NAME

POE::Component::IKC::ReallySimple - POE Component for simple inter-kernel communication

SYNOPSIS

use POE qw(Component::IKC::ReallySimple);

# in server
poemsg_receive( ReceiveState => sub { print shift; } );
$poe_kernel->run();

# in client
poemsg_send('HI');

DESCRIPTION

POE::Component::IKC::ReallySimple tries to make inter-kernel communication very simple. POE::Component::IKC is great but it can be a lot of setup for simple projects. This module hides the ick and complication of inter-kernel messaging.

The synopsis really says it all. poemsg_receive sets a program up to receive simple messages. poemsg_send sends a message. This is UDP-like in that there is no real error checking to ensure the data goes through. At this time, there is also no way to tell where your data came from.

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

poemsg_send

poemsg_send($data);
poemsg_send($data,$server_ip);

Sends a message to a POE program. By default, it is assumed that the program is listening on 127.0.0.1. this assumption may be modified by passing a second parameter which is a dotted quad ip address.

Returns 1 if a successful server connection was made. Returns 0 if the server could not be contacted.

poemsg_receive

poemsg_receive( ReceiveState => \&subroutine );
poemsg_receive( ReceiveState => \&subroutine,
                    ServerIP => $server_ip,
                  ServerPort => $server_port
              );

Listen and wait for incoming messages. &subroutine will be passed the transmitted data when a message is received. The only guarantee about the incoming data is that it is a defined scalar.

Parameters: ReceiveState takes a code reference which will receive passed data as indicated above. This parameter is not optional. ServerIP sets the ip address to which the server binds. This parameter is optional and defaults to 127.0.0.1. ServerPort set the socket port to which the server binds. This parameter is optional and binds 31338.

$poe_kernel->run() must still be done in the server. sometime soon, this will be a little bit easier.

AUTHOR

Matt Cashner
CPAN ID: MCASHNER
eek+cpan@eekeek.org
http://eekeek.org/perl/

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001 Matt Cashner. All rights reserved. This program is free software licensed under the...

The MIT License

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.