IegTools.FluentPollster 2.1.1

IegTools.FluentPollster

FluentPollster provides a user-friendly fluent interface for creating easy-to-read polling tasks.
The library is written in C# 11.0 and targets .NET Standard 2.0 (.NET Core and .NET Framework).

Topics

Why another polling library?
Usage
Additional settings
ExtensionMethods
Breaking Changes

Why another polling library?

I need polling for two scenarios

• get data from an third party Api
• get Temperatures from 1-Wire Bus DS18B20 sensors

I found that FluentScheduler didn't meet my requirements.
I had some ideas and well it's less than 500 loc at the moment, so that's nothing.
Hey and it's fun.

Usage

To get into the details, explore the Integration-Tests.

Simple polling job

You can add any Action as job to the PollsterBuilder,
specify the poll-interval and the condition,
build the Pollster and run it.

private IPollster _pollster;

public void SimplePolling()
{
    var counter = 0;
    var uut = PollsterBuilder.Create()
        .AddJob(() => counter++, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100), () => HasWhatSoEverCondition());

    _pollster = uut.Build();
    
    // executes only once, so when and how you call it belongs to you
    _pollster.Execute();
}

Execute the pollster automatically every x minutes, seconds,...

You can add Actions also without any condition,
build the Pollster and run it in automatic-mode.

private IPollster _pollster;

public void AutomaticPolling()
{
    var counter = 0;
    var uut = PollsterBuilder.Create()
        .AddJob(() => counter++, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));

    _pollster = uut.Build();
    
    // run automatic (like FluentScheduler does it...)
    _pollster.RunAutomaticEvery(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
}

Multiple interval polling job

You can add any Action with multiple interval/condition combinations as job to the PollsterBuilder,
build the Pollster and run it.

private IPollster _pollster;

public void MultipleIntervalPolling()
{
    var counter = 0;

    var intervals = new List<(TimeSpan, Func<bool>)>
    {
        (TimeSpan.FromSeconds(60),  () => Condition1()),
        (TimeSpan.FromSeconds(120), () => Condition2()),
    };

    var uut = PollsterBuilder.Create()
        .AddJob(() => counter++, intervals);

    var pollster = uut.Build();

    _pollster.Execute();
}

Additional settings

Logger

The FluentPollster does not require dependency injection, however, it provides the option to inject an ILogger so that you can receive notifications about any exceptions that may occur during your poll actions.
Additionally, all other significant events are currently being logged as 'Trace'.

Maximum tasks per poll cycle

And you can set the maximum number of poll tasks that should be executed during one poll cycle.

    _pollster = PollsterBuilder.Create()
        .SetLogger(logger)
        .SetMaxJobsPerPoll(10)
        .AddJob(() => Job1(), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
        .AddJob(() => Job2(), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
        .Build();

    _pollster.RunAutomaticEvery(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));

ExtensionMethods

IsMinuteDivisibleBy

    // ensures the polling task executes solely at specific minutes within an hour.
    IsMinuteDivisibleBy(this DateTime time, int everyMinutes, int offsetMinute = 0)

Examples:

• Use DateTime.Now.IsMinuteDivisibleBy(5) as condition and your action will be called only in minute 0, 5, 10, 15...

• Use DateTime.Now.IsMinuteDivisibleBy(15) as condition and your action will be called only in minute 0, 15, 30 and 45

• Use DateTime.Now.IsMinuteDivisibleBy(15, 1) as condition and your action will be called only in minute 1, 16, 31 and 46

For additional details, please refer to IntegrationTests.

Breaking Changes

v1 to v2

• switched from net7.0 to netstandard2.0 (there is no PeriodicTimer in netstandard2.0...)
• rename method poller.Run...() to poller.Execute...()
• rename method poller.StopAsync() to poller.Stop()
• rename ExtensionMethod IsCurrentMinuteDivisibleBy(...) to IsMinuteDivisibleBy(...)
• change behaviour of ExtensionMethod IsMinuteDivisibleBy(...) offsetMinute
  from (time.Minute + offsetMinute) to (time.Minute - offsetMinute)