Am 03.01.2015 um 19:46 schrieb Jens Geyer:
> Hi,
>
> I know that polling is evil,
in this case it wouldn't be that evil, as the thrift server and clients
are in a safe network and there are not that much clients. But yeah ...
feels evil :/
> but polling seems to me like The Simplest Thing That Could Possibly
> Work⢠here. This is what comes to my mind:
>
> enum status {
> pending,
> success,
> failed
> }
>
> struct actionresult {
> 1 : status status
> 2: i32 actionID
> }
>
> service Foobar {
>
> // this call starts the action
> // it returns a actionresult struct indicating the initial status
> and/or an actionID
> actionresult StartSomeTimeConsumingAction( 1: myargs args) throws
> (1 : wtf_error wtf)
>
> // query status and result of a previously started action
> actionresult QueryActionStatus( 1: i32 actionID) throws (1:
> invalid_id_error iex)
> }
seems reasonable as you could seperate the result space by client.
Thanks for the hint,
Wilm
