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NAME
Net::DBus::Reactor - application event loop
SYNOPSIS
Create and run an event loop:
use Net::DBus::Reactor;
my $reactor = Net::DBus::Reactor->main();
$reactor->run();
Manage some file handlers
$reactor->add_read($fd,
Net::DBus::Callback->new(method => sub {
my $fd = shift;
...read some data...
}, args => [$fd]));
$reactor->add_write($fd,
Net::DBus::Callback->new(method => sub {
my $fd = shift;
...write some data...
}, args => [$fd]));
Temporarily (dis|en)able a handle
# Disable
$reactor->toggle_read($fd, 0);
# Enable
$reactor->toggle_read($fd, 1);
Permanently remove a handle
$reactor->remove_read($fd);
Manage a regular timeout every 100 milliseconds
my $timer = $reactor->add_timeout(100,
Net::DBus::Callback->new(
method => sub {
...process the alarm...
}));
Temporarily (dis|en)able a timer
# Disable
$reactor->toggle_timeout($timer, 0);
# Enable
$reactor->toggle_timeout($timer, 1);
Permanently remove a timer
$reactor->remove_timeout($timer);
Add a post-dispatch hook
my $hook = $reactor->add_hook(Net::DBus::Callback->new(
method => sub {
... do some work...
}));
Remove a hook
$reactor->remove_hook($hook);
DESCRIPTION
This class provides a general purpose event loop for the purposes of multiplexing I/O
events and timeouts in a single process. The underlying implementation is done using the
select system call. File handles can be registered for monitoring on read, write and
exception (out-of-band data) events. Timers can be registered to expire with a periodic
frequency. These are implemented using the timeout parameter of the select system call.
Since this parameter merely represents an upper bound on the amount of time the select
system call is allowed to sleep, the actual period of the timers may vary. Under normal
load this variance is typically 10 milliseconds. Finally, hooks may be registered which
will be invoked on each iteration of the event loop (ie after processing the file events,
or timeouts indicated by the select system call returning).
METHODS
my $reactor = Net::DBus::Reactor->new();
Creates a new event loop ready for monitoring file handles, or generating timeouts.
Except in very unsual circumstances (examples of which I can't think up) it is not
necessary or desriable to explicitly create new reactor instances. Instead call the
main method to get a handle to the singleton instance.
$reactor = Net::DBus::Reactor->main;
Return a handle to the singleton instance of the reactor. This is the recommended way
of getting hold of a reactor, since it removes the need for modules to pass around
handles to their privately created reactors.
$reactor->manage($connection);
$reactor->manage($server);
Registers a "Net::DBus::Binding::Connection" or "Net::DBus::Binding::Server" object
for management by the event loop. This basically involves hooking up the watch &
timeout callbacks to the event loop. For connections it will also register a hook to
invoke the "dispatch" method periodically.
$reactor->run();
Starts the event loop monitoring any registered file handles and timeouts. At least
one file handle, or timer must have been registered prior to running the reactor,
otherwise it will immediately exit. The reactor will run until all registered file
handles, or timeouts have been removed, or disabled. The reactor can be explicitly
stopped by calling the "shutdown" method.
$reactor->shutdown();
Explicitly shutdown the reactor after pending events have been processed.
$reactor->step();
Perform one iteration of the event loop, going to sleep until an event occurs on a
registered file handle, or a timeout occurrs. This method is generally not required in
day-to-day use.
$reactor->add_read($fd, $callback[, $status]);
Registers a file handle for monitoring of read events. The $callback parameter
specifies either a code reference to a subroutine, or an instance of the
"Net::DBus::Callback" object to invoke each time an event occurs. The optional $status
parameter is a boolean value to specify whether the watch is initially enabled.
$reactor->add_write($fd, $callback[, $status]);
Registers a file handle for monitoring of write events. The $callback parameter
specifies either a code reference to a subroutine, or an instance of the
"Net::DBus::Callback" object to invoke each time an event occurs. The optional $status
parameter is a boolean value to specify whether the watch is initially enabled.
$reactor->add_exception($fd, $callback[, $status]);
Registers a file handle for monitoring of exception events. The $callback parameter
specifies either a code reference to a subroutine, or an instance of the
"Net::DBus::Callback" object to invoke each time an event occurs. The optional $status
parameter is a boolean value to specify whether the watch is initially enabled.
my $id = $reactor->add_timeout($interval, $callback, $status);
Registers a new timeout to expire every $interval milliseconds. The $callback
parameter specifies either a code reference to a subroutine, or an instance of the
"Net::DBus::Callback" object to invoke each time the timeout expires. The optional
$status parameter is a boolean value to specify whether the timeout is initially
enabled. The return parameter is a unique identifier which can be used to later remove
or disable the timeout.
$reactor->remove_timeout($id);
Removes a previously registered timeout specified by the $id parameter.
$reactor->toggle_timeout($id, $status[, $interval]);
Updates the state of a previously registered timeout specified by the $id parameter.
The $status parameter specifies whether the timeout is to be enabled or disabled,
while the optional $interval parameter can be used to change the period of the
timeout.
my $id = $reactor->add_hook($callback[, $status]);
Registers a new hook to be fired on each iteration of the event loop. The $callback
parameter specifies either a code reference to a subroutine, or an instance of the
"Net::DBus::Callback" class to invoke. The $status parameter determines whether the
hook is initially enabled, or disabled. The return parameter is a unique id which
should be used to later remove, or disable the hook.
$reactor->remove_hook($id)
Removes the previously registered hook identified by $id.
$reactor->toggle_hook($id, $status)
Updates the status of the previously registered hook identified by $id. The $status
parameter determines whether the hook is to be enabled or disabled.
$reactor->remove_read($fd);
$reactor->remove_write($fd);
$reactor->remove_exception($fd);
Removes a watch on the file handle $fd.
$reactor->toggle_read($fd, $status);
$reactor->toggle_write($fd, $status);
$reactor->toggle_exception($fd, $status);
Updates the status of a watch on the file handle $fd. The $status parameter species
whether the watch is to be enabled or disabled.
SEE ALSO
Net::DBus::Callback, Net::DBus::Connection, Net::DBus::Server
AUTHOR
Daniel Berrange <dan@berrange.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2004-2011 by Daniel Berrange