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Motore is an async middleware abstraction powered by GAT and TAIT.
Around Motore, we build modular and reusable components for building robust networking clients and servers.
Motore is greatly inspired by [`Tower`][tower].
[tower]: https://github.com/tower-rs/tower
## Overview
Motore uses GAT and TAIT to reduce the mental burden of writing asynchronous code, especially to avoid the overhead of `Box` to make people less anxious.
The core abstraciton of Motore is the `Service` trait:
```rust
pub trait Service<Cx, Request> {
/// Responses given by the service.
type Response;
/// Errors produced by the service.
type Error;
/// The future response value.
type Future<'cx>: Future<Output = Result<Self::Response, Self::Error>> + Send + 'cx
where
Cx: 'cx,
Self: 'cx;
/// Process the request and return the response asynchronously.
fn call<'cx, 's>(&'s self, cx: &'cx mut Cx, req: Request) -> Self::Future<'cx>
where
's: 'cx;
}
```
## Getting Started
Combing GAT and `impl_trait_in_assoc_type` together, we can write asynchronous code in a very concise and readable way.
```rust
pub struct Timeout<S> {
inner: S,
duration: Duration,
}
impl<Cx, Req, S> Service<Cx, Req> for Timeout<S>
where
Req: 'static + Send,
S: Service<Cx, Req> + 'static + Send + Sync,
Cx: 'static + Send,
S::Error: Send + Sync + Into<BoxError>,
{
type Response = S::Response;
type Error = BoxError;
type Future<'cx> = impl Future<Output = Result<S::Response, Self::Error>> + Send + 'cx;
fn call<'cx, 's>(&'s self, cx: &'cx mut Cx, req: Req) -> Self::Future<'cx>
where
's: 'cx,
{
async move {
let sleep = tokio::time::sleep(self.duration);
tokio::select! {
r = self.inner.call(cx, req) => {
r.map_err(Into::into)
},
_ = sleep => Err(std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::TimedOut, "service time out").into()),
}
}
}
}
```
We also provided the `#[motore::service]` macro to make writing a `Serivce` more async-native:
```rust
use motore::service;
pub struct S<I> {
inner: I,
}
#[service]
impl<Cx, Req, I> Service<Cx, Req> for S<I>
where
Req: Send + 'static,
I: Service<Cx, Req> + Send + 'static + Sync,
Cx: Send + 'static,
{
async fn call(&self, cx: &mut Cx, req: Req) -> Result<I::Response, I::Error> {
self.inner.call(cx, req).await
}
}
```
## FAQ
### Why do we need GAT?
https://www.cloudwego.io/zh/docs/motore/faq/q1_gat/
### Where's the `poll_ready`(a.k.a. backpressure)?
https://www.cloudwego.io/zh/docs/motore/faq/q2_pull_ready/
## License
Motore is dual-licensed under the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0).
See [LICENSE-MIT](https://github.com/cloudwego/motore/blob/main/LICENSE-MIT) and [LICENSE-APACHE](https://github.com/cloudwego/motore/blob/main/LICENSE-APACHE) for details.
## Credits
We have used some third party components, and we thank them for their work.
For the full list, you may refer to the [CREDITS.md](https://github.com/cloudwego/motore/blob/main/CREDITS.md) file.
## Community
- Email: [motore@cloudwego.io](mailto:motore@cloudwego.io)
- How to become a member: [COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP](https://github.com/cloudwego/community/blob/main/COMMUNITY_MEMBERSHIP.md)
- Issues: [Issues](https://github.com/cloudwego/motore/issues)
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