rsocket-kotlin

RSocket Kotlin multi-platform implementation based on kotlinx.coroutines and ktor-io.

RSocket is a binary application protocol providing Reactive Streams semantics for use on byte stream transports such as TCP, WebSockets, QUIC and Aeron.

It enables the following symmetric interaction models via async message passing over a single connection:

Learn more at http://rsocket.io

Supported platforms and transports :

Local (in memory) transport is supported on all targets. Most of other transports are implemented using ktor to ensure Kotlin multiplatform. So it depends on ktor client/server engines for available transports and platforms.

Client transports:

	TCP	WebSocket
JVM	✅ via ktor	✅ via ktor
JS	✅ via nodeJS (not supported in browser)	✅ via ktor
Native (except windows)	✅ via ktor	✅ via ktor

Server transports:

	TCP	WebSocket
JVM	✅ via ktor	✅ via ktor
JS	✅ via nodeJS (not supported in browser)	❌
Native (except windows)	✅ via ktor	✅ via ktor

Using in your projects

rsocket-kotlin is available on Maven Central

Make sure, that you use Kotlin 1.6.20+, ktor 2.0.0+ and have mavenCentral() in the list of repositories:

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

Ktor plugins

rsocket-kotlin provides client and server plugins for ktor

Dependencies:

dependencies {
    //for client
    implementation("io.rsocket.kotlin:rsocket-ktor-client:0.15.4")

    //for server
    implementation("io.rsocket.kotlin:rsocket-ktor-server:0.15.4")
}

Example of client plugin usage:

//create ktor client
val client = HttpClient {
    install(WebSockets) //rsocket requires websockets plugin installed
    install(RSocketSupport) {
        //configure rSocket connector (all values have defaults)
        connector {
            maxFragmentSize = 1024

            connectionConfig {
                keepAlive = KeepAlive(
                    interval = 30.seconds,
                    maxLifetime = 2.minutes
                )

                //payload for setup frame
                setupPayload {
                    buildPayload {
                        data("""{ "data": "setup" }""")
                    }
                }

                //mime types
                payloadMimeType = PayloadMimeType(
                    data = WellKnownMimeType.ApplicationJson,
                    metadata = WellKnownMimeType.MessageRSocketCompositeMetadata
                )
            }

            //optional acceptor for server requests
            acceptor {
                RSocketRequestHandler {
                    requestResponse { it } //echo request payload
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

//connect to some url
val rSocket: RSocket = client.rSocket("wss://demo.rsocket.io/rsocket")

//request stream
val stream: Flow<Payload> = rSocket.requestStream(
    buildPayload {
        data("""{ "data": "hello world" }""")
    }
)

//take 5 values and print response
stream.take(5).collect { payload: Payload ->
    println(payload.data.readText())
}

Example of server plugin usage:

//create ktor server
embeddedServer(CIO) {
    install(WebSockets) //rsocket requires websockets plugin installed
    install(RSocketSupport) {
        //configure rSocket server (all values have defaults)

        server {
            maxFragmentSize = 1024

            //install interceptors
            interceptors {
                forConnection(::SomeConnectionInterceptor)
            }
        }
    }
    //configure routing
    routing {
        //configure route `/rsocket`
        rSocket("rsocket") {
            println(config.setupPayload.data.readText()) //print setup payload data

            RSocketRequestHandler {
                //handler for request/response
                requestResponse { request: Payload ->
                    println(request.data.readText()) //print request payload data
                    delay(500) // work emulation
                    buildPayload {
                        data("""{ "data": "Server response" }""")
                    }
                }
                //handler for request/stream      
                requestStream { request: Payload ->
                    println(request.data.readText()) //print request payload data
                    flow {
                        repeat(10) { i ->
                            emit(
                                buildPayload {
                                    data("""{ "data": "Server stream response: $i" }""")
                                }
                            )
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}.start(true)

Standalone transports

rsocket-kotlin also provides standalone transports which can be used to establish RSocket connection:

Dependencies:

dependencies {
    implementation("io.rsocket.kotlin:rsocket-core:0.15.4")

    // TCP ktor client/server transport
    implementation("io.rsocket.kotlin:rsocket-transport-ktor-tcp:0.15.4")

    // WS ktor client transport
    implementation("io.rsocket.kotlin:rsocket-transport-ktor-websocket-client:0.15.4")

    // WS ktor server transport
    implementation("io.rsocket.kotlin:rsocket-transport-ktor-websocket-server:0.15.4")

    // TCP nodeJS client/server transport
    implementation("io.rsocket.kotlin:rsocket-transport-nodejs-tcp:0.15.4")
}

Example of usage standalone client transport:

val transport = TcpClientTransport("0.0.0.0", 8080)
val connector = RSocketConnector {
    //configuration goes here
}
val rsocket: RSocket = connector.connect(transport)
//use rsocket to do request
val response = rsocket.requestResponse(buildPayload { data("""{ "data": "hello world" }""") })
println(response.data.readText())

Example of usage standalone server transport:

val transport = TcpServerTransport("0.0.0.0", 8080)
val connector = RSocketServer {
    //configuration goes here
}
val server: TcpServer = server.bind(transport) {
    RSocketRequestHandler {
        //handler for request/response
        requestResponse { request: Payload ->
            println(request.data.readText()) //print request payload data
            delay(500) // work emulation
            buildPayload {
                data("""{ "data": "Server response" }""")
            }
        }
    }
}
server.handlerJob.join() //wait for server to finish

More samples:

multiplatform-chat - chat implementation with JVM/JS/Native server and JVM/JS/Native client with shared classes and shared data serialization using kotlinx.serialization

Reactive Streams Semantics

From RSocket protocol:

Reactive Streams semantics are used for flow control of Streams, Subscriptions, and Channels. 
This is a credit-based model where the Requester grants the Responder credit for the number of PAYLOADs it can send. 
It is sometimes referred to as "request-n" or "request(n)".

kotlinx.coroutines doesn't truly support request(n) semantic, but it has flexible CoroutineContext which can be used to achieve something similar. rsocket-kotlin contains RequestStrategy coroutine context element, which defines, strategy for sending of requestNframes.

Example:

//assume we have client
val client: RSocket = TODO()

//and stream
val stream: Flow<Payload> = client.requestStream(Payload("data"))

//now we can use `flowOn` to add request strategy to context of flow
//here we use prefetch strategy which will send requestN for 10 elements, when, there is 5 elements left to collect
//so on call `collect`, requestStream frame with requestN will be sent, and then, after 5 elements will be collected
//new requestN with 5 will be sent, so collect will be smooth 
stream.flowOn(PrefetchStrategy(requestSize = 10, requestOn = 5)).collect { payload: Payload ->
    println(payload.data.readText())
}

Bugs and Feedback

For bugs, questions and discussions please use the Github Issues.

LICENSE

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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