ikiwiki/IkiWiki/Plugin/external.pm

#!/usr/bin/perl
# Support for external plugins written in other languages.
# Communication via XML RPC a pipe.
# See externaldemo for an example of a plugin that uses this.
package IkiWiki::Plugin::external;

use warnings;
use strict;
use IkiWiki 2.00;
use RPC::XML;
use RPC::XML::Parser;
use IPC::Open2;
use IO::Handle;

my %plugins;

sub import { #{{{
	my $self=shift;
	my $plugin=shift;
	return unless defined $plugin;

	my ($plugin_read, $plugin_write);
	my $pid = open2($plugin_read, $plugin_write, $plugin);

	# open2 doesn't respect "use open ':utf8'"
	binmode($plugin_read, ':utf8');
	binmode($plugin_write, ':utf8');

	$plugins{$plugin}={in => $plugin_read, out => $plugin_write, pid => $pid,
		accum => ""};

	rpc_call($plugins{$plugin}, "import");
} #}}}

sub rpc_write ($$) { #{{{
	my $fh=shift;
	my $string=shift;

	$fh->print($string."\n");
	$fh->flush;
} #}}}

sub rpc_call ($$;@) { #{{{
	my $plugin=shift;
	my $command=shift;

	# send the command
	my $req=RPC::XML::request->new($command, @_);
	rpc_write($plugin->{out}, $req->as_string);

	# process incoming rpc until a result is available
	while ($_ = $plugin->{in}->getline) {
		$plugin->{accum}.=$_;
		while ($plugin->{accum} =~ /^\s*(<\?xml\s.*?<\/(?:methodCall|methodResponse)>)\n(.*)/s) {
			$plugin->{accum}=$2;
			my $r = RPC::XML::Parser->new->parse($1);
			error("XML RPC parser failure: $r") unless ref $r;
			if ($r->isa('RPC::XML::response')) {
				my $value=$r->value;
				if ($value->isa('RPC::XML::array')) {
					return @{$value->value};
				}
				elsif ($value->isa('RPC::XML::struct')) {
					return %{$value->value};
				}
				elsif ($value->isa('RPC::XML::fault')) {
					die $value->string;
				}
				else {
					return $value->value;
				}
			}

			my $name=$r->name;
			my @args=map { $_->value } @{$r->args};

			# When dispatching a function, first look in 
			# IkiWiki::RPC::XML. This allows overriding
			# IkiWiki functions with RPC friendly versions.
			my $ret;
			if (exists $IkiWiki::RPC::XML::{$name}) {
				$ret=$IkiWiki::RPC::XML::{$name}($plugin, @args);
			}
			elsif (exists $IkiWiki::{$name}) {
				$ret=$IkiWiki::{$name}(@args);
			}
			else {
				error("XML RPC call error, unknown function: $name");
			}

			my $string=eval { RPC::XML::response->new($ret)->as_string };
			if ($@ && ref $ret) {
				# One common reason for serialisation to
				# fail is a complex return type that cannot
				# be represented as an XML RPC response.
				# Handle this case by just returning 1.
				$string=eval { RPC::XML::response->new(1)->as_string };
			}
			if ($@) {
				error("XML response serialisation failed: $@");
			}
			rpc_write($plugin->{out}, $string);
		}
	}

	return undef;
} #}}}

package IkiWiki::RPC::XML;
use Memoize;

sub getvar ($$$) { #{{{
	my $plugin=shift;
	my $varname="IkiWiki::".shift;
	my $key=shift;

	no strict 'refs';
	my $ret=$varname->{$key};
	use strict 'refs';
	return $ret;
} #}}}

sub setvar ($$$;@) { #{{{
	my $plugin=shift;
	my $varname="IkiWiki::".shift;
	my $key=shift;

	no strict 'refs';
	my $ret=$varname->{$key}=@_;
	use strict 'refs';
	return $ret;
} #}}}

sub inject ($@) { #{{{
	# Bind a given perl function name to a particular RPC request.
	my $plugin=shift;
	my %params=@_;

	if (! exists $params{name} || ! exists $params{call}) {
		die "inject needs name and call parameters";
	}
	my $sub = sub {
		IkiWiki::Plugin::external::rpc_call($plugin, $params{call}, @_)
	};
	eval qq{*$params{name}=\$sub};
	memoize($params{name}) if $params{memoize};
	return 1;
} #}}}

sub hook ($@) { #{{{
	# the call parameter is a function name to call, since XML RPC
	# cannot pass a function reference
	my $plugin=shift;
	my %params=@_;

	my $callback=$params{call};
	delete $params{call};

	IkiWiki::hook(%params, call => sub {
		IkiWiki::Plugin::external::rpc_call($plugin, $callback, @_)
	});
} #}}}

sub pagespec_match ($@) { #{{{
	# convert pagespec_match's return object into a XML RPC boolean
	my $plugin=shift;

	return RPC::XML::boolean->new(0 + IkiWiki::pagespec_march(@_));
} #}}}

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