=head1 NAME

AnyEvent::MP::Global - some network-global services

=head1 SYNOPSIS

   use AnyEvent::MP::Global;
   # -OR-
   aemp addservice AnyEvent::MP::Global::

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This module provides an assortment of network-global functions: group name
registration and non-local locks.

It will also try to build and maintain a full mesh of all network nodes.

=head1 GLOBALS AND FUNCTIONS

=over 4

=cut

package AnyEvent::MP::Global;

use common::sense;
use Carp ();
use MIME::Base64 ();

use AnyEvent::MP;
use AnyEvent::MP::Kernel;

our $VERSION = $AnyEvent::MP::VERSION;

our $port = port;

# in response to up_nodes request
rcv $port, connect_nodes => sub {
   connect_node $_ for @_;
};

sub mon_node {
   my ($noderef, $is_up) = @_;

   if ($is_up) {
      # request any other nodes possibly known to us
      snd $noderef, up_nodes => $port, "connect_nodes";
   }
   #warn "node<$noderef,$is_up>\n";#d#
}

mon_node $_, 1
   for up_nodes;

mon_nodes \&mon_node;

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<AnyEvent::MP>.

=head1 AUTHOR

 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
 http://home.schmorp.de/

=cut

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