ping.cxx File Reference

Detailed Description

Test suite for RWebWindow communication performance.

On the first place latency of round-trip (ping-pong) packet is measured File ping.cxx implements server-side code of RWebWindow In ping.html client code plus visualization is provided.

 
#include "ROOT/RWebWindow.hxx"
#include "TBufferJSON.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <chrono>
 
std::shared_ptr<ROOT::RWebWindow> window;
 
int num_clients = 1;
bool window_terminated = false;
bool call_show = true;
bool batch_mode = false;
int current_counter = 0;
 
auto start_tm = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
auto firstmsg_tm = start_tm;
auto stop_tm = start_tm;
std::string round_trip = "<not defined>";
 
void ProcessData(unsigned connid, const std::string &arg)
{
   if (arg.find("PING:") == 0) {
      window->Send(connid, arg);
   } else if (arg == "first") {
      // first message to provide config
      firstmsg_tm = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
      std::vector<std::string> clients;
      // for new clients request new connection URL
      // use relative path ".." while connection will be requested from the window itself
      for(int n = 1; n < num_clients; ++n)
         clients.emplace_back(".." + window->GetUrl(false));
      window->Send(connid, std::string("CLIENTS:") + TBufferJSON::ToJSON(&clients).Data());
   } else if (arg.find("SHOW:") == 0) {
      std::string msg = arg.substr(5);
      if (!batch_mode)
         std::cout << msg << std::endl;
      if (msg.find("Cnt:") == 0) {
         int counter = std::stoi(msg.substr(4));
         if (counter > 0)
            current_counter = counter;
      }
 
      auto p = msg.find("round-trip:");
      if (p > 0) round_trip = msg.substr(p);
 
   } else if (arg == "halt") {
      // terminate ROOT
      window_terminated = true;
      window->TerminateROOT();
   }
}
 
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// @param nclients - number of clients
/// @param test_mode
///  0 - default config, no special threads
///  1 - reduce http server timer
///  2 - create special thread in THttpServer and use it
///  3 - also create special thread for RWebWindow
///  4 - directly use civetweb threads (only for experts)
/// 10 - force longpoll socket with default config
 
enum TestModes {
   modeDefault = 0,          // default configuration
   modeMinimalTimer = 1,     // reduce THttpServer timer
   modeHttpThread = 2,       // create and use THttpServer thread to handle window functionality
   modeHttpWindowThread = 3, // with THttpServer thread also create thread for the window
   modeCivetThread = 4       // directly use threads if civetweb, dangerous
};
 
enum MajorModes {
   majorDefault = 0,         // default test suite, using websockets
   majorLongpoll = 1         // force longpoll sockets
};
 
void ping(int nclients = 1, int test_mode = 0)
{
   num_clients = nclients;
 
   batch_mode = gROOT->IsBatch();
 
   // verify values
   if (test_mode < 0) test_mode = 0;
   int major_mode = test_mode / 10;
   test_mode = test_mode % 10;
   if (test_mode > modeCivetThread)
      test_mode = modeDefault;
 
   if (num_clients < 1)
      num_clients = 1;
   else if (num_clients > 1000)
      num_clients = 1000;
 
   // let force usage of longpoll engine instead of plain websocket
   if (major_mode == majorLongpoll)
      gEnv->SetValue("WebGui.WSLongpoll", "yes");
 
   if (num_clients > 5)
      gEnv->SetValue("WebGui.HttpThreads", num_clients + 5);
 
   // allocate special thread for THttpServer, it will be automatically used by web window
   if ((test_mode == modeHttpThread) || (test_mode == modeHttpWindowThread))
      gEnv->SetValue("WebGui.HttpThrd", "yes");
 
   // let reduce reaction time of THttpServer
   if (test_mode == modeMinimalTimer)
      gEnv->SetValue("WebGui.HttpTimer", 1);
 
   // let allocate special thread which will be used to perform data sending via websocket
   // should reduce consumption of webwindow thread when big data are send
   // gEnv->SetValue("WebGui.SenderThrds", "yes");
 
   // create window
   window = ROOT::RWebWindow::Create();
 
   // configure maximal number of clients which allowed to connect
   window->SetConnLimit(num_clients);
 
   // configure default html page
   // either HTML code can be specified or just name of file after 'file:' prefix
   // Detect file location to specify full path to the HTML file
   std::string fname = __FILE__;
   auto pos = fname.find("ping.cxx");
   if (pos > 0)
      fname.resize(pos);
   else
      fname = gROOT->GetTutorialsDir() + std::string("/webgui/ping/");
   fname.append("ping.html");
   window->SetDefaultPage("file:" + fname);
 
   // configure window geometry
   window->SetGeometry(300, 500);
 
   // this set call-back, invoked when message received from client
   // also at this moment thread id is configured which supposed to be used to handle requests
   window->SetDataCallBack(ProcessData);
 
   // allow to use server thread, which responsible for requests processing
   if (test_mode == modeCivetThread)
      window->UseServerThreads();
 
   if (test_mode == modeHttpWindowThread)
      window->StartThread();
 
   // instead of showing window one can create URL and type it in any browser window
   if (call_show)
      window->Show(batch_mode ? "headless" : "");
   else
      std::cout << "Window url is: " << window->GetUrl(true) << std::endl;
 
   // provide blocking method to let run
   if (batch_mode) {
      const int run_limit = 200;
      const double fullrun_time = 100., startup_time = 70.;
      start_tm = firstmsg_tm = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
      window->WaitFor([=](double tm) { return (current_counter >= run_limit) || (tm > fullrun_time) || ((current_counter == 0) && (tm > startup_time))  ? 1 : 0; });
      stop_tm = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
      auto startuptime_int = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(firstmsg_tm - start_tm);
      auto runttime_int = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(stop_tm - firstmsg_tm);
 
      if (current_counter >= run_limit)
         std::cout << "PING-PONG TEST COMPLETED " << round_trip;
      else
         std::cout << "PING-PONG TEST FAIL cnt:" << current_counter;
 
      std::cout << " startup: " << startuptime_int.count() << "ms" << " run: " << runttime_int.count() << "ms" << std::endl;
   }
}

Author

Sergey Linev

Definition in file ping.cxx.