Using passive regions.

Improve connector options mainly for standalone connector.
Updated "simple" example to return a timestamp.

examples/simple/application.e

@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 	initialize
 			-- Initialize current service.
 		do
-			set_service_option ("port", 9090)
+				-- Specific to `standalone' connector (the EiffelWeb server).
+				-- See `{WSF_STANDALONE_SERVICE_LAUNCHER}.initialize'
+ 			set_service_option ("port", 9090)
+			set_service_option ("max_concurrent_connections", 10)
+			set_service_option ("keep_alive_timeout", 1)
+			set_service_option ("verbose", True)
 		end
 
 

examples/simple/application_execution.e

@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ feature -- Basic operations
 	execute
 		local
 			s: STRING
-		do
-			-- To send a response we need to setup, the status code and
-			-- the response headers.
-			s := "Hello World!"
+			dt: HTTP_DATE
+ 		do
+ 			-- To send a response we need to setup, the status code and
+ 			-- the response headers.
+ 			s := "Hello World!"
+			create dt.make_now_utc
+			s.append (" (UTC time is " + dt.rfc850_string + ").")
 			response.put_header ({HTTP_STATUS_CODE}.ok, <<["Content-Type", "text/html"], ["Content-Length", s.count.out]>>)
 			response.set_status_code ({HTTP_STATUS_CODE}.ok)
 			response.header.put_content_type_text_html

examples/simple/simple.ecf

@@ -1,35 +1,28 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<system xmlns="http://www.eiffel.com/developers/xml/configuration-1-13-0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.eiffel.com/developers/xml/configuration-1-13-0 http://www.eiffel.com/developers/xml/configuration-1-13-0.xsd" name="simple" uuid="C28C4F53-9963-46C0-A080-8F13E94E7486" library_target="simple">
+<system xmlns="http://www.eiffel.com/developers/xml/configuration-1-15-0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.eiffel.com/developers/xml/configuration-1-15-0 http://www.eiffel.com/developers/xml/configuration-1-15-0.xsd" name="simple" uuid="C28C4F53-9963-46C0-A080-8F13E94E7486" library_target="simple">
 	<target name="common" abstract="true">
 		<file_rule>
-			<exclude>/EIFGENs$</exclude>
-			<exclude>/CVS$</exclude>
 			<exclude>/.svn$</exclude>
+			<exclude>/CVS$</exclude>
+			<exclude>/EIFGENs$</exclude>
 		</file_rule>
-		<option warning="true" full_class_checking="false" is_attached_by_default="true" void_safety="transitional" syntax="transitional">
+		<option warning="true" full_class_checking="false" is_attached_by_default="true" is_obsolete_routine_type="true" void_safety="transitional" syntax="transitional">
 			<assertions precondition="true" postcondition="true" check="true" invariant="true" loop="true" supplier_precondition="true"/>
 		</option>
+		<setting name="console_application" value="true"/>
 		<library name="base" location="$ISE_LIBRARY\library\base\base-safe.ecf"/>
 		<library name="http" location="..\..\library\network\protocol\http\http-safe.ecf"/>
 		<library name="wsf" location="..\..\library\server\wsf\wsf-safe.ecf"/>
 	</target>
 	<target name="simple_standalone" extends="common">
 		<root class="APPLICATION" feature="make_and_launch"/>
-		<option warning="true" is_attached_by_default="true" void_safety="transitional" syntax="transitional">
+		<option warning="true" is_attached_by_default="true" void_safety="all" syntax="transitional">
 			<assertions precondition="true" postcondition="true" check="true" invariant="true" loop="true" supplier_precondition="true"/>
 		</option>
-		<setting name="concurrency" value="thread"/>
+		<setting name="concurrency" value="scoop"/>
 		<library name="default_standalone" location="..\..\library\server\wsf\default\standalone-safe.ecf"/>
 		<cluster name="simple" location=".\" recursive="true"/>
 	</target>
-	<target name="simple_nino" extends="common">
-		<root class="APPLICATION" feature="make_and_launch"/>
-		<option warning="true" is_attached_by_default="true" void_safety="transitional" syntax="transitional">
-			<assertions precondition="true" postcondition="true" check="true" invariant="true" loop="true" supplier_precondition="true"/>
-		</option>
-		<library name="default_nino" location="..\..\library\server\wsf\default\nino-safe.ecf"/>
-		<cluster name="simple" location=".\" recursive="true"/>
-	</target>
 	<target name="simple_cgi" extends="common">
 		<root class="APPLICATION" feature="make_and_launch"/>
 		<option warning="true" is_attached_by_default="true" void_safety="transitional" syntax="transitional">

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/httpd/concurrency/scoop/httpd_connection_handler.e

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 		local
 			n: INTEGER
 			p: like pool
-		do
-			n := max_concurrent_connections (server)
+	 	do
+			n := max_concurrent_connections (server).max (1) -- At least one processor!
 			create p.make (n)
 			initialize_pool (p, n)
 			pool := p

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/httpd/concurrency/thread/httpd_connection_handler.e

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 		local
 			n: INTEGER
 		do
-			n := max_concurrent_connections (server)
+			n := max_concurrent_connections (server).max (1) -- At least one thread!
 			create pool.make (n.to_natural_32)
 		end
 

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/httpd/configuration/httpd_configuration_i.e

@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ feature -- Access
 	max_concurrent_connections: INTEGER assign set_max_concurrent_connections
 	socket_accept_timeout: INTEGER assign set_socket_accept_timeout
 	socket_connect_timeout: INTEGER assign set_socket_connect_timeout
+
 	force_single_threaded: BOOLEAN assign set_force_single_threaded
 		do
-			Result := (max_concurrent_connections = 0)
+			Result := max_concurrent_connections = 0
 		end
 
 	is_verbose: BOOLEAN assign set_is_verbose
@@ -126,6 +127,10 @@ feature -- Element change
 		end
 
 	set_force_single_threaded (v: like force_single_threaded)
+			-- Force server to handle incoming request in a single thread.
+			-- i.e set max_concurrent_connections to 0!
+		obsolete
+			"Use set_max_concurrent_connections (0) [June/2016]"	
 		do
 			if v then
 				set_max_concurrent_connections (0)

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/httpd/httpd_request_handler_i.e

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 	make
 		do
 			reset
+			persistent_connection_timeout := 5 -- seconds
 		end
 
 	reset
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ feature -- Settings
 			Result := {HTTPD_SERVER}.is_persistent_connection_supported
 		end	
 
-	persistent_connection_timeout: INTEGER = 5 -- seconds
+	persistent_connection_timeout: INTEGER -- seconds
 			-- Number of seconds for persistent connection timeout.
 			-- Default: 5 sec.
 
@@ -210,17 +211,8 @@ feature -- Execution
 
 					--| TODO: add configuration options for socket timeout.
 					--| set by default 5 seconds.
---				l_socket.set_timeout (persistent_connection_timeout) -- 5 seconds!
-				l_socket.set_timeout (1) -- 1 second!
-				from
-					i := persistent_connection_timeout -- * 1 sec
-				until
-					l_is_ready or i <= 0 or has_error
-				loop
-					l_is_ready := l_socket.ready_for_reading
-					check not l_socket.is_closed end
-					i := i - 1
-				end
+				l_socket.set_timeout (persistent_connection_timeout) -- 5 seconds!
+				l_is_ready := l_socket.ready_for_reading
 
 				if l_is_ready then
 					create l_remote_info

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/httpd/httpd_server_i.e

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 	build_controller
 			-- Build `controller'.
 		do
-			create controller
+			create <NONE> controller
 		end
 
 	initialize

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/implementation/wgi_httpd_request_handler_factory.e

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 note
-	description: "Implementation of WGI request handler factory for WGI_STANDALOE_CONNECTOR."
+	description: "Implementation of WGI request handler factory for WGI_STANDALONE_CONNECTOR."
 	date: "$Date$"
 	revision: "$Revision$"
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ feature -- Access
 
 feature -- Element change
 
-	set_connector (conn: like connector)
+	update_with (conn: like connector)
 			-- Set `connector' with `conn'.
 		do
 			connector := conn

library/server/ewsgi/connectors/standalone/src/wgi_standalone_connector.e

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 			create on_launched_actions
 
 				-- Server
-			create fac
+			create <NONE> fac
 			create server.make (fac)
-			create observer
+			create <NONE> observer
 			configuration := server_configuration (server)
 			controller := server_controller (server)
 			set_factory_connector (Current, fac)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ feature {NONE} -- Separate helper
 
 	set_factory_connector (conn: detachable separate WGI_STANDALONE_CONNECTOR [G]; fac: separate WGI_HTTPD_REQUEST_HANDLER_FACTORY [G])
 		do
-			fac.set_connector (conn)
+			fac.update_with (conn)
 		end
 
 	server_configuration (a_server: like server): like configuration

library/server/wsf/connector/standalone/wsf_standalone_service_launcher.e

@@ -39,33 +39,24 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 			create on_stopped_actions
 
 			port_number := 80 --| Default, but quite often, this port is already used ...
+			keep_alive_timeout := 5_000 -- 5 seconds.
 			base_url := ""
 
 			if attached options as opts then
 				if attached {READABLE_STRING_GENERAL} opts.option ("server_name") as l_server_name then
 					server_name := l_server_name.to_string_8
 				end
-				if attached {INTEGER} opts.option ("port") as l_port then
-					port_number := l_port
-				elseif
-					attached {READABLE_STRING_GENERAL} opts.option ("port") as l_port_str and then
-					l_port_str.is_integer
-				then
-					port_number := l_port_str.as_string_8.to_integer
-				end
 				if attached {READABLE_STRING_GENERAL} opts.option ("base") as l_base_str then
 					base_url := l_base_str.as_string_8
 				end
-				if attached {BOOLEAN} opts.option ("force_single_threaded") as l_single_threaded then
-					single_threaded := l_single_threaded
-				elseif attached {READABLE_STRING_GENERAL} opts.option ("force_single_threaded") as l_single_threaded_str then
-					single_threaded := l_single_threaded_str.as_lower.same_string ("true")
-				end
-				if attached {BOOLEAN} opts.option ("verbose") as l_verbose then
-					verbose := l_verbose
-				elseif attached {READABLE_STRING_GENERAL} opts.option ("verbose") as l_verbose_str then
-					verbose := l_verbose_str.as_lower.same_string ("true")
+				verbose := opts.option_boolean_value ("verbose", verbose)
+				port_number := opts.option_integer_value ("port", port_number)
+
+				if opts.option_boolean_value ("force_single_threaded", single_threaded) then
+					force_single_threaded
 				end
+				max_concurrent_connections := opts.option_integer_value ("max_concurrent_connections", max_concurrent_connections)
+				keep_alive_timeout := opts.option_integer_value ("keep_alive_timeout", keep_alive_timeout)
 			end
 
 			create conn.make
@@ -76,18 +67,24 @@ feature {NONE} -- Initialization
 			update_configuration (conn.configuration)
 		end
 
+	force_single_threaded
+			-- Set `single_threaded' to True.
+		do
+			max_concurrent_connections := 1
+ 		end		
+
 feature -- Execution
 
 	update_configuration (cfg: like connector.configuration)
 		do
-			if single_threaded then
-				cfg.set_force_single_threaded (True)
-			end
 			cfg.set_is_verbose (verbose)
 			if attached server_name as l_server_name then
 				cfg.set_http_server_name (l_server_name)
 			end
 			cfg.http_server_port := port_number
+			cfg.set_max_concurrent_connections (max_concurrent_connections)
+			cfg.set_keep_alive_timeout (keep_alive_timeout)
+--			conn.update_configuration (cfg)
 		end
 
 	launch
@@ -98,7 +95,7 @@ feature -- Execution
 		do
 			conn := connector
 			conn.set_base (base_url)
-			debug ("nino")
+			debug ("ew_standalone")
 				if verbose then
 					io.error.put_string ("Launching standalone web server on port " + port_number.out)
 					if attached server_name as l_name then
@@ -136,6 +133,13 @@ feature {NONE} -- Implementation
 	verbose: BOOLEAN
 
 	single_threaded: BOOLEAN
+		do
+			Result := max_concurrent_connections = 0
+		end
+
+	max_concurrent_connections: INTEGER
+
+	keep_alive_timeout: INTEGER	
 
 feature -- Status report
 

library/server/wsf/src/service/wsf_service_launcher_options.e

@@ -83,6 +83,42 @@ feature -- Access
 			Result := options.item (a_name)
 		end
 
+feature -- Helpers
+
+	option_integer_value (a_opt_name: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL; a_default: INTEGER): INTEGER
+			-- INTEGER value associated to option name `a_opt_name', other return `a_default'.
+		local
+			s: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL
+		do
+			Result := a_default
+			if attached option (a_opt_name) as opt then
+				if attached {INTEGER} opt as i then
+					Result := i
+				else
+					s := opt.out
+					if s.is_integer then
+						Result := s.to_integer
+					end
+				end
+			end			
+		end
+
+	option_boolean_value (a_opt_name: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL; a_default: BOOLEAN): BOOLEAN
+			-- BOOLEAN value associated to option name `a_opt_name', other return `a_default'.
+		local
+			s: READABLE_STRING_GENERAL
+		do
+			Result := a_default
+			if attached option (a_opt_name) as opt then
+				if attached {BOOLEAN} opt as b then
+					Result := b
+				else
+					s := opt.out
+					Result := s.is_case_insensitive_equal ("true")
+				end
+			end			
+		end
+
 feature -- Access
 
 	new_cursor: TABLE_ITERATION_CURSOR [detachable ANY, READABLE_STRING_GENERAL]