Fork-It is a NodeJs module that handles the complexity of interprocess communication. This library will abstract the complexity of sending process messages between two components. It also creates a communication layer between the two processes that is very RPC in nature.
fork.child().childMethod(param1,param2,{options: 'foo'});
fork.parent().parentMethod(param1,param2,{options: 'foo'});
$ npm install fork-it
See https://github.com/robpolak/fork-it/issues.
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Creates a simple Parent <--> Child console applications. This example shows bi-directional communicate between processes
fork(directoryName, file, obj, callBack) dirctoryName: Path where the file you want to fork is located file: file to fork obj: the object you wish to share with the child process callback: ready callback function
var forkIt = require('fork-it');
var app = function() {
};
app.prototype.someCommand = function(msg) {
console.log('App 1 Received: ' + msg);
};
forkIt.fork(__dirname, 'child.js', new app(), function() {
forkIt.child().someCommand('From Parent');
});
forkIt.initChild(obj, callBack); obj: The object you would like to share with the parent callback: Ready callback function
var forkIt = require('fork-it');
var app = (function() {
function someCommand(msg) {
console.log('App 2 Received: ' + msg);
};
return {
someCommand: someCommand
};
}());
forkIt.initChild(app, function() {
forkIt.child().someCommand('From Child');
});