restructures client to have separate thread for its asyncio loop

src/pydase/client/client.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import asyncio
 import logging
-import time
-from typing import Any, TypedDict
+import threading
+from typing import Any, TypedDict, cast
 
 import socketio  # type: ignore
 
@@ -26,30 +27,55 @@ class NotifyDict(TypedDict):
 class Client(pydase.DataService):
     def __init__(self, hostname: str, port: int):
         super().__init__()
-        self._sio = socketio.Client()
-        self._setup_events()
-        self._proxy_class_factory = ProxyClassFactory(self._sio)
-        self.proxy = ProxyConnection()
-        self._sio.connect(
-            f"ws://{hostname}:{port}",
+        self._hostname = hostname
+        self._port = port
+        self._sio = socketio.AsyncClient()
+        self._loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        self._proxy_class_factory = ProxyClassFactory(self._sio, self._loop)
+        self._thread = threading.Thread(
+            target=self.__asyncio_loop_thread, args=(self._loop,), daemon=True
+        )
+        self._thread.start()
+        self.proxy: ProxyConnection
+        asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(self._connect(), self._loop).result()
+
+    async def _connect(self) -> None:
+        logger.debug("Connecting to server '%s:%s' ...", self._hostname, self._port)
+        await self._setup_events()
+        await self._sio.connect(
+            f"ws://{self._hostname}:{self._port}",
             socketio_path="/ws/socket.io",
             transports=["websocket"],
         )
-        while not self.proxy._initialised:
-            time.sleep(0.01)
 
-    def _setup_events(self) -> None:
+    def __asyncio_loop_thread(self, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop) -> None:
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+        loop.run_forever()
+
+    async def _setup_events(self) -> None:
         @self._sio.event
-        def class_structure(data: SerializedDataService) -> None:
-            if not self.proxy._initialised:
-                self.proxy = self._proxy_class_factory.create_proxy(data)
+        async def connect() -> None:
+            logger.debug("Connected to '%s:%s' ...", self._hostname, self._port)
+            serialized_data = cast(
+                SerializedDataService, await self._sio.call("service_serialization")
+            )
+            if not hasattr(self, "proxy"):
+                self.proxy = self._proxy_class_factory.create_proxy(serialized_data)
             else:
                 # need to change to avoid overwriting the proxy class
-                data["type"] = "DeviceConnection"
-                super(pydase.DataService, self.proxy)._notify_changed("", loads(data))
+                serialized_data["type"] = "DeviceConnection"
+                super(pydase.DataService, self.proxy)._notify_changed(
+                    "", loads(serialized_data)
+                )
+            self.proxy._connected = True
 
         @self._sio.event
-        def notify(data: NotifyDict) -> None:
+        async def disconnect() -> None:
+            logger.debug("Disconnected")
+            self.proxy._connected = False
+
+        @self._sio.event
+        async def notify(data: NotifyDict) -> None:
             # Notify the DataServiceObserver directly, not going through
             # self._notify_changed as this would trigger the "update_value" event
             super(pydase.DataService, self.proxy)._notify_changed(
@@ -57,8 +83,8 @@ class Client(pydase.DataService):
                 loads(data["data"]["value"]),
             )
 
-    def disconnect(self) -> None:
-        self._sio.disconnect()
+    async def _disconnect(self) -> None:
+        await self._sio.disconnect()
 
     def _notify_changed(self, changed_attribute: str, value: Any) -> None:
         if (
@@ -69,11 +95,14 @@ class Client(pydase.DataService):
         ):
             logger.debug(f"{changed_attribute}: {value}")
 
-            self._sio.call(
+            async def update_value() -> None:
+                await self._sio.call(
                     "update_value",
                     {
                         "access_path": changed_attribute[6:],
                         "value": dump(value),
                     },
                 )
+
+            asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(update_value(), loop=self._loop)
         return super()._notify_changed(changed_attribute, value)

src/pydase/client/proxy_class_factory.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import logging
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from copy import copy
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class ProxyClassMixin:
-    _sio: socketio.Client
+    _sio: socketio.AsyncClient
+    _loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop
 
     def __setattr__(self, key: str, value: Any) -> None:
         # prevent overriding of proxy attributes
@@ -44,18 +46,18 @@ class ProxyConnection(pydase.components.DeviceConnection, ProxyClassMixin):
         self._initialised = False
         self._reconnection_wait_time = 1.0
 
-    @property
-    def connected(self) -> bool:
-        return self._sio.connected
-
 
 class ProxyClassFactory:
-    def __init__(self, sio_client: socketio.Client) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self, sio_client: socketio.AsyncClient, loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop
+    ) -> None:
         self.sio_client = sio_client
+        self.loop = loop
 
     def create_proxy(self, data: SerializedObject) -> ProxyConnection:
         proxy_class = self._deserialize_component_type(data, ProxyConnection)
         proxy_class._sio = self.sio_client
+        proxy_class._loop = self.loop
         proxy_class._initialised = True
         return proxy_class  # type: ignore
 
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ class ProxyClassFactory:
                 serialized_object, component_class
             )
             proxy_class._sio = self.sio_client
+            proxy_class._loop = self.loop
             proxy_class._initialised = True
             return proxy_class
         return None
@@ -95,18 +98,21 @@ class ProxyClassFactory:
         self, serialized_object: SerializedMethod
     ) -> Callable[..., Any]:
         def method_proxy(self: ProxyBaseClass, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
-            serialized_response = cast(
-                dict[str, Any],
-                self._sio.call(
+            async def trigger_method() -> Any:
+                return await self._sio.call(
                     "trigger_method",
                     {
                         "access_path": serialized_object["full_access_path"],
                         "args": dump(list(args)),
                         "kwargs": dump(kwargs),
                     },
-                ),
                 )
-            return loads(serialized_response)  # type: ignore
+
+            result = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
+                trigger_method(),
+                loop=self._loop,
+            ).result()
+            return loads(result)
 
         return method_proxy
 
@@ -160,27 +166,34 @@ class ProxyClassFactory:
         return create_proxy_class(serialized_object)()
 
     def _create_attr_property(self, serialized_attr: SerializedObject) -> property:
-        def get(self: ProxyBaseClass) -> Any:  # type: ignore
-            return loads(
-                cast(
-                    SerializedObject,
-                    self._sio.call("get_value", serialized_attr["full_access_path"]),
-                )
+        def get(self: ProxyBaseClass) -> Any:
+            async def get_result() -> Any:
+                return await self._sio.call(
+                    "get_value", serialized_attr["full_access_path"]
                 )
 
+            result = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
+                get_result(),
+                loop=self._loop,
+            ).result()
+            return loads(result)
+
         get.__doc__ = serialized_attr["doc"]
 
-        def set(self: ProxyBaseClass, value: Any) -> None:  # type: ignore
-            result = cast(
-                SerializedObject | None,
-                self._sio.call(
+        def set(self: ProxyBaseClass, value: Any) -> None:
+            async def set_result() -> Any:
+                return await self._sio.call(
                     "update_value",
                     {
                         "access_path": serialized_attr["full_access_path"],
                         "value": dump(value),
                     },
-                ),
                 )
+
+            result: SerializedObject | None = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
+                set_result(),
+                loop=self._loop,
+            ).result()
             if result is not None:
                 loads(result)
 

src/pydase/server/web_server/sio_setup.py

@@ -119,12 +119,18 @@ def setup_sio_events(sio: socketio.AsyncServer, state_manager: StateManager) ->
     async def connect(sid: str, environ: Any) -> None:
         logging.debug("Client [%s] connected", click.style(str(sid), fg="cyan"))
 
-        await sio.emit("class_structure", state_manager.cache, to=sid)
-
     @sio.event  # type: ignore
     async def disconnect(sid: str) -> None:
         logging.debug("Client [%s] disconnected", click.style(str(sid), fg="cyan"))
 
+    @sio.event  # type: ignore
+    async def service_serialization(sid: str) -> SerializedObject:
+        logging.debug(
+            "Client [%s] requested service serialization",
+            click.style(str(sid), fg="cyan"),
+        )
+        return state_manager.cache
+
     @sio.event
     async def update_value(sid: str, data: UpdateDict) -> SerializedObject | None:  # type: ignore
         path = data["access_path"]