Billiards

A dumb little resource pool.

Create a Pool

{:ok, dial_pool} = Billiards.rack(resource: Dialer, workers: 4)

Billiards initializes worker processes with start_link/0.

You call your pool like it were a single GenServer

{:ok, phone_call_to_jenny } = Billiards.call dial_pool, {:dial, '867-5309'}

Billiards uses a dumb strategy to pick resources from the pool. Right now, it just takes the first available resource.

If all resources are busy, the calling process will block until a resource is available to serve it.

About

It's not advisable to use this

TODO

• One/both of:
  • Timeouts, or
  • Monitor failure in processes invoking Billiards.call A crash there will leave a resource in a 'busy' state.
• Write more tests.