aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/host/lib/utils/rpc.hpp
blob: c7c27afd284079791a90445d6dbb99e7d24dcc51 (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
//
// Copyright 2017 Ettus Research, a National Instruments Company
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
//

#ifndef INCLUDED_UTILS_RPC_HPP
#define INCLUDED_UTILS_RPC_HPP

#include <rpc/client.h>
#include <rpc/rpc_error.h>
#include <uhd/utils/log.hpp>
#include <uhd/exception.hpp>
#include <boost/format.hpp>

namespace uhd {

/*! Abstraction for RPC client
 *
 * Purpose of this class is to wrap the underlying RPC implementation.
 * This class holds a connection to an RPC server (the connection is severed on
 * destruction).
 */
class rpc_client
{
  public:
    using sptr = std::shared_ptr<rpc_client>;

    static sptr make(
            const std::string &addr,
            const uint16_t port,
            const std::string &get_last_error_cmd=""
    ) {
        return std::make_shared<rpc_client>(addr, port, get_last_error_cmd);
    }

    /*!
     * \param addr An IP address to connect to
     * \param port Port to connect to
     * \param get_last_error_cmd A command that queries an error string from
     *                           the RPC server. If set, the RPC client will
     *                           try and use this command to fetch information
     *                           about what went wrong on the client side.
     */
    rpc_client(
            const std::string &addr,
            const uint16_t port,
            std::string const &get_last_error_cmd=""
    ) : _client(addr, port)
      , _get_last_error_cmd(get_last_error_cmd)
    {
        // nop
    }

    /*! Perform an RPC request.
     *
     * Thread safe (locked). This function blocks until it receives a valid
     * response from the server.
     *
     * \param func_name The function name that is called via RPC
     * \param args All these arguments are passed to the RPC call
     *
     * \throws uhd::runtime_error in case of failure
     */
    template <typename return_type, typename... Args>
    return_type request(std::string const& func_name, Args&&... args)
    {
        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
        try {
            return _client.call(func_name, std::forward<Args>(args)...)
                .template as<return_type>();
        } catch (const ::rpc::rpc_error &ex) {
            const std::string error = _get_last_error_safe();
            if (not error.empty()) {
                UHD_LOG_ERROR("RPC", error);
            }
            throw uhd::runtime_error(str(
                boost::format("Error during RPC call to `%s'. Error message: %s")
                % func_name % (error.empty() ? ex.what() : error)
            ));
        } catch (const std::bad_cast& ex) {
            throw uhd::runtime_error(str(
                boost::format("Error during RPC call to `%s'. Error message: %s")
                % func_name % ex.what()
            ));
        }
    };

    /*! Perform an RPC notification.
     *
     * Thread safe (locked). This function does not require a response from the
     * server, although the underlying implementation may provide one.
     *
     * \param func_name The function name that is called via RPC
     * \param args All these arguments are passed to the RPC call
     *
     * \throws uhd::runtime_error in case of failure
     */
    template <typename... Args>
    void notify(std::string const& func_name, Args&&... args)
    {
        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
        try {
            _client.call(func_name, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
        } catch (const ::rpc::rpc_error &ex) {
            const std::string error = _get_last_error_safe();
            if (not error.empty()) {
                UHD_LOG_ERROR("RPC", error);
            }
            throw uhd::runtime_error(str(
                boost::format("Error during RPC call to `%s'. Error message: %s")
                % func_name % (error.empty() ? ex.what() : error)
            ));
        } catch (const std::bad_cast& ex) {
            throw uhd::runtime_error(str(
                boost::format("Error during RPC call to `%s'. Error message: %s")
                % func_name % ex.what()
            ));
        }
    };

    /*! Like request(), also provides a token.
     *
     * This is a convenience wrapper to directly call a function that requires
     * a token without having to have a copy of the token.
     */
    template <typename return_type, typename... Args>
    return_type request_with_token(std::string const& func_name, Args&&... args)
    {
        return request<return_type>(func_name, _token, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    };

    /*! Like notify(), also provides a token.
     *
     * This is a convenience wrapper to directly call a function that requires
     * a token without having to have a copy of the token.
     */
    template <typename... Args>
    void notify_with_token(std::string const& func_name, Args&&... args)
    {
        notify(func_name, _token, std::forward<Args>(args)...);
    };

    /*! Sets the token value. This is used by the `_with_token` methods.
     */
    void set_token(const std::string &token)
    {
        _token = token;
    }

    void set_timeout(size_t timeout_ms)
    {
        _client.set_timeout(timeout_ms);
    }

  private:
     /*! Pull the last error out of the RPC server. Not thread-safe, meant to
      * be called from notify() or request().
      *
      * This function will do its best not to get in anyone's way. If it can't
      * get an error string, it'll return an empty string.
      */
    std::string _get_last_error_safe()
    {
        if (_get_last_error_cmd.empty()) {
            return "";
        }
        try {
            return _client.call(_get_last_error_cmd).as<std::string>();
        } catch (const ::rpc::rpc_error &ex) {
            // nop
        } catch (const std::bad_cast& ex) {
            // nop
        } catch (...) {
            // nop
        }
        return "";
    }

    //! Reference the actual RPC client
    ::rpc::client _client;
    //! If set, this is the command that will retrieve an error
    const std::string _get_last_error_cmd;

    std::string _token;
    std::mutex _mutex;
};

} /* namespace uhd */

#endif /* INCLUDED_UTILS_RPC_HPP */