Merge pull request #24 from softwaremill/feat_throttle

feat: implement `throttle` function

core/src/main/scala/ox/channels/SourceOps.scala

@@ -565,6 +565,46 @@ trait SourceOps[+T] { this: Source[T] =>
         case ChannelClosed.Error(r) => throw r.getOrElse(new NoSuchElementException("getting head failed"))
         case t: T @unchecked        => t
     }
+
+  /** Sends elements to the returned channel limiting the throughput to specific number of elements (evenly spaced) per time unit. Note that
+    * the element's `receive()` time is included in the resulting throughput. For instance having `throttle(1, 1.second)` and `receive()`
+    * taking `Xms` means that resulting channel will receive elements every `1s + Xms` time. Throttling is not applied to the empty source.
+    *
+    * @param elements
+    *   Number of elements to be emitted. Must be greater than 0.
+    * @param per
+    *   Per time unit. Must be greater or equal to 1 ms.
+    * @return
+    *   A source that emits at most `elements` `per` time unit.
+    * @example
+    *   {{{
+    *   import ox.*
+    *   import ox.channels.Source
+    *
+    *   import scala.concurrent.duration.*
+    *
+    *   scoped {
+    *     Source.empty[Int].throttle(1, 1.second).toList       // List() returned without throttling
+    *     Source.fromValues(1, 2).throttle(1, 1.second).toList // List(1, 2) returned after 2 seconds
+    *   }
+    *   }}}
+    */
+  def throttle(elements: Int, per: FiniteDuration)(using Ox, StageCapacity): Source[T] =
+    require(elements > 0, "elements must be > 0")
+    require(per.toMillis > 0, "per time must be >= 1 ms")
+
+    val c = StageCapacity.newChannel[T]
+    val emitEveryMillis = per.toMillis / elements
+
+    forkDaemon {
+      repeatWhile {
+        receive() match
+          case ChannelClosed.Done     => c.done(); false
+          case ChannelClosed.Error(r) => c.error(r); false
+          case t: T @unchecked        => Thread.sleep(emitEveryMillis); c.send(t); true
+      }
+    }
+    c
 }
 
 trait SourceCompanionOps:

core/src/test/scala/ox/channels/SourceOpsThrottleTest.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package ox.channels
+
+import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
+import ox.*
+
+import scala.concurrent.duration.*
+
+class SourceOpsThrottleTest extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
+  behavior of "Source.throttle"
+
+  it should "not throttle the empty source" in supervised {
+    val s = Source.empty[Int]
+    val (result, executionTime) = measure { s.throttle(1, 1.second).toList }
+    result shouldBe List.empty
+    executionTime.toMillis should be < 1.second.toMillis
+  }
+
+  it should "throttle to specified elements per time units" in supervised {
+    val s = Source.fromValues(1, 2)
+    val (result, executionTime) = measure { s.throttle(1, 50.millis).toList }
+    result shouldBe List(1, 2)
+    executionTime.toMillis should (be >= 100L and be <= 150L)
+  }
+
+  it should "fail to throttle when elements <= 0" in supervised {
+    val s = Source.empty[Int]
+    the[IllegalArgumentException] thrownBy {
+      s.throttle(-1, 50.millis)
+    } should have message "requirement failed: elements must be > 0"
+  }
+
+  it should "fail to throttle when per lower than 1ms" in supervised {
+    val s = Source.empty[Int]
+    the[IllegalArgumentException] thrownBy {
+      s.throttle(1, 50.nanos)
+    } should have message "requirement failed: per time must be >= 1 ms"
+  }
+
+  private def measure[T](f: => T): (T, Duration) =
+    val before = System.currentTimeMillis()
+    val result = f
+    val after = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    (result, (after - before).millis)
+}