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+<?php
+/*
+ * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2010, StatusNet, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * When we have a large batch of PuSH consumers, we break the data set
+ * into smaller chunks. Enqueue final destinations...
+ *
+ * @package Hub
+ * @author Brion Vibber <brion@status.net>
+ */
+class HubPrepQueueHandler extends QueueHandler
+{
+    // Enqueue this many low-level distributions before re-queueing the rest
+    // of the batch to be processed later. Helps to keep latency down for other
+    // things happening during a particularly long OStatus delivery session.
+    //
+    // [Could probably ditch this if we had working message delivery priorities
+    // for queueing, but this isn't supported in ActiveMQ 5.3.]
+    const ROLLING_BATCH = 20;
+
+    function transport()
+    {
+        return 'hubprep';
+    }
+
+    function handle($data)
+    {
+        $topic = $data['topic'];
+        $atom = $data['atom'];
+        $pushCallbacks = $data['pushCallbacks'];
+
+        assert(is_string($atom));
+        assert(is_string($topic));
+        assert(is_array($pushCallbacks));
+
+        // Set up distribution for the first n subscribing sites...
+        // If we encounter an uncatchable error, queue handling should
+        // automatically re-run the batch, which could lead to some dupe
+        // distributions.
+        //
+        // Worst case is if one of these hubprep entries dies too many
+        // times and gets dropped; the rest of the batch won't get processed.
+        try {
+            $n = 0;
+            while (count($pushCallbacks) && $n < self::ROLLING_BATCH) {
+                $n++;
+                $callback = array_shift($pushCallbacks);
+                $sub = HubSub::staticGet($topic, $callback);
+                if (!$sub) {
+                    common_log(LOG_ERR, "Skipping PuSH delivery for deleted(?) consumer $callback on $topic");
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                $sub->distribute($atom);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            common_log(LOG_ERR, "Exception during PuSH batch out: " .
+                                $e->getMessage() .
+                                " prepping $topic to $callback");
+        }
+
+        // And re-queue the rest of the batch!
+        if (count($pushCallbacks) > 0) {
+            $sub = new HubSub();
+            $sub->topic = $topic;
+            $sub->bulkDistribute($atom, $pushCallbacks);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}