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Muxi Yan 6 years ago
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      src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCInterceptor.h

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/**
* API for interceptors implementation. This feature is currently EXPERIMENTAL and is subject to
* breaking changes without prior notice.
*
* The interceptors in the gRPC system forms a chain. When a call is made by the user, each
* interceptor on the chain has chances to react to events of the call and make necessary
* modifications to the call's parameters, data, metadata, or flow.
*
*
* -----------
* | GRPCCall2 |
* -----------
* |
* |
* --------------------------
* | GRPCInterceptorManager 1 |
* --------------------------
* | GRPCInterceptor 1 |
* --------------------------
* |
* ...
* |
* --------------------------
* | GRPCInterceptorManager N |
* --------------------------
* | GRPCInterceptor N |
* --------------------------
* |
* |
* ------------------
* | GRPCCallInternal |
* ------------------
*
* The chain of interceptors is initialized when the corresponding GRPCCall2 object or proto call
* object (GRPCUnaryProtoCall and GRPCStreamingProtoCall) is initialized. The initialization of the
* chain is controlled by the property interceptorFactories in the callOptions parameter of the
* corresponding call object. Property interceptorFactories is an array of
* id<GRPCInterceptorFactory> objects provided by the user. When a call object is initialized, each
* interceptor factory generates an interceptor object for the call. gRPC internally links the
* interceptors with each other and with the actual call object. The order of the interceptors in
* the chain is exactly the same as the order of factory objects in interceptorFactories property.
* All requests (start, write, finish, cancel, receive next) initiated by the user will be processed
* in the order of interceptors, and all responses (initial metadata, data, trailing metadata, write
* data done) are processed in the reverse order.
*
* Each interceptor in the interceptor chain should behave as a user of the next interceptor, and at
* the same time behave as a call to the previous interceptor. Therefore interceptor implementations
* must follow the state transition of gRPC calls and must also forward events that are consistent
* with the current state of the next/previous interceptor. They should also make sure that the
* events they forwarded to the next and previous interceptors will, in the end, make the neighbour
* interceptor terminate correctly and reaches "finished" state. The diagram below shows the state
* transitions. Any event not appearing on the diagram means the event is not permitted for that
* particular state.
*
* writeData
* receiveNextMessages
* didReceiveInitialMetadata
* didReceiveData
* didWriteData
* writeData ----- ----- ---- didReceiveInitialMetadata
* receiveNextMessages | | | | | | didReceiveData
* | V | V | V didWriteData
* ------------- start --------- finish ------------
* | initialized | -----> | started | --------> | half-close |
* ------------- --------- ------------
* | | |
* | | didClose | didClose
* |cancel | cancel | cancel
* | V |
* | ---------- |
* --------------> | finished | <--------------
* ----------
* | ^ writeData
* | | finish
* ------ cancel
* receiveNextMessages
*
* Events of requests and responses are dispatched to interceptor objects using the interceptor's
* dispatch queue. The dispatch queue should be serial queue to make sure the events are processed
* in order. Interceptor implementations must derive from GRPCInterceptor class. The class makes
* some basic implementation of all methods responding to an event of a call. If an interceptor does
* not care about a particular event, it can use the basic implementation of the GRPCInterceptor
* class, which simply forward the event to the next or previous interceptor in the chain.
*
* The interceptor object should be unique for each call since the call context is not passed to the
* interceptor object in a call event. However, the interceptors can be implemented to share states
* by receiving state sharing object from the factory upon construction.
*/
#import "GRPCCall.h"
@ -28,24 +112,49 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
@class GRPCInterceptorManager;
@class GRPCInterceptor;
/**
* The GRPCInterceptorInterface defines the request events that can occur to an interceptr.
*/
@protocol GRPCInterceptorInterface<NSObject>
/** The queue on which all methods of this interceptor should be dispatched on */
/**
* The queue on which all methods of this interceptor should be dispatched on. The queue must be a
* serial queue.
*/
@property(readonly) dispatch_queue_t requestDispatchQueue;
/**
* To start the call. This method will only be called once for each instance.
*/
- (void)startWithRequestOptions:(GRPCRequestOptions *)requestOptions
callOptions:(GRPCCallOptions *)callOptions;
/**
* To write data to the call.
*/
- (void)writeData:(id)data;
/**
* To finish the stream of requests.
*/
- (void)finish;
/**
* To cancel the call.
*/
- (void)cancel;
/**
* To indicate the call that the previous interceptor is ready to receive more messages.
*/
- (void)receiveNextMessages:(NSUInteger)numberOfMessages;
@end
/**
* An interceptor factory object should be used to create interceptor object for the call at the
* call start time.
*/
@protocol GRPCInterceptorFactory
/**
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@end
/**
* The interceptor manager object retains reference to the next and previous interceptor object in
* the interceptor chain, and forward corresponding events to them. When a call terminates, it must
* invoke shutDown method of its corresponding manager so that references to other interceptors can
* be released.
*/
@interface GRPCInterceptorManager : NSObject
- (instancetype)init NS_UNAVAILABLE;

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