/**
* This method looks up a MailboxAddress that has been registered with the system, and implicitly
* opens the connection to the remote Mailbox. It also opens the reply address for the remote
* mailbox, so it may send responses back to this Isolate.
*
* @param name the name of the Mailbox to lookup.
* @param replyMailbox the address of a local mailbox that the remote isolate can send replies to.
* @return an open address to the remote mailbox named <code>name</code>.
* @throws NoSuchMailboxException if there is no mailbox named <code>name</code>.
*/
public static MailboxAddress lookupMailbox(String name, Mailbox replyMailbox)
throws NoSuchMailboxException {
Mailbox box = VM.lookupMailbox(name);
if (box == null) {
throw new NoSuchMailboxException(name);
}
MailboxAddress replyAddress = new MailboxAddress(replyMailbox);
MailboxAddress startingAddress = new MailboxAddress(box);
MailboxAddress finalAddress = box.callHandleOpen(startingAddress, replyAddress);
if (finalAddress == null) {
// something fell apart in callHandleOpen
throw new NoSuchMailboxException(name);
}
// record the address of the remote mailbox with this isolate:
finalAddress.recordAddress(Isolate.currentIsolate(), replyAddress);
// also, tell the isolate containing the remote mailbox about the
// reply address that it will use to send replies back to this isolate.
replyAddress.recordAddress(box.getOwner(), finalAddress);
return finalAddress;
}
/**
* Sends a close message to the corresponding Mailbox, explaining that no more messages will be
* sent via this MailboxAddress. Also closes otherAddress if it's open, to eagerly break
* connections between isolates. Redundant closes on a Mailbox are ignored.
*
* <p>Do NOT call while synchronized on "this". Can deadlock on otherAddress.close().
*
* @todo Rethink how to close otherAddress only semi-agressivly. Reaper thread, or close dead
* Mailbox addresses before attampting a hibernate.
*/
public void close() {
try {
synchronized (this) {
if (state != OPEN) {
return;
}
Assert.that(mailbox != null, "mailbox is null");
Assert.that(otherAddress != null, "otherAddress is null");
Assert.that(owner != null, "owner is null");
send(new AddressClosedEnvelope());
closeLocalState();
}
if (otherAddress.isOpen()) {
otherAddress.close();
}
} catch (AddressClosedException ex) {
// send() will have closeLocalState() for us...
}
}
