NAME

Distributed::Process::Worker - a base class for a worker

SYNOPSIS

    package MyWorker;
    use Distributed::Process::Worker;
    our @ISA = qw/ Distributed::Process::Worker /;

    sub run {

	my $self = shift;

	# do useful stuff
    }

    1;

DESCRIPTION

The tasks that one wishes to run distributedly must be implemented in the run() method of a class derived from Distributed::Process::Worker. By default, this in turn derives from Distributed::Process::LocalWorker, so the custom class also derives from it, and can run "as is" on the client side.

On the server side, the Distributed::Process::Master object changes the inheritance of Distributed::Process::Worker to make it a subclass of Distributed::Process::RemoteWorker. The custom worker class thus also becomes a subclass of it, and is ready to run on the server.

Methods

go_remote

This is called by the D::P::Master object to change the inheritance and redefind the run() method. run() on the server does not actually run the tasks defined in the custom worker class, but sends a /run command on the netork to the connected client.

SEE ALSO

Distributed::Process::LocalWorker, Distributed::Process::RemoteWorker, Distributed::Process::Master

AUTHOR

Cédric Bouvier, <cbouvi@cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-distributed-process@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2005 Cédric Bouvier, All Rights Reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.