A TupleEntry is a Tuple (i.e. a possible entry in some Tuplespace) together with expiry and cancellation data.

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[RW] expires
Class Public methods
new(ary, sec=nil)

Creates a TupleEntry based on ary with an optional renewer or expiry time sec.

A renewer must implement the renew method which returns a Numeric, nil, or true to indicate when the tuple has expired.

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# File lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb, line 27
def initialize(ary, sec=nil)
  @cancel = false
  @expires = nil
  @tuple = make_tuple(ary)
  @renewer = nil
  renew(sec)
end
Instance Public methods
[](key)

Retrieves key from the tuple.

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# File lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb, line 111
def [](key)
  @tuple[key]
end
alive?()

A TupleEntry is dead when it is canceled or expired.

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# File lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb, line 45
def alive?
  !canceled? && !expired?
end
cancel()

Marks this TupleEntry as canceled.

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# File lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb, line 38
def cancel
  @cancel = true
end
canceled?()

Returns the canceled status.

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# File lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb, line 58
def canceled?; @cancel; end
expired?()

Has this tuple expired? (true/false).

A tuple has expired when its expiry timer based on the sec argument to initialize runs out.

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# File lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb, line 66
def expired?
  return true unless @expires
  return false if @expires > Time.now
  return true if @renewer.nil?
  renew(@renewer)
  return true unless @expires
  return @expires < Time.now
end
fetch(key)

Fetches key from the tuple.

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# File lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb, line 118
def fetch(key)
  @tuple.fetch(key)
end
make_expires(sec=nil)

Returns an expiry Time based on sec which can be one of:

Numeric

sec seconds into the future

true

the expiry time is the start of 1970 (i.e. expired)

nil

it is Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 GMT Standard Time 2038 (i.e. when UNIX clocks will die)

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# File lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb, line 97
def make_expires(sec=nil)
  case sec
  when Numeric
    Time.now + sec
  when true
    Time.at(1)
  when nil
    Time.at(2**31-1)
  end
end
make_tuple(ary)

Creates a Rinda::Tuple for ary.

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# File lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb, line 132
def make_tuple(ary)
  Rinda::Tuple.new(ary)
end
renew(sec_or_renewer)

Reset the expiry time according to sec_or_renewer.

nil

it is set to expire in the far future.

true

it has expired.

Numeric

it will expire in that many seconds.

Otherwise the argument refers to some kind of renewer object which will reset its expiry time.

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# File lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb, line 85
def renew(sec_or_renewer)
  sec, @renewer = get_renewer(sec_or_renewer)
  @expires = make_expires(sec)
end
size()

The size of the tuple.

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# File lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb, line 125
def size
  @tuple.size
end
value()

Return the object which makes up the tuple itself: the Array or Hash.

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# File lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb, line 53
def value; @tuple.value; end