#!/opt/bin/perl

# Usage: ./chat_client nickname optional-servername
# implement a chat client using "traditional message passing"

use common::sense;
use AnyEvent::MP;

my $nick = shift || "anonymous";

configure;

$| = 1;

my ($client, $server);

sub server_connect {
   my $db_mon; $db_mon = db_mon eg_chat_server => sub {
      return unless %{ $_[0] };
      undef $db_mon;

      print "\rconnecting...\n";

      $client = port { print "\r  \r@_\n> " };
      mon $client, sub {
         print "\rdisconnected @_\n";
         &server_connect;
      };

      $server = (keys %{ $_[0] })[0];

      snd $server, join => $client, $nick;
      mon $server, $client;
   };
}

server_connect;

my $w = AE::io 0, 0, sub {
   chomp (my $line = <STDIN>);
   print "> ";
   snd $server, privmsg => $nick, $line
     if $server;
};

print "> ";
AE::cv->recv;