huge update:

introduced meta tasks which are used by `_map()`;
introduced task groups;
ending with `gather_and_close()` now;
pool unittests rewritten accordingly;
two new helper classes

.coveragerc

@@ -8,5 +8,8 @@ omit =
 fail_under = 100
 show_missing = True
 skip_covered = False
+exclude_lines =
+    if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    if __name__ == ['"]__main__['"]:
 omit =
     tests/*

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README.md

@@ -1,19 +1,69 @@
 # asyncio-taskpool
 
-Dynamically manage pools of asyncio tasks
+**Dynamically manage pools of asyncio tasks**
+
+## Summary
+
+A task pool is an object with a simple interface for aggregating and dynamically managing asynchronous tasks.
+
+With an interface that is intentionally similar to the [`multiprocessing.Pool`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html#module-multiprocessing.pool) class from the standard library, the `TaskPool` provides you such methods as `apply`, `map`, and `starmap` to execute coroutines concurrently as [`asyncio.Task`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#task-object) objects. There is no limitation imposed on what kind of tasks can be run or in what combination, when new ones can be added, or when they can be cancelled.
+
+For a more streamlined use-case, the `SimpleTaskPool` provides an even more intuitive and simple interface at the cost of flexibility.
+
+If you need control over a task pool at runtime, you can launch an asynchronous `ControlServer` to be able to interface with the pool from an outside process or via a network, and stop/start tasks within the pool as you wish.
 
 ## Usage
 
-See [USAGE.md](usage/USAGE.md)
+Generally speaking, a task is added to a pool by providing it with a coroutine function reference as well as the arguments for that function. Here is what that could look like in the most simplified form:
+
+```python
+from asyncio_taskpool import SimpleTaskPool
+
+...
+
+
+async def work(foo, bar): ...
+
+
+...
+
+
+async def main():
+    pool = SimpleTaskPool(work, args=('xyz', 420))
+    await pool.start(5)
+    ...
+    pool.stop(3)
+    ...
+    pool.lock()
+    await pool.gather_and_close()
+    ...
+```
+
+Since one of the main goals of `asyncio-taskpool` is to be able to start/stop tasks dynamically or "on-the-fly", _most_ of the associated methods are non-blocking _most_ of the time. A notable exception is the `gather_and_close` method for awaiting the return of all tasks in the pool. (It is essentially a glorified wrapper around the [`asyncio.gather`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio-task.html#asyncio.gather) function.)
+
+For working and fully documented demo scripts see [USAGE.md](usage/USAGE.md).
 
 ## Installation
 
-`pip install asyncio-taskpool`
+```shell
+pip install asyncio-taskpool
+```
 
 ## Dependencies
 
 Python Version 3.8+, tested on Linux
 
-## Building from source
+## Testing
 
-Run `python -m build`
+Install `asyncio-taskpool[dev]` dependencies or just manually install `coverage` with `pip`. 
+Execute the [`./coverage.sh`](coverage.sh) shell script to run all unit tests and receive the coverage report.
+
+## License
+
+`asyncio-taskpool` is licensed under the **GNU LGPL version 3.0** specifically.
+
+The full license texts for the [GNU GPLv3.0](COPYING) and the [GNU LGPLv3.0](COPYING.LESSER) are included in this repository. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+
+## Copyright
+
+© 2022 Daniil Fajnberg

setup.cfg

@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 [metadata]
 name = asyncio-taskpool
-version = 0.0.2
+version = 0.4.0
 author = Daniil Fajnberg
 author_email = mail@daniil.fajnberg.de
 description = Dynamically manage pools of asyncio tasks
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+keywords = asyncio, concurrency, tasks, coroutines, asynchronous, server
 url = https://git.fajnberg.de/daniil/asyncio-taskpool
 project_urls =
     Bug Tracker = https://git.fajnberg.de/daniil/asyncio-taskpool/issues
 classifiers =
+    Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
     Operating System :: OS Independent
+    License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3)
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    Intended Audience :: System Administrators
+    Framework :: AsyncIO
+    Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
+    Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
 
 [options]
 package_dir =

src/asyncio_taskpool/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,23 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Brings the main classes up to package level for import convenience.
+"""
+
+
 from .pool import TaskPool, SimpleTaskPool
 from .server import UnixControlServer

src/asyncio_taskpool/__main__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+CLI client entry point.
+"""
+
+
 import sys
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from asyncio import run
@@ -33,10 +54,10 @@ def parse_cli() -> Dict[str, Any]:
 async def main():
     kwargs = parse_cli()
     if kwargs[CONN_TYPE] == UNIX:
-        client = UnixControlClient(path=kwargs[SOCKET_PATH])
+        client = UnixControlClient(socket_path=kwargs[SOCKET_PATH])
     elif kwargs[CONN_TYPE] == TCP:
         # TODO: Implement the TCP client class
-        client = UnixControlClient(path=kwargs[SOCKET_PATH])
+        client = UnixControlClient(socket_path=kwargs[SOCKET_PATH])
     else:
         print("Invalid connection type", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(2)

src/asyncio_taskpool/client.py

@@ -1,61 +1,168 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Classes of control clients for a simply interface to a task pool control server.
+"""
+
+
+import json
+import shutil
 import sys
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from asyncio.streams import StreamReader, StreamWriter, open_unix_connection
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
 
-from asyncio_taskpool import constants
-from asyncio_taskpool.types import ClientConnT
+from .constants import CLIENT_EXIT, CLIENT_INFO, SESSION_MSG_BYTES
+from .types import ClientConnT, PathT
 
 
 class ControlClient(ABC):
+    """
+    Abstract base class for a simple implementation of a task pool control client.
+
+    Since the server's control interface is simply expecting commands to be sent, any process able to connect to the
+    TCP or UNIX socket and issue the relevant commands (and optionally read the responses) will work just as well.
+    This is a minimal working implementation.
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def client_info() -> dict:
+        """Returns a dictionary of client information relevant for the handshake with the server."""
+        return {CLIENT_INFO.TERMINAL_WIDTH: shutil.get_terminal_size().columns}
 
     @abstractmethod
-    async def open_connection(self, **kwargs) -> ClientConnT:
+    async def _open_connection(self, **kwargs) -> ClientConnT:
+        """
+        Tries to connect to a socket using the provided arguments and return the associated reader-writer-pair.
+
+        This method will be invoked by the public `start()` method with the pre-defined internal `_conn_kwargs` (unpacked)
+        as keyword-arguments.
+        This method should return either a tuple of `asyncio.StreamReader` and `asyncio.StreamWriter` or a tuple of
+        `None` and `None`, if it failed to establish the defined connection.
+        """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def __init__(self, **conn_kwargs) -> None:
+        """Simply stores the connection keyword-arguments necessary for opening the connection."""
         self._conn_kwargs = conn_kwargs
         self._connected: bool = False
 
-    async def _interact(self, reader: StreamReader, writer: StreamWriter) -> None:
+    async def _server_handshake(self, reader: StreamReader, writer: StreamWriter) -> None:
+        """
+        Performs the first interaction with the server providing it with the necessary client information.
+
+        Upon completion, the server's info is printed.
+
+        Args:
+            reader: The `asyncio.StreamReader` returned by the `_open_connection()` method
+            writer: The `asyncio.StreamWriter` returned by the `_open_connection()` method
+        """
+        self._connected = True
+        writer.write(json.dumps(self.client_info()).encode())
+        await writer.drain()
+        print("Connected to", (await reader.read(SESSION_MSG_BYTES)).decode())
+
+    def _get_command(self, writer: StreamWriter) -> Optional[str]:
+        """
+        Prompts the user for input and either returns it (after cleaning it up) or `None` in special cases.
+
+        Args:
+            writer: The `asyncio.StreamWriter` returned by the `_open_connection()` method
+
+        Returns:
+            `None`, if either `Ctrl+C` was hit, or the user wants the client to disconnect;
+            otherwise, the user's input, stripped of leading and trailing spaces and converted to lowercase.
+        """
         try:
             msg = input("> ").strip().lower()
-        except EOFError:
-            msg = constants.CLIENT_EXIT
-        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        except EOFError:  # Ctrl+D shall be equivalent to the `CLIENT_EXIT` command.
+            msg = CLIENT_EXIT
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:  # Ctrl+C shall simply reset to the input prompt.
             print()
             return
-        if msg == constants.CLIENT_EXIT:
+        if msg == CLIENT_EXIT:
             writer.close()
             self._connected = False
             return
+        return msg
+
+    async def _interact(self, reader: StreamReader, writer: StreamWriter) -> None:
+        """
+        Reacts to the user's command, potentially performing a back-and-forth interaction with the server.
+
+        If `_get_command` returns `None`, this may imply that the client disconnected, but may also just be `Ctrl+C`.
+        If an actual command is retrieved, it is written to the stream, a response is awaited and eventually printed.
+
+        Args:
+            reader: The `asyncio.StreamReader` returned by the `_open_connection()` method
+            writer: The `asyncio.StreamWriter` returned by the `_open_connection()` method
+        """
+        cmd = self._get_command(writer)
+        if cmd is None:
+            return
         try:
-            writer.write(msg.encode())
+            # Send the command to the server.
+            writer.write(cmd.encode())
             await writer.drain()
         except ConnectionError as e:
             self._connected = False
             print(e, file=sys.stderr)
             return
-        print((await reader.read(constants.MSG_BYTES)).decode())
+        # Await the server's response, then print it.
+        print((await reader.read(SESSION_MSG_BYTES)).decode())
 
-    async def start(self):
-        reader, writer = await self.open_connection(**self._conn_kwargs)
+    async def start(self) -> None:
+        """
+        This method opens the pre-defined connection, performs the server-handshake, and enters the interaction loop.
+
+        If the connection can not be established, an error message is printed to `stderr` and the method returns.
+        If the `_connected` flag is set to `False` during the interaction loop, the method returns and prints out a
+        disconnected-message.
+        """
+        reader, writer = await self._open_connection(**self._conn_kwargs)
         if reader is None:
             print("Failed to connect.", file=sys.stderr)
             return
-        self._connected = True
-        print("Connected to", (await reader.read(constants.MSG_BYTES)).decode())
+        await self._server_handshake(reader, writer)
         while self._connected:
             await self._interact(reader, writer)
         print("Disconnected from control server.")
 
 
 class UnixControlClient(ControlClient):
-    def __init__(self, **conn_kwargs) -> None:
-        self._socket_path = Path(conn_kwargs.pop('path'))
+    """Task pool control client that expects a unix socket to be exposed by the control server."""
+
+    def __init__(self, socket_path: PathT, **conn_kwargs) -> None:
+        """
+        In addition to what the base class does, the `socket_path` is expected as a non-optional argument.
+
+        The `_socket_path` attribute is set to the `Path` object created from the `socket_path` argument.
+        """
+        self._socket_path = Path(socket_path)
         super().__init__(**conn_kwargs)
 
-    async def open_connection(self, **kwargs) -> ClientConnT:
+    async def _open_connection(self, **kwargs) -> ClientConnT:
+        """
+        Wrapper around the `asyncio.open_unix_connection` function.
+
+        Returns a tuple of `None` and `None`, if the socket is not found at the pre-defined path;
+        otherwise, the stream-reader and -writer tuple is returned.
+        """
         try:
             return await open_unix_connection(self._socket_path, **kwargs)
         except FileNotFoundError:

src/asyncio_taskpool/constants.py

@@ -1,8 +1,47 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Constants used by more than one module in the package.
+"""
+
+
 PACKAGE_NAME = 'asyncio_taskpool'
-MSG_BYTES = 1024
-CMD_START = 'start'
-CMD_STOP = 'stop'
-CMD_STOP_ALL = 'stop_all'
-CMD_SIZE = 'size'
-CMD_FUNC = 'func'
+
+DEFAULT_TASK_GROUP = ''
+DATETIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S'
+
 CLIENT_EXIT = 'exit'
+
+SESSION_MSG_BYTES = 1024 * 100
+SESSION_WRITER = 'session_writer'
+
+
+class CLIENT_INFO:
+    __slots__ = ()
+    TERMINAL_WIDTH = 'terminal_width'
+
+
+class CMD:
+    __slots__ = ()
+    CMD = 'command'
+    NAME = 'name'
+    POOL_SIZE = 'pool-size'
+    NUM_RUNNING = 'num-running'
+    START = 'start'
+    STOP = 'stop'
+    STOP_ALL = 'stop-all'
+    FUNC_NAME = 'func-name'

src/asyncio_taskpool/exceptions.py

@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Custom exception classes used in various modules.
+"""
+
+
 class PoolException(Exception):
     pass
 
@@ -6,6 +27,10 @@ class PoolIsClosed(PoolException):
     pass
 
 
+class PoolIsLocked(PoolException):
+    pass
+
+
 class TaskEnded(PoolException):
     pass
 
@@ -22,5 +47,29 @@ class InvalidTaskID(PoolException):
     pass
 
 
-class PoolStillOpen(PoolException):
+class InvalidGroupName(PoolException):
+    pass
+
+
+class PoolStillUnlocked(PoolException):
+    pass
+
+
+class NotCoroutine(PoolException):
+    pass
+
+
+class ServerException(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class UnknownTaskPoolClass(ServerException):
+    pass
+
+
+class NotATaskPool(ServerException):
+    pass
+
+
+class HelpRequested(ServerException):
     pass

src/asyncio_taskpool/group_register.py

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+This module contains the definition of the `TaskGroupRegister` class.
+"""
+
+
+from asyncio.locks import Lock
+from collections.abc import MutableSet
+from typing import Iterator, Set
+
+
+class TaskGroupRegister(MutableSet):
+    """
+    This class combines the interface of a regular `set` with that of the `asyncio.Lock`.
+
+    It serves simultaneously as a container of IDs of tasks that belong to the same group, and as a mechanism for
+    preventing race conditions within a task group. The lock should be acquired before cancelling the entire group of
+    tasks, as well as before starting a task within the group.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *task_ids: int) -> None:
+        self._ids: Set[int] = set(task_ids)
+        self._lock = Lock()
+
+    def __contains__(self, task_id: int) -> bool:
+        """Abstract method for the `MutableSet` base class."""
+        return task_id in self._ids
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[int]:
+        """Abstract method for the `MutableSet` base class."""
+        return iter(self._ids)
+
+    def __len__(self) -> int:
+        """Abstract method for the `MutableSet` base class."""
+        return len(self._ids)
+
+    def add(self, task_id: int) -> None:
+        """Abstract method for the `MutableSet` base class."""
+        self._ids.add(task_id)
+
+    def discard(self, task_id: int) -> None:
+        """Abstract method for the `MutableSet` base class."""
+        self._ids.discard(task_id)
+
+    async def acquire(self) -> bool:
+        """Wrapper around the lock's `acquire()` method."""
+        return await self._lock.acquire()
+
+    def release(self) -> None:
+        """Wrapper around the lock's `release()` method."""
+        self._lock.release()
+
+    async def __aenter__(self) -> None:
+        """Provides the asynchronous context manager syntax `async with ... :` when using the lock."""
+        await self._lock.acquire()
+        return None
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb) -> None:
+        """Provides the asynchronous context manager syntax `async with ... :` when using the lock."""
+        self._lock.release()

src/asyncio_taskpool/helpers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Miscellaneous helper functions.
+"""
+
+
+from asyncio.coroutines import iscoroutinefunction
+from asyncio.queues import Queue
+from inspect import getdoc
+from typing import Any, Optional, Union
+
+from .types import T, AnyCallableT, ArgsT, KwArgsT
+
+
+async def execute_optional(function: AnyCallableT, args: ArgsT = (), kwargs: KwArgsT = None) -> Optional[T]:
+    if not callable(function):
+        return
+    if kwargs is None:
+        kwargs = {}
+    if iscoroutinefunction(function):
+        return await function(*args, **kwargs)
+    return function(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+def star_function(function: AnyCallableT, arg: Any, arg_stars: int = 0) -> T:
+    if arg_stars == 0:
+        return function(arg)
+    if arg_stars == 1:
+        return function(*arg)
+    if arg_stars == 2:
+        return function(**arg)
+    raise ValueError(f"Invalid argument arg_stars={arg_stars}; must be 0, 1, or 2.")
+
+
+async def join_queue(q: Queue) -> None:
+    await q.join()
+
+
+def tasks_str(num: int) -> str:
+    return "tasks" if num != 1 else "task"
+
+
+def get_first_doc_line(obj: object) -> str:
+    return getdoc(obj).strip().split("\n", 1)[0].strip()
+
+
+async def return_or_exception(_function_to_execute: AnyCallableT, *args, **kwargs) -> Union[T, Exception]:
+    try:
+        if iscoroutinefunction(_function_to_execute):
+            return await _function_to_execute(*args, **kwargs)
+        else:
+            return _function_to_execute(*args, **kwargs)
+    except Exception as e:
+        return e

src/asyncio_taskpool/queue_context.py

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+This module contains the definition of an `asyncio.Queue` subclass.
+"""
+
+
+from asyncio.queues import Queue as _Queue
+from typing import Any
+
+
+class Queue(_Queue):
+    """This just adds a little syntactic sugar to the `asyncio.Queue`."""
+
+    def item_processed(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Does exactly the same as `task_done()`.
+
+        This method exists because `task_done` is an atrocious name for the method. It communicates the wrong thing,
+        invites confusion, and immensely reduces readability (in the context of this library). And readability counts.
+        """
+        self.task_done()
+
+    async def __aenter__(self) -> Any:
+        """
+        Implements an asynchronous context manager for the queue.
+
+        Upon entering `get()` is awaited and subsequently whatever came out of the queue is returned.
+        It allows writing code this way:
+        >>> queue = Queue()
+        >>> ...
+        >>> async with queue as item:
+        >>>     ...
+        """
+        return await self.get()
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb) -> None:
+        """
+        Implements an asynchronous context manager for the queue.
+
+        Upon exiting `item_processed()` is called. This is why this context manager may not always be what you want,
+        but in some situations it makes the codes much cleaner.
+        """
+        self.item_processed()

src/asyncio_taskpool/server.py

@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+This module contains the task pool control server class definitions.
+"""
+
+
 import logging
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from asyncio import AbstractServer
@@ -5,126 +26,126 @@ from asyncio.exceptions import CancelledError
 from asyncio.streams import StreamReader, StreamWriter, start_unix_server
 from asyncio.tasks import Task, create_task
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Tuple, Union, Optional
+from typing import Optional, Union
 
-from . import constants
-from .pool import SimpleTaskPool
 from .client import ControlClient, UnixControlClient
+from .pool import TaskPool, SimpleTaskPool
+from .session import ControlSession
+from .types import ConnectedCallbackT
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def tasks_str(num: int) -> str:
-    return "tasks" if num != 1 else "task"
-
-
-def get_cmd_arg(msg: str) -> Union[Tuple[str, Optional[int]], Tuple[None, None]]:
-    cmd = msg.strip().split(' ', 1)
-    if len(cmd) > 1:
-        try:
-            return cmd[0], int(cmd[1])
-        except ValueError:
-            return None, None
-    return cmd[0], None
-
-
 class ControlServer(ABC):  # TODO: Implement interface for normal TaskPool instances, not just SimpleTaskPool
-    client_class = ControlClient
+    """
+    Abstract base class for a task pool control server.
+
+    This class acts as a wrapper around an async server instance and initializes a `ControlSession` upon a client
+    connecting to it. The entire interface is defined within that session class.
+    """
+    _client_class = ControlClient
+
+    @classmethod
+    @property
+    def client_class_name(cls) -> str:
+        """Returns the name of the control client class matching the server class."""
+        return cls._client_class.__name__
 
     @abstractmethod
-    async def get_server_instance(self, client_connected_cb, **kwargs) -> AbstractServer:
+    async def _get_server_instance(self, client_connected_cb: ConnectedCallbackT, **kwargs) -> AbstractServer:
+        """
+        Initializes, starts, and returns an async server instance (Unix or TCP type).
+
+        Args:
+            client_connected_cb:
+                The callback for when a client connects to the server (as per `asyncio.start_server` or
+                `asyncio.start_unix_server`); will always be the internal `_client_connected_cb` method.
+            **kwargs (optional):
+                Keyword arguments to pass into the function that starts the server.
+
+        Returns:
+            The running server object (a type of `asyncio.Server`).
+        """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     @abstractmethod
-    def final_callback(self) -> None:
+    def _final_callback(self) -> None:
+        """The method to run after the server's `serve_forever` methods ends for whatever reason."""
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def __init__(self, pool: SimpleTaskPool, **server_kwargs) -> None:
-        self._pool: SimpleTaskPool = pool
+    def __init__(self, pool: Union[TaskPool, SimpleTaskPool], **server_kwargs) -> None:
+        """
+        Initializes by merely saving the internal attributes, but without starting the server yet.
+        The task pool must be passed here and can not be set/changed afterwards. This means a control server is always
+        tied to one specific task pool.
+
+        Args:
+            pool:
+                An instance of a `BaseTaskPool` subclass to tie the server to.
+            **server_kwargs (optional):
+                Keyword arguments that will be passed into the function that starts the server.
+        """
+        self._pool: Union[TaskPool, SimpleTaskPool] = pool
         self._server_kwargs = server_kwargs
         self._server: Optional[AbstractServer] = None
 
-    async def _start_tasks(self, writer: StreamWriter, num: int = None) -> None:
-        if num is None:
-            num = 1
-        log.debug("%s requests starting %s %s", self.client_class.__name__, num, tasks_str(num))
-        writer.write(str(await self._pool.start(num)).encode())
+    @property
+    def pool(self) -> Union[TaskPool, SimpleTaskPool]:
+        """Read-only property for accessing the task pool instance controlled by the server."""
+        return self._pool
 
-    def _stop_tasks(self, writer: StreamWriter, num: int = None) -> None:
-        if num is None:
-            num = 1
-        log.debug("%s requests stopping %s %s", self.client_class.__name__, num, tasks_str(num))
-        # the requested number may be greater than the total number of running tasks
-        writer.write(str(self._pool.stop(num)).encode())
-
-    def _stop_all_tasks(self, writer: StreamWriter) -> None:
-        log.debug("%s requests stopping all tasks", self.client_class.__name__)
-        writer.write(str(self._pool.stop_all()).encode())
-
-    def _pool_size(self, writer: StreamWriter) -> None:
-        log.debug("%s requests pool size", self.client_class.__name__)
-        writer.write(str(self._pool.size).encode())
-
-    def _pool_func(self, writer: StreamWriter) -> None:
-        log.debug("%s requests pool function", self.client_class.__name__)
-        writer.write(self._pool.func_name.encode())
-
-    async def _listen(self, reader: StreamReader, writer: StreamWriter) -> None:
-        while self._server.is_serving():
-            msg = (await reader.read(constants.MSG_BYTES)).decode().strip()
-            if not msg:
-                log.debug("%s disconnected", self.client_class.__name__)
-                break
-            cmd, arg = get_cmd_arg(msg)
-            if cmd == constants.CMD_START:
-                await self._start_tasks(writer, arg)
-            elif cmd == constants.CMD_STOP:
-                self._stop_tasks(writer, arg)
-            elif cmd == constants.CMD_STOP_ALL:
-                self._stop_all_tasks(writer)
-            elif cmd == constants.CMD_SIZE:
-                self._pool_size(writer)
-            elif cmd == constants.CMD_FUNC:
-                self._pool_func(writer)
-            else:
-                log.debug("%s sent invalid command: %s", self.client_class.__name__, msg)
-                writer.write(b"Invalid command!")
-            await writer.drain()
+    def is_serving(self) -> bool:
+        """Wrapper around the `asyncio.Server.is_serving` method."""
+        return self._server.is_serving()
 
     async def _client_connected_cb(self, reader: StreamReader, writer: StreamWriter) -> None:
-        log.debug("%s connected", self.client_class.__name__)
-        writer.write(str(self._pool).encode())
-        await writer.drain()
-        await self._listen(reader, writer)
+        """
+        The universal client callback that will be passed into the `_get_server_instance` method.
+        Instantiates a control session, performs the client handshake, and enters the session's `listen` loop.
+        """
+        session = ControlSession(self, reader, writer)
+        await session.client_handshake()
+        await session.listen()
 
     async def _serve_forever(self) -> None:
+        """
+        To be run as an `asyncio.Task` by the following method.
+        Serves as a wrapper around the the `asyncio.Server.serve_forever` method that ensures that the `_final_callback`
+        method is called, when the former method ends for whatever reason.
+        """
         try:
             async with self._server:
                 await self._server.serve_forever()
         except CancelledError:
             log.debug("%s stopped", self.__class__.__name__)
         finally:
-            self.final_callback()
+            self._final_callback()
 
     async def serve_forever(self) -> Task:
+        """
+        This method actually starts the server and begins listening to client connections on the specified interface.
+        It should never block because the serving will be performed in a separate task.
+        """
         log.debug("Starting %s...", self.__class__.__name__)
-        self._server = await self.get_server_instance(self._client_connected_cb, **self._server_kwargs)
+        self._server = await self._get_server_instance(self._client_connected_cb, **self._server_kwargs)
         return create_task(self._serve_forever())
 
 
 class UnixControlServer(ControlServer):
-    client_class = UnixControlClient
+    """Task pool control server class that exposes a unix socket for control clients to connect to."""
+    _client_class = UnixControlClient
 
     def __init__(self, pool: SimpleTaskPool, **server_kwargs) -> None:
         self._socket_path = Path(server_kwargs.pop('path'))
         super().__init__(pool, **server_kwargs)
 
-    async def get_server_instance(self, client_connected_cb, **kwargs) -> AbstractServer:
-        srv = await start_unix_server(client_connected_cb, self._socket_path, **kwargs)
+    async def _get_server_instance(self, client_connected_cb: ConnectedCallbackT, **kwargs) -> AbstractServer:
+        server = await start_unix_server(client_connected_cb, self._socket_path, **kwargs)
         log.debug("Opened socket '%s'", str(self._socket_path))
-        return srv
+        return server
 
-    def final_callback(self) -> None:
+    def _final_callback(self) -> None:
+        """Removes the unix socket on which the server was listening."""
         self._socket_path.unlink()
         log.debug("Removed socket '%s'", str(self._socket_path))

src/asyncio_taskpool/session.py

@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+This module contains the the definition of the control session class used by the control server.
+"""
+
+
+import logging
+import json
+from argparse import ArgumentError, HelpFormatter
+from asyncio.streams import StreamReader, StreamWriter
+from typing import Callable, Optional, Union, TYPE_CHECKING
+
+from .constants import CMD, SESSION_WRITER, SESSION_MSG_BYTES, CLIENT_INFO
+from .exceptions import HelpRequested, NotATaskPool, UnknownTaskPoolClass
+from .helpers import get_first_doc_line, return_or_exception, tasks_str
+from .pool import BaseTaskPool, TaskPool, SimpleTaskPool
+from .session_parser import CommandParser, NUM
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from .server import ControlServer
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ControlSession:
+    """
+    This class defines the API for controlling a task pool instance from the outside.
+
+    The commands received from a connected client are translated into method calls on the task pool instance.
+    A subclass of the standard `argparse.ArgumentParser` is used to handle the input read from the stream.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, server: 'ControlServer', reader: StreamReader, writer: StreamWriter) -> None:
+        """
+        Instantiation should happen once a client connection to the control server has already been established.
+
+        For more convenient/efficient access, some of the server's properties are saved in separate attributes.
+        The argument parser is _not_ instantiated in the constructor. It requires a bit of client information during
+        initialization, which is obtained in the `client_handshake` method; only there is the parser fully configured.
+
+        Args:
+            server:
+                The instance of a `ControlServer` subclass starting the session.
+            reader:
+                The `asyncio.StreamReader` created when a client connected to the server.
+            writer:
+                The `asyncio.StreamWriter` created when a client connected to the server.
+        """
+        self._control_server: 'ControlServer' = server
+        self._pool: Union[TaskPool, SimpleTaskPool] = server.pool
+        self._client_class_name = server.client_class_name
+        self._reader: StreamReader = reader
+        self._writer: StreamWriter = writer
+        self._parser: Optional[CommandParser] = None
+        self._subparsers = None
+
+    def _add_command(self, name: str, prog: str = None, short_help: str = None, long_help: str = None,
+                     **kwargs) -> CommandParser:
+        """
+        Convenience method for adding a subparser (i.e. another command) to the main `CommandParser` instance.
+
+        Will always pass the session's main `CommandParser` instance as the `parent` keyword-argument.
+
+        Args:
+            name:
+                The command name; passed directly into the `add_parser` method.
+            prog (optional):
+                Also passed into the `add_parser` method as the corresponding keyword-argument. By default, is set
+                equal to the `name` argument.
+            short_help (optional):
+                Passed into the `add_parser` method as the `help` keyword-argument, unless it is left empty and the
+                `long_help` argument is present; in that case the `long_help` argument is passed as `help`.
+            long_help (optional):
+                Passed into the `add_parser` method as the `description` keyword-argument, unless it is left empty and
+                the `short_help` argument is present; in that case the `short_help` argument is passed as `description`.
+            **kwargs (optional):
+                Any keyword-arguments to directly pass into the `add_parser` method.
+
+        Returns:
+            An instance of the `CommandParser` class representing the newly added control command.
+        """
+        if prog is None:
+            prog = name
+        kwargs.setdefault('help', short_help or long_help)
+        kwargs.setdefault('description', long_help or short_help)
+        return self._subparsers.add_parser(name, prog=prog, parent=self._parser, **kwargs)
+
+    def _add_base_commands(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Adds the commands that are supported regardless of the specific subclass of `BaseTaskPool` controlled.
+
+        These include commands mapping to the following pool methods:
+            - __str__
+            - pool_size (get/set property)
+            - num_running
+        """
+        self._add_command(CMD.NAME, short_help=get_first_doc_line(self._pool.__class__.__str__))
+        self._add_command(
+            CMD.POOL_SIZE, 
+            short_help="Get/set the maximum number of tasks in the pool.", 
+            formatter_class=HelpFormatter
+        ).add_optional_num_argument(
+            default=None,
+            help=f"If passed a number: {get_first_doc_line(self._pool.__class__.pool_size.fset)} "
+                 f"If omitted: {get_first_doc_line(self._pool.__class__.pool_size.fget)}"
+        )
+        self._add_command(CMD.NUM_RUNNING, short_help=get_first_doc_line(self._pool.__class__.num_running.fget))
+
+    def _add_simple_commands(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Adds the commands that are only supported, if a `SimpleTaskPool` object is controlled.
+
+        These include commands mapping to the following pool methods:
+            - start
+            - stop
+            - stop_all
+            - func_name
+        """
+        self._add_command(
+            CMD.START, short_help=get_first_doc_line(self._pool.__class__.start)
+        ).add_optional_num_argument(
+            help="Number of tasks to start."
+        )
+        self._add_command(
+            CMD.STOP, short_help=get_first_doc_line(self._pool.__class__.stop)
+        ).add_optional_num_argument(
+            help="Number of tasks to stop."
+        )
+        self._add_command(CMD.STOP_ALL, short_help=get_first_doc_line(self._pool.__class__.stop_all))
+        self._add_command(CMD.FUNC_NAME, short_help=get_first_doc_line(self._pool.__class__.func_name.fget))
+
+    def _add_advanced_commands(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Adds the commands that are only supported, if a `TaskPool` object is controlled.
+
+        These include commands mapping to the following pool methods:
+            - ...
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def _init_parser(self, client_terminal_width: int) -> None:
+        """
+        Initializes and fully configures the `CommandParser` responsible for handling the input.
+
+        Depending on what specific task pool class is controlled by the server, different commands are added.
+
+        Args:
+            client_terminal_width:
+                The number of columns of the client's terminal to be able to nicely format messages from the parser.
+        """
+        parser_kwargs = {
+            'prog': '',
+            SESSION_WRITER: self._writer,
+            CLIENT_INFO.TERMINAL_WIDTH: client_terminal_width,
+        }
+        self._parser = CommandParser(**parser_kwargs)
+        self._subparsers = self._parser.add_subparsers(title="Commands", dest=CMD.CMD)
+        self._add_base_commands()
+        if isinstance(self._pool, TaskPool):
+            self._add_advanced_commands()
+        elif isinstance(self._pool, SimpleTaskPool):
+            self._add_simple_commands()
+        elif isinstance(self._pool, BaseTaskPool):
+            raise UnknownTaskPoolClass(f"No interface defined for {self._pool.__class__.__name__}")
+        else:
+            raise NotATaskPool(f"Not a task pool instance: {self._pool}")
+
+    async def client_handshake(self) -> None:
+        """
+        This method must be invoked before starting any other client interaction.
+
+        Client info is retrieved, server info is sent back, and the `CommandParser` is initialized and configured.
+        """
+        client_info = json.loads((await self._reader.read(SESSION_MSG_BYTES)).decode().strip())
+        log.debug("%s connected", self._client_class_name)
+        self._init_parser(client_info[CLIENT_INFO.TERMINAL_WIDTH])
+        self._writer.write(str(self._pool).encode())
+        await self._writer.drain()
+
+    async def _write_function_output(self, func: Callable, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """
+        Acts as a wrapper around a call to a specific task pool method.
+
+        The method is called and any exception is caught and saved. If there is no output and no exception caught, a
+        generic confirmation message is sent back to the client. Otherwise the output or a string representation of
+        the exception caught is sent back.
+
+        Args:
+            func:
+                Reference to the task pool method.
+            *args (optional):
+                Any positional arguments to call the method with.
+            *+kwargs (optional):
+                Any keyword-arguments to call the method with.
+        """
+        output = await return_or_exception(func, *args, **kwargs)
+        self._writer.write(b"ok" if output is None else str(output).encode())
+
+    async def _cmd_name(self, **_kwargs) -> None:
+        """Maps to the `__str__` method of any task pool class."""
+        log.debug("%s requests task pool name", self._client_class_name)
+        await self._write_function_output(self._pool.__class__.__str__, self._pool)
+
+    async def _cmd_pool_size(self, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """Maps to the `pool_size` property of any task pool class."""
+        num = kwargs.get(NUM)
+        if num is None:
+            log.debug("%s requests pool size", self._client_class_name)
+            await self._write_function_output(self._pool.__class__.pool_size.fget, self._pool)
+        else:
+            log.debug("%s requests setting pool size to %s", self._client_class_name, num)
+            await self._write_function_output(self._pool.__class__.pool_size.fset, self._pool, num)
+
+    async def _cmd_num_running(self, **_kwargs) -> None:
+        """Maps to the `num_running` property of any task pool class."""
+        log.debug("%s requests number of running tasks", self._client_class_name)
+        await self._write_function_output(self._pool.__class__.num_running.fget, self._pool)
+
+    async def _cmd_start(self, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """Maps to the `start` method of the `SimpleTaskPool` class."""
+        num = kwargs[NUM]
+        log.debug("%s requests starting %s %s", self._client_class_name, num, tasks_str(num))
+        await self._write_function_output(self._pool.start, num)
+
+    async def _cmd_stop(self, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """Maps to the `stop` method of the `SimpleTaskPool` class."""
+        num = kwargs[NUM]
+        log.debug("%s requests stopping %s %s", self._client_class_name, num, tasks_str(num))
+        await self._write_function_output(self._pool.stop, num)
+
+    async def _cmd_stop_all(self, **_kwargs) -> None:
+        """Maps to the `stop_all` method of the `SimpleTaskPool` class."""
+        log.debug("%s requests stopping all tasks", self._client_class_name)
+        await self._write_function_output(self._pool.stop_all)
+
+    async def _cmd_func_name(self, **_kwargs) -> None:
+        """Maps to the `func_name` method of the `SimpleTaskPool` class."""
+        log.debug("%s requests pool function name", self._client_class_name)
+        await self._write_function_output(self._pool.__class__.func_name.fget, self._pool)
+
+    async def _execute_command(self, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """
+        Dynamically gets the correct `_cmd_...` method depending on the name of the command passed and executes it.
+
+        Args:
+            **kwargs:
+                Must include the `CMD.CMD` key mapping the the command name. The rest of the keyword-arguments is
+                simply passed into the method determined from the command name.
+        """
+        method = getattr(self, f'_cmd_{kwargs.pop(CMD.CMD).replace("-", "_")}')
+        await method(**kwargs)
+
+    async def _parse_command(self, msg: str) -> None:
+        """
+        Takes a message from the client and attempts to parse it.
+
+        If a parsing error occurs, it is returned to the client. If the `HelpRequested` exception was raised by the
+        `CommandParser`, nothing else happens. Otherwise, the `_execute_command` method is called with the entire
+        dictionary of keyword-arguments returned by the `CommandParser` passed into it.
+
+        Args:
+            msg:
+                The non-empty string read from the client stream.
+        """
+        try:
+            kwargs = vars(self._parser.parse_args(msg.split(' ')))
+        except ArgumentError as e:
+            self._writer.write(str(e).encode())
+            return
+        except HelpRequested:
+            return
+        await self._execute_command(**kwargs)
+
+    async def listen(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Enters the main control loop that only ends if either the server or the client disconnect.
+
+        Messages from the client are read and passed into the `_parse_command` method, which handles the rest.
+        This method should be called, when the client connection was established and the handshake was successful.
+        It will obviously block indefinitely.
+        """
+        while self._control_server.is_serving():
+            msg = (await self._reader.read(SESSION_MSG_BYTES)).decode().strip()
+            if not msg:
+                log.debug("%s disconnected", self._client_class_name)
+                break
+            await self._parse_command(msg)
+            await self._writer.drain()

src/asyncio_taskpool/session_parser.py

@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+This module contains the the definition of the `CommandParser` class used in a control server session.
+"""
+
+
+from argparse import Action, ArgumentParser, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, HelpFormatter
+from asyncio.streams import StreamWriter
+from typing import Type, TypeVar
+
+from .constants import SESSION_WRITER, CLIENT_INFO
+from .exceptions import HelpRequested
+
+
+FmtCls = TypeVar('FmtCls', bound=Type[HelpFormatter])
+FORMATTER_CLASS = 'formatter_class'
+NUM = 'num'
+
+
+class CommandParser(ArgumentParser):
+    """
+    Subclass of the standard `argparse.ArgumentParser` for remote interaction.
+
+    Such a parser is not supposed to ever print to stdout/stderr, but instead direct all messages to a `StreamWriter`
+    instance passed to it during initialization.
+    Furthermore, it requires defining the width of the terminal, to adjust help formatting to the terminal size of a
+    connected client.
+    Finally, it offers some convenience methods and makes use of custom exceptions.
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def help_formatter_factory(terminal_width: int, base_cls: FmtCls = None) -> FmtCls:
+        """
+        Constructs and returns a subclass of `argparse.HelpFormatter` with a fixed terminal width argument.
+
+        Although a custom formatter class can be explicitly passed into the `ArgumentParser` constructor, this is not
+        as convenient, when making use of sub-parsers.
+
+        Args:
+            terminal_width:
+                The number of columns of the terminal to which to adjust help formatting.
+            base_cls (optional):
+                The base class to use for inheritance. By default `argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter` is used.
+
+        Returns:
+            The subclass of `base_cls` which fixes the constructor's `width` keyword-argument to `terminal_width`.
+        """
+        if base_cls is None:
+            base_cls = ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter
+
+        class ClientHelpFormatter(base_cls):
+            def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+                kwargs['width'] = terminal_width
+                super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        return ClientHelpFormatter
+
+    def __init__(self, parent: 'CommandParser' = None, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """
+        Sets additional internal attributes depending on whether a parent-parser was defined.
+
+        The `help_formatter_factory` is called and the returned class is mapped to the `FORMATTER_CLASS` keyword.
+        By default, `exit_on_error` is set to `False` (as opposed to how the parent class handles it).
+
+        Args:
+            parent (optional):
+                An instance of the same class. Intended to be passed as a keyword-argument into the `add_parser` method
+                of the subparsers action returned by the `ArgumentParser.add_subparsers` method. If this is present,
+                the `SESSION_WRITER` and `CLIENT_INFO.TERMINAL_WIDTH` keywords must not be present in `kwargs`.
+            **kwargs(optional):
+                In addition to the regular `ArgumentParser` constructor parameters, this method expects the instance of
+                the `StreamWriter` as well as the terminal width both to be passed explicitly, if the `parent` argument
+                is empty.
+        """
+        self._session_writer: StreamWriter = parent.session_writer if parent else kwargs.pop(SESSION_WRITER)
+        self._terminal_width: int = parent.terminal_width if parent else kwargs.pop(CLIENT_INFO.TERMINAL_WIDTH)
+        kwargs[FORMATTER_CLASS] = self.help_formatter_factory(self._terminal_width, kwargs.get(FORMATTER_CLASS))
+        kwargs.setdefault('exit_on_error', False)
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    @property
+    def session_writer(self) -> StreamWriter:
+        """Returns the predefined stream writer object of the control session."""
+        return self._session_writer
+
+    @property
+    def terminal_width(self) -> int:
+        """Returns the predefined terminal width."""
+        return self._terminal_width
+
+    def _print_message(self, message: str, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
+        """This is overridden to ensure that no messages are sent to stdout/stderr, but always to the stream writer."""
+        if message:
+            self._session_writer.write(message.encode())
+
+    def exit(self, status: int = 0, message: str = None) -> None:
+        """This is overridden to prevent system exit to be invoked."""
+        if message:
+            self._print_message(message)
+
+    def print_help(self, file=None) -> None:
+        """This just adds the custom `HelpRequested` exception after the parent class' method."""
+        super().print_help(file)
+        raise HelpRequested
+
+    def add_optional_num_argument(self, *name_or_flags: str, **kwargs) -> Action:
+        """Convenience method for `add_argument` setting the name, `nargs`, `default`, and `type`, unless specified."""
+        if not name_or_flags:
+            name_or_flags = (NUM, )
+        kwargs.setdefault('nargs', '?')
+        kwargs.setdefault('default', 1)
+        kwargs.setdefault('type', int)
+        return self.add_argument(*name_or_flags, **kwargs)

src/asyncio_taskpool/types.py

@@ -1,11 +1,41 @@
-from asyncio.streams import StreamReader, StreamWriter
-from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Iterable, Mapping, Tuple, Union
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
 
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Custom type definitions used in various modules.
+"""
+
+
+from asyncio.streams import StreamReader, StreamWriter
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Iterable, Mapping, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
+
+
+T = TypeVar('T')
 
 ArgsT = Iterable[Any]
 KwArgsT = Mapping[str, Any]
-CoroutineFunc = Callable[[...], Awaitable[Any]]
-EndCallbackT = Callable
-CancelCallbackT = Callable
 
+AnyCallableT = Callable[[...], Union[T, Awaitable[T]]]
+CoroutineFunc = Callable[[...], Awaitable[Any]]
+
+EndCB = Callable
+CancelCB = Callable
+
+ConnectedCallbackT = Callable[[StreamReader, StreamWriter], Awaitable[None]]
 ClientConnT = Union[Tuple[StreamReader, StreamWriter], Tuple[None, None]]
+
+PathT = Union[Path, str]

tests/test_client.py

@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Unittests for the `asyncio_taskpool.client` module.
+"""
+
+
+import json
+import shutil
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest import IsolatedAsyncioTestCase
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+
+from asyncio_taskpool import client
+from asyncio_taskpool.constants import CLIENT_INFO, SESSION_MSG_BYTES
+
+
+FOO, BAR = 'foo', 'bar'
+
+
+class ControlClientTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.abstract_patcher = patch('asyncio_taskpool.client.ControlClient.__abstractmethods__', set())
+        self.print_patcher = patch.object(client, 'print')
+        self.mock_abstract_methods = self.abstract_patcher.start()
+        self.mock_print = self.print_patcher.start()
+        self.kwargs = {FOO: 123, BAR: 456}
+        self.client = client.ControlClient(**self.kwargs)
+
+        self.mock_read = AsyncMock(return_value=FOO.encode())
+        self.mock_write, self.mock_drain = MagicMock(), AsyncMock()
+        self.mock_reader = MagicMock(read=self.mock_read)
+        self.mock_writer = MagicMock(write=self.mock_write, drain=self.mock_drain)
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self.abstract_patcher.stop()
+        self.print_patcher.stop()
+
+    def test_client_info(self):
+        self.assertEqual({CLIENT_INFO.TERMINAL_WIDTH: shutil.get_terminal_size().columns},
+                         client.ControlClient.client_info())
+
+    async def test_abstract(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError):
+            await self.client._open_connection(**self.kwargs)
+
+    def test_init(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.kwargs, self.client._conn_kwargs)
+        self.assertFalse(self.client._connected)
+
+    @patch.object(client.ControlClient, 'client_info')
+    async def test__server_handshake(self, mock_client_info: MagicMock):
+        mock_client_info.return_value = mock_info = {FOO: 1, BAR: 9999}
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.client._server_handshake(self.mock_reader, self.mock_writer))
+        self.assertTrue(self.client._connected)
+        mock_client_info.assert_called_once_with()
+        self.mock_write.assert_called_once_with(json.dumps(mock_info).encode())
+        self.mock_drain.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        self.mock_read.assert_awaited_once_with(SESSION_MSG_BYTES)
+        self.mock_print.assert_called_once_with("Connected to", self.mock_read.return_value.decode())
+
+    @patch.object(client, 'input')
+    def test__get_command(self, mock_input: MagicMock):
+        self.client._connected = True
+
+        mock_input.return_value = ' ' + FOO.upper() + ' '
+        mock_close = MagicMock()
+        mock_writer = MagicMock(close=mock_close)
+        output = self.client._get_command(mock_writer)
+        self.assertEqual(FOO, output)
+        mock_input.assert_called_once()
+        mock_close.assert_not_called()
+        self.assertTrue(self.client._connected)
+
+        mock_input.reset_mock()
+        mock_input.side_effect = KeyboardInterrupt
+        self.assertIsNone(self.client._get_command(mock_writer))
+        mock_input.assert_called_once()
+        mock_close.assert_not_called()
+        self.assertTrue(self.client._connected)
+
+        mock_input.reset_mock()
+        mock_input.side_effect = EOFError
+        self.assertIsNone(self.client._get_command(mock_writer))
+        mock_input.assert_called_once()
+        mock_close.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertFalse(self.client._connected)
+
+    @patch.object(client.ControlClient, '_get_command')
+    async def test__interact(self, mock__get_command: MagicMock):
+        self.client._connected = True
+
+        mock__get_command.return_value = None
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.client._interact(self.mock_reader, self.mock_writer))
+        self.mock_write.assert_not_called()
+        self.mock_drain.assert_not_awaited()
+        self.mock_read.assert_not_awaited()
+        self.mock_print.assert_not_called()
+        self.assertTrue(self.client._connected)
+
+        mock__get_command.return_value = cmd = FOO + BAR + ' 123'
+        self.mock_drain.side_effect = err = ConnectionError()
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.client._interact(self.mock_reader, self.mock_writer))
+        self.mock_write.assert_called_once_with(cmd.encode())
+        self.mock_drain.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        self.mock_read.assert_not_awaited()
+        self.mock_print.assert_called_once_with(err, file=sys.stderr)
+        self.assertFalse(self.client._connected)
+
+        self.client._connected = True
+        self.mock_write.reset_mock()
+        self.mock_drain.reset_mock(side_effect=True)
+        self.mock_print.reset_mock()
+
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.client._interact(self.mock_reader, self.mock_writer))
+        self.mock_write.assert_called_once_with(cmd.encode())
+        self.mock_drain.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        self.mock_read.assert_awaited_once_with(SESSION_MSG_BYTES)
+        self.mock_print.assert_called_once_with(FOO)
+        self.assertTrue(self.client._connected)
+
+    @patch.object(client.ControlClient, '_interact')
+    @patch.object(client.ControlClient, '_server_handshake')
+    @patch.object(client.ControlClient, '_open_connection')
+    async def test_start(self, mock__open_connection: AsyncMock, mock__server_handshake: AsyncMock,
+                         mock__interact: AsyncMock):
+        mock__open_connection.return_value = None, None
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.client.start())
+        mock__open_connection.assert_awaited_once_with(**self.kwargs)
+        mock__server_handshake.assert_not_awaited()
+        mock__interact.assert_not_awaited()
+        self.mock_print.assert_called_once_with("Failed to connect.", file=sys.stderr)
+
+        mock__open_connection.reset_mock()
+        self.mock_print.reset_mock()
+
+        mock__open_connection.return_value = self.mock_reader, self.mock_writer
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.client.start())
+        mock__open_connection.assert_awaited_once_with(**self.kwargs)
+        mock__server_handshake.assert_awaited_once_with(self.mock_reader, self.mock_writer)
+        mock__interact.assert_not_awaited()
+        self.mock_print.assert_called_once_with("Disconnected from control server.")
+
+        mock__open_connection.reset_mock()
+        mock__server_handshake.reset_mock()
+        self.mock_print.reset_mock()
+
+        self.client._connected = True
+        def disconnect(*_args, **_kwargs) -> None: self.client._connected = False
+        mock__interact.side_effect = disconnect
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.client.start())
+        mock__open_connection.assert_awaited_once_with(**self.kwargs)
+        mock__server_handshake.assert_awaited_once_with(self.mock_reader, self.mock_writer)
+        mock__interact.assert_awaited_once_with(self.mock_reader, self.mock_writer)
+        self.mock_print.assert_called_once_with("Disconnected from control server.")
+
+
+class UnixControlClientTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.base_init_patcher = patch.object(client.ControlClient, '__init__')
+        self.mock_base_init = self.base_init_patcher.start()
+        self.path = '/tmp/asyncio_taskpool'
+        self.kwargs = {FOO: 123, BAR: 456}
+        self.client = client.UnixControlClient(socket_path=self.path, **self.kwargs)
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self.base_init_patcher.stop()
+
+    def test_init(self):
+        self.assertEqual(Path(self.path), self.client._socket_path)
+        self.mock_base_init.assert_called_once_with(**self.kwargs)
+
+    @patch.object(client, 'print')
+    @patch.object(client, 'open_unix_connection')
+    async def test__open_connection(self, mock_open_unix_connection: AsyncMock, mock_print: MagicMock):
+        mock_open_unix_connection.return_value = expected_output = 'something'
+        kwargs = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
+        output = await self.client._open_connection(**kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        mock_open_unix_connection.assert_awaited_once_with(Path(self.path), **kwargs)
+        mock_print.assert_not_called()
+
+        mock_open_unix_connection.reset_mock()
+
+        mock_open_unix_connection.side_effect = FileNotFoundError
+        output1, output2 = await self.client._open_connection(**kwargs)
+        self.assertIsNone(output1)
+        self.assertIsNone(output2)
+        mock_open_unix_connection.assert_awaited_once_with(Path(self.path), **kwargs)
+        mock_print.assert_called_once_with("No socket at", Path(self.path), file=sys.stderr)

tests/test_helpers.py

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Unittests for the `asyncio_taskpool.helpers` module.
+"""
+
+
+from unittest import IsolatedAsyncioTestCase
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, AsyncMock, NonCallableMagicMock
+
+from asyncio_taskpool import helpers
+
+
+class HelpersTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+
+    async def test_execute_optional(self):
+        f, args, kwargs = NonCallableMagicMock(), [1, 2], None
+        a = [f, args, kwargs]  # to avoid IDE nagging
+        self.assertIsNone(await helpers.execute_optional(*a))
+
+        expected_output = 'foo'
+        f = MagicMock(return_value=expected_output)
+        output = await helpers.execute_optional(f, args, kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        f.assert_called_once_with(*args)
+
+        f.reset_mock()
+
+        kwargs = {'a': 100, 'b': 200}
+        output = await helpers.execute_optional(f, args, kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        f.assert_called_once_with(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        f = AsyncMock(return_value=expected_output)
+        output = await helpers.execute_optional(f, args, kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        f.assert_awaited_once_with(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def test_star_function(self):
+        expected_output = 'bar'
+        f = MagicMock(return_value=expected_output)
+        a = (1, 2, 3)
+        stars = 0
+        output = helpers.star_function(f, a, stars)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        f.assert_called_once_with(a)
+
+        f.reset_mock()
+
+        stars = 1
+        output = helpers.star_function(f, a, stars)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        f.assert_called_once_with(*a)
+
+        f.reset_mock()
+
+        a = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
+        stars = 2
+        output = helpers.star_function(f, a, stars)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        f.assert_called_once_with(**a)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            helpers.star_function(f, a, 3)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            helpers.star_function(f, a, -1)
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            helpers.star_function(f, a, 123456789)
+
+    async def test_join_queue(self):
+        mock_join = AsyncMock()
+        mock_queue = MagicMock(join=mock_join)
+        self.assertIsNone(await helpers.join_queue(mock_queue))
+        mock_join.assert_awaited_once_with()
+
+    def test_task_str(self):
+        self.assertEqual("task", helpers.tasks_str(1))
+        self.assertEqual("tasks", helpers.tasks_str(0))
+        self.assertEqual("tasks", helpers.tasks_str(-1))
+        self.assertEqual("tasks", helpers.tasks_str(2))
+        self.assertEqual("tasks", helpers.tasks_str(-10))
+        self.assertEqual("tasks", helpers.tasks_str(42))
+
+    def test_get_first_doc_line(self):
+        expected_output = 'foo bar baz'
+        mock_obj = MagicMock(__doc__=f"""{expected_output} 
+        something else
+        
+        even more
+        """)
+        output = helpers.get_first_doc_line(mock_obj)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+
+    async def test_return_or_exception(self):
+        expected_output = '420'
+        mock_func = AsyncMock(return_value=expected_output)
+        args = (1, 3, 5)
+        kwargs = {'a': 1, 'b': 2, 'c': 'foo'}
+        output = await helpers.return_or_exception(mock_func, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        mock_func.assert_awaited_once_with(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        mock_func = MagicMock(return_value=expected_output)
+        output = await helpers.return_or_exception(mock_func, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        mock_func.assert_called_once_with(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        class TestException(Exception):
+            pass
+        test_exception = TestException()
+        mock_func = MagicMock(side_effect=test_exception)
+        output = await helpers.return_or_exception(mock_func, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(test_exception, output)
+        mock_func.assert_called_once_with(*args, **kwargs)

tests/test_pool.py

@@ -1,92 +1,121 @@
-import asyncio
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Unittests for the `asyncio_taskpool.pool` module.
+"""
+
 from asyncio.exceptions import CancelledError
+from asyncio.locks import Semaphore
+from asyncio.queues import QueueEmpty
+from datetime import datetime
 from unittest import IsolatedAsyncioTestCase
 from unittest.mock import PropertyMock, MagicMock, AsyncMock, patch, call
+from typing import Type
 
 from asyncio_taskpool import pool, exceptions
+from asyncio_taskpool.constants import DATETIME_FORMAT
 
 
-EMPTY_LIST, EMPTY_DICT = [], {}
-FOO, BAR = 'foo', 'bar'
+EMPTY_LIST, EMPTY_DICT, EMPTY_SET = [], {}, set()
+FOO, BAR, BAZ = 'foo', 'bar', 'baz'
 
 
 class TestException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class BaseTaskPoolTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+class CommonTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    TEST_CLASS: Type[pool.BaseTaskPool] = pool.BaseTaskPool
+    TEST_POOL_SIZE: int = 420
+    TEST_POOL_NAME: str = 'test123'
+
+    task_pool: pool.BaseTaskPool
     log_lvl: int
 
-    @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls) -> None:
-        cls.log_lvl = pool.log.level
-        pool.log.setLevel(999)
-
-    @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls) -> None:
-        pool.log.setLevel(cls.log_lvl)
+    def get_task_pool_init_params(self) -> dict:
+        return {'pool_size': self.TEST_POOL_SIZE, 'name': self.TEST_POOL_NAME}
 
     def setUp(self) -> None:
-        self._pools = getattr(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_pools')
-
-        # These three methods are called during initialization, so we mock them by default during setup
-        self._add_pool_patcher = patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_add_pool')
-        self.pool_size_patcher = patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, 'pool_size', new_callable=PropertyMock)
-        self.__str___patcher = patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '__str__')
+        self.log_lvl = pool.log.level
+        pool.log.setLevel(999)
+        self._pools = self.TEST_CLASS._pools
+        # These three methods are called during initialization, so we mock them by default during setup:
+        self._add_pool_patcher = patch.object(self.TEST_CLASS, '_add_pool')
+        self.pool_size_patcher = patch.object(self.TEST_CLASS, 'pool_size', new_callable=PropertyMock)
+        self.dunder_str_patcher = patch.object(self.TEST_CLASS, '__str__')
         self.mock__add_pool = self._add_pool_patcher.start()
         self.mock_pool_size = self.pool_size_patcher.start()
-        self.mock___str__ = self.__str___patcher.start()
+        self.mock___str__ = self.dunder_str_patcher.start()
         self.mock__add_pool.return_value = self.mock_idx = 123
         self.mock___str__.return_value = self.mock_str = 'foobar'
 
-        # Test pool parameters:
-        self.test_pool_size, self.test_pool_name = 420, 'test123'
-        self.task_pool = pool.BaseTaskPool(pool_size=self.test_pool_size, name=self.test_pool_name)
+        self.task_pool = self.TEST_CLASS(**self.get_task_pool_init_params())
 
     def tearDown(self) -> None:
-        setattr(pool.TaskPool, '_pools', self._pools)
+        self.TEST_CLASS._pools.clear()
         self._add_pool_patcher.stop()
         self.pool_size_patcher.stop()
-        self.__str___patcher.stop()
+        self.dunder_str_patcher.stop()
+        pool.log.setLevel(self.log_lvl)
+
+
+class BaseTaskPoolTestCase(CommonTestCase):
 
     def test__add_pool(self):
         self.assertListEqual(EMPTY_LIST, self._pools)
         self._add_pool_patcher.stop()
-        output = pool.TaskPool._add_pool(self.task_pool)
+        output = pool.BaseTaskPool._add_pool(self.task_pool)
         self.assertEqual(0, output)
-        self.assertListEqual([self.task_pool], getattr(pool.TaskPool, '_pools'))
+        self.assertListEqual([self.task_pool], pool.BaseTaskPool._pools)
 
     def test_init(self):
-        self.assertIsInstance(self.task_pool._enough_room, asyncio.locks.Semaphore)
-        self.assertTrue(self.task_pool._open)
-        self.assertEqual(0, self.task_pool._counter)
-        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._running)
-        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._cancelled)
-        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._ended)
-        self.assertEqual(0, self.task_pool._num_cancelled)
-        self.assertEqual(0, self.task_pool._num_ended)
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.task_pool._num_started)
+        self.assertEqual(0, self.task_pool._num_cancellations)
+
+        self.assertFalse(self.task_pool._locked)
+        self.assertFalse(self.task_pool._closed)
+        self.assertEqual(self.TEST_POOL_NAME, self.task_pool._name)
+
+        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._tasks_running)
+        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._tasks_cancelled)
+        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._tasks_ended)
+
+        self.assertListEqual(self.task_pool._before_gathering, EMPTY_LIST)
+        self.assertIsInstance(self.task_pool._enough_room, Semaphore)
+        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._task_groups)
+
         self.assertEqual(self.mock_idx, self.task_pool._idx)
-        self.assertEqual(self.test_pool_name, self.task_pool._name)
-        self.assertIsInstance(self.task_pool._all_tasks_known_flag, asyncio.locks.Event)
-        self.assertTrue(self.task_pool._all_tasks_known_flag.is_set())
-        self.assertIsInstance(self.task_pool._interrupt_flag, asyncio.locks.Event)
-        self.assertFalse(self.task_pool._interrupt_flag.is_set())
+
         self.mock__add_pool.assert_called_once_with(self.task_pool)
-        self.mock_pool_size.assert_called_once_with(self.test_pool_size)
+        self.mock_pool_size.assert_called_once_with(self.TEST_POOL_SIZE)
         self.mock___str__.assert_called_once_with()
 
     def test___str__(self):
-        self.__str___patcher.stop()
-        expected_str = f'{pool.BaseTaskPool.__name__}-{self.test_pool_name}'
+        self.dunder_str_patcher.stop()
+        expected_str = f'{pool.BaseTaskPool.__name__}-{self.TEST_POOL_NAME}'
         self.assertEqual(expected_str, str(self.task_pool))
-        setattr(self.task_pool, '_name', None)
+        self.task_pool._name = None
         expected_str = f'{pool.BaseTaskPool.__name__}-{self.task_pool._idx}'
         self.assertEqual(expected_str, str(self.task_pool))
 
     def test_pool_size(self):
         self.pool_size_patcher.stop()
-        self.task_pool._pool_size = self.test_pool_size
-        self.assertEqual(self.test_pool_size, self.task_pool.pool_size)
+        self.task_pool._pool_size = self.TEST_POOL_SIZE
+        self.assertEqual(self.TEST_POOL_SIZE, self.task_pool.pool_size)
 
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             self.task_pool.pool_size = -1
@@ -94,76 +123,117 @@ class BaseTaskPoolTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         self.task_pool.pool_size = new_size = 69
         self.assertEqual(new_size, self.task_pool._pool_size)
 
-    def test_is_open(self):
-        self.task_pool._open = FOO
-        self.assertEqual(FOO, self.task_pool.is_open)
+    def test_is_locked(self):
+        self.task_pool._locked = FOO
+        self.assertEqual(FOO, self.task_pool.is_locked)
+
+    def test_lock(self):
+        assert not self.task_pool._locked
+        self.task_pool.lock()
+        self.assertTrue(self.task_pool._locked)
+        self.task_pool.lock()
+        self.assertTrue(self.task_pool._locked)
+
+    def test_unlock(self):
+        self.task_pool._locked = True
+        self.task_pool.unlock()
+        self.assertFalse(self.task_pool._locked)
+        self.task_pool.unlock()
+        self.assertFalse(self.task_pool._locked)
 
     def test_num_running(self):
-        self.task_pool._running = ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
+        self.task_pool._tasks_running = {1: FOO, 2: BAR, 3: BAZ}
         self.assertEqual(3, self.task_pool.num_running)
 
-    def test_num_cancelled(self):
-        self.task_pool._num_cancelled = 3
-        self.assertEqual(3, self.task_pool.num_cancelled)
+    def test_num_cancellations(self):
+        self.task_pool._num_cancellations = 3
+        self.assertEqual(3, self.task_pool.num_cancellations)
 
     def test_num_ended(self):
-        self.task_pool._num_ended = 3
+        self.task_pool._tasks_ended = {1: FOO, 2: BAR, 3: BAZ}
         self.assertEqual(3, self.task_pool.num_ended)
 
     def test_num_finished(self):
-        self.task_pool._num_cancelled = cancelled = 69
-        self.task_pool._num_ended = ended = 420
-        self.task_pool._cancelled = mock_cancelled_dict = {1: 'foo', 2: 'bar'}
-        self.assertEqual(ended - cancelled + len(mock_cancelled_dict), self.task_pool.num_finished)
+        self.task_pool._num_cancellations = num_cancellations = 69
+        num_ended = 420
+        self.task_pool._tasks_ended = {i: FOO for i in range(num_ended)}
+        self.task_pool._tasks_cancelled = mock_cancelled_dict = {1: FOO, 2: BAR, 3: BAZ}
+        self.assertEqual(num_ended - num_cancellations + len(mock_cancelled_dict), self.task_pool.num_finished)
 
     def test_is_full(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.task_pool._enough_room.locked(), self.task_pool.is_full)
 
+    def test_get_task_group_ids(self):
+        group_name, ids = 'abcdef', [1, 2, 3]
+        self.task_pool._task_groups[group_name] = MagicMock(__iter__=lambda _: iter(ids))
+        self.assertEqual(set(ids), self.task_pool.get_task_group_ids(group_name))
+        with self.assertRaises(exceptions.InvalidGroupName):
+            self.task_pool.get_task_group_ids('something else')
+
+    async def test__check_start(self):
+        self.task_pool._closed = True
+        mock_coroutine, mock_coroutine_function = AsyncMock()(), AsyncMock()
+        try:
+            with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+                self.task_pool._check_start(awaitable=None, function=None)
+            with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+                self.task_pool._check_start(awaitable=mock_coroutine, function=mock_coroutine_function)
+            with self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotCoroutine):
+                self.task_pool._check_start(awaitable=mock_coroutine_function, function=None)
+            with self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotCoroutine):
+                self.task_pool._check_start(awaitable=None, function=mock_coroutine)
+            with self.assertRaises(exceptions.PoolIsClosed):
+                self.task_pool._check_start(awaitable=mock_coroutine, function=None)
+            self.task_pool._closed = False
+            self.task_pool._locked = True
+            with self.assertRaises(exceptions.PoolIsLocked):
+                self.task_pool._check_start(awaitable=mock_coroutine, function=None, ignore_lock=False)
+            self.assertIsNone(self.task_pool._check_start(awaitable=mock_coroutine, function=None, ignore_lock=True))
+        finally:
+            await mock_coroutine
+
     def test__task_name(self):
         i = 123
         self.assertEqual(f'{self.mock_str}_Task-{i}', self.task_pool._task_name(i))
 
-    @patch.object(pool, '_execute_function')
+    @patch.object(pool, 'execute_optional')
     @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_task_name', return_value=FOO)
-    async def test__task_cancellation(self, mock__task_name: MagicMock, mock__execute_function: AsyncMock):
+    async def test__task_cancellation(self, mock__task_name: MagicMock, mock_execute_optional: AsyncMock):
         task_id, mock_task, mock_callback = 1, MagicMock(), MagicMock()
-        self.task_pool._num_cancelled = cancelled = 3
-        self.task_pool._running[task_id] = mock_task
+        self.task_pool._num_cancellations = cancelled = 3
+        self.task_pool._tasks_running[task_id] = mock_task
         self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool._task_cancellation(task_id, mock_callback))
-        self.assertNotIn(task_id, self.task_pool._running)
-        self.assertEqual(mock_task, self.task_pool._cancelled[task_id])
-        self.assertEqual(cancelled + 1, self.task_pool._num_cancelled)
+        self.assertNotIn(task_id, self.task_pool._tasks_running)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_task, self.task_pool._tasks_cancelled[task_id])
+        self.assertEqual(cancelled + 1, self.task_pool._num_cancellations)
         mock__task_name.assert_called_with(task_id)
-        mock__execute_function.assert_awaited_once_with(mock_callback, args=(task_id, ))
+        mock_execute_optional.assert_awaited_once_with(mock_callback, args=(task_id, ))
 
-    @patch.object(pool, '_execute_function')
+    @patch.object(pool, 'execute_optional')
     @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_task_name', return_value=FOO)
-    async def test__task_ending(self, mock__task_name: MagicMock, mock__execute_function: AsyncMock):
+    async def test__task_ending(self, mock__task_name: MagicMock, mock_execute_optional: AsyncMock):
         task_id, mock_task, mock_callback = 1, MagicMock(), MagicMock()
-        self.task_pool._num_ended = ended = 3
         self.task_pool._enough_room._value = room = 123
 
         # End running task:
-        self.task_pool._running[task_id] = mock_task
+        self.task_pool._tasks_running[task_id] = mock_task
         self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool._task_ending(task_id, mock_callback))
-        self.assertNotIn(task_id, self.task_pool._running)
-        self.assertEqual(mock_task, self.task_pool._ended[task_id])
-        self.assertEqual(ended + 1, self.task_pool._num_ended)
+        self.assertNotIn(task_id, self.task_pool._tasks_running)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_task, self.task_pool._tasks_ended[task_id])
         self.assertEqual(room + 1, self.task_pool._enough_room._value)
         mock__task_name.assert_called_with(task_id)
-        mock__execute_function.assert_awaited_once_with(mock_callback, args=(task_id, ))
+        mock_execute_optional.assert_awaited_once_with(mock_callback, args=(task_id, ))
         mock__task_name.reset_mock()
-        mock__execute_function.reset_mock()
+        mock_execute_optional.reset_mock()
 
         # End cancelled task:
-        self.task_pool._cancelled[task_id] = self.task_pool._ended.pop(task_id)
+        self.task_pool._tasks_cancelled[task_id] = self.task_pool._tasks_ended.pop(task_id)
         self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool._task_ending(task_id, mock_callback))
-        self.assertNotIn(task_id, self.task_pool._cancelled)
-        self.assertEqual(mock_task, self.task_pool._ended[task_id])
-        self.assertEqual(ended + 2, self.task_pool._num_ended)
+        self.assertNotIn(task_id, self.task_pool._tasks_cancelled)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_task, self.task_pool._tasks_ended[task_id])
         self.assertEqual(room + 2, self.task_pool._enough_room._value)
         mock__task_name.assert_called_with(task_id)
-        mock__execute_function.assert_awaited_once_with(mock_callback, args=(task_id, ))
+        mock_execute_optional.assert_awaited_once_with(mock_callback, args=(task_id, ))
 
     @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_task_ending')
     @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_task_cancellation')
@@ -202,83 +272,52 @@ class BaseTaskPoolTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
     @patch.object(pool, 'create_task')
     @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_task_wrapper', new_callable=MagicMock)
     @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_task_name', return_value=FOO)
-    @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, 'is_open', new_callable=PropertyMock)
-    async def test__start_task(self, mock_is_open: MagicMock, mock__task_name: MagicMock,
+    @patch.object(pool, 'TaskGroupRegister')
+    @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_check_start')
+    async def test__start_task(self, mock__check_start: MagicMock, mock_reg_cls: MagicMock, mock__task_name: MagicMock,
                                mock__task_wrapper: AsyncMock, mock_create_task: MagicMock):
-        def reset_mocks() -> None:
-            mock_is_open.reset_mock()
-            mock__task_name.reset_mock()
-            mock__task_wrapper.reset_mock()
-            mock_create_task.reset_mock()
-
+        mock_group_reg = set_up_mock_group_register(mock_reg_cls)
         mock_create_task.return_value = mock_task = MagicMock()
         mock__task_wrapper.return_value = mock_wrapped = MagicMock()
-        mock_awaitable, mock_cancel_cb, mock_end_cb = MagicMock(), MagicMock(), MagicMock()
-        self.task_pool._counter = count = 123
+        mock_coroutine, mock_cancel_cb, mock_end_cb = MagicMock(), MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        self.task_pool._num_started = count = 123
         self.task_pool._enough_room._value = room = 123
-
-        mock_is_open.return_value = ignore_closed = False
-        with self.assertRaises(exceptions.PoolIsClosed):
-            await self.task_pool._start_task(mock_awaitable, ignore_closed,
-                                             end_callback=mock_end_cb, cancel_callback=mock_cancel_cb)
-        self.assertEqual(count, self.task_pool._counter)
-        self.assertNotIn(count, self.task_pool._running)
-        self.assertEqual(room, self.task_pool._enough_room._value)
-        mock_is_open.assert_called_once_with()
-        mock__task_name.assert_not_called()
-        mock__task_wrapper.assert_not_called()
-        mock_create_task.assert_not_called()
-        reset_mocks()
-
-        ignore_closed = True
-        output = await self.task_pool._start_task(mock_awaitable, ignore_closed,
+        group_name, ignore_lock = 'testgroup', True
+        output = await self.task_pool._start_task(mock_coroutine, group_name=group_name, ignore_lock=ignore_lock,
                                                   end_callback=mock_end_cb, cancel_callback=mock_cancel_cb)
         self.assertEqual(count, output)
-        self.assertEqual(count + 1, self.task_pool._counter)
-        self.assertEqual(mock_task, self.task_pool._running[count])
+        mock__check_start.assert_called_once_with(awaitable=mock_coroutine, ignore_lock=ignore_lock)
         self.assertEqual(room - 1, self.task_pool._enough_room._value)
-        mock_is_open.assert_called_once_with()
+        self.assertEqual(mock_group_reg, self.task_pool._task_groups[group_name])
+        mock_reg_cls.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock_group_reg.__aenter__.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_group_reg.add.assert_called_once_with(count)
         mock__task_name.assert_called_once_with(count)
-        mock__task_wrapper.assert_called_once_with(mock_awaitable, count, mock_end_cb, mock_cancel_cb)
-        mock_create_task.assert_called_once_with(mock_wrapped, name=FOO)
-        reset_mocks()
-        self.task_pool._counter = count
-        self.task_pool._enough_room._value = room
-        del self.task_pool._running[count]
-
-        mock_create_task.side_effect = test_exception = TestException()
-        with self.assertRaises(TestException) as e:
-            await self.task_pool._start_task(mock_awaitable, ignore_closed,
-                                             end_callback=mock_end_cb, cancel_callback=mock_cancel_cb)
-            self.assertEqual(test_exception, e)
-        self.assertEqual(count + 1, self.task_pool._counter)
-        self.assertNotIn(count, self.task_pool._running)
-        self.assertEqual(room, self.task_pool._enough_room._value)
-        mock_is_open.assert_called_once_with()
-        mock__task_name.assert_called_once_with(count)
-        mock__task_wrapper.assert_called_once_with(mock_awaitable, count, mock_end_cb, mock_cancel_cb)
-        mock_create_task.assert_called_once_with(mock_wrapped, name=FOO)
+        mock__task_wrapper.assert_called_once_with(mock_coroutine, count, mock_end_cb, mock_cancel_cb)
+        mock_create_task.assert_called_once_with(coro=mock_wrapped, name=FOO)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_task, self.task_pool._tasks_running[count])
+        mock_group_reg.__aexit__.assert_awaited_once()
 
     @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_task_name', return_value=FOO)
     def test__get_running_task(self, mock__task_name: MagicMock):
         task_id, mock_task = 555, MagicMock()
-        self.task_pool._running[task_id] = mock_task
+        self.task_pool._tasks_running[task_id] = mock_task
         output = self.task_pool._get_running_task(task_id)
         self.assertEqual(mock_task, output)
 
-        self.task_pool._cancelled[task_id] = self.task_pool._running.pop(task_id)
+        self.task_pool._tasks_cancelled[task_id] = self.task_pool._tasks_running.pop(task_id)
         with self.assertRaises(exceptions.AlreadyCancelled):
             self.task_pool._get_running_task(task_id)
         mock__task_name.assert_called_once_with(task_id)
         mock__task_name.reset_mock()
 
-        self.task_pool._ended[task_id] = self.task_pool._cancelled.pop(task_id)
+        self.task_pool._tasks_ended[task_id] = self.task_pool._tasks_cancelled.pop(task_id)
         with self.assertRaises(exceptions.TaskEnded):
             self.task_pool._get_running_task(task_id)
         mock__task_name.assert_called_once_with(task_id)
         mock__task_name.reset_mock()
 
-        del self.task_pool._ended[task_id]
+        del self.task_pool._tasks_ended[task_id]
         with self.assertRaises(exceptions.InvalidTaskID):
             self.task_pool._get_running_task(task_id)
         mock__task_name.assert_not_called()
@@ -291,75 +330,508 @@ class BaseTaskPoolTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
         mock__get_running_task.assert_has_calls([call(task_id1), call(task_id2), call(task_id3)])
         mock_cancel.assert_has_calls([call(msg=FOO), call(msg=FOO), call(msg=FOO)])
 
-    def test_cancel_all(self):
-        mock_task1, mock_task2 = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
-        self.task_pool._running = {1: mock_task1, 2: mock_task2}
-        assert not self.task_pool._interrupt_flag.is_set()
-        self.assertIsNone(self.task_pool.cancel_all(FOO))
-        self.assertTrue(self.task_pool._interrupt_flag.is_set())
-        mock_task1.cancel.assert_called_once_with(msg=FOO)
-        mock_task2.cancel.assert_called_once_with(msg=FOO)
+    def test__cancel_and_remove_all_from_group(self):
+        task_id = 555
+        mock_cancel = MagicMock()
+        self.task_pool._tasks_running[task_id] = MagicMock(cancel=mock_cancel)
+
+        class MockRegister(set, MagicMock):
+            pass
+        self.assertIsNone(self.task_pool._cancel_and_remove_all_from_group(' ', MockRegister({task_id, 'x'}), msg=FOO))
+        mock_cancel.assert_called_once_with(msg=FOO)
+
+    @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_cancel_and_remove_all_from_group')
+    async def test_cancel_group(self, mock__cancel_and_remove_all_from_group: MagicMock):
+        mock_grp_aenter, mock_grp_aexit = AsyncMock(), AsyncMock()
+        mock_group_reg = MagicMock(__aenter__=mock_grp_aenter, __aexit__=mock_grp_aexit)
+        self.task_pool._task_groups[FOO] = mock_group_reg
+        with self.assertRaises(exceptions.InvalidGroupName):
+            await self.task_pool.cancel_group(BAR)
+        mock__cancel_and_remove_all_from_group.assert_not_called()
+        mock_grp_aenter.assert_not_called()
+        mock_grp_aexit.assert_not_called()
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool.cancel_group(FOO, msg=BAR))
+        mock__cancel_and_remove_all_from_group.assert_called_once_with(FOO, mock_group_reg, msg=BAR)
+        mock_grp_aenter.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_grp_aexit.assert_awaited_once()
+
+    @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_cancel_and_remove_all_from_group')
+    async def test_cancel_all(self, mock__cancel_and_remove_all_from_group: MagicMock):
+        mock_grp_aenter, mock_grp_aexit = AsyncMock(), AsyncMock()
+        mock_group_reg = MagicMock(__aenter__=mock_grp_aenter, __aexit__=mock_grp_aexit)
+        self.task_pool._task_groups[BAR] = mock_group_reg
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool.cancel_all(FOO))
+        mock__cancel_and_remove_all_from_group.assert_called_once_with(BAR, mock_group_reg, msg=FOO)
+        mock_grp_aenter.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_grp_aexit.assert_awaited_once()
 
     async def test_flush(self):
-        test_exception = TestException()
-        mock_ended_func, mock_cancelled_func = AsyncMock(return_value=FOO), AsyncMock(side_effect=test_exception)
-        self.task_pool._ended = {123: mock_ended_func()}
-        self.task_pool._cancelled = {456: mock_cancelled_func()}
-        self.task_pool._interrupt_flag.set()
-        output = await self.task_pool.flush(return_exceptions=True)
-        self.assertListEqual([FOO, test_exception], output)
-        self.assertDictEqual(self.task_pool._ended, EMPTY_DICT)
-        self.assertDictEqual(self.task_pool._cancelled, EMPTY_DICT)
-        self.assertFalse(self.task_pool._interrupt_flag.is_set())
+        mock_ended_func, mock_cancelled_func = AsyncMock(), AsyncMock(side_effect=Exception)
+        self.task_pool._tasks_ended = {123: mock_ended_func()}
+        self.task_pool._tasks_cancelled = {456: mock_cancelled_func()}
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool.flush(return_exceptions=True))
+        mock_ended_func.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_cancelled_func.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._tasks_ended)
+        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._tasks_cancelled)
 
-        self.task_pool._ended = {123: mock_ended_func()}
-        self.task_pool._cancelled = {456: mock_cancelled_func()}
-        output = await self.task_pool.flush(return_exceptions=True)
-        self.assertListEqual([FOO, test_exception], output)
-        self.assertDictEqual(self.task_pool._ended, EMPTY_DICT)
-        self.assertDictEqual(self.task_pool._cancelled, EMPTY_DICT)
+    async def test_gather_and_close(self):
+        mock_before_gather, mock_running_func = AsyncMock(), AsyncMock()
+        mock_ended_func, mock_cancelled_func = AsyncMock(), AsyncMock(side_effect=Exception)
+        self.task_pool._before_gathering = before_gather = [mock_before_gather()]
+        self.task_pool._tasks_ended = ended = {123: mock_ended_func()}
+        self.task_pool._tasks_cancelled = cancelled = {456: mock_cancelled_func()}
+        self.task_pool._tasks_running = running = {789: mock_running_func()}
 
-    def test_close(self):
-        assert self.task_pool._open
-        self.task_pool.close()
-        self.assertFalse(self.task_pool._open)
+        with self.assertRaises(exceptions.PoolStillUnlocked):
+            await self.task_pool.gather_and_close()
+        self.assertDictEqual(ended, self.task_pool._tasks_ended)
+        self.assertDictEqual(cancelled, self.task_pool._tasks_cancelled)
+        self.assertDictEqual(running, self.task_pool._tasks_running)
+        self.assertListEqual(before_gather, self.task_pool._before_gathering)
+        self.assertFalse(self.task_pool._closed)
 
-    async def test_gather(self):
-        mock_wait = AsyncMock()
-        self.task_pool._all_tasks_known_flag = MagicMock(wait=mock_wait)
-        test_exception = TestException()
-        mock_ended_func, mock_cancelled_func = AsyncMock(return_value=FOO), AsyncMock(side_effect=test_exception)
-        mock_running_func = AsyncMock(return_value=BAR)
-        self.task_pool._ended = ended = {123: mock_ended_func()}
-        self.task_pool._cancelled = cancelled = {456: mock_cancelled_func()}
-        self.task_pool._running = running = {789: mock_running_func()}
-        self.task_pool._interrupt_flag.set()
+        self.task_pool._locked = True
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool.gather_and_close(return_exceptions=True))
+        mock_before_gather.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_ended_func.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_cancelled_func.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_running_func.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._tasks_ended)
+        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._tasks_cancelled)
+        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._tasks_running)
+        self.assertListEqual(EMPTY_LIST, self.task_pool._before_gathering)
+        self.assertTrue(self.task_pool._closed)
 
-        assert self.task_pool._open
-        with self.assertRaises(exceptions.PoolStillOpen):
-            await self.task_pool.gather()
-        self.assertDictEqual(self.task_pool._ended, ended)
-        self.assertDictEqual(self.task_pool._cancelled, cancelled)
-        self.assertDictEqual(self.task_pool._running, running)
-        self.assertTrue(self.task_pool._interrupt_flag.is_set())
-        mock_wait.assert_not_awaited()
 
-        self.task_pool._open = False
+class TaskPoolTestCase(CommonTestCase):
+    TEST_CLASS = pool.TaskPool
+    task_pool: pool.TaskPool
 
-        def check_assertions() -> None:
-            self.assertListEqual([FOO, test_exception, BAR], output)
-            self.assertDictEqual(self.task_pool._ended, EMPTY_DICT)
-            self.assertDictEqual(self.task_pool._cancelled, EMPTY_DICT)
-            self.assertDictEqual(self.task_pool._running, EMPTY_DICT)
-            self.assertFalse(self.task_pool._interrupt_flag.is_set())
-            mock_wait.assert_awaited_once_with()
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.base_class_init_patcher = patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '__init__')
+        self.base_class_init = self.base_class_init_patcher.start()
+        super().setUp()
 
-        output = await self.task_pool.gather(return_exceptions=True)
-        check_assertions()
-        mock_wait.reset_mock()
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self.base_class_init_patcher.stop()
+        super().tearDown()
 
-        self.task_pool._ended = {123: mock_ended_func()}
-        self.task_pool._cancelled = {456: mock_cancelled_func()}
-        self.task_pool._running = {789: mock_running_func()}
-        output = await self.task_pool.gather(return_exceptions=True)
-        check_assertions()
+    def test_init(self):
+        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._group_meta_tasks_running)
+        self.base_class_init.assert_called_once_with(pool_size=self.TEST_POOL_SIZE, name=self.TEST_POOL_NAME)
+
+    def test__cancel_group_meta_tasks(self):
+        mock_task1, mock_task2 = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        self.task_pool._group_meta_tasks_running[BAR] = {mock_task1, mock_task2}
+        self.assertIsNone(self.task_pool._cancel_group_meta_tasks(FOO))
+        self.assertDictEqual({BAR: {mock_task1, mock_task2}}, self.task_pool._group_meta_tasks_running)
+        self.assertSetEqual(EMPTY_SET, self.task_pool._meta_tasks_cancelled)
+        mock_task1.cancel.assert_not_called()
+        mock_task2.cancel.assert_not_called()
+
+        self.assertIsNone(self.task_pool._cancel_group_meta_tasks(BAR))
+        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._group_meta_tasks_running)
+        self.assertSetEqual({mock_task1, mock_task2}, self.task_pool._meta_tasks_cancelled)
+        mock_task1.cancel.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock_task2.cancel.assert_called_once_with()
+
+    @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_cancel_and_remove_all_from_group')
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_cancel_group_meta_tasks')
+    def test__cancel_and_remove_all_from_group(self, mock__cancel_group_meta_tasks: MagicMock,
+                                               mock_base__cancel_and_remove_all_from_group: MagicMock):
+        group_name, group_reg, msg = 'xyz', MagicMock(), FOO
+        self.assertIsNone(self.task_pool._cancel_and_remove_all_from_group(group_name, group_reg, msg=msg))
+        mock__cancel_group_meta_tasks.assert_called_once_with(group_name)
+        mock_base__cancel_and_remove_all_from_group.assert_called_once_with(group_name, group_reg, msg=msg)
+
+    @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, 'cancel_group')
+    async def test_cancel_group(self, mock_base_cancel_group: AsyncMock):
+        group_name, msg = 'abc', 'xyz'
+        await self.task_pool.cancel_group(group_name, msg=msg)
+        mock_base_cancel_group.assert_awaited_once_with(group_name=group_name, msg=msg)
+
+    @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, 'cancel_all')
+    async def test_cancel_all(self, mock_base_cancel_all: AsyncMock):
+        msg = 'xyz'
+        await self.task_pool.cancel_all(msg=msg)
+        mock_base_cancel_all.assert_awaited_once_with(msg=msg)
+
+    def test__pop_ended_meta_tasks(self):
+        mock_task, mock_done_task1 = MagicMock(done=lambda: False), MagicMock(done=lambda: True)
+        self.task_pool._group_meta_tasks_running[FOO] = {mock_task, mock_done_task1}
+        mock_done_task2, mock_done_task3 = MagicMock(done=lambda: True), MagicMock(done=lambda: True)
+        self.task_pool._group_meta_tasks_running[BAR] = {mock_done_task2, mock_done_task3}
+        expected_output = {mock_done_task1, mock_done_task2, mock_done_task3}
+        output = self.task_pool._pop_ended_meta_tasks()
+        self.assertSetEqual(expected_output, output)
+        self.assertDictEqual({FOO: {mock_task}}, self.task_pool._group_meta_tasks_running)
+
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_pop_ended_meta_tasks')
+    @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, 'flush')
+    async def test_flush(self, mock_base_flush: AsyncMock, mock__pop_ended_meta_tasks: MagicMock):
+        mock_ended_meta_task = AsyncMock()
+        mock__pop_ended_meta_tasks.return_value = {mock_ended_meta_task()}
+        mock_cancelled_meta_task = AsyncMock(side_effect=CancelledError)
+        self.task_pool._meta_tasks_cancelled = {mock_cancelled_meta_task()}
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool.flush(return_exceptions=False))
+        mock_base_flush.assert_awaited_once_with(return_exceptions=False)
+        mock__pop_ended_meta_tasks.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock_ended_meta_task.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_cancelled_meta_task.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        self.assertSetEqual(EMPTY_SET, self.task_pool._meta_tasks_cancelled)
+
+    @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, 'gather_and_close')
+    async def test_gather_and_close(self, mock_base_gather_and_close: AsyncMock):
+        mock_meta_task1, mock_meta_task2 = AsyncMock(), AsyncMock()
+        self.task_pool._group_meta_tasks_running = {FOO: {mock_meta_task1()}, BAR: {mock_meta_task2()}}
+        mock_cancelled_meta_task = AsyncMock(side_effect=CancelledError)
+        self.task_pool._meta_tasks_cancelled = {mock_cancelled_meta_task()}
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool.gather_and_close(return_exceptions=True))
+        mock_base_gather_and_close.assert_awaited_once_with(return_exceptions=True)
+        mock_meta_task1.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_meta_task2.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_cancelled_meta_task.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        self.assertDictEqual(EMPTY_DICT, self.task_pool._group_meta_tasks_running)
+        self.assertSetEqual(EMPTY_SET, self.task_pool._meta_tasks_cancelled)
+
+    @patch.object(pool, 'datetime')
+    def test__generate_group_name(self, mock_datetime: MagicMock):
+        prefix, func = 'x y z', AsyncMock(__name__=BAR)
+        dt = datetime(1776, 7, 4, 0, 0, 1)
+        mock_datetime.now = MagicMock(return_value=dt)
+        expected_output = f'{prefix}_{BAR}_{dt.strftime(DATETIME_FORMAT)}'
+        output = pool.TaskPool._generate_group_name(prefix, func)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_start_task')
+    async def test__apply_num(self, mock__start_task: AsyncMock):
+        group_name = FOO + BAR
+        mock_awaitable = object()
+        mock_func = MagicMock(return_value=mock_awaitable)
+        args, kwargs, num = (FOO, BAR), {'a': 1, 'b': 2}, 3
+        end_cb, cancel_cb = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool._apply_num(group_name, mock_func, args, kwargs, num, end_cb, cancel_cb))
+        mock_func.assert_has_calls(3 * [call(*args, **kwargs)])
+        mock__start_task.assert_has_awaits(3 * [
+            call(mock_awaitable, group_name=group_name, end_callback=end_cb, cancel_callback=cancel_cb)
+        ])
+
+        mock_func.reset_mock()
+        mock__start_task.reset_mock()
+
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool._apply_num(group_name, mock_func, args, None, num, end_cb, cancel_cb))
+        mock_func.assert_has_calls(num * [call(*args)])
+        mock__start_task.assert_has_awaits(num * [
+            call(mock_awaitable, group_name=group_name, end_callback=end_cb, cancel_callback=cancel_cb)
+        ])
+
+    @patch.object(pool, 'create_task')
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_apply_num', new_callable=MagicMock())
+    @patch.object(pool, 'TaskGroupRegister')
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_generate_group_name')
+    @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_check_start')
+    async def test_apply(self, mock__check_start: MagicMock, mock__generate_group_name: MagicMock,
+                         mock_reg_cls: MagicMock, mock__apply_num: MagicMock, mock_create_task: MagicMock):
+        mock__generate_group_name.return_value = generated_name = 'name 123'
+        mock_group_reg = set_up_mock_group_register(mock_reg_cls)
+        mock__apply_num.return_value = mock_apply_coroutine = object()
+        mock_task_future = AsyncMock()
+        mock_create_task.return_value = mock_task_future()
+        mock_func, num, group_name = MagicMock(), 3, FOO + BAR
+        args, kwargs = (FOO, BAR), {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
+        end_cb, cancel_cb = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        self.task_pool._task_groups = {}
+
+        def check_assertions(_group_name, _output):
+            self.assertEqual(_group_name, _output)
+            mock__check_start.assert_called_once_with(function=mock_func)
+            self.assertEqual(mock_group_reg, self.task_pool._task_groups[_group_name])
+            mock_group_reg.__aenter__.assert_awaited_once_with()
+            mock__apply_num.assert_called_once_with(_group_name, mock_func, args, kwargs, num, end_cb, cancel_cb)
+            mock_create_task.assert_called_once_with(mock_apply_coroutine)
+            mock_group_reg.__aexit__.assert_awaited_once()
+            mock_task_future.assert_awaited_once_with()
+
+        output = await self.task_pool.apply(mock_func, args, kwargs, num, group_name, end_cb, cancel_cb)
+        check_assertions(group_name, output)
+        mock__generate_group_name.assert_not_called()
+
+        mock__check_start.reset_mock()
+        self.task_pool._task_groups.clear()
+        mock_group_reg.__aenter__.reset_mock()
+        mock__apply_num.reset_mock()
+        mock_create_task.reset_mock()
+        mock_group_reg.__aexit__.reset_mock()
+        mock_task_future = AsyncMock()
+        mock_create_task.return_value = mock_task_future()
+
+        output = await self.task_pool.apply(mock_func, args, kwargs, num, None, end_cb, cancel_cb)
+        check_assertions(generated_name, output)
+        mock__generate_group_name.assert_called_once_with('apply', mock_func)
+
+    @patch.object(pool, 'Queue')
+    async def test__queue_producer(self, mock_queue_cls: MagicMock):
+        mock_put = AsyncMock()
+        mock_queue_cls.return_value = mock_queue = MagicMock(put=mock_put)
+        item1, item2, item3 = FOO, 420, 69
+        arg_iter = iter([item1, item2, item3])
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool._queue_producer(mock_queue, arg_iter, FOO + BAR))
+        mock_put.assert_has_awaits([call(item1), call(item2), call(item3), call(pool.TaskPool._QUEUE_END_SENTINEL)])
+        with self.assertRaises(StopIteration):
+            next(arg_iter)
+
+        mock_put.reset_mock()
+
+        mock_put.side_effect = [CancelledError, None]
+        arg_iter = iter([item1, item2, item3])
+        mock_queue.get_nowait.side_effect = [item2, item3, QueueEmpty]
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool._queue_producer(mock_queue, arg_iter, FOO + BAR))
+        mock_put.assert_has_awaits([call(item1), call(pool.TaskPool._QUEUE_END_SENTINEL)])
+        mock_queue.get_nowait.assert_has_calls([call(), call(), call()])
+        mock_queue.item_processed.assert_has_calls([call(), call()])
+        self.assertListEqual([item2, item3], list(arg_iter))
+
+    @patch.object(pool, 'execute_optional')
+    async def test__get_map_end_callback(self, mock_execute_optional: AsyncMock):
+        semaphore, mock_end_cb = Semaphore(1), MagicMock()
+        wrapped = pool.TaskPool._get_map_end_callback(semaphore, mock_end_cb)
+        task_id = 1234
+        await wrapped(task_id)
+        self.assertEqual(2, semaphore._value)
+        mock_execute_optional.assert_awaited_once_with(mock_end_cb, args=(task_id,))
+
+    @patch.object(pool, 'star_function')
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_start_task')
+    @patch.object(pool, 'Semaphore')
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_get_map_end_callback')
+    async def test__queue_consumer(self, mock__get_map_end_callback: MagicMock, mock_semaphore_cls: MagicMock,
+                                   mock__start_task: AsyncMock, mock_star_function: MagicMock):
+        mock__get_map_end_callback.return_value = map_cb = MagicMock()
+        mock_semaphore_cls.return_value = semaphore = Semaphore(3)
+        mock_star_function.return_value = awaitable = 'totally an awaitable'
+        arg1, arg2 = 123456789, 'function argument'
+        mock_q_maxsize = 3
+        mock_q = MagicMock(__aenter__=AsyncMock(side_effect=[arg1, arg2, pool.TaskPool._QUEUE_END_SENTINEL]),
+                           __aexit__=AsyncMock(), maxsize=mock_q_maxsize)
+        group_name, mock_func, stars = 'whatever', MagicMock(), 3
+        end_cb, cancel_cb = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool._queue_consumer(mock_q, group_name, mock_func, stars, end_cb, cancel_cb))
+        self.assertTrue(semaphore.locked())
+        mock__get_map_end_callback.assert_called_once_with(semaphore, actual_end_callback=end_cb)
+        mock__start_task.assert_has_awaits(2 * [
+            call(awaitable, group_name=group_name, ignore_lock=True, end_callback=map_cb, cancel_callback=cancel_cb)
+        ])
+        mock_star_function.assert_has_calls([
+            call(mock_func, arg1, arg_stars=stars),
+            call(mock_func, arg2, arg_stars=stars)
+        ])
+
+    @patch.object(pool, 'create_task')
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_queue_consumer', new_callable=MagicMock)
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_queue_producer', new_callable=MagicMock)
+    @patch.object(pool, 'join_queue', new_callable=MagicMock)
+    @patch.object(pool, 'Queue')
+    @patch.object(pool, 'TaskGroupRegister')
+    @patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '_check_start')
+    async def test__map(self, mock__check_start: MagicMock, mock_reg_cls: MagicMock, mock_queue_cls: MagicMock,
+                        mock_join_queue: MagicMock, mock__queue_producer: MagicMock, mock__queue_consumer: MagicMock,
+                        mock_create_task: MagicMock):
+        mock_group_reg = set_up_mock_group_register(mock_reg_cls)
+        mock_queue_cls.return_value = mock_q = MagicMock()
+        mock_join_queue.return_value = fake_join = object()
+        mock__queue_producer.return_value = fake_producer = object()
+        mock__queue_consumer.return_value = fake_consumer = object()
+        fake_task1, fake_task2 = object(), object()
+        mock_create_task.side_effect = [fake_task1, fake_task2]
+
+        group_name, group_size = 'onetwothree', 0
+        func, arg_iter, stars = AsyncMock(), [55, 66, 77], 3
+        end_cb, cancel_cb = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            await self.task_pool._map(group_name, group_size, func, arg_iter, stars, end_cb, cancel_cb)
+        mock__check_start.assert_called_once_with(function=func)
+
+        mock__check_start.reset_mock()
+
+        group_size = 1234
+        self.task_pool._task_groups = {group_name: MagicMock()}
+
+        with self.assertRaises(exceptions.InvalidGroupName):
+            await self.task_pool._map(group_name, group_size, func, arg_iter, stars, end_cb, cancel_cb)
+        mock__check_start.assert_called_once_with(function=func)
+
+        mock__check_start.reset_mock()
+
+        self.task_pool._task_groups.clear()
+        self.task_pool._before_gathering = []
+
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.task_pool._map(group_name, group_size, func, arg_iter, stars, end_cb, cancel_cb))
+        mock__check_start.assert_called_once_with(function=func)
+        mock_reg_cls.assert_called_once_with()
+        self.task_pool._task_groups[group_name] = mock_group_reg
+        mock_group_reg.__aenter__.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_queue_cls.assert_called_once_with(maxsize=group_size)
+        mock_join_queue.assert_called_once_with(mock_q)
+        self.assertListEqual([fake_join], self.task_pool._before_gathering)
+        mock__queue_producer.assert_called_once()
+        mock__queue_consumer.assert_called_once_with(mock_q, group_name, func, stars, end_cb, cancel_cb)
+        mock_create_task.assert_has_calls([call(fake_producer), call(fake_consumer)])
+        self.assertSetEqual({fake_task1, fake_task2}, self.task_pool._group_meta_tasks_running[group_name])
+        mock_group_reg.__aexit__.assert_awaited_once()
+
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_map')
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_generate_group_name')
+    async def test_map(self, mock__generate_group_name: MagicMock, mock__map: AsyncMock):
+        mock__generate_group_name.return_value = generated_name = 'name 1 2 3'
+        mock_func = MagicMock()
+        arg_iter, group_size, group_name = (FOO, BAR, 1, 2, 3), 2, FOO + BAR
+        end_cb, cancel_cb = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        output = await self.task_pool.map(mock_func, arg_iter, group_size, group_name, end_cb, cancel_cb)
+        self.assertEqual(group_name, output)
+        mock__map.assert_awaited_once_with(group_name, group_size, mock_func, arg_iter, 0,
+                                           end_callback=end_cb, cancel_callback=cancel_cb)
+        mock__generate_group_name.assert_not_called()
+
+        mock__map.reset_mock()
+        output = await self.task_pool.map(mock_func, arg_iter, group_size, None, end_cb, cancel_cb)
+        self.assertEqual(generated_name, output)
+        mock__map.assert_awaited_once_with(generated_name, group_size, mock_func, arg_iter, 0,
+                                           end_callback=end_cb, cancel_callback=cancel_cb)
+        mock__generate_group_name.assert_called_once_with('map', mock_func)
+
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_map')
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_generate_group_name')
+    async def test_starmap(self, mock__generate_group_name: MagicMock, mock__map: AsyncMock):
+        mock__generate_group_name.return_value = generated_name = 'name 1 2 3'
+        mock_func = MagicMock()
+        args_iter, group_size, group_name = ([FOO], [BAR]), 2, FOO + BAR
+        end_cb, cancel_cb = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        output = await self.task_pool.starmap(mock_func, args_iter, group_size, group_name, end_cb, cancel_cb)
+        self.assertEqual(group_name, output)
+        mock__map.assert_awaited_once_with(group_name, group_size, mock_func, args_iter, 1,
+                                           end_callback=end_cb, cancel_callback=cancel_cb)
+        mock__generate_group_name.assert_not_called()
+
+        mock__map.reset_mock()
+        output = await self.task_pool.starmap(mock_func, args_iter, group_size, None, end_cb, cancel_cb)
+        self.assertEqual(generated_name, output)
+        mock__map.assert_awaited_once_with(generated_name, group_size, mock_func, args_iter, 1,
+                                           end_callback=end_cb, cancel_callback=cancel_cb)
+        mock__generate_group_name.assert_called_once_with('starmap', mock_func)
+
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_map')
+    @patch.object(pool.TaskPool, '_generate_group_name')
+    async def test_doublestarmap(self, mock__generate_group_name: MagicMock, mock__map: AsyncMock):
+        mock__generate_group_name.return_value = generated_name = 'name 1 2 3'
+        mock_func = MagicMock()
+        kwargs_iter, group_size, group_name = [{'a': FOO}, {'a': BAR}], 2, FOO + BAR
+        end_cb, cancel_cb = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        output = await self.task_pool.doublestarmap(mock_func, kwargs_iter, group_size, group_name, end_cb, cancel_cb)
+        self.assertEqual(group_name, output)
+        mock__map.assert_awaited_once_with(group_name, group_size, mock_func, kwargs_iter, 2,
+                                           end_callback=end_cb, cancel_callback=cancel_cb)
+        mock__generate_group_name.assert_not_called()
+
+        mock__map.reset_mock()
+        output = await self.task_pool.doublestarmap(mock_func, kwargs_iter, group_size, None, end_cb, cancel_cb)
+        self.assertEqual(generated_name, output)
+        mock__map.assert_awaited_once_with(generated_name, group_size, mock_func, kwargs_iter, 2,
+                                           end_callback=end_cb, cancel_callback=cancel_cb)
+        mock__generate_group_name.assert_called_once_with('doublestarmap', mock_func)
+
+
+class SimpleTaskPoolTestCase(CommonTestCase):
+    TEST_CLASS = pool.SimpleTaskPool
+    task_pool: pool.SimpleTaskPool
+
+    TEST_POOL_FUNC = AsyncMock(__name__=FOO)
+    TEST_POOL_ARGS = (FOO, BAR)
+    TEST_POOL_KWARGS = {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
+    TEST_POOL_END_CB = MagicMock()
+    TEST_POOL_CANCEL_CB = MagicMock()
+
+    def get_task_pool_init_params(self) -> dict:
+        return super().get_task_pool_init_params() | {
+            'func': self.TEST_POOL_FUNC,
+            'args': self.TEST_POOL_ARGS,
+            'kwargs': self.TEST_POOL_KWARGS,
+            'end_callback': self.TEST_POOL_END_CB,
+            'cancel_callback': self.TEST_POOL_CANCEL_CB,
+        }
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.base_class_init_patcher = patch.object(pool.BaseTaskPool, '__init__')
+        self.base_class_init = self.base_class_init_patcher.start()
+        super().setUp()
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self.base_class_init_patcher.stop()
+
+    def test_init(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.TEST_POOL_FUNC, self.task_pool._func)
+        self.assertEqual(self.TEST_POOL_ARGS, self.task_pool._args)
+        self.assertEqual(self.TEST_POOL_KWARGS, self.task_pool._kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(self.TEST_POOL_END_CB, self.task_pool._end_callback)
+        self.assertEqual(self.TEST_POOL_CANCEL_CB, self.task_pool._cancel_callback)
+        self.base_class_init.assert_called_once_with(pool_size=self.TEST_POOL_SIZE, name=self.TEST_POOL_NAME)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotCoroutine):
+            pool.SimpleTaskPool(MagicMock())
+
+    def test_func_name(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.TEST_POOL_FUNC.__name__, self.task_pool.func_name)
+
+    @patch.object(pool.SimpleTaskPool, '_start_task')
+    async def test__start_one(self, mock__start_task: AsyncMock):
+        mock__start_task.return_value = expected_output = 99
+        self.task_pool._func = MagicMock(return_value=BAR)
+        output = await self.task_pool._start_one()
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        self.task_pool._func.assert_called_once_with(*self.task_pool._args, **self.task_pool._kwargs)
+        mock__start_task.assert_awaited_once_with(BAR, end_callback=self.task_pool._end_callback,
+                                                  cancel_callback=self.task_pool._cancel_callback)
+
+    @patch.object(pool.SimpleTaskPool, '_start_one')
+    async def test_start(self, mock__start_one: AsyncMock):
+        mock__start_one.return_value = FOO
+        num = 5
+        output = await self.task_pool.start(num)
+        expected_output = num * [FOO]
+        self.assertListEqual(expected_output, output)
+        mock__start_one.assert_has_awaits(num * [call()])
+
+    @patch.object(pool.SimpleTaskPool, 'cancel')
+    def test_stop(self, mock_cancel: MagicMock):
+        num = 2
+        id1, id2, id3 = 5, 6, 7
+        self.task_pool._tasks_running = {id1: FOO, id2: BAR, id3: FOO + BAR}
+        output = self.task_pool.stop(num)
+        expected_output = [id3, id2]
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        mock_cancel.assert_called_once_with(*expected_output)
+        mock_cancel.reset_mock()
+
+        num = 50
+        output = self.task_pool.stop(num)
+        expected_output = [id3, id2, id1]
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        mock_cancel.assert_called_once_with(*expected_output)
+
+    @patch.object(pool.SimpleTaskPool, 'num_running', new_callable=PropertyMock)
+    @patch.object(pool.SimpleTaskPool, 'stop')
+    def test_stop_all(self, mock_stop: MagicMock, mock_num_running: MagicMock):
+        mock_num_running.return_value = num = 9876
+        mock_stop.return_value = expected_output = 'something'
+        output = self.task_pool.stop_all()
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        mock_num_running.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock_stop.assert_called_once_with(num)
+
+
+def set_up_mock_group_register(mock_reg_cls: MagicMock) -> MagicMock:
+    mock_grp_aenter, mock_grp_aexit, mock_grp_add = AsyncMock(), AsyncMock(), MagicMock()
+    mock_reg_cls.return_value = mock_group_reg = MagicMock(__aenter__=mock_grp_aenter, __aexit__=mock_grp_aexit,
+                                                           add=mock_grp_add)
+    return mock_group_reg

tests/test_server.py

@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Unittests for the `asyncio_taskpool.server` module.
+"""
+
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+from unittest import IsolatedAsyncioTestCase
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+
+from asyncio_taskpool import server
+from asyncio_taskpool.client import ControlClient, UnixControlClient
+
+
+FOO, BAR = 'foo', 'bar'
+
+
+class ControlServerTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    log_lvl: int
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls) -> None:
+        cls.log_lvl = server.log.level
+        server.log.setLevel(999)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls) -> None:
+        server.log.setLevel(cls.log_lvl)
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.abstract_patcher = patch('asyncio_taskpool.server.ControlServer.__abstractmethods__', set())
+        self.mock_abstract_methods = self.abstract_patcher.start()
+        self.mock_pool = MagicMock()
+        self.kwargs = {FOO: 123, BAR: 456}
+        self.server = server.ControlServer(pool=self.mock_pool, **self.kwargs)
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self.abstract_patcher.stop()
+
+    def test_client_class_name(self):
+        self.assertEqual(ControlClient.__name__, server.ControlServer.client_class_name)
+
+    async def test_abstract(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError):
+            args = [AsyncMock()]
+            await self.server._get_server_instance(*args)
+        with self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError):
+            self.server._final_callback()
+
+    def test_init(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.mock_pool, self.server._pool)
+        self.assertEqual(self.kwargs, self.server._server_kwargs)
+        self.assertIsNone(self.server._server)
+
+    def test_pool(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.mock_pool, self.server.pool)
+
+    def test_is_serving(self):
+        self.server._server = MagicMock(is_serving=MagicMock(return_value=FOO + BAR))
+        self.assertEqual(FOO + BAR, self.server.is_serving())
+
+    @patch.object(server, 'ControlSession')
+    async def test__client_connected_cb(self, mock_client_session_cls: MagicMock):
+        mock_client_handshake, mock_listen = AsyncMock(), AsyncMock()
+        mock_client_session_cls.return_value = MagicMock(client_handshake=mock_client_handshake, listen=mock_listen)
+        mock_reader, mock_writer = MagicMock(), MagicMock()
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.server._client_connected_cb(mock_reader, mock_writer))
+        mock_client_session_cls.assert_called_once_with(self.server, mock_reader, mock_writer)
+        mock_client_handshake.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_listen.assert_awaited_once_with()
+
+    @patch.object(server.ControlServer, '_final_callback')
+    async def test__serve_forever(self, mock__final_callback: MagicMock):
+        mock_aenter, mock_serve_forever = AsyncMock(), AsyncMock(side_effect=asyncio.CancelledError)
+        self.server._server = MagicMock(__aenter__=mock_aenter, serve_forever=mock_serve_forever)
+        with self.assertLogs(server.log, logging.DEBUG):
+            self.assertIsNone(await self.server._serve_forever())
+        mock_aenter.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_serve_forever.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock__final_callback.assert_called_once_with()
+
+        mock_aenter.reset_mock()
+        mock_serve_forever.reset_mock(side_effect=True)
+        mock__final_callback.reset_mock()
+
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.server._serve_forever())
+        mock_aenter.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock_serve_forever.assert_awaited_once_with()
+        mock__final_callback.assert_called_once_with()
+
+    @patch.object(server, 'create_task')
+    @patch.object(server.ControlServer, '_serve_forever', new_callable=MagicMock())
+    @patch.object(server.ControlServer, '_get_server_instance')
+    async def test_serve_forever(self, mock__get_server_instance: AsyncMock, mock__serve_forever: MagicMock,
+                                 mock_create_task: MagicMock):
+        mock__serve_forever.return_value = mock_awaitable = 'some_coroutine'
+        mock_create_task.return_value = expected_output = 12345
+        output = await self.server.serve_forever()
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        mock__get_server_instance.assert_awaited_once_with(self.server._client_connected_cb, **self.kwargs)
+        mock__serve_forever.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock_create_task.assert_called_once_with(mock_awaitable)
+
+
+class UnixControlServerTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    log_lvl: int
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls) -> None:
+        cls.log_lvl = server.log.level
+        server.log.setLevel(999)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls) -> None:
+        server.log.setLevel(cls.log_lvl)
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.base_init_patcher = patch.object(server.ControlServer, '__init__')
+        self.mock_base_init = self.base_init_patcher.start()
+        self.mock_pool = MagicMock()
+        self.path = '/tmp/asyncio_taskpool'
+        self.kwargs = {FOO: 123, BAR: 456}
+        self.server = server.UnixControlServer(pool=self.mock_pool, path=self.path, **self.kwargs)
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self.base_init_patcher.stop()
+
+    def test__client_class(self):
+        self.assertEqual(UnixControlClient, self.server._client_class)
+
+    def test_init(self):
+        self.assertEqual(Path(self.path), self.server._socket_path)
+        self.mock_base_init.assert_called_once_with(self.mock_pool, **self.kwargs)
+
+    @patch.object(server, 'start_unix_server')
+    async def test__get_server_instance(self, mock_start_unix_server: AsyncMock):
+        mock_start_unix_server.return_value = expected_output = 'totally_a_server'
+        mock_callback, mock_kwargs = MagicMock(), {'a': 1, 'b': 2}
+        args = [mock_callback]
+        output = await self.server._get_server_instance(*args, **mock_kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        mock_start_unix_server.assert_called_once_with(mock_callback, Path(self.path), **mock_kwargs)
+
+    def test__final_callback(self):
+        self.server._socket_path = MagicMock()
+        self.assertIsNone(self.server._final_callback())
+        self.server._socket_path.unlink.assert_called_once_with()

tests/test_session.py

@@ -0,0 +1,324 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Unittests for the `asyncio_taskpool.session` module.
+"""
+
+
+import json
+from argparse import ArgumentError, Namespace
+from unittest import IsolatedAsyncioTestCase
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch, call
+
+from asyncio_taskpool import session
+from asyncio_taskpool.constants import CLIENT_INFO, CMD, SESSION_MSG_BYTES, SESSION_WRITER
+from asyncio_taskpool.exceptions import HelpRequested, NotATaskPool, UnknownTaskPoolClass
+from asyncio_taskpool.pool import BaseTaskPool, TaskPool, SimpleTaskPool
+
+
+FOO, BAR = 'foo', 'bar'
+
+
+class ControlServerTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+    log_lvl: int
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls) -> None:
+        cls.log_lvl = session.log.level
+        session.log.setLevel(999)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls) -> None:
+        session.log.setLevel(cls.log_lvl)
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.mock_pool = MagicMock(spec=SimpleTaskPool(AsyncMock()))
+        self.mock_client_class_name = FOO + BAR
+        self.mock_server = MagicMock(pool=self.mock_pool,
+                                     client_class_name=self.mock_client_class_name)
+        self.mock_reader = MagicMock()
+        self.mock_writer = MagicMock()
+        self.session = session.ControlSession(self.mock_server, self.mock_reader, self.mock_writer)
+
+    def test_init(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.mock_server, self.session._control_server)
+        self.assertEqual(self.mock_pool, self.session._pool)
+        self.assertEqual(self.mock_client_class_name, self.session._client_class_name)
+        self.assertEqual(self.mock_reader, self.session._reader)
+        self.assertEqual(self.mock_writer, self.session._writer)
+        self.assertIsNone(self.session._parser)
+        self.assertIsNone(self.session._subparsers)
+
+    def test__add_command(self):
+        expected_output = 123456
+        mock_add_parser = MagicMock(return_value=expected_output)
+        self.session._subparsers = MagicMock(add_parser=mock_add_parser)
+        self.session._parser = MagicMock()
+        name, prog, short_help, long_help = 'abc', None, 'short123', None
+        kwargs = {'x': 1, 'y': 2}
+        output = self.session._add_command(name, prog, short_help, long_help, **kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        mock_add_parser.assert_called_once_with(name, prog=name, help=short_help, description=short_help,
+                                                parent=self.session._parser, **kwargs)
+
+        mock_add_parser.reset_mock()
+
+        prog, long_help = 'ffffff', 'so long, wow'
+        output = self.session._add_command(name, prog, short_help, long_help, **kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        mock_add_parser.assert_called_once_with(name, prog=prog, help=short_help, description=long_help,
+                                                parent=self.session._parser, **kwargs)
+
+        mock_add_parser.reset_mock()
+
+        short_help = None
+        output = self.session._add_command(name, prog, short_help, long_help, **kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_output, output)
+        mock_add_parser.assert_called_once_with(name, prog=prog, help=long_help, description=long_help,
+                                                parent=self.session._parser, **kwargs)
+
+    @patch.object(session, 'get_first_doc_line')
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_add_command')
+    def test__adding_commands(self, mock__add_command: MagicMock, mock_get_first_doc_line: MagicMock):
+        self.assertIsNone(self.session._add_base_commands())
+        mock__add_command.assert_called()
+        mock_get_first_doc_line.assert_called()
+
+        mock__add_command.reset_mock()
+        mock_get_first_doc_line.reset_mock()
+
+        self.assertIsNone(self.session._add_simple_commands())
+        mock__add_command.assert_called()
+        mock_get_first_doc_line.assert_called()
+
+        with self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError):
+            self.session._add_advanced_commands()
+
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_add_simple_commands')
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_add_advanced_commands')
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_add_base_commands')
+    @patch.object(session, 'CommandParser')
+    def test__init_parser(self, mock_command_parser_cls: MagicMock, mock__add_base_commands: MagicMock,
+                          mock__add_advanced_commands: MagicMock, mock__add_simple_commands: MagicMock):
+        mock_command_parser_cls.return_value = mock_parser = MagicMock()
+        self.session._pool = TaskPool()
+        width = 1234
+        expected_parser_kwargs = {
+            'prog': '',
+            SESSION_WRITER: self.mock_writer,
+            CLIENT_INFO.TERMINAL_WIDTH: width,
+        }
+        self.assertIsNone(self.session._init_parser(width))
+        mock_command_parser_cls.assert_called_once_with(**expected_parser_kwargs)
+        mock_parser.add_subparsers.assert_called_once_with(title="Commands", dest=CMD.CMD)
+        mock__add_base_commands.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock__add_advanced_commands.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock__add_simple_commands.assert_not_called()
+
+        mock_command_parser_cls.reset_mock()
+        mock_parser.add_subparsers.reset_mock()
+        mock__add_base_commands.reset_mock()
+        mock__add_advanced_commands.reset_mock()
+        mock__add_simple_commands.reset_mock()
+
+        async def fake_coroutine(): pass
+
+        self.session._pool = SimpleTaskPool(fake_coroutine)
+        self.assertIsNone(self.session._init_parser(width))
+        mock_command_parser_cls.assert_called_once_with(**expected_parser_kwargs)
+        mock_parser.add_subparsers.assert_called_once_with(title="Commands", dest=CMD.CMD)
+        mock__add_base_commands.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock__add_advanced_commands.assert_not_called()
+        mock__add_simple_commands.assert_called_once_with()
+
+        mock_command_parser_cls.reset_mock()
+        mock_parser.add_subparsers.reset_mock()
+        mock__add_base_commands.reset_mock()
+        mock__add_advanced_commands.reset_mock()
+        mock__add_simple_commands.reset_mock()
+
+        class FakeTaskPool(BaseTaskPool):
+            pass
+
+        self.session._pool = FakeTaskPool()
+        with self.assertRaises(UnknownTaskPoolClass):
+            self.session._init_parser(width)
+        mock_command_parser_cls.assert_called_once_with(**expected_parser_kwargs)
+        mock_parser.add_subparsers.assert_called_once_with(title="Commands", dest=CMD.CMD)
+        mock__add_base_commands.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock__add_advanced_commands.assert_not_called()
+        mock__add_simple_commands.assert_not_called()
+
+        mock_command_parser_cls.reset_mock()
+        mock_parser.add_subparsers.reset_mock()
+        mock__add_base_commands.reset_mock()
+        mock__add_advanced_commands.reset_mock()
+        mock__add_simple_commands.reset_mock()
+
+        self.session._pool = MagicMock()
+        with self.assertRaises(NotATaskPool):
+            self.session._init_parser(width)
+        mock_command_parser_cls.assert_called_once_with(**expected_parser_kwargs)
+        mock_parser.add_subparsers.assert_called_once_with(title="Commands", dest=CMD.CMD)
+        mock__add_base_commands.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock__add_advanced_commands.assert_not_called()
+        mock__add_simple_commands.assert_not_called()
+
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_init_parser')
+    async def test_client_handshake(self, mock__init_parser: MagicMock):
+        width = 5678
+        msg = ' ' + json.dumps({CLIENT_INFO.TERMINAL_WIDTH: width, FOO: BAR}) + '  '
+        mock_read = AsyncMock(return_value=msg.encode())
+        self.mock_reader.read = mock_read
+        self.mock_writer.drain = AsyncMock()
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session.client_handshake())
+        mock_read.assert_awaited_once_with(SESSION_MSG_BYTES)
+        mock__init_parser.assert_called_once_with(width)
+        self.mock_writer.write.assert_called_once_with(str(self.mock_pool).encode())
+        self.mock_writer.drain.assert_awaited_once_with()
+
+    @patch.object(session, 'return_or_exception')
+    async def test__write_function_output(self, mock_return_or_exception: MagicMock):
+        self.mock_writer.write = MagicMock()
+        mock_return_or_exception.return_value = None
+        func, args, kwargs = MagicMock(), (1, 2, 3), {'a': 'A', 'b': 'B'}
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._write_function_output(func, *args, **kwargs))
+        mock_return_or_exception.assert_called_once_with(func, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.mock_writer.write.assert_called_once_with(b"ok")
+
+        mock_return_or_exception.reset_mock()
+        self.mock_writer.write.reset_mock()
+
+        mock_return_or_exception.return_value = output = MagicMock()
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._write_function_output(func, *args, **kwargs))
+        mock_return_or_exception.assert_called_once_with(func, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.mock_writer.write.assert_called_once_with(str(output).encode())
+
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_write_function_output')
+    async def test__cmd_name(self, mock__write_function_output: AsyncMock):
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._cmd_name())
+        mock__write_function_output.assert_awaited_once_with(self.mock_pool.__class__.__str__, self.session._pool)
+
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_write_function_output')
+    async def test__cmd_pool_size(self, mock__write_function_output: AsyncMock):
+        num = 12345
+        kwargs = {session.NUM: num, FOO: BAR}
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._cmd_pool_size(**kwargs))
+        mock__write_function_output.assert_awaited_once_with(
+            self.mock_pool.__class__.pool_size.fset, self.session._pool, num
+        )
+
+        mock__write_function_output.reset_mock()
+
+        kwargs.pop(session.NUM)
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._cmd_pool_size(**kwargs))
+        mock__write_function_output.assert_awaited_once_with(
+            self.mock_pool.__class__.pool_size.fget, self.session._pool
+        )
+
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_write_function_output')
+    async def test__cmd_num_running(self, mock__write_function_output: AsyncMock):
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._cmd_num_running())
+        mock__write_function_output.assert_awaited_once_with(
+            self.mock_pool.__class__.num_running.fget, self.session._pool
+        )
+
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_write_function_output')
+    async def test__cmd_start(self, mock__write_function_output: AsyncMock):
+        num = 12345
+        kwargs = {session.NUM: num, FOO: BAR}
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._cmd_start(**kwargs))
+        mock__write_function_output.assert_awaited_once_with(self.mock_pool.start, num)
+
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_write_function_output')
+    async def test__cmd_stop(self, mock__write_function_output: AsyncMock):
+        num = 12345
+        kwargs = {session.NUM: num, FOO: BAR}
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._cmd_stop(**kwargs))
+        mock__write_function_output.assert_awaited_once_with(self.mock_pool.stop, num)
+
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_write_function_output')
+    async def test__cmd_stop_all(self, mock__write_function_output: AsyncMock):
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._cmd_stop_all())
+        mock__write_function_output.assert_awaited_once_with(self.mock_pool.stop_all)
+
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_write_function_output')
+    async def test__cmd_func_name(self, mock__write_function_output: AsyncMock):
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._cmd_func_name())
+        mock__write_function_output.assert_awaited_once_with(
+            self.mock_pool.__class__.func_name.fget, self.session._pool
+        )
+
+    async def test__execute_command(self):
+        mock_method = AsyncMock()
+        cmd = 'this-is-a-test'
+        setattr(self.session, '_cmd_' + cmd.replace('-', '_'), mock_method)
+        kwargs = {FOO: BAR, 'hello': 'python'}
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._execute_command(**{CMD.CMD: cmd}, **kwargs))
+        mock_method.assert_awaited_once_with(**kwargs)
+
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_execute_command')
+    async def test__parse_command(self, mock__execute_command: AsyncMock):
+        msg = 'asdf asd as a'
+        kwargs = {FOO: BAR, 'hello': 'python'}
+        mock_parse_args = MagicMock(return_value=Namespace(**kwargs))
+        self.session._parser = MagicMock(parse_args=mock_parse_args)
+        self.mock_writer.write = MagicMock()
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._parse_command(msg))
+        mock_parse_args.assert_called_once_with(msg.split(' '))
+        self.mock_writer.write.assert_not_called()
+        mock__execute_command.assert_awaited_once_with(**kwargs)
+
+        mock__execute_command.reset_mock()
+        mock_parse_args.reset_mock()
+
+        mock_parse_args.side_effect = exc = ArgumentError(MagicMock(), "oops")
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._parse_command(msg))
+        mock_parse_args.assert_called_once_with(msg.split(' '))
+        self.mock_writer.write.assert_called_once_with(str(exc).encode())
+        mock__execute_command.assert_not_awaited()
+
+        self.mock_writer.write.reset_mock()
+        mock_parse_args.reset_mock()
+
+        mock_parse_args.side_effect = HelpRequested()
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session._parse_command(msg))
+        mock_parse_args.assert_called_once_with(msg.split(' '))
+        self.mock_writer.write.assert_not_called()
+        mock__execute_command.assert_not_awaited()
+
+    @patch.object(session.ControlSession, '_parse_command')
+    async def test_listen(self, mock__parse_command: AsyncMock):
+        def make_reader_return_empty():
+            self.mock_reader.read.return_value = b''
+        self.mock_writer.drain = AsyncMock(side_effect=make_reader_return_empty)
+        msg = "fascinating"
+        self.mock_reader.read = AsyncMock(return_value=f' {msg} '.encode())
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session.listen())
+        self.mock_reader.read.assert_has_awaits([call(SESSION_MSG_BYTES), call(SESSION_MSG_BYTES)])
+        mock__parse_command.assert_awaited_once_with(msg)
+        self.mock_writer.drain.assert_awaited_once_with()
+
+        self.mock_reader.read.reset_mock()
+        mock__parse_command.reset_mock()
+        self.mock_writer.drain.reset_mock()
+
+        self.mock_server.is_serving = MagicMock(return_value=False)
+        self.assertIsNone(await self.session.listen())
+        self.mock_reader.read.assert_not_awaited()
+        mock__parse_command.assert_not_awaited()
+        self.mock_writer.drain.assert_not_awaited()

tests/test_session_parser.py

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Unittests for the `asyncio_taskpool.session_parser` module.
+"""
+
+
+from argparse import Action, ArgumentParser, HelpFormatter, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, RawTextHelpFormatter
+from unittest import IsolatedAsyncioTestCase
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from asyncio_taskpool import session_parser
+from asyncio_taskpool.constants import SESSION_WRITER, CLIENT_INFO
+from asyncio_taskpool.exceptions import HelpRequested
+
+
+FOO = 'foo'
+
+
+class ControlServerTestCase(IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.help_formatter_factory_patcher = patch.object(session_parser.CommandParser, 'help_formatter_factory')
+        self.mock_help_formatter_factory = self.help_formatter_factory_patcher.start()
+        self.mock_help_formatter_factory.return_value = RawTextHelpFormatter
+        self.session_writer, self.terminal_width = MagicMock(), 420
+        self.kwargs = {
+            SESSION_WRITER: self.session_writer,
+            CLIENT_INFO.TERMINAL_WIDTH: self.terminal_width,
+            session_parser.FORMATTER_CLASS: FOO
+        }
+        self.parser = session_parser.CommandParser(**self.kwargs)
+
+    def tearDown(self) -> None:
+        self.help_formatter_factory_patcher.stop()
+
+    def test_help_formatter_factory(self):
+        self.help_formatter_factory_patcher.stop()
+
+        class MockBaseClass(HelpFormatter):
+            def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+                super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        terminal_width = 123456789
+        cls = session_parser.CommandParser.help_formatter_factory(terminal_width, MockBaseClass)
+        self.assertTrue(issubclass(cls, MockBaseClass))
+        instance = cls('prog')
+        self.assertEqual(terminal_width, getattr(instance, '_width'))
+
+        cls = session_parser.CommandParser.help_formatter_factory(terminal_width)
+        self.assertTrue(issubclass(cls, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter))
+        instance = cls('prog')
+        self.assertEqual(terminal_width, getattr(instance, '_width'))
+
+    def test_init(self):
+        self.assertIsInstance(self.parser, ArgumentParser)
+        self.assertEqual(self.session_writer, self.parser._session_writer)
+        self.assertEqual(self.terminal_width, self.parser._terminal_width)
+        self.mock_help_formatter_factory.assert_called_once_with(self.terminal_width, FOO)
+        self.assertFalse(getattr(self.parser, 'exit_on_error'))
+        self.assertEqual(RawTextHelpFormatter, getattr(self.parser, 'formatter_class'))
+
+    def test_session_writer(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.session_writer, self.parser.session_writer)
+
+    def test_terminal_width(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.terminal_width, self.parser.terminal_width)
+
+    def test__print_message(self):
+        self.session_writer.write = MagicMock()
+        self.assertIsNone(self.parser._print_message(''))
+        self.session_writer.write.assert_not_called()
+        msg = 'foo bar baz'
+        self.assertIsNone(self.parser._print_message(msg))
+        self.session_writer.write.assert_called_once_with(msg.encode())
+
+    @patch.object(session_parser.CommandParser, '_print_message')
+    def test_exit(self, mock__print_message: MagicMock):
+        self.assertIsNone(self.parser.exit(123, ''))
+        mock__print_message.assert_not_called()
+        msg = 'foo bar baz'
+        self.assertIsNone(self.parser.exit(123, msg))
+        mock__print_message.assert_called_once_with(msg)
+
+    @patch.object(session_parser.ArgumentParser, 'print_help')
+    def test_print_help(self, mock_print_help: MagicMock):
+        arg = MagicMock()
+        with self.assertRaises(HelpRequested):
+            self.parser.print_help(arg)
+        mock_print_help.assert_called_once_with(arg)
+
+    def test_add_optional_num_argument(self):
+        metavar = 'FOOBAR'
+        action = self.parser.add_optional_num_argument(metavar=metavar)
+        self.assertIsInstance(action, Action)
+        self.assertEqual('?', action.nargs)
+        self.assertEqual(1, action.default)
+        self.assertEqual(int, action.type)
+        self.assertEqual(metavar, action.metavar)
+        num = 111
+        kwargs = vars(self.parser.parse_args([f'{num}']))
+        self.assertDictEqual({session_parser.NUM: num}, kwargs)
+
+        name = f'--{FOO}'
+        nargs = '+'
+        default = 1
+        _type = float
+        required = True
+        dest = 'foo_bar'
+        action = self.parser.add_optional_num_argument(name, nargs=nargs, default=default, type=_type,
+                                                       required=required, metavar=metavar, dest=dest)
+        self.assertIsInstance(action, Action)
+        self.assertEqual(nargs, action.nargs)
+        self.assertEqual(default, action.default)
+        self.assertEqual(_type, action.type)
+        self.assertEqual(required, action.required)
+        self.assertEqual(metavar, action.metavar)
+        self.assertEqual(dest, action.dest)
+        kwargs = vars(self.parser.parse_args([f'{num}', name, '1', '1.5']))
+        self.assertDictEqual({session_parser.NUM: num, dest: [1.0, 1.5]}, kwargs)

usage/USAGE.md

@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 
 ## Minimal example for `SimpleTaskPool`
 
-The minimum required setup is a "worker" coroutine function that can do something asynchronously, a main coroutine function that sets up the `SimpleTaskPool` and starts/stops the tasks as desired, eventually awaiting them all. 
+The minimum required setup is a "worker" coroutine function that can do something asynchronously, and a main coroutine function that sets up the `SimpleTaskPool`, starts/stops the tasks as desired, and eventually awaits them all. 
 
 The following demo code enables full log output first for additional clarity. It is complete and should work as is.
 
 ### Code
+
 ```python
 import logging
 import asyncio
 
-from asyncio_taskpool.pool import SimpleTaskPool
-
+from asyncio_taskpool import SimpleTaskPool
 
 logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.NOTSET)
 logging.getLogger('asyncio_taskpool').addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ async def work(n: int) -> None:
     Pseudo-worker function. 
     Counts up to an integer with a second of sleep before each iteration.
     In a real-world use case, a worker function should probably have access 
-    to some synchronisation primitive or shared resource to distribute work 
-    between an arbitrary number of workers.
+    to some synchronisation primitive (such as a queue) or shared resource
+    to distribute work between an arbitrary number of workers.
     """
     for i in range(n):
         await asyncio.sleep(1)
-        print("did", i)
+        print("> did", i)
 
 
 async def main() -> None:
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ async def main() -> None:
     await pool.start()  # launches work task 3
     await asyncio.sleep(1.5)  # lets the tasks work for a bit
     pool.stop(2)  # cancels tasks 3 and 2
-    pool.close()  # required for the last line
-    await pool.gather()  # awaits all tasks, then flushes the pool
+    pool.lock()  # required for the last line
+    await pool.gather_and_close()  # awaits all tasks, then flushes the pool
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -52,31 +52,179 @@ SimpleTaskPool-0 initialized
 Started SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-0
 Started SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-1
 Started SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-2
-did 0
-did 0
-did 0
+> did 0
+> did 0
+> did 0
 Started SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-3
-did 1
-did 1
-did 1
-did 0
-SimpleTaskPool-0 is closed!
-Cancelling SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-3 ...
-Cancelled SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-3
-Ended SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-3
+> did 1
+> did 1
+> did 1
+> did 0
+> did 2
+> did 2
+SimpleTaskPool-0 is locked!
 Cancelling SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-2 ...
 Cancelled SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-2
 Ended SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-2
-did 2
-did 2
-did 3
-did 3
+Cancelling SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-3 ...
+Cancelled SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-3
+Ended SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-3
+> did 3
+> did 3
 Ended SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-0
 Ended SimpleTaskPool-0_Task-1
-did 4
-did 4
+> did 4
+> did 4
 ```
 
-## Advanced example
+## Advanced example for `TaskPool`
 
-...
+This time, we want to start tasks from _different_ coroutine functions **and** with _different_ arguments. For this we need an instance of the more generalized `TaskPool` class.
+
+As with the simple example, we need "worker" coroutine functions that can do something asynchronously, as well as a main coroutine function that sets up the pool, starts the tasks, and eventually awaits them.
+
+The following demo code enables full log output first for additional clarity. It is complete and should work as is.
+
+### Code
+
+```python
+import logging
+import asyncio
+
+from asyncio_taskpool import TaskPool
+
+logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.NOTSET)
+logging.getLogger('asyncio_taskpool').addHandler(logging.StreamHandler())
+
+
+async def work(start: int, stop: int, step: int = 1) -> None:
+    """Pseudo-worker function counting through a range with a second of sleep in between each iteration."""
+    for i in range(start, stop, step):
+        await asyncio.sleep(1)
+        print("> work with", i)
+
+
+async def other_work(a: int, b: int) -> None:
+    """Different pseudo-worker counting through a range with half a second of sleep in between each iteration."""
+    for i in range(a, b):
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
+        print("> other_work with", i)
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    # Initialize a new task pool instance and limit its size to 3 tasks.
+    pool = TaskPool(3)
+    # Queue up two tasks (IDs 0 and 1) to run concurrently (with the same positional arguments).
+    print("> Called `apply`")
+    await pool.apply(work, kwargs={'start': 100, 'stop': 200, 'step': 10}, num=2)
+    # Let the tasks work for a bit.
+    await asyncio.sleep(1.5)
+    # Now, let us enqueue four more tasks (which will receive IDs 2, 3, 4, and 5), each created with different 
+    # positional arguments by using `starmap`, but have **no more than two of those** run concurrently.
+    # Since we set our pool size to 3, and already have two tasks working within the pool,
+    # only the first one of these will start immediately (and receive ID 2).
+    # The second one will start (with ID 3), only once there is room in the pool,
+    # which -- in this example -- will be the case after ID 2 ends.
+    # Once there is room in the pool again, the third and fourth will each start (with IDs 4 and 5)
+    # **only** once there is room in the pool **and** no more than one other task of these new ones is running.
+    args_list = [(0, 10), (10, 20), (20, 30), (30, 40)]
+    await pool.starmap(other_work, args_list, group_size=2)
+    print("> Called `starmap`")
+    # Now we lock the pool, so that we can safely await all our tasks.
+    pool.lock()
+    # Finally, we block, until all tasks have ended.
+    print("> Calling `gather_and_close`...")
+    await pool.gather_and_close()
+    print("> Done.")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    asyncio.run(main())
+```
+
+### Output 
+Additional comments for the output are provided with `<---` next to the output lines.
+
+(Keep in mind that the logger and `print` asynchronously write to `stdout`.)
+```
+TaskPool-0 initialized
+Started TaskPool-0_Task-0
+Started TaskPool-0_Task-1
+> Called `apply`
+> work with 100
+> work with 100
+> Called `starmap`   <--- notice that this immediately returns, even before Task-2 is started
+> Calling `gather_and_close`...    <--- this blocks `main()` until all tasks have ended
+TaskPool-0 is locked!
+Started TaskPool-0_Task-2    <--- at this point the pool is full
+> work with 110
+> work with 110
+> other_work with 0
+> other_work with 1
+> work with 120
+> work with 120
+> other_work with 2
+> other_work with 3
+> work with 130
+> work with 130
+> other_work with 4
+> other_work with 5
+> work with 140
+> work with 140
+> other_work with 6
+> other_work with 7
+> work with 150
+> work with 150
+> other_work with 8
+Ended TaskPool-0_Task-2    <--- this frees up room for one more task from `starmap`
+Started TaskPool-0_Task-3
+> other_work with 9
+> work with 160
+> work with 160
+> other_work with 10
+> other_work with 11
+> work with 170
+> work with 170
+> other_work with 12
+> other_work with 13
+> work with 180
+> work with 180
+> other_work with 14
+> other_work with 15
+Ended TaskPool-0_Task-0
+Ended TaskPool-0_Task-1    <--- these two end and free up two more slots in the pool
+Started TaskPool-0_Task-4    <--- since the group size is set to 2, Task-5 will not start
+> work with 190
+> work with 190
+> other_work with 16
+> other_work with 17
+> other_work with 20
+> other_work with 18
+> other_work with 21
+Ended TaskPool-0_Task-3    <--- now that only Task-4 of the group remains, Task-5 starts
+Started TaskPool-0_Task-5
+> other_work with 19
+> other_work with 22
+> other_work with 23
+> other_work with 30
+> other_work with 24
+> other_work with 31
+> other_work with 25
+> other_work with 32
+> other_work with 26
+> other_work with 33
+> other_work with 27
+> other_work with 34
+> other_work with 28
+> other_work with 35
+> other_work with 29
+> other_work with 36
+Ended TaskPool-0_Task-4
+> other_work with 37
+> other_work with 38
+> other_work with 39
+Ended TaskPool-0_Task-5
+> Done.
+```
+
+© 2022 Daniil Fajnberg

usage/example_server.py

@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+__author__ = "Daniil Fajnberg"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright © 2022 Daniil Fajnberg"
+__license__ = """GNU LGPLv3.0
+
+This file is part of asyncio-taskpool.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
+version 3.0 of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+asyncio-taskpool is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; 
+without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 
+See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with asyncio-taskpool. 
+If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>."""
+
+__doc__ = """
+Working example of a UnixControlServer in combination with the SimpleTaskPool.
+Use the main CLI client to interface at the socket.
+"""
+
+
 import asyncio
 import logging
 
@@ -48,16 +70,16 @@ async def main() -> None:
     control_server_task = await UnixControlServer(pool, path='/tmp/py_asyncio_taskpool.sock').serve_forever()
     # We block until `.task_done()` has been called once by our workers for every item placed into the queue.
     await q.join()
-    # Since we don't need any "work" done anymore, we can close our control server by cancelling the task.
+    # Since we don't need any "work" done anymore, we can lock our control server by cancelling the task.
     control_server_task.cancel()
     # Since our workers should now be stuck waiting for more items to pick from the queue, but no items are left,
     # we can now safely cancel their tasks.
+    pool.lock()
     pool.stop_all()
-    pool.close()
     # Finally we allow for all tasks to do do their cleanup, if they need to do any, upon being cancelled.
     # We block until they all return or raise an exception, but since we are not interested in any of their exceptions,
     # we just silently collect their exceptions along with their return values.
-    await pool.gather(return_exceptions=True)
+    await pool.gather_and_close(return_exceptions=True)
     await control_server_task