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NAME

XAS::Lib::Net::POE::Client - An asynchronous network client based on POE

SYNOPSIS

This module is a class used to create network clients.

package Client;

use POE;
use XAS::Class
  version => '1.0',
  base    => 'XAS::Lib::Net::POE::Client'
;

sub handle_connection {
   my ($self) = $_[OBJECT];

   my $packet = "hello!";

   $poe_kernel->yield('write_data', $packet);

}

DESCRIPTION

This module handles the nitty-gritty details of setting up the communications channel to a server. You will need to sub-class this module with your own for it to be useful.

An attempt to maintain that channel will be made when/if that server should happen to disappear off the network. There is nothing more unpleasant then having to go around to dozens of servers and restarting processes.

The following methods are responding to POE events and use the POE argument passing conventions.

METHODS

new

This method initializes the class and starts a session to handle the communications channel. It takes the following parameters:

-alias

The session alias, defaults to 'client'.

-host

The servers host name, defaults to 'localhost'.

-port

The servers port number.

-retry_count

Wither to attempt reconnections after they run out. Defaults to true.

-tcp_keepalive

For those pesky firewalls, defaults to false.

read_data(OBJECT, ARG0)

This event is triggered when data is received for the server. It accepts these parameters:

OBJECT

The current class object.

ARG0

The data that has been read.

write_data(OBJECT, ARG0)

You use this event to send data to the server. It accepts these parameters:

OBJECT

The current class object.

ARGO

The data to write out.

handle_connection(OBJECT)

This event is triggered upon initial connection to the server. It accepts these parameters:

OBJECT

The current class object.

connection_down(OBJECT)

This event is triggered to allow you to be notified if the connection to the server is currently down. It accepts these parameters:

OBJECT

The current class object.

connection_up(OBJECT)

This event is triggered to allow you to be notified when the connection to the server is restored. It accepts these parameters:

OBJECT

The current class object.

VARIABLES

The following class variables are available if you want to adjust them.

ERRORS

An array of POSIX error codes.

RECONNECTIONS

An array of seconds to wait for the next reconnect attempt.

SEE ALSO

XAS::Lib::Net::Client
XAS::Lib::Net::Server
XAS

AUTHOR

Kevin L. Esteb, <kevin@kesteb.us>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2012-2015 Kevin L. Esteb

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0. For details, see the full text of the license at http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0.