Since two threads cannot use the connection concurrently, it sounds like
you just need the locking macro:
(locking conn
(.write conn "blah")
(.read conn))
- James
On 2 June 2014 22:15, Joachim De Beule <joachim.de.be...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear group,
>
> I have the following use case: I have a socket connection to an external
> service. I want several threads to use the same connection.
> Importantly, in order to get a synchronized response from the external
> service, every write must be followed by a read before another write is
> performed.
>
> This seems a rather general problem, so I'm guessing there is a "standard"
> solution?
>
> One strategy is to implement a Connection record that implements an atomic
> write/read protocol function. This function, when called from a thread A
> during another, unfinished call from a different thread B, blocks thread A
> and queues it until thread B's write/read call is finished and the
> connection is released. Is this a good strategy? How would it best be
> implemented using clojure's concurrency supporting features?
>
> All advice much appreciated!
> Joachim
>
>
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