Module Eliom_comet

module Eliom_comet: sig .. end

Handle unsolicited server to client communications.

See the Eliom manual for a detailed introduction to the concept of .

When the page is not active the client stops making comet requests to the server, implying that the client can't be notified by the server anymore. The activity status is changed when the page is focused or unfocused.

To stop receiving inputs from a channel, use Lwt.cancel on a thread waiting for data. For instance, if you iterate with let t = Lwt_stream.iter f %channel calling Lwt.cancel t will close the channel.

exception Channel_full

Channel_full is raised when trying to read on a channel marked full by the server. It is not possible to read anything else from a full channel.

exception Process_closed

Process_closed is raised when reading on a channel and the server side of the application closed the client process. This apply only to stateful channels

exception Channel_closed

Process_closed is raised when reading on a channel and the server side of the application closed channel ( the channel was garbage collected ). This apply only to stateless channels

val is_active : unit -> [ `Active | `Idle | `Inactive ]

is_active () returns the current activity state

val activate : unit -> unit

if the client is inactive activate () launch a new xhr connection to start receiving server messages

module Configuration: sig .. end

Change the reactivity of channels.

module Channel: sig .. end