defmodule Absinthe.Subscription.Pubsub do
@moduledoc """
Pubsub behaviour expected by Absinthe to power subscriptions
A subscription includes a GraphQL query document that resolves to a set of
objects and fields. When the subscription is triggered, Absinthe will run the
document and publish the resolved objects to subscribers through a module that
implements the behaviour defined here.
Each application is free to implement the PubSub behavior in its own way.
For example, the absinthe_phoenix project implements the subscription pubsub
using Phoenix.PubSub by way of the application's Endpoint. Regardless
of the underlying mechanisms, the implementation should maintain the type
signatures and expected behaviors of the callbacks below.
"""
@type t :: module()
@doc """
Subscribe the current process for messages about the given topic.
"""
@callback subscribe(topic :: binary) :: term
@doc """
An Absinthe.Subscription.Pubsub system may extend across multiple nodes
connected by some mechanism. Regardless of this mechanism, all nodes should
have unique names.
Absinthe invokes `node_name` function to get current node's name. If you
are running inside erlang cluster, you can use `Kernel.node/0` as a node
name.
"""
@callback node_name() :: binary
@doc """
An Absinthe.Subscription.Pubsub system may extend across multiple nodes.
Processes need only subscribe to the pubsub process that
is running on their own node.
However, mutations can happen on any node in the cluster and must to be
broadcast to other nodes so that they can also reevaluate their GraphQL
subscriptions and notify subscribers on that node.
When told of a mutation, Absinthe invokes the `publish_mutation` function
on the node in which the mutation is processed first. The function should
publish a message to the given `proxy_topic`, with the identity of node
on which the mutation occurred included in the broadcast message.
The message broadcast should be a map that contains, at least
%{
node: node_name, # should be equal to `node_name/0`
mutation_result: …, # from arguments
subscribed_fields: … # from arguments
# other fields as needed
}
"""
@callback publish_mutation(
proxy_topic :: binary,
mutation_result :: term,
subscribed_fields :: list
) :: term
@doc """
After a mutation is published, and Absinthe has re-run the necessary GraphQL
subscriptions to generate a new set of resolved data, it calls
`publish_subscription`.
Your pubsub implementation should publish a message to the given topic, with
the newly resolved data. The broadcast should be limited to the current node
only.
"""
@callback publish_subscription(topic :: binary, data :: map) :: term
# @doc """
# This function is called by publish_mutation and is responsible for resolving the documents
# and publishing the results to the appropriate topics.
# """
@callback run_docset(pubsub :: t, docs_and_topics :: list, mutation_result :: term) :: term
@optional_callbacks run_docset: 3
end