From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2011-11-06T00:52:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Rack::Handler::Xxx

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Nokan Emiro <uzleepito@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to run a Rack application, that can be buggy, and
> sometimes throws an exception.  I want to catch it, and force
> my whole Rack app to continue running.  This is the schema:
>
> app = ...a Rack app definition goes here...
>
> require 'rack'
> begin
>   Rack::Handler::FastCGI.run app, :Port => 9811
> rescue Exception => e
>   $stderr.puts "...print info about the exception #{e}..."
>   retry
> end
>
> This way I can catch the exception, but when the retry is reached the
> Rack::Handler::FastCGI line again, it fails because of the port 9811
> is already in use.
>
> How can I close that port (stop Rack server thread?), and tell Rack
> to reopen it?

I don' t know Rack but why not just wrap app in something which
delgates to app, catches exceptions and retries?

Kind regards

robert

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