processkit 0.3.3

Child-process management: kill-on-drop process trees and async run-and-capture
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//! Policy for capping the in-memory backlog of captured output lines.

/// What to drop when a bounded output buffer is full.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum OverflowMode {
    /// Ring-buffer / "tail" semantics: discard the oldest line so the most
    /// recent output survives.
    DropOldest,
    /// "Head" semantics: keep what is already buffered and discard new lines.
    DropNewest,
}

/// Caps how many captured/streamed output lines are retained in memory.
///
/// The pump *always* drains the OS pipe (so the child never blocks on a full
/// buffer); this policy only bounds the in-memory backlog. The line counters
/// ([`RunningProcess::stdout_line_count`](crate::RunningProcess::stdout_line_count))
/// still count every line, so `count > retained` reveals that lines were
/// dropped.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub struct OutputBufferPolicy {
    /// Maximum retained lines: `None` is unbounded; `Some(0)` retains nothing;
    /// `Some(n)` keeps at most `n`.
    pub max_lines: Option<usize>,
    /// Which line to drop when full.
    pub overflow: OverflowMode,
}

impl OutputBufferPolicy {
    /// Retain everything (the default).
    pub fn unbounded() -> Self {
        Self {
            max_lines: None,
            overflow: OverflowMode::DropOldest,
        }
    }

    /// Retain at most `max_lines`, dropping the oldest when full.
    pub fn bounded(max_lines: usize) -> Self {
        Self {
            max_lines: Some(max_lines),
            overflow: OverflowMode::DropOldest,
        }
    }

    /// Set the overflow behavior.
    pub fn with_overflow(mut self, overflow: OverflowMode) -> Self {
        self.overflow = overflow;
        self
    }
}

impl Default for OutputBufferPolicy {
    fn default() -> Self {
        Self::unbounded()
    }
}