Merge pull request #79 from accelerated/purge

Added purge (aka async_flush) functionality

include/cppkafka/utils/buffered_producer.h

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ namespace cppkafka {
 template <typename BufferType>
 class CPPKAFKA_API BufferedProducer {
 public:
+    enum class FlushMethod { Sync,    ///< Empty the buffer and wait for acks from the broker
+                             Async }; ///< Empty the buffer and don't wait for acks
     /**
      * Concrete builder
      */
@@ -170,6 +172,13 @@ public:
      */
     void produce(const Message& message);
     
+    /**
+     * \brief Flushes all buffered messages and returns immediately.
+     *
+     * Similar to flush, it will send all messages but will not wait for acks to complete.
+     */
+    void async_flush();
+
     /**
      * \brief Flushes the buffered messages.
      *
@@ -220,6 +229,21 @@ public:
      */
     ssize_t get_max_buffer_size() const;
     
+    /**
+     * \brief Sets the method used to flush the internal buffer when 'max_buffer_size' is reached.
+     *        Default is 'Sync'
+     *
+     * \param method The method
+     */
+    void set_flush_method(FlushMethod method);
+    
+    /**
+     * \brief Gets the method used to flush the internal buffer.
+     *
+     * \return The method
+     */
+    FlushMethod get_flush_method() const;
+    
     /**
      * \brief Get the number of messages not yet acked by the broker
      *
@@ -391,6 +415,7 @@ private:
     ProduceFailureCallback produce_failure_callback_;
     FlushFailureCallback flush_failure_callback_;
     ssize_t max_buffer_size_{-1};
+    FlushMethod flush_method_{FlushMethod::Sync};
     std::atomic<size_t> pending_acks_{0};
     std::atomic<size_t> flushes_in_progress_{0};
     std::atomic<size_t> total_messages_produced_{0};
@@ -471,7 +496,7 @@ void BufferedProducer<BufferType>::produce(const Message& message) {
 }
 
 template <typename BufferType>
-void BufferedProducer<BufferType>::flush() {
+void BufferedProducer<BufferType>::async_flush() {
     CounterGuard<size_t> counter_guard(flushes_in_progress_);
     QueueType flush_queue; // flush from temporary queue
     {
@@ -482,6 +507,11 @@ void BufferedProducer<BufferType>::flush() {
         async_produce(std::move(flush_queue.front()), false);
         flush_queue.pop_front();
     }
+}
+
+template <typename BufferType>
+void BufferedProducer<BufferType>::flush() {
+    async_flush();
     wait_for_acks();
 }
 
@@ -528,6 +558,17 @@ ssize_t BufferedProducer<BufferType>::get_max_buffer_size() const {
     return max_buffer_size_;
 }
 
+template <typename BufferType>
+void BufferedProducer<BufferType>::set_flush_method(FlushMethod method) {
+    flush_method_ = method;
+}
+
+template <typename BufferType>
+typename BufferedProducer<BufferType>::FlushMethod
+BufferedProducer<BufferType>::get_flush_method() const {
+    return flush_method_;
+}
+
 template <typename BufferType>
 template <typename BuilderType>
 void BufferedProducer<BufferType>::do_add_message(BuilderType&& builder,
@@ -543,7 +584,12 @@ void BufferedProducer<BufferType>::do_add_message(BuilderType&& builder,
         }
     }
     if (do_flush && (max_buffer_size_ >= 0) && (max_buffer_size_ <= (ssize_t)messages_.size())) {
-        flush();
+        if (flush_method_ == FlushMethod::Sync) {
+            flush();
+        }
+        else {
+            async_flush();
+        }
     }
 }