refactor: Simplify actor request handlers

crates/core/tedge_actors/src/actors.rs

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ pub mod tests {
     async fn running_an_actor_without_a_runtime() {
         let mut box_builder = SimpleMessageBoxBuilder::new("test", 16);
         let mut client_message_box = box_builder.new_client_box(NoConfig);
+        let mut runtime_box = box_builder.get_signal_sender();
         let actor_message_box = box_builder.build();
         let actor = Echo {
             messages: actor_message_box,
@@ -93,7 +94,10 @@ pub mod tests {
         assert_eq!(client_message_box.recv().await, Some("World".to_string()));
 
         // When there is no more input message senders
-        client_message_box.close_sender();
+        runtime_box
+            .send(RuntimeRequest::Shutdown)
+            .await
+            .expect("fail to shutdown");
 
         // The actor stops
         actor_task
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ pub mod tests {
         let actor_task = spawn(async move { actor.run().await });
 
         spawn(async move {
-            let mut sender: DynSender<&str> = adapt(&input_sender);
+            let mut sender: DynSender<&str> = input_sender.sender_clone();
             sender.send("Do this").await.expect("sent");
             sender.send("Do nothing").await.expect("sent");
             sender.send("Do that and this").await.expect("sent");
@@ -186,8 +190,8 @@ pub mod tests {
     impl SpecificMessageBox {
         fn new_box(capacity: usize, output: DynSender<DoMsg>) -> (DynSender<String>, Self) {
             let (sender, input) = mpsc::channel(capacity);
-            let peer_1 = adapt(&output);
-            let peer_2 = adapt(&output);
+            let peer_1 = output.sender_clone();
+            let peer_2 = output.sender_clone();
             let message_box = SpecificMessageBox {
                 input,
                 peer_1,

crates/core/tedge_actors/src/builders.rs

@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@
 //!   using an `impl From<SourceMessage> for SinkMessage`. This flexibility allows an actor to receive
 //!   messages from several independent sources (see the [fan_in_message_type](crate::fan_in_message_type) macro).
 use crate::mpsc;
+use crate::CloneSender;
 use crate::DynSender;
 use crate::LoggingReceiver;
 use crate::LoggingSender;
 use crate::MappingSender;
 use crate::Message;
 use crate::NullSender;
 use crate::RuntimeRequest;
-use crate::Sender;
 use crate::SimpleMessageBox;
 use std::convert::Infallible;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ pub trait MessageSink<M: Message, Config> {
         N: Message,
         M: From<N>,
     {
-        source.register_peer(self.get_config(), crate::adapt(&self.get_sender()))
+        source.register_peer(self.get_config(), self.get_sender().sender_clone())
     }
 
     /// Add a source of messages to the actor under construction, the messages being translated on the fly.

crates/core/tedge_actors/src/channels.rs

@@ -3,128 +3,118 @@ use crate::ChannelError;
 use crate::Message;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
+use futures::channel::oneshot;
 use futures::SinkExt;
 
 /// A sender of messages of type `M`
 ///
-/// Actors don't access directly the `mpsc::Sender` of their peers,
+/// Actors don't get direct access to the `mpsc::Sender` of their peers,
 /// but use intermediate senders that adapt the messages when sent.
-pub type DynSender<M> = Box<dyn Sender<M>>;
+pub type DynSender<M> = Box<dyn CloneSender<M>>;
 
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait Sender<M>: 'static + Send + Sync {
     /// Send a message to the receiver behind this sender,
     /// returning an error if the receiver is no more expecting messages
     async fn send(&mut self, message: M) -> Result<(), ChannelError>;
+}
 
+pub trait CloneSender<M>: Sender<M> {
     /// Clone this sender in order to send messages to the same receiver from another actor
     fn sender_clone(&self) -> DynSender<M>;
 
-    /// Closes this channel from the sender side, preventing any new messages.
-    fn close_sender(&mut self);
+    /// Clone a cast of this sender into a `Box<dyn Sender<M>>`
+    ///
+    /// This is a workaround for https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/65991
+    fn sender(&self) -> Box<dyn Sender<M>>;
 }
 
-impl<M: Message> Clone for DynSender<M> {
-    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
-        self.sender_clone()
+impl<M, S: Clone + Sender<M>> CloneSender<M> for S {
+    fn sender_clone(&self) -> DynSender<M> {
+        Box::new(self.clone())
+    }
+
+    fn sender(&self) -> Box<dyn Sender<M>> {
+        Box::new(self.clone())
     }
 }
 
-/// An `mpsc::Sender<M>` is a `DynSender<N>` provided `N` implements `Into<M>`
-impl<M: Message, N: Message + Into<M>> From<mpsc::Sender<M>> for DynSender<N> {
-    fn from(sender: mpsc::Sender<M>) -> Self {
+impl<M, S: Clone + Sender<M>> From<S> for DynSender<M> {
+    fn from(sender: S) -> Self {
         Box::new(sender)
     }
 }
 
+/// A `DynSender<M>` is a `DynSender<N>` provided `N` implements `Into<M>`
 #[async_trait]
-impl<M: Message, N: Message + Into<M>> Sender<N> for mpsc::Sender<M> {
+impl<M: Message, N: Message + Into<M>> Sender<N> for DynSender<M> {
     async fn send(&mut self, message: N) -> Result<(), ChannelError> {
-        Ok(SinkExt::send(&mut self, message.into()).await?)
+        Ok(self.as_mut().send(message.into()).await?)
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl<M: Message, N: Message + Into<M>> Sender<N> for Box<dyn Sender<M>> {
+    async fn send(&mut self, message: N) -> Result<(), ChannelError> {
+        Ok(self.as_mut().send(message.into()).await?)
     }
+}
 
+#[async_trait]
+impl<M: Message, N: Message + Into<M>> CloneSender<N> for DynSender<M> {
     fn sender_clone(&self) -> DynSender<N> {
-        Box::new(self.clone())
+        Box::new(self.as_ref().sender_clone())
     }
 
-    fn close_sender(&mut self) {
-        self.close_channel();
+    fn sender(&self) -> Box<dyn Sender<N>> {
+        Box::new(self.as_ref().sender())
     }
 }
 
-/// An `mpsc::UnboundedSender<M>` is a `DynSender<N>` provided `N` implements `Into<M>`
-impl<M: Message, N: Message + Into<M>> From<mpsc::UnboundedSender<M>> for DynSender<N> {
-    fn from(sender: mpsc::UnboundedSender<M>) -> Self {
-        Box::new(sender)
+/// An `mpsc::Sender<M>` is a `DynSender<M>`
+#[async_trait]
+impl<M: Message, N: Message + Into<M>> Sender<N> for mpsc::Sender<M> {
+    async fn send(&mut self, message: N) -> Result<(), ChannelError> {
+        Ok(SinkExt::send(&mut self, message.into()).await?)
     }
 }
 
+/// An `mpsc::UnboundedSender<M>` is a `DynSender<N>` provided `N` implements `Into<M>`
 #[async_trait]
 impl<M: Message, N: Message + Into<M>> Sender<N> for mpsc::UnboundedSender<M> {
     async fn send(&mut self, message: N) -> Result<(), ChannelError> {
         Ok(SinkExt::send(&mut self, message.into()).await?)
     }
-
-    fn sender_clone(&self) -> DynSender<N> {
-        Box::new(self.clone())
-    }
-
-    fn close_sender(&mut self) {
-        self.close_channel();
-    }
 }
 
-/// Make a `DynSender<N>` from a `DynSender<M>`
-///
-/// This is a workaround to the fact the compiler rejects a From implementation:
+/// A `oneshot::Sender<M>` is a `Sender<N>` provided `N` implements `Into<M>`
 ///
-/// ```shell
+/// There is one caveat. The `oneshot::Sender::send()` method consumes the sender,
+/// hence the one shot sender is wrapped inside an `Option`.
 ///
-///  impl<M: Message, N: Message + Into<M>> From<DynSender<M>> for DynSender<N> {
-///     | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-///     |
-///     = note: conflicting implementation in crate `core`:
-///             - impl<T> From<T> for T;
-/// ```
-pub fn adapt<M: Message, N: Message + Into<M>>(sender: &DynSender<M>) -> DynSender<N> {
-    Box::new(sender.clone())
-}
-
+/// Such a [Sender] can only be used once:
+/// - it cannot be cloned
+/// - any message sent after a first one will be silently ignored
+/// - a message sent while the receiver has been drop will also be silently ignored
 #[async_trait]
-impl<M: Message, N: Message + Into<M>> Sender<N> for DynSender<M> {
+impl<M: Message, N: Message + Into<M>> Sender<N> for Option<oneshot::Sender<M>> {
     async fn send(&mut self, message: N) -> Result<(), ChannelError> {
-        Ok(self.as_mut().send(message.into()).await?)
-    }
-
-    fn sender_clone(&self) -> DynSender<N> {
-        Box::new(self.as_ref().sender_clone())
-    }
-
-    fn close_sender(&mut self) {
-        self.as_mut().close_sender()
+        if let Some(sender) = self.take() {
+            let _ = sender.send(message.into());
+        }
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
 
 /// A sender that discards messages instead of sending them
+#[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct NullSender;
 
 #[async_trait]
 impl<M: Message> Sender<M> for NullSender {
     async fn send(&mut self, _message: M) -> Result<(), ChannelError> {
         Ok(())
     }
-
-    fn sender_clone(&self) -> DynSender<M> {
-        Box::new(NullSender)
-    }
-
-    fn close_sender(&mut self) {}
-}
-
-impl<M: Message> From<NullSender> for DynSender<M> {
-    fn from(sender: NullSender) -> Self {
-        Box::new(sender)
-    }
 }
 
 /// A sender that transforms the messages on the fly
@@ -133,6 +123,15 @@ pub struct MappingSender<F, M> {
     cast: std::sync::Arc<F>,
 }
 
+impl<F, M: 'static> Clone for MappingSender<F, M> {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        MappingSender {
+            inner: self.inner.sender_clone(),
+            cast: self.cast.clone(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<F, M> MappingSender<F, M> {
     pub fn new(inner: DynSender<M>, cast: F) -> Self {
         MappingSender {
@@ -157,30 +156,6 @@ where
         }
         Ok(())
     }
-
-    fn sender_clone(&self) -> DynSender<M> {
-        Box::new(MappingSender {
-            inner: self.inner.sender_clone(),
-            cast: self.cast.clone(),
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn close_sender(&mut self) {
-        self.inner.as_mut().close_sender()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<M, N, NS, F> From<MappingSender<F, N>> for DynSender<M>
-where
-    M: Message,
-    N: Message,
-    NS: Iterator<Item = N> + Send,
-    F: Fn(M) -> NS,
-    F: 'static + Sync + Send,
-{
-    fn from(value: MappingSender<F, N>) -> Self {
-        Box::new(value)
-    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -233,8 +208,8 @@ mod tests {
     impl From<DynSender<Msg>> for Peers {
         fn from(recipient: DynSender<Msg>) -> Self {
             Peers {
-                peer_1: adapt(&recipient),
-                peer_2: adapt(&recipient),
+                peer_1: recipient.sender_clone(),
+                peer_2: recipient.sender_clone(),
             }
         }
     }