With timeout never fires Kotlin - kotlin

Hey so I am trying to add a timeout to my request but it never fires here's how I am calling the suspend fun :
getSettingJob = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO).launch {
getSettings(this#MainActivity)
}
and here is the actual function :
suspend fun getSettings(context: Context?) {
Timber.i(" Request started ")
CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.Main).async(Dispatchers.Main) {
try {
withTimeout(120000L) {... do stuff}
}catch(ex : TimeoutCancellationException) {
... show error message
}
}.await()
}
I am not getting any errors the timeout just never fires, does it have something to do with the fact that the job is launched on IO and the coroutine scope is Main or something with async await ? both say they are cancellable so not sure that should be it.

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Flow message not delivered in unit test

I have a consumer that reads messages off MutableSharedFlow (which acts as an EventBus in my application). I am trying to write a unit test to show that passing a message into the Flow triggers my Listener.
This is my Flow definition:
class MessageBus {
private val _messages = MutableSharedFlow<Message>()
val messages = _messages.asSharedFlow()
suspend fun send(message: Message) {
_messages.emit(message)
}
}
Here is the Listener:
class Listener(private val messageBus: MessageBus) {
private val scope = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO + SupervisorJob())
init {
scope.launch {
messageBus.messages.collectLatest { message ->
when (message) {
is CustomMessage -> handleCustomMessage(message)
}
}
}
}
And finally here is my unit test:
class CommandTest {
#Test
fun `should process CustomMessage`(): Unit = runBlocking {
val messageBus = MessageBus()
val listener = Listener(messageBus)
messageBus.send(CustomMessage("test command"))
//argumentCaptor...verify[removed for brevity]
}
}
Unfortunately the above code does not trigger the break point in my Listener (breakpoint on line init is triggered, but a message is never received and no breakpoints triggered in the collectLatest block).
I even tried adding a Thread.sleep(5_000) before the verify statement but the result is the same. Am I missing something obvious with how coroutines work?
Edit: if it matters this is not an Android project. Simply Kotlin + Ktor
I imagine that since the code is in the init block in the Listener once you initialize val listener = Listener(messageBus, this) in the test it reads all messages and at this point you have none then in the next line you emit a message messageBus.send(CustomMessage("test command")) but your launch block should have finished by then. You can emit the message first or place your launch in an loop or in a different method that can be called after you emit the message
First of all I would recomend reading this article about how to test flows in Android.
Secondly in your example the issues arise from having the scope inside the Listener hardcoded. You should pass the scope as a parameter and inject it in the test:
class Listener(private val messageBus: MessageBus, private val scope: CoroutineScope = CoroutineScope(Dispatchers.IO + SupervisorJob()))
class CommandTest {
#Test
fun `should process CustomMessage`(): Unit = runBlockingTest {
val messageBus = MessageBus()
val listener = Listener(messageBus, this)
messageBus.send(CustomMessage("test command"))
//argumentCaptor...verify[removed for brevity]
}
}
I would also recomend using runBlockingTest instead of runBlocking so your tests don't have to actually wait. It will also fail in case any coroutines are left running once the test finishes.
You could use something like this
class Emitter {
private val emitter: MutableSharedFlow<String> = MutableSharedFlow()
suspend fun publish(messages: Flow<String>) = messages.onEach {
emitter.emit(it)
}.collect()
fun stream(): Flow<String> = emitter
}
the collect at the end of your onEach will be used to trigger the collection initially as a terminal operation... I need further understanding on emit because it does not work as I expect in all cases and when used in this way you have initially it does not post anything in your Flow unless you collect first to process
Then in your collector itself
class Collector {
suspend fun collect(emitter: Emitter): Unit = coroutineScope {
println("Starting collection...")
emitter.stream().collect { println("collecting message: $it") }
}
}
then your main (or test)
fun main() = runBlocking {
withContext(Dispatchers.Default + Job()) {
val emitter = Emitter()
val collector = Collector()
launch {
collector.collect(emitter)
}
emitter.publish(listOf("article#1", "article#2", "article#3", "article#4").asFlow())
}
}
output:
Starting collection...
collecting message: article#1
collecting message: article#2
collecting message: article#3
collecting message: article#4

Why does this coroutine crash at run time?

I am trying to make sure my app responds appropriate in the event of a backend failure, I am using realm/mongo to create an async task that fetches the user.
I have these two blocks:
override suspend fun logIn(accessToken: String) {
val user = logInInternal(accessToken)
realmAsyncOpen(user)
}
and
private suspend fun logInInternal(accessToken: String) = suspendCancellableCoroutine<User> { continuation ->
val customJWTCredentials: Credentials = Credentials.jwt(accessToken)
app.loginAsync(customJWTCredentials) {
if (it.isSuccess) {
continuation.resumeWith(Result.success(app.currentUser()!!))
} else {
continuation.resumeWithException(RealmLoginException().initCause(it.error))
}
}
}
logInInternal crashes when I hit the resumeWithException part. I have also tried using app.login(credentials) since the method is suspending, without luck there. Why does my app crash when I resume with exception?
I am causing the call to 502 out when hit.
The docs of resumeWithException say:
Resumes the execution of the corresponding coroutine so that the exception is re-thrown right after the last suspension point.
Which means you need to catch that exception:
override suspend fun logIn(accessToken: String) {
try {
val user = logInInternal(accessToken)
realmAsyncOpen(user)
} catch(e: RealmLoginException /*or e: Exception - to catch all exceptions*/) {
// handle exception
}
}

How to get correct return value for suspend function when using GlobalScope.launch?

I have a suspend function
private suspend fun getResponse(record: String): HashMap<String, String> {}
When I call it in my main function I'm doing this, but the type of response is Job, not HashMap, how can I get the correct return type?
override fun handleRequest(event: SQSEvent?, context: Context?): Void? {
event?.records?.forEach {
try {
val response: Job = GlobalScope.launch {
getResponse(it.body)
}
} catch (ex: Exception) {
logger.error("error message")
}
}
return null
}
Given your answers in the comments, it looks like you're not looking for concurrency here. The best course of action would then be to just make getRequest() a regular function instead of a suspend one.
Assuming you can't change this, you need to call a suspend function from a regular one. To do so, you have several options depending on your use case:
block the current thread while you do your async stuff
make handleRequest a suspend function
make handleRequest take a CoroutineScope to start coroutines with some lifecycle controlled externally, but that means handleRequest will return immediately and the caller has to deal with the running coroutines (please don't use GlobalScope for this, it's a delicate API)
Option 2 and 3 are provided for completeness, but most likely in your context these won't work for you. So you have to block the current thread while handleRequest is running, and you can do that using runBlocking:
override fun handleRequest(event: SQSEvent?, context: Context?): Void? {
runBlocking {
// do your stuff
}
return null
}
Now what to do inside runBlocking depends on what you want to achieve.
if you want to process elements sequentially, simply call getResponse directly inside the loop:
override fun handleRequest(event: SQSEvent?, context: Context?): Void? {
runBlocking {
event?.records?.forEach {
try {
val response = getResponse(it.body)
// do something with the response
} catch (ex: Exception) {
logger.error("error message")
}
}
}
return null
}
If you want to process elements concurrently, but independently, you can use launch and put both getResponse() and the code using the response inside the launch:
override fun handleRequest(event: SQSEvent?, context: Context?): Void? {
runBlocking {
event?.records?.forEach {
launch { // coroutine scope provided by runBlocking
try {
val response = getResponse(it.body)
// do something with the response
} catch (ex: Exception) {
logger.error("error message")
}
}
}
}
return null
}
If you want to get the responses concurrently, but process all responses only when they're all done, you can use map + async:
override fun handleRequest(event: SQSEvent?, context: Context?): Void? {
runBlocking {
val responses = event?.records?.mapNotNull {
async { // coroutine scope provided by runBlocking
try {
getResponse(it.body)
} catch (ex: Exception) {
logger.error("error message")
null // if you want to still handle other responses
// you could also throw an exception otherwise
}
}
}.map { it.await() }
// do something with all responses
}
return null
}
You can use GlobalScope.async() instead of launch() - it returns Deferred, which is a future/promise object. You can then call await() on it to get a result of getResponse().
Just make sure not to do something like: async().await() - it wouldn't make any sense, because it would still run synchronously. If you need to run getResponse() on all event.records in parallel, then you can first go in loop and collect all deffered objects and then await on all of them.

How can I guarantee to get latest data when I use Coroutine in Kotlin?

The Code A is from the project architecture-samples, you can see it here.
The updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource() is suspend function, so it maybe run asynchronously.
When I call the function getTasks(forceUpdate: Boolean) with the paramter True, I'm afraid that return tasksLocalDataSource.getTasks() will be fired before updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource().
I don't know if the Code B can guarantee return tasksLocalDataSource.getTasks() will be fired after updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource().
Code A
class DefaultTasksRepository(
private val tasksRemoteDataSource: TasksDataSource,
private val tasksLocalDataSource: TasksDataSource,
private val ioDispatcher: CoroutineDispatcher = Dispatchers.IO
) : TasksRepository {
override suspend fun getTasks(forceUpdate: Boolean): Result<List<Task>> {
// Set app as busy while this function executes.
wrapEspressoIdlingResource {
if (forceUpdate) {
try {
updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource()
} catch (ex: Exception) {
return Result.Error(ex)
}
}
return tasksLocalDataSource.getTasks()
}
}
private suspend fun updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource() {
val remoteTasks = tasksRemoteDataSource.getTasks()
if (remoteTasks is Success) {
// Real apps might want to do a proper sync, deleting, modifying or adding each task.
tasksLocalDataSource.deleteAllTasks()
remoteTasks.data.forEach { task ->
tasksLocalDataSource.saveTask(task)
}
} else if (remoteTasks is Result.Error) {
throw remoteTasks.exception
}
}
...
}
Code B
class DefaultTasksRepository(
private val tasksRemoteDataSource: TasksDataSource,
private val tasksLocalDataSource: TasksDataSource,
private val ioDispatcher: CoroutineDispatcher = Dispatchers.IO
) : TasksRepository {
override suspend fun getTasks(forceUpdate: Boolean): Result<List<Task>> {
// Set app as busy while this function executes.
wrapEspressoIdlingResource {
coroutineScope {
if (forceUpdate) {
try {
updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource()
} catch (ex: Exception) {
return Result.Error(ex)
}
}
}
return tasksLocalDataSource.getTasks()
}
}
...
}
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To Tenfour04: Thanks!
If somebody implement updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource() with lauch just like Code C, are you sure the Code C is return tasksLocalDataSource.getTasks() will be fired after updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource() when I call the function getTasks(forceUpdate: Boolean) with the paramter True?
Code C
class DefaultTasksRepository(
private val tasksRemoteDataSource: TasksDataSource,
private val tasksLocalDataSource: TasksDataSource,
private val ioDispatcher: CoroutineDispatcher = Dispatchers.IO
) : TasksRepository {
override suspend fun getTasks(forceUpdate: Boolean): Result<List<Task>> {
// Set app as busy while this function executes.
wrapEspressoIdlingResource {
if (forceUpdate) {
try {
updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource()
} catch (ex: Exception) {
return Result.Error(ex)
}
}
return tasksLocalDataSource.getTasks()
}
}
private suspend fun updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource() {
val remoteTasks = tasksRemoteDataSource.getTasks()
if (remoteTasks is Success) {
// Real apps might want to do a proper sync, deleting, modifying or adding each task.
tasksLocalDataSource.deleteAllTasks()
launch { //I suppose that launch can be fired
remoteTasks.data.forEach { task ->
tasksLocalDataSource.saveTask(task)
}
}
} else if (remoteTasks is Result.Error) {
throw remoteTasks.exception
}
}
}
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To Joffrey: Thanks!
I think that the Code D can be compiled.
In this case, when forceUpdate is true, tasksLocalDataSource.getTasks() maybe be run before updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource() is done.
Code D
class DefaultTasksRepository(
private val tasksRemoteDataSource: TasksDataSource,
private val tasksLocalDataSource: TasksDataSource,
private val ioDispatcher: CoroutineDispatcher = Dispatchers.IO,
private val myCoroutineScope: CoroutineScope
) : TasksRepository {
override suspend fun getTasks(forceUpdate: Boolean): Result<List<Task>> {
// Set app as busy while this function executes.
wrapEspressoIdlingResource {
if (forceUpdate) {
try {
updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource(myCoroutineScope)
} catch (ex: Exception) {
return Result.Error(ex)
}
}
return tasksLocalDataSource.getTasks()
}
}
private suspend fun updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource(myCoroutineScope: CoroutineScope) {
val remoteTasks = tasksRemoteDataSource.getTasks()
if (remoteTasks is Success) {
// Real apps might want to do a proper sync, deleting, modifying or adding each task.
tasksLocalDataSource.deleteAllTasks()
myCoroutineScope.launch {
remoteTasks.data.forEach { task ->
tasksLocalDataSource.saveTask(task)
}
}
} else if (remoteTasks is Result.Error) {
throw remoteTasks.exception
}
}
...
}
suspend functions look like regular functions from the call site's point of view because they execute sequentially just like regular synchronous functions.
What I mean by this is that the instructions following a plain call to a suspend function do not execute until the called function completes its execution.
This means that code A is fine (when forceUpdate is true, tasksLocalDataSource.getTasks() will never run before updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource() is done), and the coroutineScope in code B is unnecessary.
Now regarding code C, structured concurrency is here to save you.
People simply cannot call launch without a CoroutineScope receiver.
Since TaskRepository doesn't extend CoroutineScope, the code C as-is will not compile.
There are 2 ways to make this compile though:
Using GlobalScope.launch {}: this will cause the problem you expect, indeed. The body of such a launch will be run asynchronously and independently of the caller. updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource can in this case return before the launch's body is done. The only way to control this is to use .join() on the Job returned by the call to launch (which waits until it's done). This is why it is usually not recommended to use the GlobalScope, because it can "leak" coroutines.
wrapping calls to launch in a coroutineScope {...} inside updateTasksFromRemoteDataSource. This will ensure that all coroutines launched within the coroutineScope block are actually finished before the coroutineScope call completes. Note that everything that's inside the coroutineScope block may very well run concurrently, though, depending on how launch/async are used, but this is the whole point of using launch in the first place, isn't it?
Now with Code D, my answer for code C sort of still holds. Whether you pass a scope or use the GlobalScope, you're effectively creating coroutines with a bigger lifecycle than the suspending function that starts them.
Therefore, it does create the problem you fear.
But why would you pass a CoroutineScope if you don't want implementers to launch long lived coroutines in the provided scope?
Assuming you don't do that, it's unlikely that a developer would use the GlobalScope (or any scope) to do this. It's generally bad style to create long-lived coroutines from a suspending function. If your function is suspending, callers usually expect that when it completes, it has actually done its work.

Trigger event listeners async with Kotlin Coroutines

I have created an abstract Event class which is used to create events in Kotlin. Now I would like to use Coroutines to call each subscriber asynchronously.
abstract class Event<T> {
private var handlers = listOf<(T) -> Unit>()
infix fun on(handler: (T) -> Unit) {
handlers += handler
println(handlers.count())
}
fun emit(event: T) =
runBlocking {
handlers.forEach { subscriber ->
GlobalScope.launch {
subscriber(event)
}
}
}
}
And a concrete class that can be used to create event listeners and event publishers
class AsyncEventTest {
companion object : Event<AsyncEventTest>()
fun emit() = emit(this)
}
The issue is that when I run the following code I can see it creates all the listeners, but not even half of them are executed.
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val random = Random(1000)
runBlocking {
// Create a 1000 event listeners with a random delay of 0 - 1000 ms
for (i in 1..1000)
AsyncEventTest on {
GlobalScope.launch {
delay(random.nextLong())
println(i)
}
}
}
println("================")
runBlocking {
// Trigger the event
AsyncEventTest().emit()
}
}
What am I missing here?
Update
When I remove delay(random.nextLong(), all handlers are executed. This is weird, since I'm trying to simulate different response times from the handlers that way and I think a handler should always execute or throw an exception.
You are running the event listeners with GlobalScope.launch() that does not interact with the surrounding runBlocking() scope. Means runBlocking() returns before all launched coroutines are finished. That is the reason you don't see the output.
BTW: your usage of coroutines and runBlocking is not recommended
You should add suspend to the emit() function. The same is true for the handler parameter - make it suspendable.