thread-safe and can be used in a concurrent environment. See the implementation of the MetaPipeConnection class for an example of usage.

NuGet packages

To install the Meta.Lib run the following command:

PM> Install-Package Meta.Lib 

How to use

FAQ

Changelog

Ver. 2.0.0

Note: this version has breaking changes. See migration guide.

  • MetaPubSub has been separated into three modules - local PubSub, Pipe, and PubSubPipe. PubSub – is a local publisher/subscriber implementation. Pipe – is a wrapper on NamedPipeServerStream and NamedPipeClientStream to simplify interprocess communication. PubSubPipe – is a wrapper on both PubSub and Pipe which adds interprocess communication ability for PubSub via Pipe.
  • Added ConcurrentStateMachine.
  • Custom Logger implementation replaced with ILogger from the Microsoft.Extensions.Logging namespace.
  • Removed IPubSubMessage interface. You don't need to derive your message classes from this interface anymore.
  • Performance improvements.

Ver. 1.1.3

Note: this version has breaking changes.

  • IPubSubMessage.Timeout renamed to WaitForSubscriberTimeout.
  • Added IPubSubMessage.ResponseTimeout - Time interval during which the response message must be received otherwise the TimeoutException will be thrown. Used in IMetaPubSub.Process() and IMetaPubSub.ProcessOnServer().
  • Removed parameter millisecondsTimeout from IMetaPubSub.Process() and IMetaPubSub.ProcessOnServer(). Use IPubSubMessage.ResponseTimeout instead.
  • Fixed bug: timeout in IMetaPubSub.Process() and IMetaPubSub.ProcessOnServer() always use it's default value of 5 sec.

Ver. 1.1.2

  • Added TryConnectToServer & TrySubscribeOnServer.
  • Added a match predicate to SubscribeOnServer method.
  • Added Connected/Disconnected built-in messages.
  • Added a delegate method to create a pipe with non-default parameters.

Ver. 1.1.1

  • Interprocess communication implemented.
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Version Downloads Last updated
2.0.0-beta 266 3/9/2023
1.1.3 1,049 10/27/2020
1.1.2 494 7/22/2020
1.1.1 473 7/21/2020
1.1.0 496 7/3/2020
1.0.1 428 5/26/2020
1.0.0 457 5/7/2020

- MetaPubSub has been separated into three modules - local `PubSub`, `Pipe`, and `PubSubPipe`. `PubSub` – is a local publisher/subscriber implementation. `Pipe` – is a wrapper on `NamedPipeServerStream` and `NamedPipeClientStream` to simplify interprocess communication. `PubSubPipe` – is a wrapper on both `PubSub` and `Pipe` which adds interprocess communication ability for `PubSub` via `Pipe`.
- Added `ConcurrentStateMachine`.
- Custom `Logger` implementation replaced with `ILogger` from the `Microsoft.Extensions.Logging` namespace.
- Removed `IPubSubMessage` interface. You don't need to derive your message classes from this interface anymore.
- Performance improvements.