Entrypoints

Mélodium projects can have entrypoints. As their name suggest, they are the treatments that can be called directly to start a Mélodium program.

A project is not required to have entrypoints, if it is a library as example. On the opposite, a project can have multiple entrypoints, if that project is a program that can be used in different situations.

Naming entrypoints

Entrypoints are essentially a name associated with a treatment path, like:

• server: my_project/foo::serve
• client: my_project/bar::request
• main: my_project/etc::main

Entrypoints names have same restriction as treatments names but don't have to be the same as the treatment they designates.

The entrypoint name is expected to be typed in command line, as commands of the program:

// Starts 'my_program' with 'server' entrypoint
$ my_program.jeu server

// With explicit melodium command
$ melodium my_program.jeu server

An exception is made for the main entrypoint, that if present, is called directly if no specific entrypoint is given to program.

// Starts 'my_program' with 'main' entrypoint
$ my_program.jeu

// With explicit melodium command
$ melodium my_program.jeu

Entrypoints parameters

If a treatment used as entrypoint have parameters, they automatically becomes acceptable command arguments.

// In root/foo
treatment serve(bind: string = "localhost", port: u16) 
{
    /* 
        Implementation…
    */
}

With entrypoint server: my_project/foo::serve.

$ my_program.jeu server --port 6789 --bind '"192.168.55.66"'

Note: in actual development state, arguments given through CLI must match Mélodium syntax. As such, string parameters must be quoted with ". This is a trade-off to allow complex structures, like arrays, to be passed as arguments. This may be changed in future.