resources: Implement Send -> Recv

This is a new design idea which I had. Whether it stays around or not is
up for debate. For now it's a rough POC.

The idea is that any resource can _produce_ data, and any resource can
_consume_ data. This is what we call send and recv. By linking the two
together, data can be passed directly between resources, which will
maximize code re-use, and allow for some interesting logical graphs.

For example, you might have an HTTP resource which puts its output in a
particular file. This avoids having to overload the HTTP resource with
all of the special behaviours of the File resource.

For our POC, I implemented a `password` resource which generates a
random string which can then be passed to a receiver such as a file. At
this point the password resource isn't recommended for sensitive
applications because it caches the password as plain text.

Still to do:
* Statically check all of the type matching before we run the graph
* Verify that our autogrouping works correctly around this feature
* Verify that appropriate edges exist between send->recv pairs
* Label the password as generated instead of storing the plain text
* Consider moving password logic from Init() to CheckApply()
* Consider combining multiple send values (list?) into a single receiver
* Consider intermediary transformation nodes for value combining
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James Shubin
2016-11-23 16:25:33 -05:00
parent 63c5e35e2b
commit 7f1c13a576
11 changed files with 669 additions and 16 deletions

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@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ func (obj *Main) Run() error {
G.AutoEdges() // add autoedges; modifies the graph
G.AutoGroup() // run autogroup; modifies the graph
// TODO: do we want to do a transitive reduction?
// FIXME: run a type checker that verifies all the send->recv relationships
log.Printf("Graph: %v", G) // show graph
if obj.GraphvizFilter != "" {