QCute/volley

a lightweight erlang process pool

volley

• a lightweight erlang process pool inspired from pool-boy, erl-pool, cue-sport, revolver
• simple and fast
• easy to integrate in your project

quick start

• Add to rebar.config

{deps, [
  ...
  {volley, {git, "https://github.com/QCute/volley.git", {branch, "master"}}}
]}.

• start a pool

1. define a worker

-module(test).
-export([start_link/0]).
start_link() ->
    loop().

loop() ->
    receive
        Msg ->
            io:format("receive: ~p~n", [Msg]),
            loop()
    end.

2. start worker pool

PoolArgs = [{worker, {test, start_link, []}}, {size, 4}],
volley:start_pool(a_pool, PoolArgs).

3. get a worker

Worker = volley:get(a_pool),
%% do something ...