/*! * child.js - child processes for bcoin * Copyright (c) 2014-2017, Christopher Jeffrey (MIT License). * https://github.com/bcoin-org/bcoin */ 'use strict'; const assert = require('assert'); const EventEmitter = require('events'); /** * Represents a child process. * @alias module:workers.Child * @constructor * @ignore * @param {String} file */ function Child(file) { if (!(this instanceof Child)) return new Child(file); EventEmitter.call(this); this.init(file); } Object.setPrototypeOf(Child.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype); /** * Test whether child process support is available. * @returns {Boolean} */ Child.hasSupport = function hasSupport() { return typeof global.postMessage === 'function'; }; /** * Initialize child process. Bind to events. * @private * @param {String} file */ Child.prototype.init = function init(file) { this.child = new global.Worker(file); this.child.onerror = (event) => { this.emit('error', new Error('Child error.')); this.emit('exit', 1, null); }; this.child.onmessage = (event) => { let data; if (typeof event.data === 'string') { data = Buffer.from(event.data, 'hex'); assert(data.length === event.data.length / 2); } else { assert(event.data && typeof event.data === 'object'); assert(event.data.data && typeof event.data.data.length === 'number'); data = event.data.data; data.__proto__ = Buffer.prototype; } this.emit('data', data); }; }; /** * Send data to child process. * @param {Buffer} data * @returns {Boolean} */ Child.prototype.write = function write(data) { if (this.child.postMessage.length === 2) { data.__proto__ = Uint8Array.prototype; this.child.postMessage({ data }, [data]); } else { this.child.postMessage(data.toString('hex')); } return true; }; /** * Destroy the child process. */ Child.prototype.destroy = function destroy() { this.child.terminate(); this.emit('exit', 15 | 0x80, 'SIGTERM'); }; /* * Expose */ module.exports = Child;