Tweak tweak

lib/worker.rb

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ module W3DHubLauncher
       # connect to and monitor Backend web service
       @threads << Thread.new { backend_websocket }
 
+      Ractor.main.send({ message: "3 o'clock 'nd all's well!" })
+
       listener.join
     end
 

lib/worker/api.rb

@@ -1,9 +1,78 @@
+# Helper for launcher frontend to safely communicate with ractor (prevent deadlocks and concurrent access errors)
+
 module W3DHubLauncher
   class Worker
     class Api
       Request = Data.define(:coming_soon)
 
       def initialize
+        @requests = []
+      end
+
+      # downloads requested resource, returns raw string
+      def fetch_url
+      end
+
+      # downloads requested resource, periodically reporting progress until completion, returning path for file on disk
+      def download_url
+      end
+
+      # returns user account data
+      #
+      # automatically handles signing in / refreshing token (DOES NOT remove account data if failed to refresh token due to network timeout)
+      def account
+      end
+
+      # returns launcher settings
+      def settings
+      end
+
+      # write updated launcher settings
+      def update_settings
+      end
+
+      # returns list of available applications
+      #
+      # if updated list is requested, return cached version immediately and then the updated list later.
+      def applications
+      end
+
+      # returns current list of servers as reported from GSH / cache
+      def servers
+      end
+
+      # returns news for application
+      def news
+      end
+
+      # request installation of application
+      #
+      # periodically reports progress until completion
+      def install_application
+      end
+
+      # request update of application
+      #
+      # periodically reports progress until completion
+      def update_application
+      end
+
+      # request repair of application
+      #
+      # periodically reports progress until completion
+      def repair_application
+      end
+
+      # request relocation of application
+      #
+      # periodically reports progress until completion
+      def move_application
+      end
+
+      # request removal of application
+      #
+      # periodically reports progress until completion
+      def uninstall_application
       end
     end
   end

lib/worker/task.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module W3DHubLauncher
+  class Task
+  end
+end

w3d_hub_linux_launcher.rb

@@ -13,13 +13,23 @@ require_relative "lib/worker"
 require_relative "lib/worker/api"
 
 module W3DHubLauncher
-  WORKER = Ractor.new { W3DHubLauncher::Worker.new }
+  WORKER = Ractor.new(name: "Parallel Worker") { W3DHubLauncher::Worker.new }
 end
 
-W3DHubLauncher::WORKER.send({ type: :fetch, cache: true, uri: "https://github.com" })
+# Hello, I exist because there presently exists no way to ask if there are pending
+# messages in our ractors mailbox without making a blocking call which is a big no no
+# for a GUI application. :|
+#
+# Keep an eye on: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/21930: "Add Ractor#empty? method to check for pending messages without blocking"
+#
+# NOTE: May need to mangle Window#update to do ruby-land sleep so thread gets time to process :(
+Thread.new do
+  loop do
+    message = Ractor.receive
+    pp message
+  end
+end
 
-# window = W3DHubLauncher::Window.new(width: 1280, height: 800, resizable: true)
+window = W3DHubLauncher::Window.new(width: 1280, height: 800, resizable: true)
-window = W3DHubLauncher::Window.new(width: 1920, height: 1080, resizable: true)
+# window = W3DHubLauncher::Window.new(width: 1920, height: 1080, resizable: true)
 window.show
-
-puts "HELO"