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1 =head1 NAME
2
3 AnyEvent::Handle - non-blocking I/O on streaming handles via AnyEvent
4
5 =head1 SYNOPSIS
6
7 use AnyEvent;
8 use AnyEvent::Handle;
9
10 my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;
11
12 my $hdl; $hdl = new AnyEvent::Handle
13 fh => \*STDIN,
14 on_error => sub {
15 my ($hdl, $fatal, $msg) = @_;
16 warn "got error $msg\n";
17 $hdl->destroy;
18 $cv->send;
19 };
20
21 # send some request line
22 $hdl->push_write ("getinfo\015\012");
23
24 # read the response line
25 $hdl->push_read (line => sub {
26 my ($hdl, $line) = @_;
27 warn "got line <$line>\n";
28 $cv->send;
29 });
30
31 $cv->recv;
32
33 =head1 DESCRIPTION
34
35 This is a helper module to make it easier to do event-based I/O on
36 stream-based filehandles (sockets, pipes, and other stream things).
37
38 The L<AnyEvent::Intro> tutorial contains some well-documented
39 AnyEvent::Handle examples.
40
41 In the following, where the documentation refers to "bytes", it means
42 characters. As sysread and syswrite are used for all I/O, their
43 treatment of characters applies to this module as well.
44
45 At the very minimum, you should specify C<fh> or C<connect>, and the
46 C<on_error> callback.
47
48 All callbacks will be invoked with the handle object as their first
49 argument.
50
51 =cut
52
53 package AnyEvent::Handle;
54
55 use Scalar::Util ();
56 use List::Util ();
57 use Carp ();
58 use Errno qw(EAGAIN EINTR);
59
60 use AnyEvent (); BEGIN { AnyEvent::common_sense }
61 use AnyEvent::Util qw(WSAEWOULDBLOCK);
62
63 our $VERSION = $AnyEvent::VERSION;
64
65 sub _load_func($) {
66 my $func = $_[0];
67
68 unless (defined &$func) {
69 my $pkg = $func;
70 do {
71 $pkg =~ s/::[^:]+$//
72 or return;
73 eval "require $pkg";
74 } until defined &$func;
75 }
76
77 \&$func
78 }
79
80 sub MAX_READ_SIZE() { 131072 }
81
82 =head1 METHODS
83
84 =over 4
85
86 =item $handle = B<new> AnyEvent::Handle fh => $filehandle, key => value...
87
88 The constructor supports these arguments (all as C<< key => value >> pairs).
89
90 =over 4
91
92 =item fh => $filehandle [C<fh> or C<connect> MANDATORY]
93
94 The filehandle this L<AnyEvent::Handle> object will operate on.
95 NOTE: The filehandle will be set to non-blocking mode (using
96 C<AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking>) by the constructor and needs to stay in
97 that mode.
98
99 =item connect => [$host, $service] [C<fh> or C<connect> MANDATORY]
100
101 Try to connect to the specified host and service (port), using
102 C<AnyEvent::Socket::tcp_connect>. The C<$host> additionally becomes the
103 default C<peername>.
104
105 You have to specify either this parameter, or C<fh>, above.
106
107 It is possible to push requests on the read and write queues, and modify
108 properties of the stream, even while AnyEvent::Handle is connecting.
109
110 When this parameter is specified, then the C<on_prepare>,
111 C<on_connect_error> and C<on_connect> callbacks will be called under the
112 appropriate circumstances:
113
114 =over 4
115
116 =item on_prepare => $cb->($handle)
117
118 This (rarely used) callback is called before a new connection is
119 attempted, but after the file handle has been created. It could be used to
120 prepare the file handle with parameters required for the actual connect
121 (as opposed to settings that can be changed when the connection is already
122 established).
123
124 The return value of this callback should be the connect timeout value in
125 seconds (or C<0>, or C<undef>, or the empty list, to indicate that the
126 default timeout is to be used).
127
128 =item on_connect => $cb->($handle, $host, $port, $retry->())
129
130 This callback is called when a connection has been successfully established.
131
132 The peer's numeric host and port (the socket peername) are passed as
133 parameters, together with a retry callback.
134
135 If, for some reason, the handle is not acceptable, calling C<$retry>
136 will continue with the next connection target (in case of multi-homed
137 hosts or SRV records there can be multiple connection endpoints). At the
138 time it is called the read and write queues, eof status, tls status and
139 similar properties of the handle will have been reset.
140
141 In most cases, you should ignore the C<$retry> parameter.
142
143 =item on_connect_error => $cb->($handle, $message)
144
145 This callback is called when the connection could not be
146 established. C<$!> will contain the relevant error code, and C<$message> a
147 message describing it (usually the same as C<"$!">).
148
149 If this callback isn't specified, then C<on_error> will be called with a
150 fatal error instead.
151
152 =back
153
154 =item on_error => $cb->($handle, $fatal, $message)
155
156 This is the error callback, which is called when, well, some error
157 occured, such as not being able to resolve the hostname, failure to
158 connect, or a read error.
159
160 Some errors are fatal (which is indicated by C<$fatal> being true). On
161 fatal errors the handle object will be destroyed (by a call to C<< ->
162 destroy >>) after invoking the error callback (which means you are free to
163 examine the handle object). Examples of fatal errors are an EOF condition
164 with active (but unsatisfiable) read watchers (C<EPIPE>) or I/O errors. In
165 cases where the other side can close the connection at will, it is
166 often easiest to not report C<EPIPE> errors in this callback.
167
168 AnyEvent::Handle tries to find an appropriate error code for you to check
169 against, but in some cases (TLS errors), this does not work well. It is
170 recommended to always output the C<$message> argument in human-readable
171 error messages (it's usually the same as C<"$!">).
172
173 Non-fatal errors can be retried by returning, but it is recommended
174 to simply ignore this parameter and instead abondon the handle object
175 when this callback is invoked. Examples of non-fatal errors are timeouts
176 C<ETIMEDOUT>) or badly-formatted data (C<EBADMSG>).
177
178 On entry to the callback, the value of C<$!> contains the operating
179 system error code (or C<ENOSPC>, C<EPIPE>, C<ETIMEDOUT>, C<EBADMSG> or
180 C<EPROTO>).
181
182 While not mandatory, it is I<highly> recommended to set this callback, as
183 you will not be notified of errors otherwise. The default just calls
184 C<croak>.
185
186 =item on_read => $cb->($handle)
187
188 This sets the default read callback, which is called when data arrives
189 and no read request is in the queue (unlike read queue callbacks, this
190 callback will only be called when at least one octet of data is in the
191 read buffer).
192
193 To access (and remove data from) the read buffer, use the C<< ->rbuf >>
194 method or access the C<< $handle->{rbuf} >> member directly. Note that you
195 must not enlarge or modify the read buffer, you can only remove data at
196 the beginning from it.
197
198 You can also call C<< ->push_read (...) >> or any other function that
199 modifies the read queue. Or do both. Or ...
200
201 When an EOF condition is detected, AnyEvent::Handle will first try to
202 feed all the remaining data to the queued callbacks and C<on_read> before
203 calling the C<on_eof> callback. If no progress can be made, then a fatal
204 error will be raised (with C<$!> set to C<EPIPE>).
205
206 Note that, unlike requests in the read queue, an C<on_read> callback
207 doesn't mean you I<require> some data: if there is an EOF and there
208 are outstanding read requests then an error will be flagged. With an
209 C<on_read> callback, the C<on_eof> callback will be invoked.
210
211 =item on_eof => $cb->($handle)
212
213 Set the callback to be called when an end-of-file condition is detected,
214 i.e. in the case of a socket, when the other side has closed the
215 connection cleanly, and there are no outstanding read requests in the
216 queue (if there are read requests, then an EOF counts as an unexpected
217 connection close and will be flagged as an error).
218
219 For sockets, this just means that the other side has stopped sending data,
220 you can still try to write data, and, in fact, one can return from the EOF
221 callback and continue writing data, as only the read part has been shut
222 down.
223
224 If an EOF condition has been detected but no C<on_eof> callback has been
225 set, then a fatal error will be raised with C<$!> set to <0>.
226
227 =item on_drain => $cb->($handle)
228
229 This sets the callback that is called when the write buffer becomes empty
230 (or immediately if the buffer is empty already).
231
232 To append to the write buffer, use the C<< ->push_write >> method.
233
234 This callback is useful when you don't want to put all of your write data
235 into the queue at once, for example, when you want to write the contents
236 of some file to the socket you might not want to read the whole file into
237 memory and push it into the queue, but instead only read more data from
238 the file when the write queue becomes empty.
239
240 =item timeout => $fractional_seconds
241
242 =item rtimeout => $fractional_seconds
243
244 =item wtimeout => $fractional_seconds
245
246 If non-zero, then these enables an "inactivity" timeout: whenever this
247 many seconds pass without a successful read or write on the underlying
248 file handle (or a call to C<timeout_reset>), the C<on_timeout> callback
249 will be invoked (and if that one is missing, a non-fatal C<ETIMEDOUT>
250 error will be raised).
251
252 There are three variants of the timeouts that work independently
253 of each other, for both read and write, just read, and just write:
254 C<timeout>, C<rtimeout> and C<wtimeout>, with corresponding callbacks
255 C<on_timeout>, C<on_rtimeout> and C<on_wtimeout>, and reset functions
256 C<timeout_reset>, C<rtimeout_reset>, and C<wtimeout_reset>.
257
258 Note that timeout processing is active even when you do not have
259 any outstanding read or write requests: If you plan to keep the connection
260 idle then you should disable the timeout temporarily or ignore the timeout
261 in the C<on_timeout> callback, in which case AnyEvent::Handle will simply
262 restart the timeout.
263
264 Zero (the default) disables this timeout.
265
266 =item on_timeout => $cb->($handle)
267
268 Called whenever the inactivity timeout passes. If you return from this
269 callback, then the timeout will be reset as if some activity had happened,
270 so this condition is not fatal in any way.
271
272 =item rbuf_max => <bytes>
273
274 If defined, then a fatal error will be raised (with C<$!> set to C<ENOSPC>)
275 when the read buffer ever (strictly) exceeds this size. This is useful to
276 avoid some forms of denial-of-service attacks.
277
278 For example, a server accepting connections from untrusted sources should
279 be configured to accept only so-and-so much data that it cannot act on
280 (for example, when expecting a line, an attacker could send an unlimited
281 amount of data without a callback ever being called as long as the line
282 isn't finished).
283
284 =item autocork => <boolean>
285
286 When disabled (the default), C<push_write> will try to immediately
287 write the data to the handle if possible. This avoids having to register
288 a write watcher and wait for the next event loop iteration, but can
289 be inefficient if you write multiple small chunks (on the wire, this
290 disadvantage is usually avoided by your kernel's nagle algorithm, see
291 C<no_delay>, but this option can save costly syscalls).
292
293 When enabled, writes will always be queued till the next event loop
294 iteration. This is efficient when you do many small writes per iteration,
295 but less efficient when you do a single write only per iteration (or when
296 the write buffer often is full). It also increases write latency.
297
298 =item no_delay => <boolean>
299
300 When doing small writes on sockets, your operating system kernel might
301 wait a bit for more data before actually sending it out. This is called
302 the Nagle algorithm, and usually it is beneficial.
303
304 In some situations you want as low a delay as possible, which can be
305 accomplishd by setting this option to a true value.
306
307 The default is your operating system's default behaviour (most likely
308 enabled). This option explicitly enables or disables it, if possible.
309
310 =item keepalive => <boolean>
311
312 Enables (default disable) the SO_KEEPALIVE option on the stream socket:
313 normally, TCP connections have no time-out once established, so TCP
314 connections, once established, can stay alive forever even when the other
315 side has long gone. TCP keepalives are a cheap way to take down long-lived
316 TCP connections when the other side becomes unreachable. While the default
317 is OS-dependent, TCP keepalives usually kick in after around two hours,
318 and, if the other side doesn't reply, take down the TCP connection some 10
319 to 15 minutes later.
320
321 It is harmless to specify this option for file handles that do not support
322 keepalives, and enabling it on connections that are potentially long-lived
323 is usually a good idea.
324
325 =item oobinline => <boolean>
326
327 BSD majorly fucked up the implementation of TCP urgent data. The result
328 is that almost no OS implements TCP according to the specs, and every OS
329 implements it slightly differently.
330
331 If you want to handle TCP urgent data, then setting this flag (the default
332 is enabled) gives you the most portable way of getting urgent data, by
333 putting it into the stream.
334
335 Since BSD emulation of OOB data on top of TCP's urgent data can have
336 security implications, AnyEvent::Handle sets this flag automatically
337 unless explicitly specified. Note that setting this flag after
338 establishing a connection I<may> be a bit too late (data loss could
339 already have occured on BSD systems), but at least it will protect you
340 from most attacks.
341
342 =item read_size => <bytes>
343
344 The initial read block size, the number of bytes this module will try to
345 read during each loop iteration. Each handle object will consume at least
346 this amount of memory for the read buffer as well, so when handling many
347 connections requirements). See also C<max_read_size>. Default: C<2048>.
348
349 =item max_read_size => <bytes>
350
351 The maximum read buffer size used by the dynamic adjustment
352 algorithm: Each time AnyEvent::Handle can read C<read_size> bytes in
353 one go it will double C<read_size> up to the maximum given by this
354 option. Default: C<131072> or C<read_size>, whichever is higher.
355
356 =item low_water_mark => <bytes>
357
358 Sets the number of bytes (default: C<0>) that make up an "empty" write
359 buffer: If the buffer reaches this size or gets even samller it is
360 considered empty.
361
362 Sometimes it can be beneficial (for performance reasons) to add data to
363 the write buffer before it is fully drained, but this is a rare case, as
364 the operating system kernel usually buffers data as well, so the default
365 is good in almost all cases.
366
367 =item linger => <seconds>
368
369 If this is non-zero (default: C<3600>), the destructor of the
370 AnyEvent::Handle object will check whether there is still outstanding
371 write data and will install a watcher that will write this data to the
372 socket. No errors will be reported (this mostly matches how the operating
373 system treats outstanding data at socket close time).
374
375 This will not work for partial TLS data that could not be encoded
376 yet. This data will be lost. Calling the C<stoptls> method in time might
377 help.
378
379 =item peername => $string
380
381 A string used to identify the remote site - usually the DNS hostname
382 (I<not> IDN!) used to create the connection, rarely the IP address.
383
384 Apart from being useful in error messages, this string is also used in TLS
385 peername verification (see C<verify_peername> in L<AnyEvent::TLS>). This
386 verification will be skipped when C<peername> is not specified or is
387 C<undef>.
388
389 =item tls => "accept" | "connect" | Net::SSLeay::SSL object
390
391 When this parameter is given, it enables TLS (SSL) mode, that means
392 AnyEvent will start a TLS handshake as soon as the connection has been
393 established and will transparently encrypt/decrypt data afterwards.
394
395 All TLS protocol errors will be signalled as C<EPROTO>, with an
396 appropriate error message.
397
398 TLS mode requires Net::SSLeay to be installed (it will be loaded
399 automatically when you try to create a TLS handle): this module doesn't
400 have a dependency on that module, so if your module requires it, you have
401 to add the dependency yourself.
402
403 Unlike TCP, TLS has a server and client side: for the TLS server side, use
404 C<accept>, and for the TLS client side of a connection, use C<connect>
405 mode.
406
407 You can also provide your own TLS connection object, but you have
408 to make sure that you call either C<Net::SSLeay::set_connect_state>
409 or C<Net::SSLeay::set_accept_state> on it before you pass it to
410 AnyEvent::Handle. Also, this module will take ownership of this connection
411 object.
412
413 At some future point, AnyEvent::Handle might switch to another TLS
414 implementation, then the option to use your own session object will go
415 away.
416
417 B<IMPORTANT:> since Net::SSLeay "objects" are really only integers,
418 passing in the wrong integer will lead to certain crash. This most often
419 happens when one uses a stylish C<< tls => 1 >> and is surprised about the
420 segmentation fault.
421
422 Use the C<< ->starttls >> method if you need to start TLS negotiation later.
423
424 =item tls_ctx => $anyevent_tls
425
426 Use the given C<AnyEvent::TLS> object to create the new TLS connection
427 (unless a connection object was specified directly). If this
428 parameter is missing (or C<undef>), then AnyEvent::Handle will use
429 C<AnyEvent::Handle::TLS_CTX>.
430
431 Instead of an object, you can also specify a hash reference with C<< key
432 => value >> pairs. Those will be passed to L<AnyEvent::TLS> to create a
433 new TLS context object.
434
435 =item on_starttls => $cb->($handle, $success[, $error_message])
436
437 This callback will be invoked when the TLS/SSL handshake has finished. If
438 C<$success> is true, then the TLS handshake succeeded, otherwise it failed
439 (C<on_stoptls> will not be called in this case).
440
441 The session in C<< $handle->{tls} >> can still be examined in this
442 callback, even when the handshake was not successful.
443
444 TLS handshake failures will not cause C<on_error> to be invoked when this
445 callback is in effect, instead, the error message will be passed to C<on_starttls>.
446
447 Without this callback, handshake failures lead to C<on_error> being
448 called as usual.
449
450 Note that you cannot just call C<starttls> again in this callback. If you
451 need to do that, start an zero-second timer instead whose callback can
452 then call C<< ->starttls >> again.
453
454 =item on_stoptls => $cb->($handle)
455
456 When a SSLv3/TLS shutdown/close notify/EOF is detected and this callback is
457 set, then it will be invoked after freeing the TLS session. If it is not,
458 then a TLS shutdown condition will be treated like a normal EOF condition
459 on the handle.
460
461 The session in C<< $handle->{tls} >> can still be examined in this
462 callback.
463
464 This callback will only be called on TLS shutdowns, not when the
465 underlying handle signals EOF.
466
467 =item json => JSON or JSON::XS object
468
469 This is the json coder object used by the C<json> read and write types.
470
471 If you don't supply it, then AnyEvent::Handle will create and use a
472 suitable one (on demand), which will write and expect UTF-8 encoded JSON
473 texts.
474
475 Note that you are responsible to depend on the JSON module if you want to
476 use this functionality, as AnyEvent does not have a dependency itself.
477
478 =back
479
480 =cut
481
482 sub new {
483 my $class = shift;
484 my $self = bless { @_ }, $class;
485
486 if ($self->{fh}) {
487 $self->_start;
488 return unless $self->{fh}; # could be gone by now
489
490 } elsif ($self->{connect}) {
491 require AnyEvent::Socket;
492
493 $self->{peername} = $self->{connect}[0]
494 unless exists $self->{peername};
495
496 $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf} = 1;
497
498 {
499 Scalar::Util::weaken (my $self = $self);
500
501 $self->{_connect} =
502 AnyEvent::Socket::tcp_connect (
503 $self->{connect}[0],
504 $self->{connect}[1],
505 sub {
506 my ($fh, $host, $port, $retry) = @_;
507
508 delete $self->{_connect}; # no longer needed
509
510 if ($fh) {
511 $self->{fh} = $fh;
512
513 delete $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf};
514 $self->_start;
515
516 $self->{on_connect}
517 and $self->{on_connect}($self, $host, $port, sub {
518 delete @$self{qw(fh _tw _rtw _wtw _ww _rw _eof _queue rbuf _wbuf tls _tls_rbuf _tls_wbuf)};
519 $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf} = 1;
520 &$retry;
521 });
522
523 } else {
524 if ($self->{on_connect_error}) {
525 $self->{on_connect_error}($self, "$!");
526 $self->destroy;
527 } else {
528 $self->_error ($!, 1);
529 }
530 }
531 },
532 sub {
533 local $self->{fh} = $_[0];
534
535 $self->{on_prepare}
536 ? $self->{on_prepare}->($self)
537 : ()
538 }
539 );
540 }
541
542 } else {
543 Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle: either an existing fh or the connect parameter must be specified";
544 }
545
546 $self
547 }
548
549 sub _start {
550 my ($self) = @_;
551
552 # too many clueless people try to use udp and similar sockets
553 # with AnyEvent::Handle, do them a favour.
554 my $type = getsockopt $self->{fh}, Socket::SOL_SOCKET (), Socket::SO_TYPE ();
555 Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle: only stream sockets supported, anything else will NOT work!"
556 if Socket::SOCK_STREAM () != (unpack "I", $type) && defined $type;
557
558 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking $self->{fh}, 1;
559
560 $self->{_activity} =
561 $self->{_ractivity} =
562 $self->{_wactivity} = AE::now;
563
564 $self->{read_size} ||= 2048;
565 $self->{max_read_size} = $self->{read_size}
566 if $self->{read_size} > ($self->{max_read_size} || MAX_READ_SIZE);
567
568 $self->timeout (delete $self->{timeout} ) if $self->{timeout};
569 $self->rtimeout (delete $self->{rtimeout} ) if $self->{rtimeout};
570 $self->wtimeout (delete $self->{wtimeout} ) if $self->{wtimeout};
571
572 $self->no_delay (delete $self->{no_delay} ) if exists $self->{no_delay} && $self->{no_delay};
573 $self->keepalive (delete $self->{keepalive}) if exists $self->{keepalive} && $self->{keepalive};
574
575 $self->oobinline (exists $self->{oobinline} ? delete $self->{oobinline} : 1);
576
577 $self->starttls (delete $self->{tls}, delete $self->{tls_ctx})
578 if $self->{tls};
579
580 $self->on_drain (delete $self->{on_drain} ) if $self->{on_drain};
581
582 $self->start_read
583 if $self->{on_read} || @{ $self->{_queue} };
584
585 $self->_drain_wbuf;
586 }
587
588 sub _error {
589 my ($self, $errno, $fatal, $message) = @_;
590
591 $! = $errno;
592 $message ||= "$!";
593
594 if ($self->{on_error}) {
595 $self->{on_error}($self, $fatal, $message);
596 $self->destroy if $fatal;
597 } elsif ($self->{fh} || $self->{connect}) {
598 $self->destroy;
599 Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle uncaught error: $message";
600 }
601 }
602
603 =item $fh = $handle->fh
604
605 This method returns the file handle used to create the L<AnyEvent::Handle> object.
606
607 =cut
608
609 sub fh { $_[0]{fh} }
610
611 =item $handle->on_error ($cb)
612
613 Replace the current C<on_error> callback (see the C<on_error> constructor argument).
614
615 =cut
616
617 sub on_error {
618 $_[0]{on_error} = $_[1];
619 }
620
621 =item $handle->on_eof ($cb)
622
623 Replace the current C<on_eof> callback (see the C<on_eof> constructor argument).
624
625 =cut
626
627 sub on_eof {
628 $_[0]{on_eof} = $_[1];
629 }
630
631 =item $handle->on_timeout ($cb)
632
633 =item $handle->on_rtimeout ($cb)
634
635 =item $handle->on_wtimeout ($cb)
636
637 Replace the current C<on_timeout>, C<on_rtimeout> or C<on_wtimeout>
638 callback, or disables the callback (but not the timeout) if C<$cb> =
639 C<undef>. See the C<timeout> constructor argument and method.
640
641 =cut
642
643 # see below
644
645 =item $handle->autocork ($boolean)
646
647 Enables or disables the current autocork behaviour (see C<autocork>
648 constructor argument). Changes will only take effect on the next write.
649
650 =cut
651
652 sub autocork {
653 $_[0]{autocork} = $_[1];
654 }
655
656 =item $handle->no_delay ($boolean)
657
658 Enables or disables the C<no_delay> setting (see constructor argument of
659 the same name for details).
660
661 =cut
662
663 sub no_delay {
664 $_[0]{no_delay} = $_[1];
665
666 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, Socket::IPPROTO_TCP (), Socket::TCP_NODELAY (), int $_[1]
667 if $_[0]{fh};
668 }
669
670 =item $handle->keepalive ($boolean)
671
672 Enables or disables the C<keepalive> setting (see constructor argument of
673 the same name for details).
674
675 =cut
676
677 sub keepalive {
678 $_[0]{keepalive} = $_[1];
679
680 eval {
681 local $SIG{__DIE__};
682 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, Socket::SOL_SOCKET (), Socket::SO_KEEPALIVE (), int $_[1]
683 if $_[0]{fh};
684 };
685 }
686
687 =item $handle->oobinline ($boolean)
688
689 Enables or disables the C<oobinline> setting (see constructor argument of
690 the same name for details).
691
692 =cut
693
694 sub oobinline {
695 $_[0]{oobinline} = $_[1];
696
697 eval {
698 local $SIG{__DIE__};
699 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, Socket::SOL_SOCKET (), Socket::SO_OOBINLINE (), int $_[1]
700 if $_[0]{fh};
701 };
702 }
703
704 =item $handle->keepalive ($boolean)
705
706 Enables or disables the C<keepalive> setting (see constructor argument of
707 the same name for details).
708
709 =cut
710
711 sub keepalive {
712 $_[0]{keepalive} = $_[1];
713
714 eval {
715 local $SIG{__DIE__};
716 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, Socket::SOL_SOCKET (), Socket::SO_KEEPALIVE (), int $_[1]
717 if $_[0]{fh};
718 };
719 }
720
721 =item $handle->on_starttls ($cb)
722
723 Replace the current C<on_starttls> callback (see the C<on_starttls> constructor argument).
724
725 =cut
726
727 sub on_starttls {
728 $_[0]{on_starttls} = $_[1];
729 }
730
731 =item $handle->on_stoptls ($cb)
732
733 Replace the current C<on_stoptls> callback (see the C<on_stoptls> constructor argument).
734
735 =cut
736
737 sub on_stoptls {
738 $_[0]{on_stoptls} = $_[1];
739 }
740
741 =item $handle->rbuf_max ($max_octets)
742
743 Configures the C<rbuf_max> setting (C<undef> disables it).
744
745 =cut
746
747 sub rbuf_max {
748 $_[0]{rbuf_max} = $_[1];
749 }
750
751 #############################################################################
752
753 =item $handle->timeout ($seconds)
754
755 =item $handle->rtimeout ($seconds)
756
757 =item $handle->wtimeout ($seconds)
758
759 Configures (or disables) the inactivity timeout.
760
761 =item $handle->timeout_reset
762
763 =item $handle->rtimeout_reset
764
765 =item $handle->wtimeout_reset
766
767 Reset the activity timeout, as if data was received or sent.
768
769 These methods are cheap to call.
770
771 =cut
772
773 for my $dir ("", "r", "w") {
774 my $timeout = "${dir}timeout";
775 my $tw = "_${dir}tw";
776 my $on_timeout = "on_${dir}timeout";
777 my $activity = "_${dir}activity";
778 my $cb;
779
780 *$on_timeout = sub {
781 $_[0]{$on_timeout} = $_[1];
782 };
783
784 *$timeout = sub {
785 my ($self, $new_value) = @_;
786
787 $new_value >= 0
788 or Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle->$timeout called with negative timeout ($new_value), caught";
789
790 $self->{$timeout} = $new_value;
791 delete $self->{$tw}; &$cb;
792 };
793
794 *{"${dir}timeout_reset"} = sub {
795 $_[0]{$activity} = AE::now;
796 };
797
798 # main workhorse:
799 # reset the timeout watcher, as neccessary
800 # also check for time-outs
801 $cb = sub {
802 my ($self) = @_;
803
804 if ($self->{$timeout} && $self->{fh}) {
805 my $NOW = AE::now;
806
807 # when would the timeout trigger?
808 my $after = $self->{$activity} + $self->{$timeout} - $NOW;
809
810 # now or in the past already?
811 if ($after <= 0) {
812 $self->{$activity} = $NOW;
813
814 if ($self->{$on_timeout}) {
815 $self->{$on_timeout}($self);
816 } else {
817 $self->_error (Errno::ETIMEDOUT);
818 }
819
820 # callback could have changed timeout value, optimise
821 return unless $self->{$timeout};
822
823 # calculate new after
824 $after = $self->{$timeout};
825 }
826
827 Scalar::Util::weaken $self;
828 return unless $self; # ->error could have destroyed $self
829
830 $self->{$tw} ||= AE::timer $after, 0, sub {
831 delete $self->{$tw};
832 $cb->($self);
833 };
834 } else {
835 delete $self->{$tw};
836 }
837 }
838 }
839
840 #############################################################################
841
842 =back
843
844 =head2 WRITE QUEUE
845
846 AnyEvent::Handle manages two queues per handle, one for writing and one
847 for reading.
848
849 The write queue is very simple: you can add data to its end, and
850 AnyEvent::Handle will automatically try to get rid of it for you.
851
852 When data could be written and the write buffer is shorter then the low
853 water mark, the C<on_drain> callback will be invoked.
854
855 =over 4
856
857 =item $handle->on_drain ($cb)
858
859 Sets the C<on_drain> callback or clears it (see the description of
860 C<on_drain> in the constructor).
861
862 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
863 destroyed after it returns).
864
865 =cut
866
867 sub on_drain {
868 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
869
870 $self->{on_drain} = $cb;
871
872 $cb->($self)
873 if $cb && $self->{low_water_mark} >= (length $self->{wbuf}) + (length $self->{_tls_wbuf});
874 }
875
876 =item $handle->push_write ($data)
877
878 Queues the given scalar to be written. You can push as much data as you
879 want (only limited by the available memory), as C<AnyEvent::Handle>
880 buffers it independently of the kernel.
881
882 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
883 destroyed after it returns).
884
885 =cut
886
887 sub _drain_wbuf {
888 my ($self) = @_;
889
890 if (!$self->{_ww} && length $self->{wbuf}) {
891
892 Scalar::Util::weaken $self;
893
894 my $cb = sub {
895 my $len = syswrite $self->{fh}, $self->{wbuf};
896
897 if (defined $len) {
898 substr $self->{wbuf}, 0, $len, "";
899
900 $self->{_activity} = $self->{_wactivity} = AE::now;
901
902 $self->{on_drain}($self)
903 if $self->{low_water_mark} >= (length $self->{wbuf}) + (length $self->{_tls_wbuf})
904 && $self->{on_drain};
905
906 delete $self->{_ww} unless length $self->{wbuf};
907 } elsif ($! != EAGAIN && $! != EINTR && $! != WSAEWOULDBLOCK) {
908 $self->_error ($!, 1);
909 }
910 };
911
912 # try to write data immediately
913 $cb->() unless $self->{autocork};
914
915 # if still data left in wbuf, we need to poll
916 $self->{_ww} = AE::io $self->{fh}, 1, $cb
917 if length $self->{wbuf};
918 };
919 }
920
921 our %WH;
922
923 # deprecated
924 sub register_write_type($$) {
925 $WH{$_[0]} = $_[1];
926 }
927
928 sub push_write {
929 my $self = shift;
930
931 if (@_ > 1) {
932 my $type = shift;
933
934 @_ = ($WH{$type} ||= _load_func "$type\::anyevent_write_type"
935 or Carp::croak "unsupported/unloadable type '$type' passed to AnyEvent::Handle::push_write")
936 ->($self, @_);
937 }
938
939 # we downgrade here to avoid hard-to-track-down bugs,
940 # and diagnose the problem earlier and better.
941
942 if ($self->{tls}) {
943 utf8::downgrade $self->{_tls_wbuf} .= $_[0];
944 &_dotls ($self) if $self->{fh};
945 } else {
946 utf8::downgrade $self->{wbuf} .= $_[0];
947 $self->_drain_wbuf if $self->{fh};
948 }
949 }
950
951 =item $handle->push_write (type => @args)
952
953 Instead of formatting your data yourself, you can also let this module
954 do the job by specifying a type and type-specific arguments. You
955 can also specify the (fully qualified) name of a package, in which
956 case AnyEvent tries to load the package and then expects to find the
957 C<anyevent_write_type> function inside (see "custom write types", below).
958
959 Predefined types are (if you have ideas for additional types, feel free to
960 drop by and tell us):
961
962 =over 4
963
964 =item netstring => $string
965
966 Formats the given value as netstring
967 (http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt, this is not a recommendation to use them).
968
969 =cut
970
971 register_write_type netstring => sub {
972 my ($self, $string) = @_;
973
974 (length $string) . ":$string,"
975 };
976
977 =item packstring => $format, $data
978
979 An octet string prefixed with an encoded length. The encoding C<$format>
980 uses the same format as a Perl C<pack> format, but must specify a single
981 integer only (only one of C<cCsSlLqQiInNvVjJw> is allowed, plus an
982 optional C<!>, C<< < >> or C<< > >> modifier).
983
984 =cut
985
986 register_write_type packstring => sub {
987 my ($self, $format, $string) = @_;
988
989 pack "$format/a*", $string
990 };
991
992 =item json => $array_or_hashref
993
994 Encodes the given hash or array reference into a JSON object. Unless you
995 provide your own JSON object, this means it will be encoded to JSON text
996 in UTF-8.
997
998 JSON objects (and arrays) are self-delimiting, so you can write JSON at
999 one end of a handle and read them at the other end without using any
1000 additional framing.
1001
1002 The generated JSON text is guaranteed not to contain any newlines: While
1003 this module doesn't need delimiters after or between JSON texts to be
1004 able to read them, many other languages depend on that.
1005
1006 A simple RPC protocol that interoperates easily with others is to send
1007 JSON arrays (or objects, although arrays are usually the better choice as
1008 they mimic how function argument passing works) and a newline after each
1009 JSON text:
1010
1011 $handle->push_write (json => ["method", "arg1", "arg2"]); # whatever
1012 $handle->push_write ("\012");
1013
1014 An AnyEvent::Handle receiver would simply use the C<json> read type and
1015 rely on the fact that the newline will be skipped as leading whitespace:
1016
1017 $handle->push_read (json => sub { my $array = $_[1]; ... });
1018
1019 Other languages could read single lines terminated by a newline and pass
1020 this line into their JSON decoder of choice.
1021
1022 =cut
1023
1024 sub json_coder() {
1025 eval { require JSON::XS; JSON::XS->new->utf8 }
1026 || do { require JSON; JSON->new->utf8 }
1027 }
1028
1029 register_write_type json => sub {
1030 my ($self, $ref) = @_;
1031
1032 my $json = $self->{json} ||= json_coder;
1033
1034 $json->encode ($ref)
1035 };
1036
1037 =item storable => $reference
1038
1039 Freezes the given reference using L<Storable> and writes it to the
1040 handle. Uses the C<nfreeze> format.
1041
1042 =cut
1043
1044 register_write_type storable => sub {
1045 my ($self, $ref) = @_;
1046
1047 require Storable;
1048
1049 pack "w/a*", Storable::nfreeze ($ref)
1050 };
1051
1052 =back
1053
1054 =item $handle->push_shutdown
1055
1056 Sometimes you know you want to close the socket after writing your data
1057 before it was actually written. One way to do that is to replace your
1058 C<on_drain> handler by a callback that shuts down the socket (and set
1059 C<low_water_mark> to C<0>). This method is a shorthand for just that, and
1060 replaces the C<on_drain> callback with:
1061
1062 sub { shutdown $_[0]{fh}, 1 } # for push_shutdown
1063
1064 This simply shuts down the write side and signals an EOF condition to the
1065 the peer.
1066
1067 You can rely on the normal read queue and C<on_eof> handling
1068 afterwards. This is the cleanest way to close a connection.
1069
1070 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1071 destroyed after it returns).
1072
1073 =cut
1074
1075 sub push_shutdown {
1076 my ($self) = @_;
1077
1078 delete $self->{low_water_mark};
1079 $self->on_drain (sub { shutdown $_[0]{fh}, 1 });
1080 }
1081
1082 =item custom write types - Package::anyevent_write_type $handle, @args
1083
1084 Instead of one of the predefined types, you can also specify the name of
1085 a package. AnyEvent will try to load the package and then expects to find
1086 a function named C<anyevent_write_type> inside. If it isn't found, it
1087 progressively tries to load the parent package until it either finds the
1088 function (good) or runs out of packages (bad).
1089
1090 Whenever the given C<type> is used, C<push_write> will the function with
1091 the handle object and the remaining arguments.
1092
1093 The function is supposed to return a single octet string that will be
1094 appended to the write buffer, so you cna mentally treat this function as a
1095 "arguments to on-the-wire-format" converter.
1096
1097 Example: implement a custom write type C<join> that joins the remaining
1098 arguments using the first one.
1099
1100 $handle->push_write (My::Type => " ", 1,2,3);
1101
1102 # uses the following package, which can be defined in the "My::Type" or in
1103 # the "My" modules to be auto-loaded, or just about anywhere when the
1104 # My::Type::anyevent_write_type is defined before invoking it.
1105
1106 package My::Type;
1107
1108 sub anyevent_write_type {
1109 my ($handle, $delim, @args) = @_;
1110
1111 join $delim, @args
1112 }
1113
1114 =cut
1115
1116 #############################################################################
1117
1118 =back
1119
1120 =head2 READ QUEUE
1121
1122 AnyEvent::Handle manages two queues per handle, one for writing and one
1123 for reading.
1124
1125 The read queue is more complex than the write queue. It can be used in two
1126 ways, the "simple" way, using only C<on_read> and the "complex" way, using
1127 a queue.
1128
1129 In the simple case, you just install an C<on_read> callback and whenever
1130 new data arrives, it will be called. You can then remove some data (if
1131 enough is there) from the read buffer (C<< $handle->rbuf >>). Or you can
1132 leave the data there if you want to accumulate more (e.g. when only a
1133 partial message has been received so far), or change the read queue with
1134 e.g. C<push_read>.
1135
1136 In the more complex case, you want to queue multiple callbacks. In this
1137 case, AnyEvent::Handle will call the first queued callback each time new
1138 data arrives (also the first time it is queued) and remove it when it has
1139 done its job (see C<push_read>, below).
1140
1141 This way you can, for example, push three line-reads, followed by reading
1142 a chunk of data, and AnyEvent::Handle will execute them in order.
1143
1144 Example 1: EPP protocol parser. EPP sends 4 byte length info, followed by
1145 the specified number of bytes which give an XML datagram.
1146
1147 # in the default state, expect some header bytes
1148 $handle->on_read (sub {
1149 # some data is here, now queue the length-header-read (4 octets)
1150 shift->unshift_read (chunk => 4, sub {
1151 # header arrived, decode
1152 my $len = unpack "N", $_[1];
1153
1154 # now read the payload
1155 shift->unshift_read (chunk => $len, sub {
1156 my $xml = $_[1];
1157 # handle xml
1158 });
1159 });
1160 });
1161
1162 Example 2: Implement a client for a protocol that replies either with "OK"
1163 and another line or "ERROR" for the first request that is sent, and 64
1164 bytes for the second request. Due to the availability of a queue, we can
1165 just pipeline sending both requests and manipulate the queue as necessary
1166 in the callbacks.
1167
1168 When the first callback is called and sees an "OK" response, it will
1169 C<unshift> another line-read. This line-read will be queued I<before> the
1170 64-byte chunk callback.
1171
1172 # request one, returns either "OK + extra line" or "ERROR"
1173 $handle->push_write ("request 1\015\012");
1174
1175 # we expect "ERROR" or "OK" as response, so push a line read
1176 $handle->push_read (line => sub {
1177 # if we got an "OK", we have to _prepend_ another line,
1178 # so it will be read before the second request reads its 64 bytes
1179 # which are already in the queue when this callback is called
1180 # we don't do this in case we got an error
1181 if ($_[1] eq "OK") {
1182 $_[0]->unshift_read (line => sub {
1183 my $response = $_[1];
1184 ...
1185 });
1186 }
1187 });
1188
1189 # request two, simply returns 64 octets
1190 $handle->push_write ("request 2\015\012");
1191
1192 # simply read 64 bytes, always
1193 $handle->push_read (chunk => 64, sub {
1194 my $response = $_[1];
1195 ...
1196 });
1197
1198 =over 4
1199
1200 =cut
1201
1202 sub _drain_rbuf {
1203 my ($self) = @_;
1204
1205 # avoid recursion
1206 return if $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf};
1207 local $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf} = 1;
1208
1209 while () {
1210 # we need to use a separate tls read buffer, as we must not receive data while
1211 # we are draining the buffer, and this can only happen with TLS.
1212 $self->{rbuf} .= delete $self->{_tls_rbuf}
1213 if exists $self->{_tls_rbuf};
1214
1215 my $len = length $self->{rbuf};
1216
1217 if (my $cb = shift @{ $self->{_queue} }) {
1218 unless ($cb->($self)) {
1219 # no progress can be made
1220 # (not enough data and no data forthcoming)
1221 $self->_error (Errno::EPIPE, 1), return
1222 if $self->{_eof};
1223
1224 unshift @{ $self->{_queue} }, $cb;
1225 last;
1226 }
1227 } elsif ($self->{on_read}) {
1228 last unless $len;
1229
1230 $self->{on_read}($self);
1231
1232 if (
1233 $len == length $self->{rbuf} # if no data has been consumed
1234 && !@{ $self->{_queue} } # and the queue is still empty
1235 && $self->{on_read} # but we still have on_read
1236 ) {
1237 # no further data will arrive
1238 # so no progress can be made
1239 $self->_error (Errno::EPIPE, 1), return
1240 if $self->{_eof};
1241
1242 last; # more data might arrive
1243 }
1244 } else {
1245 # read side becomes idle
1246 delete $self->{_rw} unless $self->{tls};
1247 last;
1248 }
1249 }
1250
1251 if ($self->{_eof}) {
1252 $self->{on_eof}
1253 ? $self->{on_eof}($self)
1254 : $self->_error (0, 1, "Unexpected end-of-file");
1255
1256 return;
1257 }
1258
1259 if (
1260 defined $self->{rbuf_max}
1261 && $self->{rbuf_max} < length $self->{rbuf}
1262 ) {
1263 $self->_error (Errno::ENOSPC, 1), return;
1264 }
1265
1266 # may need to restart read watcher
1267 unless ($self->{_rw}) {
1268 $self->start_read
1269 if $self->{on_read} || @{ $self->{_queue} };
1270 }
1271 }
1272
1273 =item $handle->on_read ($cb)
1274
1275 This replaces the currently set C<on_read> callback, or clears it (when
1276 the new callback is C<undef>). See the description of C<on_read> in the
1277 constructor.
1278
1279 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1280 destroyed after it returns).
1281
1282 =cut
1283
1284 sub on_read {
1285 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1286
1287 $self->{on_read} = $cb;
1288 $self->_drain_rbuf if $cb;
1289 }
1290
1291 =item $handle->rbuf
1292
1293 Returns the read buffer (as a modifiable lvalue). You can also access the
1294 read buffer directly as the C<< ->{rbuf} >> member, if you want (this is
1295 much faster, and no less clean).
1296
1297 The only operation allowed on the read buffer (apart from looking at it)
1298 is removing data from its beginning. Otherwise modifying or appending to
1299 it is not allowed and will lead to hard-to-track-down bugs.
1300
1301 NOTE: The read buffer should only be used or modified in the C<on_read>
1302 callback or when C<push_read> or C<unshift_read> are used with a single
1303 callback (i.e. untyped). Typed C<push_read> and C<unshift_read> methods
1304 will manage the read buffer on their own.
1305
1306 =cut
1307
1308 sub rbuf : lvalue {
1309 $_[0]{rbuf}
1310 }
1311
1312 =item $handle->push_read ($cb)
1313
1314 =item $handle->unshift_read ($cb)
1315
1316 Append the given callback to the end of the queue (C<push_read>) or
1317 prepend it (C<unshift_read>).
1318
1319 The callback is called each time some additional read data arrives.
1320
1321 It must check whether enough data is in the read buffer already.
1322
1323 If not enough data is available, it must return the empty list or a false
1324 value, in which case it will be called repeatedly until enough data is
1325 available (or an error condition is detected).
1326
1327 If enough data was available, then the callback must remove all data it is
1328 interested in (which can be none at all) and return a true value. After returning
1329 true, it will be removed from the queue.
1330
1331 These methods may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1332 destroyed after it returns).
1333
1334 =cut
1335
1336 our %RH;
1337
1338 sub register_read_type($$) {
1339 $RH{$_[0]} = $_[1];
1340 }
1341
1342 sub push_read {
1343 my $self = shift;
1344 my $cb = pop;
1345
1346 if (@_) {
1347 my $type = shift;
1348
1349 $cb = ($RH{$type} ||= _load_func "$type\::anyevent_read_type"
1350 or Carp::croak "unsupported/unloadable type '$type' passed to AnyEvent::Handle::push_read")
1351 ->($self, $cb, @_);
1352 }
1353
1354 push @{ $self->{_queue} }, $cb;
1355 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1356 }
1357
1358 sub unshift_read {
1359 my $self = shift;
1360 my $cb = pop;
1361
1362 if (@_) {
1363 my $type = shift;
1364
1365 $cb = ($RH{$type} ||= _load_func "$type\::anyevent_read_type"
1366 or Carp::croak "unsupported/unloadable type '$type' passed to AnyEvent::Handle::unshift_read")
1367 ->($self, $cb, @_);
1368 }
1369
1370 unshift @{ $self->{_queue} }, $cb;
1371 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1372 }
1373
1374 =item $handle->push_read (type => @args, $cb)
1375
1376 =item $handle->unshift_read (type => @args, $cb)
1377
1378 Instead of providing a callback that parses the data itself you can chose
1379 between a number of predefined parsing formats, for chunks of data, lines
1380 etc. You can also specify the (fully qualified) name of a package, in
1381 which case AnyEvent tries to load the package and then expects to find the
1382 C<anyevent_read_type> function inside (see "custom read types", below).
1383
1384 Predefined types are (if you have ideas for additional types, feel free to
1385 drop by and tell us):
1386
1387 =over 4
1388
1389 =item chunk => $octets, $cb->($handle, $data)
1390
1391 Invoke the callback only once C<$octets> bytes have been read. Pass the
1392 data read to the callback. The callback will never be called with less
1393 data.
1394
1395 Example: read 2 bytes.
1396
1397 $handle->push_read (chunk => 2, sub {
1398 warn "yay ", unpack "H*", $_[1];
1399 });
1400
1401 =cut
1402
1403 register_read_type chunk => sub {
1404 my ($self, $cb, $len) = @_;
1405
1406 sub {
1407 $len <= length $_[0]{rbuf} or return;
1408 $cb->($_[0], substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $len, "");
1409 1
1410 }
1411 };
1412
1413 =item line => [$eol, ]$cb->($handle, $line, $eol)
1414
1415 The callback will be called only once a full line (including the end of
1416 line marker, C<$eol>) has been read. This line (excluding the end of line
1417 marker) will be passed to the callback as second argument (C<$line>), and
1418 the end of line marker as the third argument (C<$eol>).
1419
1420 The end of line marker, C<$eol>, can be either a string, in which case it
1421 will be interpreted as a fixed record end marker, or it can be a regex
1422 object (e.g. created by C<qr>), in which case it is interpreted as a
1423 regular expression.
1424
1425 The end of line marker argument C<$eol> is optional, if it is missing (NOT
1426 undef), then C<qr|\015?\012|> is used (which is good for most internet
1427 protocols).
1428
1429 Partial lines at the end of the stream will never be returned, as they are
1430 not marked by the end of line marker.
1431
1432 =cut
1433
1434 register_read_type line => sub {
1435 my ($self, $cb, $eol) = @_;
1436
1437 if (@_ < 3) {
1438 # this is more than twice as fast as the generic code below
1439 sub {
1440 $_[0]{rbuf} =~ s/^([^\015\012]*)(\015?\012)// or return;
1441
1442 $cb->($_[0], $1, $2);
1443 1
1444 }
1445 } else {
1446 $eol = quotemeta $eol unless ref $eol;
1447 $eol = qr|^(.*?)($eol)|s;
1448
1449 sub {
1450 $_[0]{rbuf} =~ s/$eol// or return;
1451
1452 $cb->($_[0], $1, $2);
1453 1
1454 }
1455 }
1456 };
1457
1458 =item regex => $accept[, $reject[, $skip], $cb->($handle, $data)
1459
1460 Makes a regex match against the regex object C<$accept> and returns
1461 everything up to and including the match.
1462
1463 Example: read a single line terminated by '\n'.
1464
1465 $handle->push_read (regex => qr<\n>, sub { ... });
1466
1467 If C<$reject> is given and not undef, then it determines when the data is
1468 to be rejected: it is matched against the data when the C<$accept> regex
1469 does not match and generates an C<EBADMSG> error when it matches. This is
1470 useful to quickly reject wrong data (to avoid waiting for a timeout or a
1471 receive buffer overflow).
1472
1473 Example: expect a single decimal number followed by whitespace, reject
1474 anything else (not the use of an anchor).
1475
1476 $handle->push_read (regex => qr<^[0-9]+\s>, qr<[^0-9]>, sub { ... });
1477
1478 If C<$skip> is given and not C<undef>, then it will be matched against
1479 the receive buffer when neither C<$accept> nor C<$reject> match,
1480 and everything preceding and including the match will be accepted
1481 unconditionally. This is useful to skip large amounts of data that you
1482 know cannot be matched, so that the C<$accept> or C<$reject> regex do not
1483 have to start matching from the beginning. This is purely an optimisation
1484 and is usually worth it only when you expect more than a few kilobytes.
1485
1486 Example: expect a http header, which ends at C<\015\012\015\012>. Since we
1487 expect the header to be very large (it isn't in practice, but...), we use
1488 a skip regex to skip initial portions. The skip regex is tricky in that
1489 it only accepts something not ending in either \015 or \012, as these are
1490 required for the accept regex.
1491
1492 $handle->push_read (regex =>
1493 qr<\015\012\015\012>,
1494 undef, # no reject
1495 qr<^.*[^\015\012]>,
1496 sub { ... });
1497
1498 =cut
1499
1500 register_read_type regex => sub {
1501 my ($self, $cb, $accept, $reject, $skip) = @_;
1502
1503 my $data;
1504 my $rbuf = \$self->{rbuf};
1505
1506 sub {
1507 # accept
1508 if ($$rbuf =~ $accept) {
1509 $data .= substr $$rbuf, 0, $+[0], "";
1510 $cb->($self, $data);
1511 return 1;
1512 }
1513
1514 # reject
1515 if ($reject && $$rbuf =~ $reject) {
1516 $self->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1517 }
1518
1519 # skip
1520 if ($skip && $$rbuf =~ $skip) {
1521 $data .= substr $$rbuf, 0, $+[0], "";
1522 }
1523
1524 ()
1525 }
1526 };
1527
1528 =item netstring => $cb->($handle, $string)
1529
1530 A netstring (http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt, this is not an endorsement).
1531
1532 Throws an error with C<$!> set to EBADMSG on format violations.
1533
1534 =cut
1535
1536 register_read_type netstring => sub {
1537 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1538
1539 sub {
1540 unless ($_[0]{rbuf} =~ s/^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)://) {
1541 if ($_[0]{rbuf} =~ /[^0-9]/) {
1542 $self->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1543 }
1544 return;
1545 }
1546
1547 my $len = $1;
1548
1549 $self->unshift_read (chunk => $len, sub {
1550 my $string = $_[1];
1551 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => 1, sub {
1552 if ($_[1] eq ",") {
1553 $cb->($_[0], $string);
1554 } else {
1555 $self->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1556 }
1557 });
1558 });
1559
1560 1
1561 }
1562 };
1563
1564 =item packstring => $format, $cb->($handle, $string)
1565
1566 An octet string prefixed with an encoded length. The encoding C<$format>
1567 uses the same format as a Perl C<pack> format, but must specify a single
1568 integer only (only one of C<cCsSlLqQiInNvVjJw> is allowed, plus an
1569 optional C<!>, C<< < >> or C<< > >> modifier).
1570
1571 For example, DNS over TCP uses a prefix of C<n> (2 octet network order),
1572 EPP uses a prefix of C<N> (4 octtes).
1573
1574 Example: read a block of data prefixed by its length in BER-encoded
1575 format (very efficient).
1576
1577 $handle->push_read (packstring => "w", sub {
1578 my ($handle, $data) = @_;
1579 });
1580
1581 =cut
1582
1583 register_read_type packstring => sub {
1584 my ($self, $cb, $format) = @_;
1585
1586 sub {
1587 # when we can use 5.10 we can use ".", but for 5.8 we use the re-pack method
1588 defined (my $len = eval { unpack $format, $_[0]{rbuf} })
1589 or return;
1590
1591 $format = length pack $format, $len;
1592
1593 # bypass unshift if we already have the remaining chunk
1594 if ($format + $len <= length $_[0]{rbuf}) {
1595 my $data = substr $_[0]{rbuf}, $format, $len;
1596 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format + $len, "";
1597 $cb->($_[0], $data);
1598 } else {
1599 # remove prefix
1600 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format, "";
1601
1602 # read remaining chunk
1603 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => $len, $cb);
1604 }
1605
1606 1
1607 }
1608 };
1609
1610 =item json => $cb->($handle, $hash_or_arrayref)
1611
1612 Reads a JSON object or array, decodes it and passes it to the
1613 callback. When a parse error occurs, an C<EBADMSG> error will be raised.
1614
1615 If a C<json> object was passed to the constructor, then that will be used
1616 for the final decode, otherwise it will create a JSON coder expecting UTF-8.
1617
1618 This read type uses the incremental parser available with JSON version
1619 2.09 (and JSON::XS version 2.2) and above. You have to provide a
1620 dependency on your own: this module will load the JSON module, but
1621 AnyEvent does not depend on it itself.
1622
1623 Since JSON texts are fully self-delimiting, the C<json> read and write
1624 types are an ideal simple RPC protocol: just exchange JSON datagrams. See
1625 the C<json> write type description, above, for an actual example.
1626
1627 =cut
1628
1629 register_read_type json => sub {
1630 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1631
1632 my $json = $self->{json} ||= json_coder;
1633
1634 my $data;
1635 my $rbuf = \$self->{rbuf};
1636
1637 sub {
1638 my $ref = eval { $json->incr_parse ($self->{rbuf}) };
1639
1640 if ($ref) {
1641 $self->{rbuf} = $json->incr_text;
1642 $json->incr_text = "";
1643 $cb->($self, $ref);
1644
1645 1
1646 } elsif ($@) {
1647 # error case
1648 $json->incr_skip;
1649
1650 $self->{rbuf} = $json->incr_text;
1651 $json->incr_text = "";
1652
1653 $self->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1654
1655 ()
1656 } else {
1657 $self->{rbuf} = "";
1658
1659 ()
1660 }
1661 }
1662 };
1663
1664 =item storable => $cb->($handle, $ref)
1665
1666 Deserialises a L<Storable> frozen representation as written by the
1667 C<storable> write type (BER-encoded length prefix followed by nfreeze'd
1668 data).
1669
1670 Raises C<EBADMSG> error if the data could not be decoded.
1671
1672 =cut
1673
1674 register_read_type storable => sub {
1675 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1676
1677 require Storable;
1678
1679 sub {
1680 # when we can use 5.10 we can use ".", but for 5.8 we use the re-pack method
1681 defined (my $len = eval { unpack "w", $_[0]{rbuf} })
1682 or return;
1683
1684 my $format = length pack "w", $len;
1685
1686 # bypass unshift if we already have the remaining chunk
1687 if ($format + $len <= length $_[0]{rbuf}) {
1688 my $data = substr $_[0]{rbuf}, $format, $len;
1689 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format + $len, "";
1690 $cb->($_[0], Storable::thaw ($data));
1691 } else {
1692 # remove prefix
1693 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format, "";
1694
1695 # read remaining chunk
1696 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => $len, sub {
1697 if (my $ref = eval { Storable::thaw ($_[1]) }) {
1698 $cb->($_[0], $ref);
1699 } else {
1700 $self->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1701 }
1702 });
1703 }
1704
1705 1
1706 }
1707 };
1708
1709 =back
1710
1711 =item custom read types - Package::anyevent_read_type $handle, $cb, @args
1712
1713 Instead of one of the predefined types, you can also specify the name
1714 of a package. AnyEvent will try to load the package and then expects to
1715 find a function named C<anyevent_read_type> inside. If it isn't found, it
1716 progressively tries to load the parent package until it either finds the
1717 function (good) or runs out of packages (bad).
1718
1719 Whenever this type is used, C<push_read> will invoke the function with the
1720 handle object, the original callback and the remaining arguments.
1721
1722 The function is supposed to return a callback (usually a closure) that
1723 works as a plain read callback (see C<< ->push_read ($cb) >>), so you can
1724 mentally treat the function as a "configurable read type to read callback"
1725 converter.
1726
1727 It should invoke the original callback when it is done reading (remember
1728 to pass C<$handle> as first argument as all other callbacks do that,
1729 although there is no strict requirement on this).
1730
1731 For examples, see the source of this module (F<perldoc -m
1732 AnyEvent::Handle>, search for C<register_read_type>)).
1733
1734 =item $handle->stop_read
1735
1736 =item $handle->start_read
1737
1738 In rare cases you actually do not want to read anything from the
1739 socket. In this case you can call C<stop_read>. Neither C<on_read> nor
1740 any queued callbacks will be executed then. To start reading again, call
1741 C<start_read>.
1742
1743 Note that AnyEvent::Handle will automatically C<start_read> for you when
1744 you change the C<on_read> callback or push/unshift a read callback, and it
1745 will automatically C<stop_read> for you when neither C<on_read> is set nor
1746 there are any read requests in the queue.
1747
1748 These methods will have no effect when in TLS mode (as TLS doesn't support
1749 half-duplex connections).
1750
1751 =cut
1752
1753 sub stop_read {
1754 my ($self) = @_;
1755
1756 delete $self->{_rw} unless $self->{tls};
1757 }
1758
1759 sub start_read {
1760 my ($self) = @_;
1761
1762 unless ($self->{_rw} || $self->{_eof} || !$self->{fh}) {
1763 Scalar::Util::weaken $self;
1764
1765 $self->{_rw} = AE::io $self->{fh}, 0, sub {
1766 my $rbuf = \($self->{tls} ? my $buf : $self->{rbuf});
1767 my $len = sysread $self->{fh}, $$rbuf, $self->{read_size}, length $$rbuf;
1768
1769 if ($len > 0) {
1770 $self->{_activity} = $self->{_ractivity} = AE::now;
1771
1772 if ($self->{tls}) {
1773 Net::SSLeay::BIO_write ($self->{_rbio}, $$rbuf);
1774
1775 &_dotls ($self);
1776 } else {
1777 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1778 }
1779
1780 if ($len == $self->{read_size}) {
1781 $self->{read_size} *= 2;
1782 $self->{read_size} = $self->{max_read_size} || MAX_READ_SIZE
1783 if $self->{read_size} > ($self->{max_read_size} || MAX_READ_SIZE);
1784 }
1785
1786 } elsif (defined $len) {
1787 delete $self->{_rw};
1788 $self->{_eof} = 1;
1789 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1790
1791 } elsif ($! != EAGAIN && $! != EINTR && $! != WSAEWOULDBLOCK) {
1792 return $self->_error ($!, 1);
1793 }
1794 };
1795 }
1796 }
1797
1798 our $ERROR_SYSCALL;
1799 our $ERROR_WANT_READ;
1800
1801 sub _tls_error {
1802 my ($self, $err) = @_;
1803
1804 return $self->_error ($!, 1)
1805 if $err == Net::SSLeay::ERROR_SYSCALL ();
1806
1807 my $err =Net::SSLeay::ERR_error_string (Net::SSLeay::ERR_get_error ());
1808
1809 # reduce error string to look less scary
1810 $err =~ s/^error:[0-9a-fA-F]{8}:[^:]+:([^:]+):/\L$1: /;
1811
1812 if ($self->{_on_starttls}) {
1813 (delete $self->{_on_starttls})->($self, undef, $err);
1814 &_freetls;
1815 } else {
1816 &_freetls;
1817 $self->_error (Errno::EPROTO, 1, $err);
1818 }
1819 }
1820
1821 # poll the write BIO and send the data if applicable
1822 # also decode read data if possible
1823 # this is basiclaly our TLS state machine
1824 # more efficient implementations are possible with openssl,
1825 # but not with the buggy and incomplete Net::SSLeay.
1826 sub _dotls {
1827 my ($self) = @_;
1828
1829 my $tmp;
1830
1831 if (length $self->{_tls_wbuf}) {
1832 while (($tmp = Net::SSLeay::write ($self->{tls}, $self->{_tls_wbuf})) > 0) {
1833 substr $self->{_tls_wbuf}, 0, $tmp, "";
1834 }
1835
1836 $tmp = Net::SSLeay::get_error ($self->{tls}, $tmp);
1837 return $self->_tls_error ($tmp)
1838 if $tmp != $ERROR_WANT_READ
1839 && ($tmp != $ERROR_SYSCALL || $!);
1840 }
1841
1842 while (defined ($tmp = Net::SSLeay::read ($self->{tls}))) {
1843 unless (length $tmp) {
1844 $self->{_on_starttls}
1845 and (delete $self->{_on_starttls})->($self, undef, "EOF during handshake"); # ???
1846 &_freetls;
1847
1848 if ($self->{on_stoptls}) {
1849 $self->{on_stoptls}($self);
1850 return;
1851 } else {
1852 # let's treat SSL-eof as we treat normal EOF
1853 delete $self->{_rw};
1854 $self->{_eof} = 1;
1855 }
1856 }
1857
1858 $self->{_tls_rbuf} .= $tmp;
1859 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1860 $self->{tls} or return; # tls session might have gone away in callback
1861 }
1862
1863 $tmp = Net::SSLeay::get_error ($self->{tls}, -1);
1864 return $self->_tls_error ($tmp)
1865 if $tmp != $ERROR_WANT_READ
1866 && ($tmp != $ERROR_SYSCALL || $!);
1867
1868 while (length ($tmp = Net::SSLeay::BIO_read ($self->{_wbio}))) {
1869 $self->{wbuf} .= $tmp;
1870 $self->_drain_wbuf;
1871 $self->{tls} or return; # tls session might have gone away in callback
1872 }
1873
1874 $self->{_on_starttls}
1875 and Net::SSLeay::state ($self->{tls}) == Net::SSLeay::ST_OK ()
1876 and (delete $self->{_on_starttls})->($self, 1, "TLS/SSL connection established");
1877 }
1878
1879 =item $handle->starttls ($tls[, $tls_ctx])
1880
1881 Instead of starting TLS negotiation immediately when the AnyEvent::Handle
1882 object is created, you can also do that at a later time by calling
1883 C<starttls>.
1884
1885 Starting TLS is currently an asynchronous operation - when you push some
1886 write data and then call C<< ->starttls >> then TLS negotiation will start
1887 immediately, after which the queued write data is then sent.
1888
1889 The first argument is the same as the C<tls> constructor argument (either
1890 C<"connect">, C<"accept"> or an existing Net::SSLeay object).
1891
1892 The second argument is the optional C<AnyEvent::TLS> object that is used
1893 when AnyEvent::Handle has to create its own TLS connection object, or
1894 a hash reference with C<< key => value >> pairs that will be used to
1895 construct a new context.
1896
1897 The TLS connection object will end up in C<< $handle->{tls} >>, the TLS
1898 context in C<< $handle->{tls_ctx} >> after this call and can be used or
1899 changed to your liking. Note that the handshake might have already started
1900 when this function returns.
1901
1902 Due to bugs in OpenSSL, it might or might not be possible to do multiple
1903 handshakes on the same stream. It is best to not attempt to use the
1904 stream after stopping TLS.
1905
1906 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1907 destroyed after it returns).
1908
1909 =cut
1910
1911 our %TLS_CACHE; #TODO not yet documented, should we?
1912
1913 sub starttls {
1914 my ($self, $tls, $ctx) = @_;
1915
1916 Carp::croak "It is an error to call starttls on an AnyEvent::Handle object while TLS is already active, caught"
1917 if $self->{tls};
1918
1919 $self->{tls} = $tls;
1920 $self->{tls_ctx} = $ctx if @_ > 2;
1921
1922 return unless $self->{fh};
1923
1924 require Net::SSLeay;
1925
1926 $ERROR_SYSCALL = Net::SSLeay::ERROR_SYSCALL ();
1927 $ERROR_WANT_READ = Net::SSLeay::ERROR_WANT_READ ();
1928
1929 $tls = delete $self->{tls};
1930 $ctx = $self->{tls_ctx};
1931
1932 local $Carp::CarpLevel = 1; # skip ourselves when creating a new context or session
1933
1934 if ("HASH" eq ref $ctx) {
1935 require AnyEvent::TLS;
1936
1937 if ($ctx->{cache}) {
1938 my $key = $ctx+0;
1939 $ctx = $TLS_CACHE{$key} ||= new AnyEvent::TLS %$ctx;
1940 } else {
1941 $ctx = new AnyEvent::TLS %$ctx;
1942 }
1943 }
1944
1945 $self->{tls_ctx} = $ctx || TLS_CTX ();
1946 $self->{tls} = $tls = $self->{tls_ctx}->_get_session ($tls, $self, $self->{peername});
1947
1948 # basically, this is deep magic (because SSL_read should have the same issues)
1949 # but the openssl maintainers basically said: "trust us, it just works".
1950 # (unfortunately, we have to hardcode constants because the abysmally misdesigned
1951 # and mismaintained ssleay-module doesn't even offer them).
1952 # http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-dev@openssl.org/msg22420.html
1953 #
1954 # in short: this is a mess.
1955 #
1956 # note that we do not try to keep the length constant between writes as we are required to do.
1957 # we assume that most (but not all) of this insanity only applies to non-blocking cases,
1958 # and we drive openssl fully in blocking mode here. Or maybe we don't - openssl seems to
1959 # have identity issues in that area.
1960 # Net::SSLeay::CTX_set_mode ($ssl,
1961 # (eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; Net::SSLeay::MODE_ENABLE_PARTIAL_WRITE () } || 1)
1962 # | (eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; Net::SSLeay::MODE_ACCEPT_MOVING_WRITE_BUFFER () } || 2));
1963 Net::SSLeay::CTX_set_mode ($tls, 1|2);
1964
1965 $self->{_rbio} = Net::SSLeay::BIO_new (Net::SSLeay::BIO_s_mem ());
1966 $self->{_wbio} = Net::SSLeay::BIO_new (Net::SSLeay::BIO_s_mem ());
1967
1968 Net::SSLeay::BIO_write ($self->{_rbio}, delete $self->{rbuf});
1969
1970 Net::SSLeay::set_bio ($tls, $self->{_rbio}, $self->{_wbio});
1971
1972 $self->{_on_starttls} = sub { $_[0]{on_starttls}(@_) }
1973 if $self->{on_starttls};
1974
1975 &_dotls; # need to trigger the initial handshake
1976 $self->start_read; # make sure we actually do read
1977 }
1978
1979 =item $handle->stoptls
1980
1981 Shuts down the SSL connection - this makes a proper EOF handshake by
1982 sending a close notify to the other side, but since OpenSSL doesn't
1983 support non-blocking shut downs, it is not guaranteed that you can re-use
1984 the stream afterwards.
1985
1986 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1987 destroyed after it returns).
1988
1989 =cut
1990
1991 sub stoptls {
1992 my ($self) = @_;
1993
1994 if ($self->{tls} && $self->{fh}) {
1995 Net::SSLeay::shutdown ($self->{tls});
1996
1997 &_dotls;
1998
1999 # # we don't give a shit. no, we do, but we can't. no...#d#
2000 # # we, we... have to use openssl :/#d#
2001 # &_freetls;#d#
2002 }
2003 }
2004
2005 sub _freetls {
2006 my ($self) = @_;
2007
2008 return unless $self->{tls};
2009
2010 $self->{tls_ctx}->_put_session (delete $self->{tls})
2011 if $self->{tls} > 0;
2012
2013 delete @$self{qw(_rbio _wbio _tls_wbuf _on_starttls)};
2014 }
2015
2016 sub DESTROY {
2017 my ($self) = @_;
2018
2019 &_freetls;
2020
2021 my $linger = exists $self->{linger} ? $self->{linger} : 3600;
2022
2023 if ($linger && length $self->{wbuf} && $self->{fh}) {
2024 my $fh = delete $self->{fh};
2025 my $wbuf = delete $self->{wbuf};
2026
2027 my @linger;
2028
2029 push @linger, AE::io $fh, 1, sub {
2030 my $len = syswrite $fh, $wbuf, length $wbuf;
2031
2032 if ($len > 0) {
2033 substr $wbuf, 0, $len, "";
2034 } elsif (defined $len || ($! != EAGAIN && $! != EINTR && $! != WSAEWOULDBLOCK)) {
2035 @linger = (); # end
2036 }
2037 };
2038 push @linger, AE::timer $linger, 0, sub {
2039 @linger = ();
2040 };
2041 }
2042 }
2043
2044 =item $handle->destroy
2045
2046 Shuts down the handle object as much as possible - this call ensures that
2047 no further callbacks will be invoked and as many resources as possible
2048 will be freed. Any method you will call on the handle object after
2049 destroying it in this way will be silently ignored (and it will return the
2050 empty list).
2051
2052 Normally, you can just "forget" any references to an AnyEvent::Handle
2053 object and it will simply shut down. This works in fatal error and EOF
2054 callbacks, as well as code outside. It does I<NOT> work in a read or write
2055 callback, so when you want to destroy the AnyEvent::Handle object from
2056 within such an callback. You I<MUST> call C<< ->destroy >> explicitly in
2057 that case.
2058
2059 Destroying the handle object in this way has the advantage that callbacks
2060 will be removed as well, so if those are the only reference holders (as
2061 is common), then one doesn't need to do anything special to break any
2062 reference cycles.
2063
2064 The handle might still linger in the background and write out remaining
2065 data, as specified by the C<linger> option, however.
2066
2067 =cut
2068
2069 sub destroy {
2070 my ($self) = @_;
2071
2072 $self->DESTROY;
2073 %$self = ();
2074 bless $self, "AnyEvent::Handle::destroyed";
2075 }
2076
2077 sub AnyEvent::Handle::destroyed::AUTOLOAD {
2078 #nop
2079 }
2080
2081 =item $handle->destroyed
2082
2083 Returns false as long as the handle hasn't been destroyed by a call to C<<
2084 ->destroy >>, true otherwise.
2085
2086 Can be useful to decide whether the handle is still valid after some
2087 callback possibly destroyed the handle. For example, C<< ->push_write >>,
2088 C<< ->starttls >> and other methods can call user callbacks, which in turn
2089 can destroy the handle, so work can be avoided by checking sometimes:
2090
2091 $hdl->starttls ("accept");
2092 return if $hdl->destroyed;
2093 $hdl->push_write (...
2094
2095 Note that the call to C<push_write> will silently be ignored if the handle
2096 has been destroyed, so often you can just ignore the possibility of the
2097 handle being destroyed.
2098
2099 =cut
2100
2101 sub destroyed { 0 }
2102 sub AnyEvent::Handle::destroyed::destroyed { 1 }
2103
2104 =item AnyEvent::Handle::TLS_CTX
2105
2106 This function creates and returns the AnyEvent::TLS object used by default
2107 for TLS mode.
2108
2109 The context is created by calling L<AnyEvent::TLS> without any arguments.
2110
2111 =cut
2112
2113 our $TLS_CTX;
2114
2115 sub TLS_CTX() {
2116 $TLS_CTX ||= do {
2117 require AnyEvent::TLS;
2118
2119 new AnyEvent::TLS
2120 }
2121 }
2122
2123 =back
2124
2125
2126 =head1 NONFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
2127
2128 =over 4
2129
2130 =item I C<undef> the AnyEvent::Handle reference inside my callback and
2131 still get further invocations!
2132
2133 That's because AnyEvent::Handle keeps a reference to itself when handling
2134 read or write callbacks.
2135
2136 It is only safe to "forget" the reference inside EOF or error callbacks,
2137 from within all other callbacks, you need to explicitly call the C<<
2138 ->destroy >> method.
2139
2140 =item I get different callback invocations in TLS mode/Why can't I pause
2141 reading?
2142
2143 Unlike, say, TCP, TLS connections do not consist of two independent
2144 communication channels, one for each direction. Or put differently, the
2145 read and write directions are not independent of each other: you cannot
2146 write data unless you are also prepared to read, and vice versa.
2147
2148 This means that, in TLS mode, you might get C<on_error> or C<on_eof>
2149 callback invocations when you are not expecting any read data - the reason
2150 is that AnyEvent::Handle always reads in TLS mode.
2151
2152 During the connection, you have to make sure that you always have a
2153 non-empty read-queue, or an C<on_read> watcher. At the end of the
2154 connection (or when you no longer want to use it) you can call the
2155 C<destroy> method.
2156
2157 =item How do I read data until the other side closes the connection?
2158
2159 If you just want to read your data into a perl scalar, the easiest way
2160 to achieve this is by setting an C<on_read> callback that does nothing,
2161 clearing the C<on_eof> callback and in the C<on_error> callback, the data
2162 will be in C<$_[0]{rbuf}>:
2163
2164 $handle->on_read (sub { });
2165 $handle->on_eof (undef);
2166 $handle->on_error (sub {
2167 my $data = delete $_[0]{rbuf};
2168 });
2169
2170 The reason to use C<on_error> is that TCP connections, due to latencies
2171 and packets loss, might get closed quite violently with an error, when in
2172 fact all data has been received.
2173
2174 It is usually better to use acknowledgements when transferring data,
2175 to make sure the other side hasn't just died and you got the data
2176 intact. This is also one reason why so many internet protocols have an
2177 explicit QUIT command.
2178
2179 =item I don't want to destroy the handle too early - how do I wait until
2180 all data has been written?
2181
2182 After writing your last bits of data, set the C<on_drain> callback
2183 and destroy the handle in there - with the default setting of
2184 C<low_water_mark> this will be called precisely when all data has been
2185 written to the socket:
2186
2187 $handle->push_write (...);
2188 $handle->on_drain (sub {
2189 warn "all data submitted to the kernel\n";
2190 undef $handle;
2191 });
2192
2193 If you just want to queue some data and then signal EOF to the other side,
2194 consider using C<< ->push_shutdown >> instead.
2195
2196 =item I want to contact a TLS/SSL server, I don't care about security.
2197
2198 If your TLS server is a pure TLS server (e.g. HTTPS) that only speaks TLS,
2199 connect to it and then create the AnyEvent::Handle with the C<tls>
2200 parameter:
2201
2202 tcp_connect $host, $port, sub {
2203 my ($fh) = @_;
2204
2205 my $handle = new AnyEvent::Handle
2206 fh => $fh,
2207 tls => "connect",
2208 on_error => sub { ... };
2209
2210 $handle->push_write (...);
2211 };
2212
2213 =item I want to contact a TLS/SSL server, I do care about security.
2214
2215 Then you should additionally enable certificate verification, including
2216 peername verification, if the protocol you use supports it (see
2217 L<AnyEvent::TLS>, C<verify_peername>).
2218
2219 E.g. for HTTPS:
2220
2221 tcp_connect $host, $port, sub {
2222 my ($fh) = @_;
2223
2224 my $handle = new AnyEvent::Handle
2225 fh => $fh,
2226 peername => $host,
2227 tls => "connect",
2228 tls_ctx => { verify => 1, verify_peername => "https" },
2229 ...
2230
2231 Note that you must specify the hostname you connected to (or whatever
2232 "peername" the protocol needs) as the C<peername> argument, otherwise no
2233 peername verification will be done.
2234
2235 The above will use the system-dependent default set of trusted CA
2236 certificates. If you want to check against a specific CA, add the
2237 C<ca_file> (or C<ca_cert>) arguments to C<tls_ctx>:
2238
2239 tls_ctx => {
2240 verify => 1,
2241 verify_peername => "https",
2242 ca_file => "my-ca-cert.pem",
2243 },
2244
2245 =item I want to create a TLS/SSL server, how do I do that?
2246
2247 Well, you first need to get a server certificate and key. You have
2248 three options: a) ask a CA (buy one, use cacert.org etc.) b) create a
2249 self-signed certificate (cheap. check the search engine of your choice,
2250 there are many tutorials on the net) or c) make your own CA (tinyca2 is a
2251 nice program for that purpose).
2252
2253 Then create a file with your private key (in PEM format, see
2254 L<AnyEvent::TLS>), followed by the certificate (also in PEM format). The
2255 file should then look like this:
2256
2257 -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
2258 ...header data
2259 ... lots of base64'y-stuff
2260 -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
2261
2262 -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
2263 ... lots of base64'y-stuff
2264 -----END CERTIFICATE-----
2265
2266 The important bits are the "PRIVATE KEY" and "CERTIFICATE" parts. Then
2267 specify this file as C<cert_file>:
2268
2269 tcp_server undef, $port, sub {
2270 my ($fh) = @_;
2271
2272 my $handle = new AnyEvent::Handle
2273 fh => $fh,
2274 tls => "accept",
2275 tls_ctx => { cert_file => "my-server-keycert.pem" },
2276 ...
2277
2278 When you have intermediate CA certificates that your clients might not
2279 know about, just append them to the C<cert_file>.
2280
2281 =back
2282
2283
2284 =head1 SUBCLASSING AnyEvent::Handle
2285
2286 In many cases, you might want to subclass AnyEvent::Handle.
2287
2288 To make this easier, a given version of AnyEvent::Handle uses these
2289 conventions:
2290
2291 =over 4
2292
2293 =item * all constructor arguments become object members.
2294
2295 At least initially, when you pass a C<tls>-argument to the constructor it
2296 will end up in C<< $handle->{tls} >>. Those members might be changed or
2297 mutated later on (for example C<tls> will hold the TLS connection object).
2298
2299 =item * other object member names are prefixed with an C<_>.
2300
2301 All object members not explicitly documented (internal use) are prefixed
2302 with an underscore character, so the remaining non-C<_>-namespace is free
2303 for use for subclasses.
2304
2305 =item * all members not documented here and not prefixed with an underscore
2306 are free to use in subclasses.
2307
2308 Of course, new versions of AnyEvent::Handle may introduce more "public"
2309 member variables, but that's just life. At least it is documented.
2310
2311 =back
2312
2313 =head1 AUTHOR
2314
2315 Robin Redeker C<< <elmex at ta-sa.org> >>, Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>.
2316
2317 =cut
2318
2319 1; # End of AnyEvent::Handle