Isolated

Provides functionality to easily use Isolates .

Features

IsolateBundle

An IsolateBundle wraps an Isolate together with a send-function and a message-stream. This bundle can be generated with the IsolateBundleFactory. This factory handles te configuration of the SendPort and ReceivePort as well as the cleanup afterwards.

PingPongIsolateBundle

This is an IsolateBundle which implements a request-response pattern. The bundle can be used to send a message to the Isolate, which will handle the message. When the Isolate is ready it will respond back to the calling Isolate and the pingPong function will return.

Usage

  1. Create a top-level or static function which will handle the computation. The config.activateOnCurrentIsolate must be called to in order to configure the Isolate correctly.
void deserialize(IsolateBundleConfiguration config) {
  config.activateOnCurrentIsolate<PingPongMessage<String>>(
        (message) {
      config.toCaller.send(PingPongMessage<dynamic>(
        message.id,
        jsonDecode(message.value),
      ));
    },
    (cancelMessage) {},
  );
}
  1. Create a bundle with the IsolateBundleFactory
final bundle = await factory
    .startNewPingPong<IsolateBundleConfiguration, String, dynamic>(
  deserialize,
  (toCaller) => IsolateBundleConfiguration(toCaller),
);
  1. Send a message to the Isolate
final deserialized = await bundle.pingPong('{"Property": "Hello world"}');
  1. The computed value will be returned.

The complete code example can be found in the example folder.

Libraries

isolated