NAME

Net::RMI - Perl Remote Method Invocation (RMI) base class and utilities.

SYNOPSIS

$d = serialize(\%sourceData);

%destinationData = %{ deserialize($d) };

DESCRIPTION

This is the base class for Perl RMI. It provided some basic methods common to both the client and server, and provides for data serialization.

METHODS

set

Sets an object's parameter to the specified value.

Parameters: the parameter's name and value.
Returns: nothing.

get

Gets an object's parameter value.

Parameters: the parameter's name.
Returns: the parameter's value.

stripEOLN

Removes a SINGLE traling 0x0A (LF) character from the end of a scalar.

Parameters: a scalar.
Returns: a scalar.

serialize

Serializes an arbitrarily deep (or shallow for that matter) Perl data structure into a scalar.

Parameter: a reference to a scalar, array, or hash.
Returns: a scalar containing the serialized data.

deserialize

Converts a scalar containing serialized data back into the data structures it represents.

Parameters: a scalar containing the serialized data.
Returns: a reference to a scalar, array, or hash.

SEE ALSO

Net::RMI::Server, and Net::RMI::Client.

AUTHOR

Stephen Pandich, pandich@yahoo.com