和所有的服务器一样,KestrelServer最终需要解决的是网络传输的问题。在《KestrelServer详解[2]: 网络连接是如何创建的?》,我们介绍了KestrelServer如何利用连接接听器的建立网络连接,并再次基础上演示了如何直接利用建立的连接接收请求和回复响应。本篇更进一步,我们根据其总体设计,定义了迷你版的KestrelServer让读者看看这个重要的服务器大体是如何实现的。[本文节选《ASP.NET Core 6框架揭秘》第18章]
一、ConnectionDelegate
二、IConnectionBuilder
三、HTTP 1.x/HTTP 2.x V.S. HTTP 3
四、MiniKestrelServer
一、ConnectionDelegate
ASP.NET CORE在“应用”层将针对请求的处理抽象成由中间件构建的管道,实际上KestrelServer面向“传输”层的连接也采用了这样的设计。当代表连接的ConnectionContext上下文创建出来之后,后续的处理将交给由连接中间件构建的管道进行处理。我们可以根据需要注册任意的中间件来处理连接,比如可以将并发连结的控制实现在专门的连接中间件中。ASP.NET CORE管道利用RequestDelegate委托来表示请求处理器,连接管道同样定义了如下这个ConnectionDelegate委托。
public delegate Task ConnectionDelegate(ConnectionContext connection);
二、IConnectionBuilder
ASP.NET CORE管道中的中间件体现为一个Func<RequestDelegate, RequestDelegate>委托,连接管道的中间件同样可以利用Func<ConnectionDelegate, ConnectionDelegate>委托来表示。ASP.NET CORE管道中的中间件注册到IApplicationBuilder对象上并利用它将管道构建出来。连接管道依然具有如下这个IConnectionBuilder接口,ConnectionBuilder实现了该接口。
public interface IConnectionBuilder
{IServiceProvider ApplicationServices { get; }IConnectionBuilder Use(Func<ConnectionDelegate, ConnectionDelegate> middleware);ConnectionDelegate Build();
}
IConnectionBuilder接口还定义了如下三个扩展方法来注册连接中间件。第一个Use方法使用Func<ConnectionContext, Func<Task>, Task>委托来表示中间件。其余两个方法用来注册管道末端的中间件,这样的中间件本质上就是一个ConnectionDelegate委托,我们可以将其定义成一个派生于ConnectionHandler的类型。
public static class ConnectionBuilderExtensions
{public static IConnectionBuilder Use(this IConnectionBuilder connectionBuilder,Func<ConnectionContext, Func<Task>, Task> middleware);public static IConnectionBuilder Run(this IConnectionBuilder connectionBuilder,Func<ConnectionContext, Task> middleware);public static IConnectionBuilder UseConnectionHandler<TConnectionHandler>(this IConnectionBuilder connectionBuilder) where TConnectionHandler : ConnectionHandler;
}public abstract class ConnectionHandler
{public abstract Task OnConnectedAsync(ConnectionContext connection);
}
三、HTTP 1.x/HTTP 2.x V.S. HTTP 3
KestrelServer针对HTTP 1.X/2和HTTP 3的设计和实现基本上独立的,这一点从监听器的定义就可以看出来。就连接管道来说,基于HTTP 3的多路复用连接通过MultiplexedConnectionContext表示,它也具有“配套”的MultiplexedConnectionDelegate委托和IMultiplexedConnectionBuilder接口。ListenOptions类型同时实现了IConnectionBuilder和IMultiplexedConnectionBuilder接口,意味着我们在注册终结点的时候还可以注册任意中间件。
public delegate Task MultiplexedConnectionDelegate(MultiplexedConnectionContext connection);public interface IMultiplexedConnectionBuilder
{IServiceProvider ApplicationServices { get; }IMultiplexedConnectionBuilder Use(Func<MultiplexedConnectionDelegate, MultiplexedConnectionDelegate> middleware);MultiplexedConnectionDelegate Build();
}public class MultiplexedConnectionBuilder : IMultiplexedConnectionBuilder
{public IServiceProvider ApplicationServices { get; }public IMultiplexedConnectionBuilder Use(Func<MultiplexedConnectionDelegate, MultiplexedConnectionDelegate> middleware);public MultiplexedConnectionDelegate Build();
}public class ListenOptions : IConnectionBuilder, IMultiplexedConnectionBuilder
四、MiniKestrelServer
在了解了KestrelServer的连接管道后,我们来简单模拟一下这种服务器类型的实现,为此我们定义了一个名为MiniKestrelServer的服务器类型。简单起见,MiniKestrelServer只提供针对HTTP 1.1的支持。对于任何一个服务来说,它需要将请求交付给一个IHttpApplication<TContext>对象进行处理,MiniKestrelServer将这项工作实现在如下这个HostedApplication<TContext>类型中。
public class HostedApplication<TContext> : ConnectionHandler where TContext : notnull
{private readonly IHttpApplication<TContext> _application;public HostedApplication(IHttpApplication<TContext> application) => _application = application;public override async Task OnConnectedAsync(ConnectionContext connection){var reader = connection!.Transport.Input;while (true){var result = await reader.ReadAsync();using (var body = new MemoryStream()){var (features, request, response) = CreateFeatures(result, body);var closeConnection = request.Headers.TryGetValue("Connection", out var vallue) && vallue == "Close";reader.AdvanceTo(result.Buffer.End);var context = _application.CreateContext(features);Exception? exception = null;try{await _application.ProcessRequestAsync(context);await ApplyResponseAsync(connection, response, body);}catch (Exception ex){exception = ex;}finally{_application.DisposeContext(context, exception);}if (closeConnection){await connection.DisposeAsync();return;}}if (result.IsCompleted){break;}}static (IFeatureCollection, IHttpRequestFeature, IHttpResponseFeature) CreateFeatures(ReadResult result, Stream body){var handler = new HttpParserHandler();var parserHandler = new HttpParser(handler);var length = (int)result.Buffer.Length;var array = ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Rent(length);try{result.Buffer.CopyTo(array);parserHandler.Execute(new ArraySegment<byte>(array, 0, length));}finally{ArrayPool<byte>.Shared.Return(array);}var bodyFeature = new StreamBodyFeature(body);var features = new FeatureCollection();var responseFeature = new HttpResponseFeature();features.Set<IHttpRequestFeature>(handler.Request);features.Set<IHttpResponseFeature>(responseFeature);features.Set<IHttpResponseBodyFeature>(bodyFeature);return (features, handler.Request, responseFeature);}static async Task ApplyResponseAsync(ConnectionContext connection, IHttpResponseFeature response, Stream body){var builder = new StringBuilder();builder.AppendLine($"HTTP/1.1 {response.StatusCode} {response.ReasonPhrase}");foreach (var kv in response.Headers){builder.AppendLine($"{kv.Key}: {kv.Value}");}builder.AppendLine($"Content-Length: {body.Length}");builder.AppendLine();var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(builder.ToString());var writer = connection.Transport.Output;await writer.WriteAsync(bytes);body.Position = 0;await body.CopyToAsync(writer);}}
}
HostedApplication<TContext>是对一个IHttpApplication<TContext>对象的封装。它派生于抽象类ConnectionHandler,重写的OnConnectedAsync方法将针对请求的读取和处理置于一个无限循环中。为了将读取的请求转交给IHostedApplication<TContext>对象进行处理,它需要根据特性集合将TContext上下文创建出来。这里提供的特性集合只包含三种核心的特性,一个是描述请求的HttpRequestFeature特性,它是利用HttpParser解析请求荷载内容得到的。另一个是描述响应的HttpResponseFeature特性,至于提供响应主体的特性由如下所示的StreamBodyFeature对象来表示。这三个特性的创建实现在CreateFeatures方法中。
public class StreamBodyFeature : IHttpResponseBodyFeature
{public Stream Stream { get; }public PipeWriter Writer { get; }public StreamBodyFeature(Stream stream){Stream = stream;Writer = PipeWriter.Create(Stream);}public Task CompleteAsync() => Task.CompletedTask;public void DisableBuffering() { }public Task SendFileAsync(string path, long offset, long? count,CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)=> throw new NotImplementedException();public Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) => Task.CompletedTask;
}
包含三大特性的集合随后作为参数调用了IHostedApplication<TContext>对象的CreateContext方法将TContext上下文创建出来,此上下文作为参数传入了同一对象的ProcessRequestAsync方法,此时中间件管道接管请求。待中间件管道完成处理后, ApplyResponseAsync方法被调用以完成最终的响应工作。ApplyResponseAsync方法将响应状态从HttpResponseFeature特性中提取并生成首行响应内容(“HTTP/1.1 {StatusCode} {ReasonPhrase}”),然后再从这个特性中将响应报头提取出来并生成相应的文本。响应报文的首行内容和报头文本按照UTF-8编码生成二进制数组后利用ConnectionContext上下文的Transport属性返回的IDuplexPipe对象发送出去后,它再将StreamBodyFeature特性收集到的响应主体输出流“拷贝”到这个IDuplexPipe对象中,进而完成了针对响应主体内容的输出。
如下所示的是MiniKestrelServer类型的完整定义。该类型的构造函数中注入了用于提供配置选项的IOptions<KestrelServerOptions>特性和IConnectionListenerFactory工厂,并且创建了一个ServerAddressesFeature对象并注册到Features属性返回的特性集合中。
public class MiniKestrelServer : IServer
{private readonly KestrelServerOptions _options;private readonly IConnectionListenerFactory _factory;private readonly List<IConnectionListener> _listeners = new();public IFeatureCollection Features { get; } = new FeatureCollection();public MiniKestrelServer( IOptions<KestrelServerOptions> optionsAccessor, IConnectionListenerFactory factory){_factory = factory;_options = optionsAccessor.Value;Features.Set<IServerAddressesFeature>( new ServerAddressesFeature());}public void Dispose() => StopAsync(CancellationToken.None) .GetAwaiter() .GetResult();public Task StartAsync<TContext>( IHttpApplication<TContext> application, CancellationToken cancellationToken) where TContext : notnull{var feature = Features .Get<IServerAddressesFeature>()!;IEnumerable<ListenOptions> listenOptions;if (feature.PreferHostingUrls){listenOptions = BuildListenOptions(feature);}else{listenOptions = _options.GetListenOptions();if (!listenOptions.Any()){listenOptions = BuildListenOptions(feature);}}foreach (var options in listenOptions){_ = StartAsync(options);}return Task.CompletedTask;async Task StartAsync(ListenOptions litenOptions){var listener = await _factory.BindAsync(litenOptions.EndPoint,cancellationToken);_listeners.Add(listener!);var hostedApplication = new HostedApplication<TContext>(application);var pipeline = litenOptions.Use(next => context => hostedApplication.OnConnectedAsync(context)).Build();while (true){var connection = await listener.AcceptAsync();if (connection != null){_ = pipeline(connection);}}}IEnumerable<ListenOptions> BuildListenOptions(IServerAddressesFeature feature){var options = new KestrelServerOptions();foreach (var address in feature.Addresses){var url = new Uri(address);if (string.Compare("localhost", url.Host, true) == 0){options.ListenLocalhost(url.Port);}else{options.Listen(IPAddress.Parse(url.Host), url.Port);}}return options.GetListenOptions();}}public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken) => Task.WhenAll(_listeners.Select(it => it.DisposeAsync().AsTask()));
}
实现的StartAsync<TContext>方法先将IServerAddressesFeature特性提取出来,并利用其PreferHostingUrls属性决定应该使用直接注册到KestrelOptions配置选项上的终结点还是使用注册在该特定上的监听地址。如果使用后者,注册的监听地址会利用BuildListenOptions方法转换成对应的ListenOptions列表,否则直接从KestrelOptions对象的ListenOptions属性提取所有的ListenOptions列表,由于这是一个内部属性,不得不利用如下这个扩展方法以反射的方式获取这个列表。
public static class KestrelServerOptionsExtensions
{public static IEnumerable<ListenOptions> GetListenOptions(this KestrelServerOptions options){var property = typeof(KestrelServerOptions).GetProperty("ListenOptions",BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);return (IEnumerable<ListenOptions>)property!.GetValue(options)!;}
}
对于每一个表示注册终结点的ListenOptions配置选项,StartAsync<TContext>方法利用IConnectionListenerFactory工厂将对应的IConnectionListener监听器创建出来,并绑定到指定的终结点上监听连接请求。表示连接的ConnectionContext上下文一旦被创建出来后,该方法便会利用构建的连接管道对它进行处理。在调用ListenOptions配置选项的Build方法构建连接管道前,StartAsync<TContext>方法将HostedApplication<TContext>对象创建出来并作为中间件进行了注册。所以针对连接的处理将被这个HostedApplication<TContext>对象接管。
using App;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Server;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder();
builder.WebHost.UseKestrel(kestrel => kestrel.ListenLocalhost(5000));
builder.Services.Replace(ServiceDescriptor.Singleton<IServer, MiniKestrelServer>());
var app = builder.Build();
app.Run(context => context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello World!"));
app.Run();
如上所示的演示程序将替换了针对IServer的服务注册,意味着默认的KestrelServer将被替换成自定义的MiniKestrelServer。启动该程序后,由浏览器发送的HTTP请求(不支持HTTPS)同样会被正常处理,并得到如图1所示的响应内容。需要强调一下,MiniKestrelServer仅仅用来模拟KestrelServer的实现原理,不要觉得真实的实现会如此简单。
图1 由MiniKestrelServer回复的响应内容