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Typed messaging: ``tractor.msg``
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All inter-actor communication rides a small, strictly-typed
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msgpack wire protocol built from :class:`msgspec.Struct` types —
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the "SC-shuttle" protocol that powers contexts, streams, RPC and
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cancellation. You normally never touch these msg types directly
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(the :class:`~tractor.Context` API speaks them for you) but you
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*do* use this subpackage to define **payload type contracts**: per
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endpoint via ``@tractor.context(pld_spec=...)`` or per channel via
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custom codecs.
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Violations of an active msg-spec surface as
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:class:`~tractor.MsgTypeError` (see :doc:`/api/errors`); the full
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typed-payload workflow is shown in ``examples/typed_payloads.py``.
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.. currentmodule:: tractor.msg
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The protocol message set
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------------------------
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.. autosummary::
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:nosignatures:
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PayloadMsg
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Aid
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SpawnSpec
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Start
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StartAck
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Started
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Yield
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Stop
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Return
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CancelAck
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Error
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``Aid`` (identity handshake) and ``SpawnSpec`` (parent -> child
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init) run at connection setup; ``Start``/``StartAck`` initiate an
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RPC task; ``Started``/``Yield``/``Stop``/``Return`` are the
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:class:`~tractor.Context` dialog phases; ``CancelAck`` and
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``Error`` close the loop on cancellation and (boxed) failure.
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``Msg`` is a legacy alias of ``PayloadMsg``. The union of all of
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the above is exported as ``MsgType`` (also ``__msg_spec__``).
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.. automodule:: tractor.msg.types
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:no-members:
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.. currentmodule:: tractor.msg
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Codec construction and override
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-------------------------------
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.. autofunction:: mk_codec
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.. autoclass:: MsgCodec
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:members: encode,
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decode,
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msg_spec
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.. autofunction:: mk_dec
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.. autoclass:: MsgDec
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:members: decode,
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spec
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.. autofunction:: apply_codec
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.. autofunction:: current_codec
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.. note::
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:func:`apply_codec` swaps the codec via a
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:class:`contextvars.ContextVar` — the override only applies to
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the *current task* (and tasks it starts), not sibling tasks
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already running in the actor. Payload-decoding is layered: the
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outer codec leaves ``.pld`` fields as ``msgspec.Raw`` and each
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context's payload-receiver decodes them against *its* spec
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(the "cheap-or-nasty" validation pattern).
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Namespace pointers
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------------------
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.. autoclass:: NamespacePath
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:members: from_ref,
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load_ref,
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to_tuple
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The ``'module.path:obj_name'`` :class:`str`-subtype used to
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address every RPC target function over the wire (same format as
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:func:`pkgutil.resolve_name`).
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Pretty structs
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--------------
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.. autoclass:: Struct
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:show-inheritance:
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A :class:`msgspec.Struct` subtype with a multi-line pretty
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``__repr__`` — handy as a base for your own IPC payload types so
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crash logs stay readable.
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.. seealso::
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:doc:`/api/context` for where ``pld_spec`` typing plugs into
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the ``@context`` decorator, :doc:`/api/errors` for
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:class:`~tractor.MsgTypeError` semantics, and
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:doc:`/guide/msging` for the guided typed-messaging tour.
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