remote-tasks

An ES6 library to add a network abstraction between calls to and fulfillment of function tasks.

See @debonet/tasks and @debonet/remote-promises.

Usage

Instead of being confined to a single application running on a single processor:

	function someTaskFunction(){ return new Task( ... ) }

	somePromiseFunction( args )
		.progress( ... )
		.then( ... )
		.catch( ... )
		.finally( ... );

With remote-task, we can move the handling of the function to a different process or machine.

In "forward mode":

Process 1:

	function someTaskFunction(){ return new Task( ... ) }

	RemoteTask.serve( someTaskFunction, 3000, { path: "somePath" } );

Process 2:

	const someTaskFunction = RemoteTask.client( "ws://some_server:3000/somePath" );

	someTaskFunction( args )
		.progress( ... )
		.then( ... )
		.catch( ... )
		.finally( ... );

and in "reverse mode":

On one or more processes:

	function someTaskFunction(){ return new Task( ... ) }

	RemoteTask.provide( someTaskFunction, "ws://some_server:3000/somePath" );

On another process:

	const someTaskFunction = RemoteTask.marshal( 3000, { path: "somePath" } );

	someTaskFunction( args )
		.progress( ... )
		.then( ... )
		.catch( ... )
		.finally( ... );

API

Identical to the API for @debonet/remote-promises, with the subsitution of Tasks for Promies.

Installation

npm install @debonet/remote-tasks