在最开始,我们要弄清楚node会什么会存在阻塞?
node是这么标榜自己的:“在node中除了代码,所有一切都是并行执行的!”
意思是,Node.js可以在不新增额外线程的情况下,依然可以对任务进行并行处理 —— Node.js是单线程的。
也就是说,我们启动的web服务器,监听8888端口的start方法,是单线程的。
如果某一个请求耗时,那么后面的请求要等上一个请求完成之后才执行,这显然是不合理的!
如requestHandlers中start handler:
functionstart() {
console.log("Request handler 'start' was called.");functionsleep(milliSeconds) {var startTime = newDate().getTime();while (new Date().getTime() < startTime +milliSeconds);
}
sleep(10000);return "Hello Start";
}
我们可以使用child_process模块来实现非阻塞操作,其实就是一个异步操作,强调一点,耗时操作通常都需要通过异步操作来处理。
一种错误的示范:
var exec = require("child_process").exec;functionstart() {
console.log("Request handler 'start' was called.");var content = "empty";
exec("ls -lah", function(error, stdout, stderr) {
content=stdout;
});returncontent;
}functionupload() {
console.log("Request handler 'upload' was called.");return "Hello Upload";
}
exports.start=start;
exports.upload= upload;
错误原因,exec异步操作后面的不能再跟同步代码,一个简单的例子,juqery ajax请求成功后的后续操作应该在success中处理,而不应该再ajax整个代码块后面处理。
既然后续操作都要在异步回调函数中实现,所以response的处理就要移步至handler中实现。
server.js
var http = require("http");var url = require("url");functionstart(route, handle) {functiononRequest(request, response) {var pathname =url.parse(request.url).pathname;
console.log("Request for " + pathname + " received.");
route(handle, pathname, response);
}
http.createServer(onRequest).listen(8888);
console.log("Server has started.");
}
exports.start= start;
router.js
functionroute(handle, pathname, response) {
console.log("About to route a request for " +pathname);if (typeof handle[pathname] === 'function') {
handle[pathname](response);
}else{
console.log("No request handler found for " +pathname);
response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
response.write("404 Not found");
response.end();
}
}
exports.route= route;
requestHandler.js
varexec =require("child_process").exec;functionstart(response){console.log("Request handler 'start' was called.");exec("find /",{timeout:10000,maxBuffer:20000*1024},function(error,stdout,stderr){response.writeHead(200,{"Content-Type":"text/plain"});response.write(stdout);response.end();});}functionupload(response){console.log("Request handler 'upload' was called.");response.writeHead(200,{"Content-Type":"text/plain"});response.write("Hello Upload");response.end();}exports.start =start;exports.upload =upload;