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Active Record Connection Handler

ConnectionHandler is a collection of ConnectionPool objects. It is used for keeping separate connection pools that connect to different databases.

For example, suppose that you have 5 models, with the following hierarchy:

class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
end

class BankAccount < ActiveRecord::Base
end

class Book < ActiveRecord::Base
  establish_connection :library_db
end

class ScaryBook < Book
end

class GoodBook < Book
end

And a database.yml that looked like this:

development:
  database: my_application
  host: localhost

library_db:
  database: library
  host: some.library.org

Your primary database in the development environment is “my_application” but the Book model connects to a separate database called “library_db” (this can even be a database on a different machine).

Book, ScaryBook, and GoodBook will all use the same connection pool to “library_db” while Author, BankAccount, and any other models you create will use the default connection pool to “my_application”.

The various connection pools are managed by a single instance of ConnectionHandler accessible via ActiveRecord::Base.connection_handler. All Active Record models use this handler to determine the connection pool that they should use.

The ConnectionHandler class is not coupled with the Active models, as it has no knowledge about the model. The model needs to pass a connection specification name to the handler, in order to look up the correct connection pool.

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Class Public methods

new()

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_handler.rb, line 74
def initialize
  # These caches are keyed by pool_config.connection_name (PoolConfig#connection_name).
  @connection_name_to_pool_manager = Concurrent::Map.new(initial_capacity: 2)
end

Instance Public methods

active_connections?(role = nil)

Returns true if there are any active connections among the connection pools that the ConnectionHandler is managing.

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_handler.rb, line 155
def active_connections?(role = nil)
  each_connection_pool(role).any?(&:active_connection?)
end

clear_active_connections!(role = nil)

Returns any connections in use by the current thread back to the pool, and also returns connections to the pool cached by threads that are no longer alive.

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_handler.rb, line 162
def clear_active_connections!(role = nil)
  each_connection_pool(role).each do |pool|
    pool.release_connection
    pool.disable_query_cache!
  end
end

clear_all_connections!(role = nil)

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_handler.rb, line 176
def clear_all_connections!(role = nil)
  each_connection_pool(role).each(&:disconnect!)
end

clear_reloadable_connections!(role = nil)

Clears the cache which maps classes.

See ConnectionPool#clear_reloadable_connections! for details.

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_handler.rb, line 172
def clear_reloadable_connections!(role = nil)
  each_connection_pool(role).each(&:clear_reloadable_connections!)
end

connected?(connection_name, role: ActiveRecord::Base.current_role, shard: ActiveRecord::Base.current_shard)

Returns true if a connection that’s accessible to this class has already been opened.

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_handler.rb, line 198
def connected?(connection_name, role: ActiveRecord::Base.current_role, shard: ActiveRecord::Base.current_shard)
  pool = retrieve_connection_pool(connection_name, role: role, shard: shard)
  pool && pool.connected?
end

connection_pool_list(role = nil)

Returns the pools for a connection handler and given role. If :all is passed, all pools belonging to the connection handler will be returned.

Also aliased as: connection_pools

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_handler.rb, line 93
def connection_pool_list(role = nil)
  if role.nil? || role == :all
    connection_name_to_pool_manager.values.flat_map { |m| m.pool_configs.map(&:pool) }
  else
    connection_name_to_pool_manager.values.flat_map { |m| m.pool_configs(role).map(&:pool) }
  end
end

connection_pools(role = nil)

Alias for: connection_pool_list

establish_connection(config, owner_name: Base, role: Base.current_role, shard: Base.current_shard, clobber: false)

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_handler.rb, line 113
def establish_connection(config, owner_name: Base, role: Base.current_role, shard: Base.current_shard, clobber: false)
  owner_name = determine_owner_name(owner_name, config)

  pool_config = resolve_pool_config(config, owner_name, role, shard)
  db_config = pool_config.db_config

  pool_manager = set_pool_manager(pool_config.connection_name)

  # If there is an existing pool with the same values as the pool_config
  # don't remove the connection. Connections should only be removed if we are
  # establishing a connection on a class that is already connected to a different
  # configuration.
  existing_pool_config = pool_manager.get_pool_config(role, shard)

  if !clobber && existing_pool_config && existing_pool_config.db_config == db_config
    # Update the pool_config's connection class if it differs. This is used
    # for ensuring that ActiveRecord::Base and the primary_abstract_class use
    # the same pool. Without this granular swapping will not work correctly.
    if owner_name.primary_class? && (existing_pool_config.connection_class != owner_name)
      existing_pool_config.connection_class = owner_name
    end

    existing_pool_config.pool
  else
    disconnect_pool_from_pool_manager(pool_manager, role, shard)
    pool_manager.set_pool_config(role, shard, pool_config)

    payload = {
      connection_name: pool_config.connection_name,
      role: role,
      shard: shard,
      config: db_config.configuration_hash
    }

    ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrumenter.instrument("!connection.active_record", payload) do
      pool_config.pool
    end
  end
end

flush_idle_connections!(role = nil)

Disconnects all currently idle connections.

See ConnectionPool#flush! for details.

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_handler.rb, line 183
def flush_idle_connections!(role = nil)
  each_connection_pool(role).each(&:flush!)
end

remove_connection_pool(connection_name, role: ActiveRecord::Base.current_role, shard: ActiveRecord::Base.current_shard)

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_handler.rb, line 203
def remove_connection_pool(connection_name, role: ActiveRecord::Base.current_role, shard: ActiveRecord::Base.current_shard)
  if pool_manager = get_pool_manager(connection_name)
    disconnect_pool_from_pool_manager(pool_manager, role, shard)
  end
end

retrieve_connection_pool(connection_name, role: ActiveRecord::Base.current_role, shard: ActiveRecord::Base.current_shard, strict: false)

Retrieving the connection pool happens a lot, so we cache it in @connection_name_to_pool_manager. This makes retrieving the connection pool O(1) once the process is warm. When a connection is established or removed, we invalidate the cache.

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# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_handler.rb, line 212
def retrieve_connection_pool(connection_name, role: ActiveRecord::Base.current_role, shard: ActiveRecord::Base.current_shard, strict: false)
  pool = get_pool_manager(connection_name)&.get_pool_config(role, shard)&.pool

  if strict && !pool
    if shard != ActiveRecord::Base.default_shard
      message = "No connection pool for '#{connection_name}' found for the '#{shard}' shard."
    elsif role != ActiveRecord::Base.default_role
      message = "No connection pool for '#{connection_name}' found for the '#{role}' role."
    else
      message = "No connection pool for '#{connection_name}' found."
    end

    raise ConnectionNotEstablished, message
  end

  pool
end