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