NAME

       Sys::Virt::EventImpl - Event loop implementation parent class

DESCRIPTION

       The "Sys::Virt::EventImpl" module represents the contract for integrating libvirt with an
       event loop. This package is abstract and intended to be subclassed to provide an actual
       implementation.

       This module is new in 9.5.0. To use this module while also supporting pre-9.5.0 versions,
       could may consider the code below to set up inheritance.

         package YourImpl;

         use strict;
         use warnings;

         BEGIN {
           if (require Sys::Virt::EventImpl) {
              eval "use parent 'Sys::Virt::EventImpl';";
           }
           else {
              eval "use parent 'Sys::Virt::Event';";
           }
         }

EVENT LOOP IMPLEMENTATION

       When implementing an event loop, the implementation must be a sub-class of the
       "Sys::Virt::EventImpl" class.  It must override these functions:

       my $watch_id = $self->add_handle( $fd, $events, $callback, $opaque, $ff )
           Registers $callback to be invoked for $events on $fd. Use "_run_handle_callback" to do
           the actual invocation from the event loop (see "Callback helpers" below).

           Next to the events explicitly indicated by $events, "Sys::Virt::Event::HANDLE_ERROR"
           and "Sys::Virt::Event::HANDLE_HANGUP" should always trigger the callback.

           Returns a positive integer $watch_id or -1 on error.

       $self->update_handle($watch_id, $events)
           Replaces the events currencly triggering $watch_id with $events.

       my $ret = $self->remove_handle($watch_id)
           Removes the $callback from the $fd.

           Returns 0 on success or -1 on failure.

           IMPORTANT This should also make sure that "_free_callback_opaque" is called after this
           function has been executed: not doing so will prevent the connection from being
           garbage collected.

       my $timer_id = $self->add_timeout($frequency, $callback, $opaque, $ff)
       $self->update_timeout($timer_id, $frequency)
           Replaces the interval on the timer with $frequency.

       my $ret = $self->remove_timeout($timer_id)
           Discards the timer.

           Returns 0 on success or -1 on failure.

           IMPORTANT This should also make sure that "_free_callback_opaque" is called after this
           function has been executed: not doing so will prevent the connection from being
           garbage collected.

   Callback helpers
       $self->_run_handle_callback($watch_id, $fd, $events, $cb, $opaque)
           A helper method for executing a callback in response to one of more $events on the
           file handle $fd. The $watch number is the unique identifier associated with the file
           descriptor. The $cb and $opaque parameters are the callback and data registered for
           the handle.

       $self->_run_timeout_callback($timer_id, $cb, $opaque)
           A helper method for executing a callback in response to the expiry of a timeout
           identified by $timer. The $cb and $opaque parameters are the callback and data
           registered for the timeout.

       $self->_free_callback_opaque($ff, $opaque)
           A helper method for freeing the data associated with a callback.  The $ff and $opaque
           parameters are the callback and data registered for the handle/timeout.

           IMPORTANT This helper must be called outside of any callbacks; that is after the
           "remove_handle" or "remove_timeout" callbacks complete.

AUTHORS

       Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Red Hat Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Daniel P. Berrange

LICENSE

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
       either the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation (either
       version 2 of the License, or at your option any later version), or, the Artistic License,
       as specified in the Perl README file.

SEE ALSO

       Sys::Virt,  "http://libvirt.org"