はじめに
Node-REDで大きなデータを扱う際は気を付けないといけません。msgオブジェクトを介してデータを渡す際に、オブジェクト化されて大きくなるだけでなく、いつの間にかmsgオブジェクトと共にクローンが増えてしまうからです。ここでいうクローン(clone)とは、一部の属性をのぞいてほぼオブジェクト全体をdeep copyしたものです。どんな時にクローンが作成されるか、動かして確認しましたので、一覧を作成しました。
確認方法
クローンが作成されるかを確認するには以下の方法があります。
テストフローで確認する
msgごとにタイミングをずらしてデータを更新します。先に更新したmsgの値が別のmsgの更新によって変更されなければclone、更新されていれば参照です。
ソースコードを確認する
確認したい処理のソースコードを確認します。RED.util.generateId()の呼び出しやDeep copyの処理が行われていればclone(あるいはdeepcopy)、そうでないなら参照あるいはシャローコピー（1階層のみの複製、下位の階層は参照）でしょう。
今回はテストフローで確認しました(v4.0.8を利用)。
コード
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cloneが作成されるパターン
以下のような場合にcloneが作成されていました。
- ノードの出力が複数になる場合（一つのポートから複数のワイヤー）
- ファンクションノードで同じmsgを複数returnする場合
- ファンクションノードで同じmsgを第2引数なしで複数node.sendする場合
- ファンクションノードで同じmsgを第2引数を指定して複数node.sendする場合（trueの場合のみではありませんでした）
- splitノードの出力
クローンが作成される理由
このように見てくると、クローン作製は、処理フローの分岐や、solitノードで処理が非同期に多重化される場合など、意識せずにブログラムすると危険な場合にクローンが作成されていました。実際にnode.send()などは初期のバージョンでは参照が渡されていましたが、オプションを指定しないとクローンが渡されるようになりました。参照が渡されると別の処理が更新した（想定外の）値で処理してしまうことがあるからだと思います。いわゆる「安全側に倒した設計」が行われたのでしょう。
cloneを作らない方法
このようによく考えられた設計ではあるのですが、対象のデータがどんどん複製されてしまうとメモリ不足になってしまうこともあります。そこで、以下のような方法を考えると良いでしょう。
- ファンクションノードで同じmsgを1つずつ第2引数にfalseを指定してnode.sendする
出力ポートは一つでも二つでも構いません。一度にmsgを二つ以上送らないことが重要です。
注意点
上記の方法は同じmsgを共有することに注意してください。複数個所で更新するとあと勝ちになります。例えば、通常デバッグノードを二股で接続すると分岐したタイミングのデータを出力しますが、上記の方法でfunctionノードから接続すると出力時のデータの状態を出力します。
おわりに
いかがだったでしょうか？大量データを扱うことはあまりないかもしれません。例えばファイルを読み込んだり、データベースのクエリ結果など、一時データのつもりで読んだのに削除しないままだったり、処理データがたまっていたりすることはないでしょうか？知らぬ間にクローンを作ってしまい、メモリ不足やガベージコレクションが重くならないよう気を付けましょう。
上記でsplitをクローンが作られる一例として紹介しましたが、split-joinで並列処理をする場合は単純なnode.send()ではうまくいきませんので注意してください。