# # Attempt to load the Redis-library. # # Without this we cannot connect to our queue. # %w( redis ).each do |library| begin require library rescue LoadError puts("Failed to load the #{library} library - queue access will fail!") end end module Custodian # # An abstraction layer for our queue. # class QueueType # # Retrieve a job from the queue. # def fetch(_timeout) raise 'Subclasses must implement this method!' end # # Add a new job to the queue. # def add(_job_string) raise 'Subclasses must implement this method!' end # # Get the size of the queue # def size? raise 'Subclasses must implement this method!' end # # Empty the queue # def flush! raise 'Subclasses must implement this method!' end end # # This is a simple queue which uses Redis for storage. # class RedisQueueType < QueueType # # Connect to the server on localhost, unless QUEUE_ADDRESS is set. # def initialize host = ENV['QUEUE_ADDRESS'] || '127.0.0.1' @redis = Redis.new(:host => host) end # # Fetch a job from the queue. # # The timeout is used to specify the period we wait for a new job, and # we pause that same period between fetches. # def fetch(timeout = 1) job = nil loop do # Get a random job job = @redis.spop('custodian_queue') # If that worked return it if !job.nil? return job else sleep(timeout) end end end # # Add a new job to the queue. # def add(job_string) # Add unless already present @redis.sadd('custodian_queue', test) unless ( @redis.sismember( 'custodian_queue', test ) ) end # # How many jobs in the queue? # def size? @redis.zcard('custodian_queue') end # # Empty the queue, discarding all pending jobs. # def flush! @redis.del('custodian_queue') end end end