RWebWindowsManager.cxx

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// Author: Sergey Linev <s.linev@gsi.de>
// Date: 2017-10-16
// Warning: This is part of the ROOT 7 prototype! It will change without notice. It might trigger earthquakes. Feedback is welcome!
 
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#include <ROOT/RWebWindowsManager.hxx>
 
#include <ROOT/RLogger.hxx>
#include <ROOT/RWebDisplayArgs.hxx>
#include <ROOT/RWebDisplayHandle.hxx>
 
#include "RWebWindowWSHandler.hxx"
 
#include "THttpServer.h"
 
#include "TSystem.h"
#include "TRandom3.h"
#include "TString.h"
#include "TApplication.h"
#include "TTimer.h"
#include "TROOT.h"
#include "TEnv.h"
#include "TExec.h"
 
#include <thread>
#include <chrono>
#include <iostream>
 
using namespace ROOT::Experimental;
 
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Parse boolean gEnv variable which should be "yes" or "no"
/// \return 1 for true or 0 for false
/// Returns \param dflt if result is not defined
/// \param name name of the env variable
 
int RWebWindowWSHandler::GetBoolEnv(const std::string &name, int dflt)
{
   const char *undef = "<undefined>";
   const char *value = gEnv->GetValue(name.c_str(), undef);
   if (!value) return dflt;
   std::string svalue = value;
   if (svalue == undef) return dflt;
 
   if (svalue == "yes") return 1;
   if (svalue == "no") return 0;
 
   R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << name << " has to be yes or no";
   return dflt;
}
 
 
/** \class ROOT::Experimental::RWebWindowsManager
\ingroup webdisplay
 
Central instance to create and show web-based windows like Canvas or FitPanel.
 
Manager responsible to creating THttpServer instance, which is used for RWebWindow's
communication with clients.
 
Method RWebWindows::Show() used to show window in specified location.
*/
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Returns default window manager
/// Used to display all standard ROOT elements like TCanvas or TFitPanel
 
std::shared_ptr<RWebWindowsManager> &RWebWindowsManager::Instance()
{
   static std::shared_ptr<RWebWindowsManager> sInstance = std::make_shared<RWebWindowsManager>();
   return sInstance;
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// This thread id used to identify main application thread, where ROOT event processing runs
/// To inject code in that thread, one should use TTimer (like THttpServer does)
/// In other threads special run methods have to be invoked like RWebWindow::Run()
///
/// TODO: probably detection of main thread should be delivered by central ROOT instances like gApplication or gROOT
/// Main thread can only make sense if special processing runs there and one can inject own functionality there
 
static std::thread::id gWebWinMainThrd = std::this_thread::get_id();
static bool gWebWinMainThrdSet = true;
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Returns true when called from main process
/// Main process recognized at the moment when library is loaded
/// It supposed to be a thread where gApplication->Run() will be called
/// If application runs in separate thread, one have to use AssignMainThrd() method
/// to let RWebWindowsManager correctly recognize such situation
 
bool RWebWindowsManager::IsMainThrd()
{
   return gWebWinMainThrdSet && (std::this_thread::get_id() == gWebWinMainThrd);
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Re-assigns main thread id
/// Normally main thread id recognized at the moment when library is loaded
/// It supposed to be a thread where gApplication->Run() will be called
/// If application runs in separate thread, one have to call this method
/// to let RWebWindowsManager correctly recognize such situation
 
void RWebWindowsManager::AssignMainThrd()
{
   gWebWinMainThrdSet = true;
   gWebWinMainThrd = std::this_thread::get_id();
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// window manager constructor
/// Required here for correct usage of unique_ptr<THttpServer>
 
RWebWindowsManager::RWebWindowsManager()
{
   fExternalProcessEvents = RWebWindowWSHandler::GetBoolEnv("WebGui.ExternalProcessEvents") == 1;
   if (fExternalProcessEvents) {
      gWebWinMainThrdSet = false;
      fAssgnExec = std::make_unique<TExec>("init_threadid", "ROOT::Experimental::RWebWindowsManager::AssignMainThrd();");
      TTimer::SingleShot(0, "TExec",  fAssgnExec.get(), "Exec()");
   }
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// window manager destructor
/// Required here for correct usage of unique_ptr<THttpServer>
 
RWebWindowsManager::~RWebWindowsManager()
{
   if (gApplication && fServer && !fServer->IsTerminated()) {
      gApplication->Disconnect("Terminate(Int_t)", fServer.get(), "SetTerminate()");
      fServer->SetTerminate();
   }
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Assign thread id for window
/// Required in case of external process events
 
void RWebWindowsManager::AssignWindowThreadId(RWebWindow &win)
{
   if (fExternalProcessEvents && gWebWinMainThrdSet) {
      win.fUseServerThreads = false;
      win.fProcessMT = false;
      win.fCallbacksThrdIdSet = true;
      win.fCallbacksThrdId = gWebWinMainThrd;
   }
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Creates http server, if required - with real http engine (civetweb)
/// One could configure concrete HTTP port, which should be used for the server,
/// provide following entry in rootrc file:
///
///      WebGui.HttpPort: 8088
///
/// or specify range of http ports, which can be used:
///
///      WebGui.HttpPortMin: 8800
///      WebGui.HttpPortMax: 9800
///
/// By default range [8800..9800] is used
///
/// One also can bind HTTP server socket to loopback address,
/// In that case only connection from localhost will be available:
///
///      WebGui.HttpLoopback: yes
///
/// Or one could specify hostname which should be used for binding of server socket
///
///      WebGui.HttpBind: hostname | ipaddress
///
/// To use secured protocol, following parameter should be specified
///
///      WebGui.UseHttps: yes
///      WebGui.ServerCert: sertificate_filename.pem
///
/// All incoming requests processed in THttpServer in timer handler with 10 ms timeout.
/// One may decrease value to improve latency or increase value to minimize CPU load
///
///      WebGui.HttpTimer: 10
///
/// To processing incoming http requests and websockets, THttpServer allocate 10 threads
/// One have to increase this number if more simultaneous connections are expected:
///
///      WebGui.HttpThrds: 10
///
/// One also can configure usage of special thread of processing of http server requests
///
///      WebGui.HttpThrd: no
///
/// Extra threads can be used to send data to different clients via websocket (default no)
///
///      WebGui.SenderThrds: no
///
/// If required, one could change websocket timeouts (default is 10000 ms)
///
///      WebGui.HttpWSTmout: 10000
///
/// By default, THttpServer created in restricted mode which only allows websocket handlers
/// and processes only very few other related http requests. For security reasons such mode
/// should be always enabled. Only if it is really necessary to process all other kinds
/// of HTTP requests, one could specify no for following parameter (default yes):
///
///      WebGui.WSOnly: yes
///
/// In some applications one may need to force longpoll websocket emulations from the beginning,
/// for instance when clients connected via proxys. Although JSROOT should automatically fallback
/// to longpoll engine, one can configure this directly (default no)
///
///      WebGui.WSLongpoll: no
///
/// Following parameter controls browser max-age caching parameter for files (default 3600)
/// When 0 is specified, browser cache will be disabled
///
///      WebGui.HttpMaxAge: 3600
///
/// Also one can provide extra URL options for, see TCivetweb::Create for list of supported options
///
///      WebGui.HttpExtraArgs: winsymlinks=no
///
/// One also can configure usage of FastCGI server for web windows:
///
///      WebGui.FastCgiPort: 4000
///      WebGui.FastCgiThreads: 10
///
/// To be able start web browser for such windows, one can provide real URL of the
/// web server which will connect with that FastCGI instance:
///
///      WebGui.FastCgiServer: https://your_apache_server.com/root_cgi_path
///
 
bool RWebWindowsManager::CreateServer(bool with_http)
{
   if (gROOT->GetWebDisplay() == "off")
      return false;
 
   // explicitly protect server creation
   std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> grd(fMutex);
 
   if (!fServer) {
 
      fServer = std::make_unique<THttpServer>("basic_sniffer");
 
      if (fExternalProcessEvents) {
         fUseHttpThrd = false;
      } else {
         auto serv_thrd = RWebWindowWSHandler::GetBoolEnv("WebGui.HttpThrd");
         if (serv_thrd != -1)
            fUseHttpThrd = serv_thrd != 0;
      }
 
      auto send_thrds = RWebWindowWSHandler::GetBoolEnv("WebGui.SenderThrds");
      if (send_thrds != -1)
         fUseSenderThreads = send_thrds != 0;
 
      if (IsUseHttpThread())
         fServer->CreateServerThread();
 
      if (gApplication)
         gApplication->Connect("Terminate(Int_t)", "THttpServer", fServer.get(), "SetTerminate()");
 
      fServer->SetWSOnly(RWebWindowWSHandler::GetBoolEnv("WebGui.WSOnly", 1) != 0);
 
      // this is location where all ROOT UI5 sources are collected
      // normally it is $ROOTSYS/ui5 or <prefix>/ui5 location
      TString ui5dir = gSystem->Getenv("ROOTUI5SYS");
      if (ui5dir.Length() == 0)
         ui5dir = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.RootUi5Path","");
 
      if (ui5dir.Length() == 0)
         ui5dir.Form("%s/ui5", TROOT::GetDataDir().Data());
 
      if (gSystem->ExpandPathName(ui5dir)) {
         R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << "Path to ROOT ui5 sources " << ui5dir << " not found, set ROOTUI5SYS correctly";
         ui5dir = ".";
      }
 
      fServer->AddLocation("rootui5sys/", ui5dir.Data());
   }
 
   if (!with_http || fServer->IsAnyEngine())
      return true;
 
   int http_port = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.HttpPort", 0);
   int http_min = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.HttpPortMin", 8800);
   int http_max = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.HttpPortMax", 9800);
   int http_timer = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.HttpTimer", 10);
   int http_thrds = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.HttpThreads", 10);
   int http_wstmout = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.HttpWSTmout", 10000);
   int http_maxage = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.HttpMaxAge", -1);
   const char *extra_args = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.HttpExtraArgs", "");
   int fcgi_port = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.FastCgiPort", 0);
   int fcgi_thrds = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.FastCgiThreads", 10);
   const char *fcgi_serv = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.FastCgiServer", "");
   fLaunchTmout = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.LaunchTmout", 30.);
   bool assign_loopback = RWebWindowWSHandler::GetBoolEnv("WebGui.HttpLoopback", 1) == 1;
   const char *http_bind = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.HttpBind", "");
   bool use_secure = RWebWindowWSHandler::GetBoolEnv("WebGui.UseHttps", 0) == 1;
   const char *ssl_cert = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.ServerCert", "rootserver.pem");
 
   int ntry = 100;
 
   if ((http_port < 0) && (fcgi_port <= 0)) {
      R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << "Not allowed to create HTTP server, check WebGui.HttpPort variable";
      return false;
   }
 
   if ((http_timer > 0) && !IsUseHttpThread())
      fServer->SetTimer(http_timer);
 
   if (http_port < 0) {
      ntry = 0;
   } else {
 
      if (http_port == 0)
         gRandom->SetSeed(0);
 
      if (http_max - http_min < ntry)
         ntry = http_max - http_min;
   }
 
   if (fcgi_port > 0)
      ntry++;
 
   while (ntry-- >= 0) {
      if ((http_port == 0) && (fcgi_port <= 0)) {
         if ((http_min <= 0) || (http_max <= http_min)) {
            R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << "Wrong HTTP range configuration, check WebGui.HttpPortMin/Max variables";
            return false;
         }
 
         http_port = (int)(http_min + (http_max - http_min) * gRandom->Rndm(1));
      }
 
      TString engine, url;
 
      if (fcgi_port > 0) {
         engine.Form("fastcgi:%d?thrds=%d", fcgi_port, fcgi_thrds);
         if (!fServer->CreateEngine(engine)) return false;
         if (fcgi_serv && (strlen(fcgi_serv) > 0)) fAddr = fcgi_serv;
         if (http_port < 0) return true;
         fcgi_port = 0;
      } else if (http_port > 0) {
         url = use_secure ? "https://" : "http://";
         engine.Form("%s:%d?thrds=%d&websocket_timeout=%d", (use_secure ? "https" : "http"), http_port, http_thrds, http_wstmout);
         if (assign_loopback) {
            engine.Append("&loopback");
            url.Append("localhost");
         } else if (http_bind && (strlen(http_bind) > 0)) {
            engine.Append("&bind=");
            engine.Append(http_bind);
            url.Append(http_bind);
         } else {
            url.Append("localhost");
         }
 
         if (http_maxage >= 0)
            engine.Append(TString::Format("&max_age=%d", http_maxage));
 
         if (use_secure) {
            engine.Append("&ssl_cert=");
            engine.Append(ssl_cert);
         }
 
         if (extra_args && strlen(extra_args) > 0) {
            engine.Append("&");
            engine.Append(extra_args);
         }
 
         if (fServer->CreateEngine(engine)) {
            fAddr = url.Data();
            fAddr.append(":");
            fAddr.append(std::to_string(http_port));
            return true;
         }
         http_port = 0;
      }
   }
 
   return false;
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Creates new window
/// To show window, RWebWindow::Show() have to be called
 
std::shared_ptr<RWebWindow> RWebWindowsManager::CreateWindow()
{
   // we book manager mutex for a longer operation, locked again in server creation
   std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> grd(fMutex);
 
   if (!CreateServer()) {
      R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << "Cannot create server when creating window";
      return nullptr;
   }
 
   std::shared_ptr<RWebWindow> win = std::make_shared<RWebWindow>();
 
   if (!win) {
      R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << "Fail to create RWebWindow instance";
      return nullptr;
   }
 
   double dflt_tmout = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.OperationTmout", 50.);
 
   auto wshandler = win->CreateWSHandler(Instance(), ++fIdCnt, dflt_tmout);
 
   if (gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.RecordData", 0) > 0) {
      std::string fname, prefix;
      if (fIdCnt > 1) {
         prefix = std::string("f") + std::to_string(fIdCnt) + "_";
         fname = std::string("protcol") + std::to_string(fIdCnt) + ".json";
      } else {
         fname = "protocol.json";
      }
      win->RecordData(fname, prefix);
   }
 
   if (fExternalProcessEvents) {
      if (gWebWinMainThrdSet)
         AssignWindowThreadId(*win.get());
      else
         win->UseServerThreads(); // let run window until thread is obtained
   } else if (IsUseHttpThread())
      win->UseServerThreads();
 
   const char *token = gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.ConnToken", "");
   if (token && *token)
      win->SetConnToken(token);
 
   fServer->RegisterWS(wshandler);
 
   return win;
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Release all references to specified window
/// Called from RWebWindow destructor
 
void RWebWindowsManager::Unregister(RWebWindow &win)
{
   if (win.fWSHandler)
      fServer->UnregisterWS(win.fWSHandler);
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Provide URL address to access specified window from inside or from remote
 
std::string RWebWindowsManager::GetUrl(const RWebWindow &win, bool remote)
{
   if (!fServer) {
      R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << "Server instance not exists when requesting window URL";
      return "";
   }
 
   std::string addr = "/";
 
   addr.append(win.fWSHandler->GetName());
 
   addr.append("/");
 
   if (remote) {
      if (!CreateServer(true)) {
         R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << "Fail to start real HTTP server when requesting URL";
         return "";
      }
 
      addr = fAddr + addr;
   }
 
   return addr;
}
 
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Show web window in specified location.
///
/// \param[inout] win web window by reference
/// \param user_args specifies where and how display web window
///
/// As display args one can use string like "firefox" or "chrome" - these are two main supported web browsers.
/// See RWebDisplayArgs::SetBrowserKind() for all available options. Default value for the browser can be configured
/// when starting root with --web argument like: "root --web=chrome". When root started in web server mode "root --web=server",
/// no any web browser will be started - just URL will be printout, which can be entered in any running web browser
///
/// If allowed, same window can be displayed several times (like for RCanvas or TCanvas)
///
/// Following parameters can be configured in rootrc file:
///
///      WebGui.Display: kind of display like chrome or firefox or browser, can be overwritten by --web=value command line argument
///      WebGui.OnetimeKey: if configured requires unique key every time window is connected (default no)
///      WebGui.Chrome: full path to Google Chrome executable
///      WebGui.ChromeBatch: command to start chrome in batch, used for image production, like "$prog --headless --disable-gpu $geometry $url"
///      WebGui.ChromeHeadless: command to start chrome in headless mode, like "fork: --headless --disable-gpu $geometry $url"
///      WebGui.ChromeInteractive: command to start chrome in interactive mode, like "$prog $geometry --app=\'$url\' &"
///      WebGui.Firefox: full path to Mozilla Firefox executable
///      WebGui.FirefoxHeadless: command to start Firefox in headless mode, like "fork:--headless --private-window --no-remote $profile $url"
///      WebGui.FirefoxInteractive: command to start Firefox in interactive mode, like "$prog --private-window \'$url\' &"
///      WebGui.FirefoxProfile: name of Firefox profile to use
///      WebGui.FirefoxProfilePath: file path to Firefox profile
///      WebGui.FirefoxRandomProfile: usage of random Firefox profile -1 never, 0 - only for headless mode (dflt), 1 - always
///      WebGui.LaunchTmout: time required to start process in seconds (default 30 s)
///      WebGui.OperationTmout: time required to perform WebWindow operation like execute command or update drawings
///      WebGui.RecordData: if specified enables data recording for each web window 0 - off, 1 - on
///      WebGui.JsonComp: compression factor for JSON conversion, if not specified - each widget uses own default values
///      WebGui.ForceHttp: 0 - off (default), 1 - always create real http server to run web window
///      WebGui.Console: -1 - output only console.error(), 0 - add console.warn(), 1  - add console.log() output
///      WebGui.ConnCredits: 10 - number of packets which can be send by server or client without acknowledge from receiving side
///      WebGui.openui5src: alternative location for openui5 like https://openui5.hana.ondemand.com/
///      WebGui.openui5libs: list of pre-loaded ui5 libs like sap.m, sap.ui.layout, sap.ui.unified
///      WebGui.openui5theme: openui5 theme like sap_belize (default) or sap_fiori_3
///
/// THttpServer-related parameters documented in \ref CreateServer method
 
unsigned RWebWindowsManager::ShowWindow(RWebWindow &win, const RWebDisplayArgs &user_args)
{
   // silently ignore regular Show() calls in batch mode
   if (!user_args.IsHeadless() && gROOT->IsWebDisplayBatch())
      return 0;
 
   // for embedded window no any browser need to be started
   // also when off is specified, no browser should be started
   if ((user_args.GetBrowserKind() == RWebDisplayArgs::kEmbedded) || (user_args.GetBrowserKind() == RWebDisplayArgs::kOff))
      return 0;
 
   // catch window showing, used by the RBrowser to embed some of ROOT widgets
   if (fShowCallback)
      if (fShowCallback(win, user_args))
         return 0;
 
   // place here while involves conn mutex
   auto token = win.GetConnToken();
 
   // we book manager mutex for a longer operation,
   std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> grd(fMutex);
 
   if (!fServer) {
      R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << "Server instance not exists to show window";
      return 0;
   }
 
   std::string key;
   int ntry = 100000;
   TRandom3 rnd;
   rnd.SetSeed();
 
   do {
      key = std::to_string(rnd.Integer(0x100000));
   } while ((--ntry > 0) && win.HasKey(key));
   if (ntry == 0) {
      R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << "Fail to create unique key for the window";
      return 0;
   }
 
   RWebDisplayArgs args(user_args);
 
   if (args.IsHeadless() && !args.IsSupportHeadless()) {
      R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << "Cannot use batch mode with " << args.GetBrowserName();
      return 0;
   }
 
   if (args.GetWidth() <= 0) args.SetWidth(win.GetWidth());
   if (args.GetHeight() <= 0) args.SetHeight(win.GetHeight());
 
   bool normal_http = !args.IsLocalDisplay();
   if (!normal_http && (gEnv->GetValue("WebGui.ForceHttp", 0) == 1))
      normal_http = true;
 
   std::string url = GetUrl(win, normal_http);
   if (url.empty()) {
      R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << "Cannot create URL for the window";
      return 0;
   }
   if (normal_http && fAddr.empty()) {
      R__LOG_WARNING(WebGUILog()) << "Full URL cannot be produced for window " << url << " to start web browser";
      return 0;
   }
 
   args.SetUrl(url);
 
   args.AppendUrlOpt(std::string("key=") + key);
   if (args.IsHeadless()) args.AppendUrlOpt("headless"); // used to create holder request
   if (!token.empty())
      args.AppendUrlOpt(std::string("token=") + token);
 
   if (!args.IsHeadless() && (args.GetBrowserKind() == RWebDisplayArgs::kServer) && (RWebWindowWSHandler::GetBoolEnv("WebGui.OnetimeKey") != 1)) {
      std::cout << "New web window: " << args.GetUrl() << std::endl;
      return 0;
   }
 
#if not(defined(R__MACOSX)) and not(defined(R__WIN32))
   if (args.IsInteractiveBrowser()) {
      const char *varname = "WebGui.CheckRemoteDisplay";
      if (RWebWindowWSHandler::GetBoolEnv(varname, 1) == 1) {
         const char *displ = gSystem->Getenv("DISPLAY");
         if (displ && *displ && (*displ != ':')) {
            gEnv->SetValue(varname, "no");
            std::cout << "\n"
               "ROOT web-based widget started in the session where DISPLAY set to " << displ << "\n" <<
               "Means web browser will be displayed on remote X11 server which is usually very inefficient\n"
               "One can start ROOT session in server mode like \"root -b --web=server:8877\" and forward http port to display node\n"
               "Find more info on https://root.cern/for_developers/root7/#rbrowser\n"
               "This message can be disabled by setting \"" << varname << ": no\" in .rootrc file\n";
         }
      }
   }
#endif
 
   if (!normal_http)
      args.SetHttpServer(GetServer());
 
   auto handle = RWebDisplayHandle::Display(args);
 
   if (!handle) {
      R__LOG_ERROR(WebGUILog()) << "Cannot display window in " << args.GetBrowserName();
      return 0;
   }
 
   return win.AddDisplayHandle(args.IsHeadless(), key, handle);
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Waits until provided check function or lambdas returns non-zero value
/// Regularly calls WebWindow::Sync() method to let run event loop
/// If call from the main thread, runs system events processing
/// Check function has following signature: int func(double spent_tm)
/// Parameter spent_tm is time in seconds, which already spent inside function
/// Waiting will be continued, if function returns zero.
/// First non-zero value breaks waiting loop and result is returned (or 0 if time is expired).
/// If parameter timed is true, timelimit (in seconds) defines how long to wait
 
int RWebWindowsManager::WaitFor(RWebWindow &win, WebWindowWaitFunc_t check, bool timed, double timelimit)
{
   int res = 0, cnt = 0;
   double spent = 0.;
 
   auto start = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
 
   win.Sync(); // in any case call sync once to ensure
 
   auto is_main_thread = IsMainThrd();
 
   while ((res = check(spent)) == 0) {
 
      if (is_main_thread)
         gSystem->ProcessEvents();
 
      win.Sync();
 
      // only when first 1000 events processed, invoke sleep
      if (++cnt > 1000)
         std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(cnt > 5000 ? 10 : 1));
 
      std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli> elapsed = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - start;
 
      spent = elapsed.count() * 1e-3; // use ms precision
 
      if (timed && (spent > timelimit))
         return -3;
   }
 
   return res;
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// Terminate http server and ROOT application
 
void RWebWindowsManager::Terminate()
{
   if (fServer)
      fServer->SetTerminate();
 
   if (gApplication)
      TTimer::SingleShot(100, "TApplication",  gApplication, "Terminate()");
}