zrx-scheduler 0.0.17

Scheduler for workflow execution
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//! Action.

use zrx_storage::convert::{TryAsStorageMut, TryAsStorages};

use super::signal::{Scope, Value};
use super::step::IntoSteps;

pub mod context;
mod error;
pub mod graph;
pub mod options;

pub use context::Context;
pub use error::{Error, Result};
pub use options::Options;

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// Traits
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/// Action.
///
/// Actions represent units of work that can be executed by a [`Scheduler`][]
/// in a type-safe manner. Each action must define two associated types:
///
/// - [`Action::Inputs`], which defines the input types of the action, sourced
///   from the outputs of other actions that are considered its dependencies.
///
/// - [`Action::Output`], which defines the output type of the action, turning
///   the action into a dependency for dependent actions downstream.
///
/// This makes actions reusable and composable, as they are fundamentally just
/// functions with typed inputs and outputs, which can be dynamically connected
/// and executed by the scheduler in topological order. The input types of an
/// action must implement [`TryAsStorages`], which ensures that the scheduler
/// can downcast the type-erased upstream [`Storage`][] instances into concrete
/// types the action can work with. The output type of an action must implement
/// [`TryAsStorageMut`], ensuring that the action can store its output in a
/// concrete [`Storage`][] to pass it to downstream actions as input.
///
/// The [`Action`] type is passed as `Self` to [`Context`] and [`IntoEffects`],
/// two types that are used to provide an action with the necessary context and
/// ability to return [`Effects`], to instruct the scheduler to perform certain
/// operations like [`Task`][] scheduling or [`Timer`][] registration. The type
/// parameter is erased by the scheduler when registering and executing actions
/// through the implementation of the [`Tag`][] trait.
///
/// Note that actions themselves cannot be dyn-compatible, as they require the
/// [`Sized`] bound to pass `Self` to [`Context`] and [`IntoEffects`]. Also note
/// that the [`Action::Output`] associated type must be generic over a lifetime,
/// as this is necessary to derive the output type from the input types.
///
/// [`Scheduler`]: crate::scheduler::Scheduler
/// [`Storage`]: zrx_storage::Storage
/// [`Tag`]: crate::scheduler::engine::Tag
/// [`Task`]: crate::scheduler::effect::Task
/// [`Timer`]: crate::scheduler::effect::Timer
pub trait Action<I>: Sized {
    /// Input types of action.
    type Inputs: Value + TryAsStorages<Scope<I>>;
    /// Output type of action.
    type Output<'a>: Value + TryAsStorageMut<Scope<I>>;

    /// Executes the action.
    ///
    /// This method executes the action, and is expected to return any number
    /// of [`Effects`] that will then be handled accordingly by the scheduler.
    ///
    /// # Errors
    ///
    /// Errors returned by the action are forwarded.
    fn execute(&mut self, ctx: Context<I, Self>) -> impl IntoSteps<I, Self>;
}