Aitozi commented on a change in pull request #8692: [FLINK-12804] Introduce
mailbox-based ExecutorService
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/8692#discussion_r294071598
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File path:
flink-streaming-java/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/runtime/tasks/mailbox/Mailbox.java
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@@ -20,17 +20,85 @@
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import java.util.List;
+
/**
* A mailbox is basically a blocking queue for inter-thread message exchange
in form of {@link Runnable} objects between
- * multiple producer threads and a single consumer.
+ * multiple producer threads and a single consumer. This has a lifecycle of
closed -> open -> (quiesced) -> closed.
*/
public interface Mailbox extends MailboxReceiver, MailboxSender {
/**
- * The effect of this is that all pending letters are dropped and the
given priorityAction
- * is enqueued to the head of the mailbox.
+ * This enum represents the states of the mailbox lifecycle.
+ */
+ enum State {
+ OPEN, QUIESCED, CLOSED
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Open the mailbox. In this state, the mailbox supports put and take
operations.
+ */
+ void open();
+
+ /**
+ * Quiesce the mailbox. In this state, the mailbox supports only take
operations and all pending and future put
+ * operations will throw {@link MailboxStateException}.
+ */
+ void quiesce();
+
+ /**
+ * Close the mailbox. In this state, all pending and future put
operations and all pending and future take
+ * operations will throw {@link MailboxStateException}. Returns all
letters that were still enqueued.
+ *
+ * @return list with all letters that where enqueued in the mailbox at
the time of closing.
+ */
+ @Nonnull
+ List<Runnable> close();
+
+ /**
+ * The effect of this is that all pending letters in the mailbox are
dropped and the given priorityLetter
+ * is enqueued to the head of the mailbox. Dropped letters are
returned. This method should only be invoked
+ * by code that has ownership of the mailbox object and only rarely
used, e.g. to submit special events like
+ * shutting down the mailbox loop.
+ *
+ * @param priorityLetter action to enqueue atomically after the mailbox
was cleared.
+ * @throws MailboxStateException if the mailbox is quiesced or closed.
+ */
+ @Nonnull
+ List<Runnable> clearAndPut(@Nonnull Runnable priorityLetter) throws
MailboxStateException;
Review comment:
with `putFirst` to put poisionLetter at the head, do we still need this
`clearAndPut`?
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