greeter_async_client2.cc

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#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <thread>
 
#include <grpc/support/log.h>
#include <grpcpp/grpcpp.h>
 
#ifdef BAZEL_BUILD
#include "examples/protos/helloworld.grpc.pb.h"
#else
#include "helloworld.grpc.pb.h"
#endif
 
using grpc::Channel;
using grpc::ClientAsyncResponseReader;
using grpc::ClientContext;
using grpc::CompletionQueue;
using grpc::Status;
using helloworld::Greeter;
using helloworld::HelloReply;
using helloworld::HelloRequest;
 
class GreeterClient {
 public:
  explicit GreeterClient(std::shared_ptr<Channel> channel)
      : stub_(Greeter::NewStub(channel)) {}
 
  // Assembles the client's payload and sends it to the server.
  void SayHello(const std::string& user) {
    // Data we are sending to the server.
    HelloRequest request;
    request.set_name(user);
 
    // Call object to store rpc data
    AsyncClientCall* call = new AsyncClientCall;
 
    // stub_->PrepareAsyncSayHello() creates an RPC object, returning
    // an instance to store in "call" but does not actually start the RPC
    // Because we are using the asynchronous API, we need to hold on to
    // the "call" instance in order to get updates on the ongoing RPC.
    call->response_reader =
        stub_->PrepareAsyncSayHello(&call->context, request, &cq_);
 
    // StartCall initiates the RPC call
    call->response_reader->StartCall();
 
    // Request that, upon completion of the RPC, "reply" be updated with the
    // server's response; "status" with the indication of whether the operation
    // was successful. Tag the request with the memory address of the call
    // object.
    call->response_reader->Finish(&call->reply, &call->status, (void*)call);
  }
 
  // Loop while listening for completed responses.
  // Prints out the response from the server.
  void AsyncCompleteRpc() {
    void* got_tag;
    bool ok = false;
 
    // Block until the next result is available in the completion queue "cq".
    while (cq_.Next(&got_tag, &ok)) {
      // The tag in this example is the memory location of the call object
      AsyncClientCall* call = static_cast<AsyncClientCall*>(got_tag);
 
      // Verify that the request was completed successfully. Note that "ok"
      // corresponds solely to the request for updates introduced by Finish().
      GPR_ASSERT(ok);
 
      if (call->status.ok())
        std::cout << "Greeter received: " << call->reply.message() << std::endl;
      else
        std::cout << "RPC failed" << std::endl;
 
      // Once we're complete, deallocate the call object.
      delete call;
    }
  }
 
 private:
  // struct for keeping state and data information
  struct AsyncClientCall {
    // Container for the data we expect from the server.
    HelloReply reply;
 
    // Context for the client. It could be used to convey extra information to
    // the server and/or tweak certain RPC behaviors.
    ClientContext context;
 
    // Storage for the status of the RPC upon completion.
    Status status;
 
    std::unique_ptr<ClientAsyncResponseReader<HelloReply>> response_reader;
  };
 
  // Out of the passed in Channel comes the stub, stored here, our view of the
  // server's exposed services.
  std::unique_ptr<Greeter::Stub> stub_;
 
  // The producer-consumer queue we use to communicate asynchronously with the
  // gRPC runtime.
  CompletionQueue cq_;
};
 
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
  // Instantiate the client. It requires a channel, out of which the actual RPCs
  // are created. This channel models a connection to an endpoint (in this case,
  // localhost at port 50051). We indicate that the channel isn't authenticated
  // (use of InsecureChannelCredentials()).
  GreeterClient greeter(grpc::CreateChannel(
      "localhost:50051", grpc::InsecureChannelCredentials()));
 
  // Spawn reader thread that loops indefinitely
  std::thread thread_ = std::thread(&GreeterClient::AsyncCompleteRpc, &greeter);
 
  for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
    std::string user("world " + std::to_string(i));
    greeter.SayHello(user);  // The actual RPC call!
  }
 
  std::cout << "Press control-c to quit" << std::endl << std::endl;
  thread_.join();  // blocks forever
 
  return 0;
}