Compilation and execution of source code as services
This document relates to compilation of source code into services. One example method involves receiving input source code, identifying data dependencies in the input source code, and identifying immutability points in the input source code based at least on the data dependencies. The example method also involves converting at least some of the input source code occurring after the immutability points to one or more service modules.
1. A method performed by a computing device, the method comprising:
receiving input source code specifying a particular order to perform multiple operations involving calling a particular function with data items as input parameters;
identifying data dependencies in the input source code;
based at least on the data dependencies, identifying immutability points in the input source code;
converting at least some of the input source code occurring after the immutability points to one or more service modules; and
generating a workflow module, wherein, when compiled with the one or more service modules and executed at runtime with the one or more service modules, the workflow module is configured to designate respective service tasks that execute the one or more service modules and coordinate runtime processing by the respective service tasks,
the workflow module allowing the respective service tasks to perform the multiple operations by calling the particular function with the data items as input parameters in a different order than the particular order specified by the input source code.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective service tasks run in a single application process with the workflow module.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the respective service tasks communicate via shared memory.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the respective service tasks communicate data among one another without serialization.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective service tasks are asynchronous tasks that are created by the workflow module at runtime.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein each service task corresponds to a different iteration of a loop in the input source code.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the workflow module configures each service task to await input data.
8. A system comprising:
a hardware processing unit; and
a storage resource storing computer-readable instructions which, when executed by the hardware processing unit, cause the hardware processing unit to:
receive input source code specifying a particular order to perform multiple operations involving calling a particular function with data items as input parameters;
identify data dependencies in the input source code;
based at least on the data dependencies, identify immutability points in the input source code;
convert at least some of the input source code occurring after the immutability points to one or more service modules; and
generate a workflow module, wherein, when compiled with the one or more service modules and executed at runtime with the one or more service modules, the workflow module is configured to designate respective service tasks that execute the one or more service modules and coordinate runtime processing by the respective service tasks,
the workflow module allowing the respective service tasks to perform the multiple operations by calling the particular function with the data items as input parameters in a different order than the particular order specified by the input source code.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the respective service tasks run in a single application process.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the respective service tasks communicate via shared memory.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the respective service tasks communicate data among one another without serialization.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the respective service tasks are asynchronous tasks.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein each service task corresponds to a different iteration of a loop in the input source code.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the workflow module configures each service task to await input data.
15. A computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions which, when executed by a hardware processing unit, cause the hardware processing unit to perform acts comprising:
receiving input source code specifying a particular order to perform multiple operations
involving calling a particular function with data items as input parameters;
identifying data dependencies in the input source code;
based at least on the data dependencies, identifying immutability points in the input source code;
converting at least some of the input source code occurring after the immutability points to one or more service modules; and
generating a workflow module, wherein, when compiled with the one or more service modules and executed at runtime with the one or more service modules, the workflow module designates respective service tasks that execute the one or more service modules and coordinates runtime processing by the respective service tasks,
the workflow module allowing the respective service tasks to perform the multiple operations by calling the particular function with the data items as input parameters in a different order than the particular order specified by the input source code.
16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the respective service tasks run in a single application process.
17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the respective service tasks communicate via shared memory.
18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the respective service tasks communicate data among one another without serialization.
19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the respective service tasks are asynchronous tasks.
20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein each service task corresponds to a different iteration of a loop in the input source code.
21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 , wherein:
the input source code specifies that:
the particular function is called with a first data item as an input parameter in a first iteration of the loop,
the particular function is called with a second data item as an input parameter in a second iteration of the loop, and
the second iteration of the loop occurs after the first iteration, and
the workflow module allows a service task that calls the particular function with the second data item as an input parameter to execute before another service task that calls the particular function with the first data item as an input parameter.