Struct Peer 

pub struct Peer {
    pub name: &'static str,
    pub handler: Option<Handler>,
    pub pid: Pid,
}

A child process from the parent point of view.

Fields

name: &'static str

The process name.

handler: Option<Handler>

IPC channel to the child process.

pid: Pid

Process PID.

Methods from Deref<Target = Handler>

pub const BUFFER_LENGTH: usize = 65_535usize

pub async fn send_message<T: Serialize>( &self, message: Message, fd: Option<&Fd>, data: &T, ) -> Result<()>

Send message to remote end.

pub async fn recv_message<T: DeserializeOwned>( &self, ) -> Result<Option<(Message, Option<Fd>, T)>>

Receive message from the remote end.

pub fn shutdown(&self)

Forcefully close the imsg handler without dropping it.

Trait Implementations

impl AsRef<&'static str> for Peer

fn as_ref(&self) -> &&'static str

Converts this type into a shared reference of the (usually inferred) input type.

impl Debug for Peer

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Default for Peer

fn default() -> Self

Returns the “default value” for a type.

impl Deref for Peer

type Target = Handler

The resulting type after dereferencing.

fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target

Dereferences the value.