RubyAgent

Problem: An agent should consider a flag presence.

Solution: The solution is to set a timeout for a read or take operation, where the timeout value specifies how often a flag appearance should be checked, and if the flag is presented to perform the flag specific operation.

The Agent Life Cycle pattern is, of course, used too.

(life cycle and boolean flag patterns)

loop do
  begin
    read or take n-tuple with timeout t1

  rescue Rinda::RequestExpiredError

    begin
      read the flag n-tuple with timeout t2
      perform a flag specific operation
    rescue Rinda::RequestExpiredError
      perform an operation when the flag is not set
    end

    next # repeat the loop

  end

  process n-tuple
end

Tags: boolean flag, life cycle, pattern