Pewl

Generic pooling library

Useful for managing resources like database connections.

Install

$ npm install pewl

Usage

Here's a simple example of how to get up and running with pewl.

const Pool = require('pewl');
 
// create a Pool instance.
const pool = new Pool({
  create: () => asyncFuncThatCreatesResource(),
  destroy: resource => asyncFuncThatDestroysResource(resource)
});
 
// open the pool
await pool.open();
 
// get a resource from the pool
const resource = await pool.acquire();
 
// return the resource to the pool
pool.release(resource);
 
// close the pool when finished
await pool.close();

API

Pool([options])

Returns a new pool instance.

options

Type: Object

acquireTimeout

Type: number Default: Infinity

Duration to wait before rejecting acquire request.

attributes

Type: string[]

Attributes used to describe the Pool when using a Cluster.

concurrency

Type: number Default: Infinity

Concurrency limit for making resource requests.

create

Type: Function

Function that returns a Promise that resolves with a resource.

destroy

Type: Function

Accepts a resource value and attempts to destroy it, returning a promise upon completion.

diesAfter

Type: number Default: Infinity

Marks a resource as dead after this duration.

fifo

Type: boolean Default: true

Treats the Pool like a stack (as opposed to a queue).

idlesAfter

Type: number Default: 600000

Marks a resource as idle after this duration.

isDead

Type: Function

Accepts a Resource object and returns a boolean stating whether or not the resource is dead.

isIdle

Type: Function

Accepts a Resource object and returns a boolean stating whether or not the resource is idle.

max

Type: number Default: Infinity

Maximum number of resources the pool can create.

maxIdle

Type: number Default: Infinity

Maximum number of idle resources the pool can contain with respect to the min and max options.

min

Type: number Default: 0

Minimum number of resources that must be in the pool at all times.

ping

Type: Function

Accepts a resource value and attempts to ping it, returning a promise upon completion.

pingInterval

Type: number Default: 600000

Frequency to ping idle resources.

skimInterval

Type: number

Frequency to check for and dispose of dead and idle resources with respect to the min and max options.

Pool#acquire([options])

Returns a promise that settles when a resource is acquired.

options

Type: Object

priority

Type: Number Default: 0

Priority of operation. Operations with greater priority will be schedule first.

Pool#close()

Returns a promise that settles once all resources have been destroyed.

Pool#destroy(resource)

Returns a promise that settles once the suppled resource is destroyed.

Pool#open()

Returns a promise that settles once the pool is opened and filled to the min value.

Pool#release(resource)

Releases a resource back into the pool.

Pool#available

Number of available resources.

Pool#borrowed

Number of borrowed resources.

Pool#idle

Number of idle resources.

Pool#size

Total number of resources in pool.

Cluster([options])

Returns a new cluster instance.

options

Type: Object

Options to be applied to all pool instances within the cluster.

acquireTimeout

Type: number Default: Infinity

Duration to wait before rejecting acquire request.

concurrency

Type: number Default: Infinity

Concurrency limit for making resource requests.

diesAfter

Type: number Default: Infinity

Marks a resource as dead after this duration.

fifo

Type: boolean Default: true

Treats the Pool like a stack (as opposed to a queue).

idlesAfter

Type: number Default: 600000

Marks a resource as idle after this duration.

ping

Type: Function

Accepts a resource value and attempts to ping it, returning a promise upon completion.

pingInterval

Type: number Default: 600000

Frequency to ping idle resources.

pools

Type: Pool[]

List of pool instances.

skimInterval

Type: number

Frequency to check for and dispose of dead and idle resources with respect to the min and max options.

Cluster#acquire([options])

Returns a promise that settles when a resource is acquired.

options

Type: Object

attributes

Type: string[]

List of attributes that the resource must have.

priority

Type: number Default: 0

Priority of operation. Operations with greater priority will be schedule first.

Cluster#add(pool)

Adds a pool instance to the cluster.

Cluster#close()

Returns a promise that settles once the cluster and all the pool instances have been closed.

Cluster#destroy(resource)

Destroys the provided resource.

Cluster#open()

Returns a promise that settles once all the pool instances have been opened and filled.

Cluster#release(resource)

Releases the resource back into the cluster.

Cluster#stats([attributes])

Gets a ClusterStats object for the cluster resources.

attributes

Type: String[]

Attributes to apply to the stats.

Managing multiple Pools

const Pool = require('pewl');
 
// create a pool of read-only resources
const readPool = new Pool({
  attributes: ['r'],
  ...
});
 
// create a pool of read-write resources
const readWritePool = new Pool({
  attributes: ['r', 'w'],
  ...
});
 
// create a cluster to manage both pools
const cluster = new Pool.Cluster({
  pools: [readPool, readWritePool]
});
 
// start all the things!
await cluster.open();
 
// acquire the first available resource
const readOnlyResource = await cluster.acquire();
 
// release the resource back into the cluster
cluster.release(readOnlyResource);
 
// acquire a write capable resource
const readWriteResource = await cluster.acquire({ attributes: ['w'] });
 
// destroy the write capable resource
cluster.destroy(readWriteResource);
 
// close all the things!
await cluster.close();