NAME
MCE::Shared::Handle - Handle helper class
VERSION
This document describes MCE::Shared::Handle version 1.837
DESCRIPTION
A handle helper class for use as a standalone or managed by MCE::Shared.
SYNOPSIS
# non-shared or local construction for use by a single process
# shorter, mce_open is an alias for MCE::Shared::Handle::open
use MCE::Shared::Handle;
MCE::Shared::Handle->open( my $fh, "<", "bio.fasta" )
or die "open error: $!";
MCE::Shared::Handle::open my $fh, "<", "bio.fasta"
or die "open error: $!";
mce_open my $fh, "<", "bio.fasta" or die "open error: $!";
# construction for sharing with other threads and processes
# shorter, mce_open is an alias for MCE::Shared::open
use MCE::Shared;
MCE::Shared->open( my $fh, "<", "bio.fasta" )
or die "open error: $!";
MCE::Shared::open my $fh, "<", "bio.fasta"
or die "open error: $!";
mce_open my $fh, "<", "bio.fasta" or die "open error: $!";
# example, output is serialized, not garbled
use MCE::Hobo;
use MCE::Shared;
mce_open my $ofh, ">>", \*STDOUT or die "open error: $!";
mce_open my $ifh, "<", "file.log" or die "open error: $!";
sub parallel {
$/ = "\n"; # can set the input record separator
while (my $line = <$ifh>) {
printf {$ofh} "[%5d] %s", $., $line;
}
}
MCE::Hobo->create( \¶llel ) for 1 .. 4;
$_->join() for MCE::Hobo->list();
# handle functions
my $bool = eof($ifh);
my $off = tell($ifh);
my $fd = fileno($ifh);
my $char = getc($ifh);
my $line = readline($ifh);
binmode $ifh;
seek $ifh, 10, 0;
read $ifh, my($buf), 80;
print {$ofh} "foo\n";
printf {$ofh} "%s\n", "bar";
open $ofh, ">>", \*STDERR;
syswrite $ofh, "shared handle to STDERR\n";
close $ifh;
close $ofh;API DOCUMENTATION
- open ( filehandle, expr )
- open ( filehandle, mode, expr )
- open ( filehandle, mode, reference )
-
In version 1.007 and later, constructs a new object by opening the file whose filename is given by
expr, and associates it withfilehandle. When omitting error checking at the application level, MCE::Shared emits a message and stop if open fails.# non-shared or local construction for use by a single process use MCE::Shared::Handle; MCE::Shared::Handle->open( my $fh, "<", "file.log" ) or die "$!"; MCE::Shared::Handle::open my $fh, "<", "file.log" or die "$!"; mce_open my $fh, "<", "file.log" or die "$!"; # ditto # construction for sharing with other threads and processes use MCE::Shared; MCE::Shared->open( my $fh, "<", "file.log" ) or die "$!"; MCE::Shared::open my $fh, "<", "file.log" or die "$!"; mce_open my $fh, "<", "file.log" or die "$!"; # dittoSimple examples to open a file for reading:
# mce_open is exported by MCE::Shared or MCE::Shared::Handle. # It creates a shared file handle with MCE::Shared present # or a non-shared handle otherwise. mce_open my $fh, "< input.txt" or die "open error: $!"; mce_open my $fh, "<", "input.txt" or die "open error: $!"; mce_open my $fh, "<", \*STDIN or die "open error: $!";and for writing:
mce_open my $fh, "> output.txt" or die "open error: $!"; mce_open my $fh, ">", "output.txt" or die "open error: $!"; mce_open my $fh, ">", \*STDOUT or die "open error: $!";
CHUNK IO
Starting with MCE::Shared v1.007, chunk IO is possible for both non-shared and shared handles. Chunk IO is enabled by the trailing 'k' or 'm' for read size. Also, chunk IO supports the special "\n>"-like record separator. That anchors ">" at the start of the line. Workers receive record(s) beginning with ">" and ending with "\n".
# non-shared handle ---------------------------------------------
use MCE::Shared::Handle;
mce_open my $fh, '<', 'bio.fasta' or die "open error: $!";
# shared handle -------------------------------------------------
use MCE::Shared;
mce_open my $fh, '<', 'bio.fasta' or die "open error: $!";
# 'k' or 'm' indicates kibiBytes (KiB) or mebiBytes (MiB) respectively.
# Read continues reading until reaching the record separator or EOF.
# Optionally, one may specify the record separator.
$/ = "\n>";
while ( read($fh, my($buf), '2k') ) {
print "# chunk number: $.\n";
print "$buf\n";
}$. contains the chunk_id above or the record_number below. readline($fh) or <$fh> may be used for reading a single record.
while ( my $buf = <$fh> ) {
print "# record number: $.\n";
print "$buf\n";
}The following provides a parallel demonstration. Workers receive the next chunk from the shared-manager process where the actual read takes place. MCE::Shared also works with threads, forks, and likely other parallel modules.
use MCE::Hobo; # (change to) use threads; (or) use forks;
use MCE::Shared;
use feature qw( say );
my $pattern = 'something';
my $hugefile = 'somehuge.log';
my $result = MCE::Shared->array();
mce_open my $fh, "<", $hugefile or die "open error: $!";
sub task {
# the trailing 'k' or 'm' for size enables chunk IO
while ( read $fh, my( $slurp_chunk ), "640k" ) {
my $chunk_id = $.;
# process chunk only if a match is found; ie. fast scan
# optionally, comment out the if statement and closing brace
if ( $slurp_chunk =~ /$pattern/m ) {
my @matches;
while ( $slurp_chunk =~ /([^\n]+\n)/mg ) {
my $line = $1; # save $1 to not lose the value
push @matches, $line if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ );
}
$result->push( @matches ) if @matches;
}
}
}
MCE::Hobo->create('task') for 1 .. 4;
# do something else
MCE::Hobo->waitall();
say $result->len();For comparison, the same thing using MCE::Flow. MCE workers read the file directly when given a plain path, so will have lesser overhead. However, the run time is similar if one were to pass a file handle instead to mce_flow_f.
The benefit of chunk IO is from lesser IPC for the shared-manager process (above). Likewise, for the mce-manager process (below).
use MCE::Flow;
use feature qw( say );
my $pattern = 'something';
my $hugefile = 'somehuge.log';
my @result = mce_flow_f {
max_workers => 4, chunk_size => '640k',
use_slurpio => 1,
},
sub {
my ( $mce, $slurp_ref, $chunk_id ) = @_;
# process chunk only if a match is found; ie. fast scan
# optionally, comment out the if statement and closing brace
if ( $$slurp_ref =~ /$pattern/m ) {
my @matches;
while ( $$slurp_ref =~ /([^\n]+\n)/mg ) {
my $line = $1; # save $1 to not lose the value
push @matches, $line if ( $line =~ /$pattern/ );
}
MCE->gather( @matches ) if @matches;
}
}, $hugefile;
say scalar( @result );CREDITS
Implementation inspired by Tie::StdHandle.
LIMITATIONS
Perl must have IO::FDPass for constructing a shared condvar or queue while the shared-manager process is running. For platforms where IO::FDPass isn't possible, construct condvar and queue before other classes. On systems without IO::FDPass, the manager process is delayed until sharing other classes or started explicitly.
use MCE::Shared;
my $has_IO_FDPass = $INC{'IO/FDPass.pm'} ? 1 : 0;
my $cv = MCE::Shared->condvar();
my $que = MCE::Shared->queue();
MCE::Shared->start() unless $has_IO_FDPass;Regarding mce_open, IO::FDPass is needed for constructing a shared-handle from a non-shared handle not yet available inside the shared-manager process. The workaround is to have the non-shared handle made before the shared-manager is started. Passing a file by reference is fine for the three STD* handles.
# The shared-manager knows of \*STDIN, \*STDOUT, \*STDERR.
mce_open my $shared_in, "<", \*STDIN; # ok
mce_open my $shared_out, ">>", \*STDOUT; # ok
mce_open my $shared_err, ">>", \*STDERR; # ok
mce_open my $shared_fh1, "<", "/path/to/sequence.fasta"; # ok
mce_open my $shared_fh2, ">>", "/path/to/results.log"; # ok
mce_open my $shared_fh, ">>", \*NON_SHARED_FH; # requires IO::FDPassThe IO::FDPass module is known to work reliably on most platforms. Install 1.1 or later to rid of limitations described above.
perl -MIO::FDPass -le "print 'Cheers! Perl has IO::FDPass.'"INDEX
AUTHOR
Mario E. Roy, <marioeroy AT gmail DOT com>