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Class representing a drb server instance.

A DRbServer must be running in the local process before any incoming dRuby calls can be accepted, or any local objects can be passed as dRuby references to remote processes, even if those local objects are never actually called remotely. You do not need to start a DRbServer in the local process if you are only making outgoing dRuby calls passing marshalled parameters.

Unless multiple servers are being used, the local DRbServer is normally started by calling DRb.start_service.

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INSECURE_METHOD = [ :__send__ ]
 

List of insecure methods.

These methods are not callable via dRuby.

Attributes

[R] config

The configuration of this DRbServer
[R] front

The front object of the DRbServer.

This object receives remote method calls made on the server’s URI alone, with an object id.
[R] thread

The main thread of this DRbServer.

This is the thread that listens for and accepts connections from clients, not that handles each client’s request-response session.
[R] uri

The URI of this DRbServer.

Class Public methods

default_acl(acl)

Set the default access control list to acl. The default ACL is nil.

See also DRb::ACL and new()

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1375
def self.default_acl(acl)
  @@acl = acl
end

default_argc_limit(argc)

Set the default value for the :argc_limit option.

See new(). The initial default value is 256.

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1361
def self.default_argc_limit(argc)
  @@argc_limit = argc
end

default_id_conv(idconv)

Set the default value for the :id_conv option.

See new(). The initial default value is a DRbIdConv instance.

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1382
def self.default_id_conv(idconv)
  @@idconv = idconv
end

default_load_limit(sz)

Set the default value for the :load_limit option.

See new(). The initial default value is 25 MB.

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1368
def self.default_load_limit(sz)
  @@load_limit = sz
end

new(uri=nil, front=nil, config_or_acl=nil)

Create a new DRbServer instance.

uri is the URI to bind to. This is normally of the form ‘druby://<hostname>:<port>’ where <hostname> is a hostname of the local machine. If nil, then the system’s default hostname will be bound to, on a port selected by the system; these value can be retrieved from the uri attribute. ‘druby:’ specifies the default dRuby transport protocol: another protocol, such as ‘drbunix:’, can be specified instead.

front is the front object for the server, that is, the object to which remote method calls on the server will be passed. If nil, then the server will not accept remote method calls.

If config_or_acl is a hash, it is the configuration to use for this server. The following options are recognised:

:idconv

an id-to-object conversion object. This defaults to an instance of the class DRb::DRbIdConv.

:verbose

if true, all unsuccessful remote calls on objects in the server will be logged to $stdout. false by default.

:tcp_acl

the access control list for this server. See the ACL class from the main dRuby distribution.

:load_limit

the maximum message size in bytes accepted by the server. Defaults to 25 MB (26214400).

:argc_limit

the maximum number of arguments to a remote method accepted by the server. Defaults to 256.

The default values of these options can be modified on a class-wide basis by the class methods default_argc_limit, default_load_limit, default_acl, default_id_conv, and verbose=

If config_or_acl is not a hash, but is not nil, it is assumed to be the access control list for this server. See the :tcp_acl option for more details.

If no other server is currently set as the primary server, this will become the primary server.

The server will immediately start running in its own thread.

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1451
def initialize(uri=nil, front=nil, config_or_acl=nil)
  if Hash === config_or_acl
    config = config_or_acl.dup
  else
    acl = config_or_acl || @@acl
    config = {
      :tcp_acl => acl
    }
  end

  @config = self.class.make_config(config)

  @protocol = DRbProtocol.open_server(uri, @config)
  @uri = @protocol.uri
  @exported_uri = [@uri]

  @front = front
  @idconv = @config[:idconv]

  @grp = ThreadGroup.new
  @thread = run

  DRb.regist_server(self)
end

verbose()

Get the default value of the :verbose option.

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1394
def self.verbose
  @@verbose
end

verbose=(on)

Set the default value of the :verbose option.

See new(). The initial default value is false.

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1389
def self.verbose=(on)
  @@verbose = on
end

Instance Public methods

alive?()

Is this server alive?

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1506
def alive?
  @thread.alive?
end

check_insecure_method(obj, msg_id)

Check that a method is callable via dRuby.

obj is the object we want to invoke the method on. msg_id is the method name, as a Symbol.

If the method is an insecure method (see insecure_method?) a SecurityError is thrown. If the method is private or undefined, a NameError is thrown.

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1594
def check_insecure_method(obj, msg_id)
  return true if Proc === obj && msg_id == :__drb_yield
  raise(ArgumentError, "#{any_to_s(msg_id)} is not a symbol") unless Symbol == msg_id.class
  raise(SecurityError, "insecure method `#{msg_id}'") if insecure_method?(msg_id)

  case obj
  when Object
    if obj.private_methods.include?(msg_id)
      desc = any_to_s(obj)
      raise NoMethodError, "private method `#{msg_id}' called for #{desc}"
    elsif obj.protected_methods.include?(msg_id)
      desc = any_to_s(obj)
      raise NoMethodError, "protected method `#{msg_id}' called for #{desc}"
    else
      true
    end
  else
    if Kernel.instance_method(:private_methods).bind(obj).call.include?(msg_id)
      desc = any_to_s(obj)
      raise NoMethodError, "private method `#{msg_id}' called for #{desc}"
    elsif Kernel.instance_method(:protected_methods).bind(obj).call.include?(msg_id)
      desc = any_to_s(obj)
      raise NoMethodError, "protected method `#{msg_id}' called for #{desc}"
    else
      true
    end
  end
end

here?(uri)

Is uri the URI for this server?

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1511
def here?(uri)
  @exported_uri.include?(uri)
end

stop_service()

Stop this server.

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1516
def stop_service
  DRb.remove_server(self)
  if  Thread.current['DRb'] && Thread.current['DRb']['server'] == self
    Thread.current['DRb']['stop_service'] = true
  else
    shutdown
  end
end

to_id(obj)

Convert a local object to a dRuby reference.

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1533
def to_id(obj)
  return nil if obj.__id__ == front.__id__
  @idconv.to_id(obj)
end

to_obj(ref)

Convert a dRuby reference to the local object it refers to.

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1526
def to_obj(ref)
  return front if ref.nil?
  return front[ref.to_s] if DRbURIOption === ref
  @idconv.to_obj(ref)
end

verbose()

Get whether the server is in verbose mode.

In verbose mode, failed calls are logged to stdout.

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1503
def verbose; @config[:verbose]; end

verbose=(v)

Set whether to operate in verbose mode.

In verbose mode, failed calls are logged to stdout.

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# File ruby/lib/drb/drb.rb, line 1498
def verbose=(v); @config[:verbose]=v; end