pottu

pottu

Register process in Registry using :via with two keys

Currently, I register a GenServer process with a unique name in a local register when invoking a start_link/1 function part of it’s API as follows:

  def start_link(%{name: lobby_id, visibility: visibility}) do
    via_name = {
      :via,
      Registry,
      {LobbyRegistry, lobby_id}
    }
    GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, %{name: lobby_id, visibility: visibility}, [name: via_name])
end

In some cases, I would like to register it both via its unique lobby_id as key, but also via another key used by the registry to identify a particular lobby process. It seems one possibility is to register it later on, e.g. in its init/1 callback using Registry.register/3, but I was wondering if its possible to register the process under both keys at the same time, in the above-mentioned start_link/1. If both are possible, is there any reason to prefer one over the other? Any other, better, solutions?

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benwilson512

benwilson512

Author of Craft GraphQL APIs in Elixir with Absinthe

It is not possible to do two keys in the start_link call, you’ll need to do it inside init.

pavanputhra

pavanputhra

@benwilson512 If registered directly using Registry.register/3 will the key be removed when process is killed?

LostKobrakai

LostKobrakai

Yes. Keys of any registered processes are removed once the processes stop. That’s unrelated to how they became successfully registered.

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