A Manager for Comms

Objects of this class are used internally to manage comms, they are not meant to be used by end-users.

CommManager(...)

Arguments

...

Arguments passed to the inializer

Details

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Functions

  • CommManager(): A constructor for objects in the 'CommManagerClass'

Public fields

comms

A list of Comms.

Methods

Public methods

Method new()

Set up internal fields

Usage

CommManagerClass$new(kernel, evaluator)

Arguments

kernel

Reference to the relevant kernel

evaluator

Reference to the relevant evaluator

Method add_handlers()

Add a handler for a comm target

Usage

CommManagerClass$add_handlers(target_name, handlers)

Arguments

target_name

A string, the name of the target.

handlers

A named list of handlers

Method remove_handlers()

Remove the handlers of a comm target

Usage

CommManagerClass$remove_handlers(target_name)

Arguments

target_name

A string, the name of the target

Method has_handlers()

Check if handlers for a target exist

Usage

CommManagerClass$has_handlers(target_name)

Arguments

target_name

A string, the name of the target

Method get_handlers()

Get the handlers for a target

Usage

CommManagerClass$get_handlers(target_name)

Arguments

target_name

A string, the name of the target

Method get_comms()

Get all comms or all comms related to a target

Usage

CommManagerClass$get_comms(target_name = NULL)

Arguments

target_name

A string, the name of the target or NULL. If NULL,

Method new_comm()

Create a new comm related to a target

Usage

CommManagerClass$new_comm(target_name)

Arguments

target_name

A string, the name of the target

Method handle_open()

Handle a 'comm open' request from the frontend

Usage

CommManagerClass$handle_open(target_name, id, data)

Arguments

target_name

A string, the name of the target

id

A string, the comm id

data

Data sent by the frontend

Method handle_close()

Handle a 'comm close' request from the frontend

Usage

CommManagerClass$handle_close(id, data)

Arguments

id

A string, the comm id

data

Data sent by the frontend

Method handle_msg()

Handle a comm message from the frontend

Usage

CommManagerClass$handle_msg(id, data)

Arguments

id

A string, the comm id

data

Data sent by the frontend

Method send()

Send data to the frontend

Usage

CommManagerClass$send(id, data, metadata = emptyNamedList, buffers = NULL)

Arguments

id

A string, the comm id

data

A named list

metadata

A named list

buffers

A list of raw vectors or NULL

Method send_open()

Send an 'open' request to the frontend

Usage

CommManagerClass$send_open(
  id,
  target_name,
  data,
  metadata = emptyNamedList,
  buffers = NULL
)

Arguments

id

A string, the comm id

target_name

A string, the name of the target

data

A named list

metadata

A named list

buffers

A list of raw vectors or NULL

Method send_close()

Send an 'close' request to the frontend

Usage

CommManagerClass$send_close(
  id,
  data = emptyNamedList,
  metadata = emptyNamedList,
  buffers = NULL
)

Arguments

id

A string, the comm id

data

A named list

metadata

A named list

buffers

A list of raw vectors or NULL

Method list_targets()

Return a list of targets

Usage

CommManagerClass$list_targets()

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

CommManagerClass$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.