NAME

       Net::DBus::ASyncReply - asynchronous method reply handler

SYNOPSIS

         use Net::DBus::Annotation qw(:call);

         my $object = $service->get_object("/org/example/systemMonitor");

         # List processes & get on with other work until
         # the list is returned.
         my $asyncreply = $object->list_processes(dbus_call_async, "someuser");

         while (!$asyncreply->is_ready) {
           ... do some background work..
         }

         my $processes = $asyncreply->get_result;

DESCRIPTION

       This object provides a handler for receiving asynchronous method replies. An asynchronous reply object is
       generated when making remote method call with the "dbus_call_async" annotation set.

METHODS

       $asyncreply->discard_result;
           Indicates that the caller is no longer interested in receiving the reply & that it should be
           discarded. After calling this method, this object should not be used again.

       $asyncreply->wait_for_result;
           Blocks the caller waiting for completion of the of the asynchronous reply. Upon returning from this
           method, the result can be obtained with the "get_result" method.

       my $boolean = $asyncreply->is_ready;
           Returns a true value if the asynchronous reply is now complete (or a timeout has occurred). When this
           method returns true, the result can be obtained with the "get_result" method.

       $asyncreply->set_notify($coderef);
           Sets a notify function which will be invoked when the asynchronous reply finally completes. The
           callback will be invoked with a single parameter which is this object.

       my @data = $asyncreply->get_result;
           Retrieves the data associated with the asynchronous reply.  If a timeout occurred, then this method
           will throw an exception. This method can only be called once the reply is complete, as indicated by
           the "is_ready" method returning a true value. After calling this method, this object should no longer
           be used.

AUTHOR

       Daniel Berrange <dan@berrange.com>

COPYRIGHT

       Copright (C) 2006-2011, Daniel Berrange.

SEE ALSO

       Net::DBus, Net::DBus::RemoteObject, Net::DBus::Annotation