所以我试图在两个客户端和erlang中的服务器之间建立一个聊天系统。 我在进入网络时注册每个进程。但是当客户端请求与另一个客户端聊天时,它会进入findUser()函数,并在目标用户名存在时在注册列表中查找。但由于某种原因,每个客户端用户名都没有被添加到它看起来的相同注册列表中。如何让所有新注册的进程进入同一列表?
服务器端:
-module(hw5server).
-export([start/0, checkUser/2, append/2, findUser/2]).
start() -> spawn(fun loop/0).
findUser(RequestorPid, Receiver) ->
Reqmessage = io:format("~p would like to chat with you. Press 1 to accept or 2 to decline: ", [RequestorPid]),
Pid2 = whereis(erlang:list_to_atom(Receiver)),
Pid2 ! {Pid2, Reqmessage}. ////////////MY ERROR!!!!
checkUser(Client,Username) ->
case {lists:member(Username, [userList])} of
{true} -> Message1 = io:format("Username taken.~n"),
Client ! {Message1};
{false} -> append([userList], Username),
Message = io:format("You have been connected!~n"),
register(erlang:list_to_atom(Username), Client), //Registers the Client.
Client ! {Message}
end.
append([List|T],User) -> [List|append(T,User)];
append([],User) -> User.
loop() ->
receive
{Client, Message} ->
io:format("Server: received a message!~p~n",[Message]),
Client ! {Message},
loop()
end.
客户端:
-module(hw5client).
-export([start/1,goOnline/2, loop/1, requestChatWith/2]).
start(Server) ->
%Server = hw5server:start().
spawn(hw5client, loop, [Server]),
loop(Server).
goOnline(Client_Node,Username) ->
hw5server:checkUser(Client_Node, Username),
Request = io:get_line("Enter 1 to request chat or 2 to go offline: "),
case {Request} of
{"1\n"} -> Target = io:get_line("Please enter recipient's username: "),
requestChatWith(Client_Node, Target)
end.
requestChatWith(Client_Node,Recipient) ->
hw5server:findUser(Client_Node,Recipient).
loop(Server) ->
Online = io:get_line("Enter 1 to go online: "),
case {Online} of
{"1\n"} -> Name = io:get_line("Please enter a username: "),
goOnline(self(), Name)
end,
receive
{_, Message} ->
io:format("~p",[Message]),
loop(Server)
end.
答案 0 :(得分:1)
由于Erlang不维护任何类型的全局状态,因此userList
变量将在checkUser/2
结束时销毁。
如果要将列表存储在内存中,则需要某种方法来保存列表。 Erlang的内置ets(http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/ets.html)是一个开始寻找的好地方(还有dets和mnesia)。
您也可以在客户端和checkUser/2
函数之间传递列表。
答案 1 :(得分:0)
我是dethtron5000写的第二个,但是我想指出这是OTP gen_server试图解决的确切情况。您可以将userList
保持在请求之间的状态,并使用gen_server API来处理实例化和传入消息。