The command script is now stored in string form. Substitution is performed
using normal string methods instead of regular expressions, since all used
substitutions are simple string replacements. Tokenization is performed after
substitution.
The servers created via the REST API now use code separate from the
maxadmin interface. This removes the cumbersome requirement of having to
first create the server and then configure it. With this change, it is
possible to completely remove the ability to set the server SSL after
creation.
Formatted with nl_func_type_name and related options set to ignore. This
keeps the formatting intact for long return types in declarations and
definitions.
The Listener::create method now takes a set of configuration parameters
from which it constructs a listener. This removes the duplicated code and
makes the behavior of listener creation similar to other objects in
MaxScale. It also allows the configuration parameters to be stored in the
listener object itself.
The configuration mechanism consists of the following concepts:
Specification
Specifies the available configuration parameters of a module,
their names and their types.
Param
Specifies a parameter, its name and its type.
Type
Specifies the type of a configuration parameters; Bool, Size,
Count, etc.
Configuration
Specifies the configuration values of a particular instance of
the module. Configuration walks hand in hand with Specification,
the latter specifies what the former should contain.
A Specification is capable of configuring a Configuration from a
MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER, checking in the process that all parameters
are of the correct type and that the required parameters are present.
A Specification is capable of persisting itself so that it later
can be read back.
The mechanism is closed for modification but open for extension in
the sense that if a module requires a custom parameter, all it needs
to do is to derive one class from Param and another from Type.
The canonical way for using this mechanism is as follows. Consider
a module xyx that has three parameters; a parameter called
"enabled" that is of boolean type, a parameter called "period"
that is of duration type, and a parameter "cache" that is of
size type. That would be declared as follows:
// xyz.hh
class XYZSession;
class XYZ : public maxscale::Filter<XYZ, XYZSession>
{
public:
static XYZ* create(const char* zName, MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* pParams);
private:
XYZ();
static config::Specification s_specification;
static config::ParamBool s_enabled;
static config::ParamDuration<std::chrono::seconds> s_period;
static config::ParamSize s_cache;
config::Configuration m_configuration;
config::Bool m_enabled;
config::Duration<std::chrono::seconds> m_period;
config::Size m_cache;
};
// xyz.cc
config::Specification XYZ::s_specification(MXS_MODULE_NAME);
config::ParamBool XYZ::s_enabled(
&s_specification,
"enabled",
"Specifies whether ... should be enabled or not."
);
config::ParamDuration<std::chrono::seconds> XYZ::s_period(
&s_specification,
"period",
"Specifies the period. Rounded to the nearest second."
);
config::ParamSize XYZ::s_cache(
&s_specification,
"cache",
"Specifies the size of the internal cache."
);
XYZ::XYZ()
: m_configuration(&s_specification)
, m_enabled(&m_configuration, &s_enabled)
, m_period(&m_configuration, &s_period)
, m_cache(&m_configuration, &s_cache)
{
}
XYZ* XYZ::create(const char* zName, MXS_CONFIG_PARAMETER* pParams)
{
XYZ* pXyz = new XYZ;
if (!s_specification.configure(pXyz->m_configuration, pParams))
{
delete pXyz;
pXyz = nullptr;
}
return pXyz;
}
This way the state is encapsulated in the object and the required changes
are done in one place. This makes the code reusable across all functions
making it easier to implement better monitor alteration code.
Reactivating monitors shouldn't be done as it's simpler to actually
destroy and create a new one. The performance of reactivation is
insignificant compared to the possible inconsistency problems it allows.
The helper function makes it easier to convert enum values at runtime to
their integer representation. Also changed the configuration processing
code to use the new function.
Although the default value is the maximum value of a signed 32-bit
integer, the value is stored as a 64-bit integer. The integer type
conversion functions return 64-bit values so storing it as one makes
sense.
Currently values higher than the default are allowed but the accepted
range of input should be restricted in the future.
The parameters are now written in the order they appear in the module
parameter definitions. Also enabled a previously disabled part in
server unit test.
Previously, runtime monitor modifications could directly alter monitor fields,
which could leave the text-form parameters and reality out-of-sync. Also,
the configure-function was not called for the entire monitor-object, only the
module-implementation.
Now, all modifications go through the overridden configure-function, which calls the
base-class function. As most configuration changes are given in text-form, this
removes the need for specific setters. The only exceptions are the server add/remove
operations, which must modify the text-form serverlist.