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# Content
1 =head1 NAME
2
3 AnyEvent - provide framework for multiple event loops
4
5 Event, Coro, Glib, Tk - various supported event loops
6
7 =head1 SYNOPSIS
8
9 use AnyEvent;
10
11 my $w = AnyEvent->timer (fh => ..., poll => "[rw]+", cb => sub {
12 my ($poll_got) = @_;
13 ...
14 });
15 my $w = AnyEvent->io (after => $seconds, cb => sub {
16 ...
17 });
18
19 # watchers get canceled whenever $w is destroyed
20 # only one watcher per $fh and $poll type is allowed
21 # (i.e. on a socket you cna have one r + one w or one rw
22 # watcher, not any more.
23 # timers can only be used once
24
25 my $w = AnyEvent->condvar; # kind of main loop replacement
26 # can only be used once
27 $w->wait; # enters main loop till $condvar gets ->send
28 $w->broadcast; # wake up waiting and future wait's
29
30 =head1 DESCRIPTION
31
32 L<AnyEvent> provides an identical interface to multiple event loops. This
33 allows module authors to utilizy an event loop without forcing module
34 users to use the same event loop (as only a single event loop can coexist
35 peacefully at any one time).
36
37 The interface itself is vaguely similar but not identical to the Event
38 module.
39
40 On the first call of any method, the module tries to detect the currently
41 loaded event loop by probing wether any of the following modules is
42 loaded: L<Coro::Event>, L<Event>, L<Glib>, L<Tk>. The first one found is
43 used. If none is found, the module tries to load these modules in the
44 order given. The first one that could be successfully loaded will be
45 used. If still none could be found, it will issue an error.
46
47 =over 4
48
49 =cut
50
51 package AnyEvent;
52
53 no warnings;
54 use strict 'vars';
55 use Carp;
56
57 our $VERSION = 0.2;
58 our $MODEL;
59
60 our $AUTOLOAD;
61 our @ISA;
62
63 my @models = (
64 [Coro => Coro::Event::],
65 [Event => Event::],
66 [Glib => Glib::],
67 [Tk => Tk::],
68 );
69
70 our %method = map +($_ => 1), qw(io timer condvar broadcast wait cancel DESTROY);
71
72 sub AUTOLOAD {
73 $AUTOLOAD =~ s/.*://;
74
75 $method{$AUTOLOAD}
76 or croak "$AUTOLOAD: not a valid method for AnyEvent objects";
77
78 unless ($MODEL) {
79 # check for already loaded models
80 for (@models) {
81 my ($model, $package) = @$_;
82 if (scalar keys %{ *{"$package\::"} }) {
83 eval "require AnyEvent::Impl::$model"
84 or die;
85
86 last if $MODEL;
87 }
88 }
89
90 unless ($MODEL) {
91 # try to load a model
92
93 for (@models) {
94 my ($model, $package) = @$_;
95 eval "require AnyEvent::Impl::$model"
96 or die;
97
98 last if $MODEL;
99 }
100
101 $MODEL
102 or die "No event module selected for AnyEvent and autodetect failed. Install any one of these modules: Coro, Event, Glib or Tk.";
103 }
104 }
105
106 @ISA = $MODEL;
107
108 my $class = shift;
109 $class->$AUTOLOAD (@_);
110 }
111
112 =back
113
114 =head1 EXAMPLE
115
116 The following program uses an io watcher to read data from stdin, a timer
117 to display a message once per second, and a condvar to exit the program
118 when the user enters quit:
119
120 use AnyEvent;
121
122 my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;
123
124 my $io_watcher = AnyEvent->io (fh => \*STDIN, poll => 'r', cb => sub {
125 warn "io event <$_[0]>\n"; # will always output <r>
126 chomp (my $input = <STDIN>); # read a line
127 warn "read: $input\n"; # output what has been read
128 $cv->broadcast if $input =~ /^q/i; # quit program if /^q/i
129 });
130
131 my $time_watcher; # can only be used once
132
133 sub new_timer {
134 $timer = AnyEvent->timer (after => 1, cb => sub {
135 warn "timeout\n"; # print 'timeout' about every second
136 &new_timer; # and restart the time
137 });
138 }
139
140 new_timer; # create first timer
141
142 $cv->wait; # wait until user enters /^q/i
143
144 =head1 SEE ALSO
145
146 L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro>, L<Event>, L<Glib::Event>, L<Glib>,
147 L<AnyEvent::Impl::Coro>,
148 L<AnyEvent::Impl::Event>,
149 L<AnyEvent::Impl::Glib>,
150 L<AnyEvent::Impl::Tk>.
151
152 =head1
153
154 =cut
155
156 1
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