pc_rpc: autotarget support

artiq/frontend/artiq_rpctool.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import sys
 import numpy as np  # Needed to use numpy in RPC call arguments on cmd line
 import pprint
 
-from artiq.protocols.pc_rpc import Client
+from artiq.protocols.pc_rpc import AutoTarget, Client
 
 
 def get_argparser():
@@ -85,19 +85,9 @@ def main():
     args = get_argparser().parse_args()
 
     remote = Client(args.server, args.port, None)
-
     targets, description = remote.get_rpc_id()
-
     if args.action != "list-targets":
-        # If no target specified and remote has only one, then use this one.
+        remote.select_rpc_target(AutoTarget)
-        # Exit otherwise.
-        if len(targets) > 1 and args.target is None:
-            print("Remote server has several targets, please supply one with "
-                  "-t")
-            sys.exit(1)
-        elif args.target is None:
-            args.target = targets[0]
-        remote.select_rpc_target(args.target)
 
     if args.action == "list-targets":
         list_targets(targets, description)

artiq/protocols/pc_rpc.py

@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ from artiq.protocols.asyncio_server import AsyncioServer as _AsyncioServer
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+class AutoTarget:
+    """Use this as target value in clients for them to automatically connect
+    to the target exposed by the server. Servers must have only one target."""
+    pass
+
+
 class RemoteError(Exception):
     """Raised when a RPC failed or raised an exception on the remote (server)
     side."""
@@ -42,6 +48,20 @@ class IncompatibleServer(Exception):
 _init_string = b"ARTIQ pc_rpc\n"
 
 
+def _validate_target_name(target_name, target_names):
+    if target_name is AutoTarget:
+        if len(target_names) > 1:
+            raise ValueError("Server has multiple targets: " +
+                             " ".join(sorted(target_names)))
+        else:
+            target_name = target_names[0]
+    elif target_name not in target_names:
+        raise IncompatibleServer(
+            "valid target name(s): " +
+                " ".join(sorted(target_names)))
+    return target_name
+
+
 class Client:
     """This class proxies the methods available on the server so that they
     can be used as if they were local methods.
@@ -67,11 +87,13 @@ class Client:
     :param port: TCP port to use.
     :param target_name: Target name to select. ``IncompatibleServer`` is
         raised if the target does not exist.
+        Use ``AutoTarget`` for automatic selection if the server has only one
+        target.
         Use ``None`` to skip selecting a target. The list of targets can then
         be retrieved using ``get_rpc_id`` and then one can be selected later
         using ``select_rpc_target``.
     """
-    def __init__(self, host, port, target_name):
+    def __init__(self, host, port, target_name=AutoTarget):
         self.__socket = socket.create_connection((host, port))
 
         try:
@@ -89,8 +111,7 @@ class Client:
     def select_rpc_target(self, target_name):
         """Selects a RPC target by name. This function should be called
         exactly once if the object was created with ``target_name=None``."""
-        if target_name not in self.__target_names:
+        target_name = _validate_target_name(target_name, self.__target_names)
-            raise IncompatibleServer
         self.__socket.sendall((target_name + "\n").encode())
 
     def get_rpc_id(self):
@@ -180,8 +201,7 @@ class AsyncioClient:
         """Selects a RPC target by name. This function should be called
         exactly once if the connection was created with ``target_name=None``.
         """
-        if target_name not in self.__target_names:
+        target_name = _validate_target_name(target_name, self.__target_names)
-            raise IncompatibleServer
         self.__writer.write((target_name + "\n").encode())
 
     def get_rpc_id(self):
@@ -259,7 +279,8 @@ class BestEffortClient:
         except:
             logger.warning("first connection attempt to %s:%d[%s] failed, "
                            "retrying in the background",
-                           self.__host, self.__port, self.__target_name)
+                           self.__host, self.__port, self.__target_name,
+                           exc_info=True)
             self.__start_conretry()
         else:
             self.__conretry_thread = None
@@ -273,9 +294,9 @@ class BestEffortClient:
                 (self.__host, self.__port), timeout)
         self.__socket.sendall(_init_string)
         server_identification = self.__recv()
-        if self.__target_name not in server_identification["targets"]:
+        target_name = _validate_target_name(self.__target_name,
-            raise IncompatibleServer
+                                            server_identification["targets"])
-        self.__socket.sendall((self.__target_name + "\n").encode())
+        self.__socket.sendall((target_name + "\n").encode())
 
     def __start_conretry(self):
         self.__conretry_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.__conretry)