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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 delete $self->{_connect};
508
509 if ($fh) {
510 $self->{fh} = $fh;
511
512 delete $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf};
513 $self->_start;
514
515 $self->{on_connect}
516 and $self->{on_connect}($self, $host, $port, sub {
517 delete @$self{qw(fh _tw _rtw _wtw _ww _rw _eof _queue rbuf _wbuf tls _tls_rbuf _tls_wbuf)};
518 $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf} = 1;
519 &$retry;
520 });
521
522 } else {
523 if ($self->{on_connect_error}) {
524 $self->{on_connect_error}($self, "$!");
525 $self->destroy;
526 } else {
527 $self->_error ($!, 1);
528 }
529 }
530 },
531 sub {
532 local $self->{fh} = $_[0];
533
534 $self->{on_prepare}
535 ? $self->{on_prepare}->($self)
536 : ()
537 }
538 );
539 }
540
541 } else {
542 Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle: either an existing fh or the connect parameter must be specified";
543 }
544
545 $self
546 }
547
548 sub _start {
549 my ($self) = @_;
550
551 # too many clueless people try to use udp and similar sockets
552 # with AnyEvent::Handle, do them a favour.
553 my $type = getsockopt $self->{fh}, Socket::SOL_SOCKET (), Socket::SO_TYPE ();
554 Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle: only stream sockets supported, anything else will NOT work!"
555 if Socket::SOCK_STREAM () != (unpack "I", $type) && defined $type;
556
557 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking $self->{fh}, 1;
558
559 $self->{_activity} =
560 $self->{_ractivity} =
561 $self->{_wactivity} = AE::now;
562
563 $self->{read_size} ||= 2048;
564 $self->{max_read_size} = $self->{read_size}
565 if $self->{read_size} > ($self->{max_read_size} || MAX_READ_SIZE);
566
567 $self->timeout (delete $self->{timeout} ) if $self->{timeout};
568 $self->rtimeout (delete $self->{rtimeout} ) if $self->{rtimeout};
569 $self->wtimeout (delete $self->{wtimeout} ) if $self->{wtimeout};
570
571 $self->no_delay (delete $self->{no_delay} ) if exists $self->{no_delay} && $self->{no_delay};
572 $self->keepalive (delete $self->{keepalive}) if exists $self->{keepalive} && $self->{keepalive};
573
574 $self->oobinline (exists $self->{oobinline} ? delete $self->{oobinline} : 1);
575
576 $self->starttls (delete $self->{tls}, delete $self->{tls_ctx})
577 if $self->{tls};
578
579 $self->on_drain (delete $self->{on_drain} ) if $self->{on_drain};
580
581 $self->start_read
582 if $self->{on_read} || @{ $self->{_queue} };
583
584 $self->_drain_wbuf;
585 }
586
587 sub _error {
588 my ($self, $errno, $fatal, $message) = @_;
589
590 $! = $errno;
591 $message ||= "$!";
592
593 if ($self->{on_error}) {
594 $self->{on_error}($self, $fatal, $message);
595 $self->destroy if $fatal;
596 } elsif ($self->{fh} || $self->{connect}) {
597 $self->destroy;
598 Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle uncaught error: $message";
599 }
600 }
601
602 =item $fh = $handle->fh
603
604 This method returns the file handle used to create the L<AnyEvent::Handle> object.
605
606 =cut
607
608 sub fh { $_[0]{fh} }
609
610 =item $handle->on_error ($cb)
611
612 Replace the current C<on_error> callback (see the C<on_error> constructor argument).
613
614 =cut
615
616 sub on_error {
617 $_[0]{on_error} = $_[1];
618 }
619
620 =item $handle->on_eof ($cb)
621
622 Replace the current C<on_eof> callback (see the C<on_eof> constructor argument).
623
624 =cut
625
626 sub on_eof {
627 $_[0]{on_eof} = $_[1];
628 }
629
630 =item $handle->on_timeout ($cb)
631
632 =item $handle->on_rtimeout ($cb)
633
634 =item $handle->on_wtimeout ($cb)
635
636 Replace the current C<on_timeout>, C<on_rtimeout> or C<on_wtimeout>
637 callback, or disables the callback (but not the timeout) if C<$cb> =
638 C<undef>. See the C<timeout> constructor argument and method.
639
640 =cut
641
642 # see below
643
644 =item $handle->autocork ($boolean)
645
646 Enables or disables the current autocork behaviour (see C<autocork>
647 constructor argument). Changes will only take effect on the next write.
648
649 =cut
650
651 sub autocork {
652 $_[0]{autocork} = $_[1];
653 }
654
655 =item $handle->no_delay ($boolean)
656
657 Enables or disables the C<no_delay> setting (see constructor argument of
658 the same name for details).
659
660 =cut
661
662 sub no_delay {
663 $_[0]{no_delay} = $_[1];
664
665 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, Socket::IPPROTO_TCP (), Socket::TCP_NODELAY (), int $_[1]
666 if $_[0]{fh};
667 }
668
669 =item $handle->keepalive ($boolean)
670
671 Enables or disables the C<keepalive> setting (see constructor argument of
672 the same name for details).
673
674 =cut
675
676 sub keepalive {
677 $_[0]{keepalive} = $_[1];
678
679 eval {
680 local $SIG{__DIE__};
681 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, Socket::SOL_SOCKET (), Socket::SO_KEEPALIVE (), int $_[1]
682 if $_[0]{fh};
683 };
684 }
685
686 =item $handle->oobinline ($boolean)
687
688 Enables or disables the C<oobinline> setting (see constructor argument of
689 the same name for details).
690
691 =cut
692
693 sub oobinline {
694 $_[0]{oobinline} = $_[1];
695
696 eval {
697 local $SIG{__DIE__};
698 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, Socket::SOL_SOCKET (), Socket::SO_OOBINLINE (), int $_[1]
699 if $_[0]{fh};
700 };
701 }
702
703 =item $handle->keepalive ($boolean)
704
705 Enables or disables the C<keepalive> setting (see constructor argument of
706 the same name for details).
707
708 =cut
709
710 sub keepalive {
711 $_[0]{keepalive} = $_[1];
712
713 eval {
714 local $SIG{__DIE__};
715 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, Socket::SOL_SOCKET (), Socket::SO_KEEPALIVE (), int $_[1]
716 if $_[0]{fh};
717 };
718 }
719
720 =item $handle->on_starttls ($cb)
721
722 Replace the current C<on_starttls> callback (see the C<on_starttls> constructor argument).
723
724 =cut
725
726 sub on_starttls {
727 $_[0]{on_starttls} = $_[1];
728 }
729
730 =item $handle->on_stoptls ($cb)
731
732 Replace the current C<on_stoptls> callback (see the C<on_stoptls> constructor argument).
733
734 =cut
735
736 sub on_stoptls {
737 $_[0]{on_stoptls} = $_[1];
738 }
739
740 =item $handle->rbuf_max ($max_octets)
741
742 Configures the C<rbuf_max> setting (C<undef> disables it).
743
744 =cut
745
746 sub rbuf_max {
747 $_[0]{rbuf_max} = $_[1];
748 }
749
750 #############################################################################
751
752 =item $handle->timeout ($seconds)
753
754 =item $handle->rtimeout ($seconds)
755
756 =item $handle->wtimeout ($seconds)
757
758 Configures (or disables) the inactivity timeout.
759
760 =item $handle->timeout_reset
761
762 =item $handle->rtimeout_reset
763
764 =item $handle->wtimeout_reset
765
766 Reset the activity timeout, as if data was received or sent.
767
768 These methods are cheap to call.
769
770 =cut
771
772 for my $dir ("", "r", "w") {
773 my $timeout = "${dir}timeout";
774 my $tw = "_${dir}tw";
775 my $on_timeout = "on_${dir}timeout";
776 my $activity = "_${dir}activity";
777 my $cb;
778
779 *$on_timeout = sub {
780 $_[0]{$on_timeout} = $_[1];
781 };
782
783 *$timeout = sub {
784 my ($self, $new_value) = @_;
785
786 $new_value >= 0
787 or Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle->$timeout called with negative timeout ($new_value), caught";
788
789 $self->{$timeout} = $new_value;
790 delete $self->{$tw}; &$cb;
791 };
792
793 *{"${dir}timeout_reset"} = sub {
794 $_[0]{$activity} = AE::now;
795 };
796
797 # main workhorse:
798 # reset the timeout watcher, as neccessary
799 # also check for time-outs
800 $cb = sub {
801 my ($self) = @_;
802
803 if ($self->{$timeout} && $self->{fh}) {
804 my $NOW = AE::now;
805
806 # when would the timeout trigger?
807 my $after = $self->{$activity} + $self->{$timeout} - $NOW;
808
809 # now or in the past already?
810 if ($after <= 0) {
811 $self->{$activity} = $NOW;
812
813 if ($self->{$on_timeout}) {
814 $self->{$on_timeout}($self);
815 } else {
816 $self->_error (Errno::ETIMEDOUT);
817 }
818
819 # callback could have changed timeout value, optimise
820 return unless $self->{$timeout};
821
822 # calculate new after
823 $after = $self->{$timeout};
824 }
825
826 Scalar::Util::weaken $self;
827 return unless $self; # ->error could have destroyed $self
828
829 $self->{$tw} ||= AE::timer $after, 0, sub {
830 delete $self->{$tw};
831 $cb->($self);
832 };
833 } else {
834 delete $self->{$tw};
835 }
836 }
837 }
838
839 #############################################################################
840
841 =back
842
843 =head2 WRITE QUEUE
844
845 AnyEvent::Handle manages two queues per handle, one for writing and one
846 for reading.
847
848 The write queue is very simple: you can add data to its end, and
849 AnyEvent::Handle will automatically try to get rid of it for you.
850
851 When data could be written and the write buffer is shorter then the low
852 water mark, the C<on_drain> callback will be invoked.
853
854 =over 4
855
856 =item $handle->on_drain ($cb)
857
858 Sets the C<on_drain> callback or clears it (see the description of
859 C<on_drain> in the constructor).
860
861 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
862 destroyed after it returns).
863
864 =cut
865
866 sub on_drain {
867 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
868
869 $self->{on_drain} = $cb;
870
871 $cb->($self)
872 if $cb && $self->{low_water_mark} >= (length $self->{wbuf}) + (length $self->{_tls_wbuf});
873 }
874
875 =item $handle->push_write ($data)
876
877 Queues the given scalar to be written. You can push as much data as you
878 want (only limited by the available memory), as C<AnyEvent::Handle>
879 buffers it independently of the kernel.
880
881 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
882 destroyed after it returns).
883
884 =cut
885
886 sub _drain_wbuf {
887 my ($self) = @_;
888
889 if (!$self->{_ww} && length $self->{wbuf}) {
890
891 Scalar::Util::weaken $self;
892
893 my $cb = sub {
894 my $len = syswrite $self->{fh}, $self->{wbuf};
895
896 if (defined $len) {
897 substr $self->{wbuf}, 0, $len, "";
898
899 $self->{_activity} = $self->{_wactivity} = AE::now;
900
901 $self->{on_drain}($self)
902 if $self->{low_water_mark} >= (length $self->{wbuf}) + (length $self->{_tls_wbuf})
903 && $self->{on_drain};
904
905 delete $self->{_ww} unless length $self->{wbuf};
906 } elsif ($! != EAGAIN && $! != EINTR && $! != WSAEWOULDBLOCK) {
907 $self->_error ($!, 1);
908 }
909 };
910
911 # try to write data immediately
912 $cb->() unless $self->{autocork};
913
914 # if still data left in wbuf, we need to poll
915 $self->{_ww} = AE::io $self->{fh}, 1, $cb
916 if length $self->{wbuf};
917 };
918 }
919
920 our %WH;
921
922 # deprecated
923 sub register_write_type($$) {
924 $WH{$_[0]} = $_[1];
925 }
926
927 sub push_write {
928 my $self = shift;
929
930 if (@_ > 1) {
931 my $type = shift;
932
933 @_ = ($WH{$type} ||= _load_func "$type\::anyevent_write_type"
934 or Carp::croak "unsupported/unloadable type '$type' passed to AnyEvent::Handle::push_write")
935 ->($self, @_);
936 }
937
938 # we downgrade here to avoid hard-to-track-down bugs,
939 # and diagnose the problem earlier and better.
940
941 if ($self->{tls}) {
942 utf8::downgrade $self->{_tls_wbuf} .= $_[0];
943 &_dotls ($self) if $self->{fh};
944 } else {
945 utf8::downgrade $self->{wbuf} .= $_[0];
946 $self->_drain_wbuf if $self->{fh};
947 }
948 }
949
950 =item $handle->push_write (type => @args)
951
952 Instead of formatting your data yourself, you can also let this module
953 do the job by specifying a type and type-specific arguments. You
954 can also specify the (fully qualified) name of a package, in which
955 case AnyEvent tries to load the package and then expects to find the
956 C<anyevent_write_type> function inside (see "custom write types", below).
957
958 Predefined types are (if you have ideas for additional types, feel free to
959 drop by and tell us):
960
961 =over 4
962
963 =item netstring => $string
964
965 Formats the given value as netstring
966 (http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt, this is not a recommendation to use them).
967
968 =cut
969
970 register_write_type netstring => sub {
971 my ($self, $string) = @_;
972
973 (length $string) . ":$string,"
974 };
975
976 =item packstring => $format, $data
977
978 An octet string prefixed with an encoded length. The encoding C<$format>
979 uses the same format as a Perl C<pack> format, but must specify a single
980 integer only (only one of C<cCsSlLqQiInNvVjJw> is allowed, plus an
981 optional C<!>, C<< < >> or C<< > >> modifier).
982
983 =cut
984
985 register_write_type packstring => sub {
986 my ($self, $format, $string) = @_;
987
988 pack "$format/a*", $string
989 };
990
991 =item json => $array_or_hashref
992
993 Encodes the given hash or array reference into a JSON object. Unless you
994 provide your own JSON object, this means it will be encoded to JSON text
995 in UTF-8.
996
997 JSON objects (and arrays) are self-delimiting, so you can write JSON at
998 one end of a handle and read them at the other end without using any
999 additional framing.
1000
1001 The generated JSON text is guaranteed not to contain any newlines: While
1002 this module doesn't need delimiters after or between JSON texts to be
1003 able to read them, many other languages depend on that.
1004
1005 A simple RPC protocol that interoperates easily with others is to send
1006 JSON arrays (or objects, although arrays are usually the better choice as
1007 they mimic how function argument passing works) and a newline after each
1008 JSON text:
1009
1010 $handle->push_write (json => ["method", "arg1", "arg2"]); # whatever
1011 $handle->push_write ("\012");
1012
1013 An AnyEvent::Handle receiver would simply use the C<json> read type and
1014 rely on the fact that the newline will be skipped as leading whitespace:
1015
1016 $handle->push_read (json => sub { my $array = $_[1]; ... });
1017
1018 Other languages could read single lines terminated by a newline and pass
1019 this line into their JSON decoder of choice.
1020
1021 =cut
1022
1023 sub json_coder() {
1024 eval { require JSON::XS; JSON::XS->new->utf8 }
1025 || do { require JSON; JSON->new->utf8 }
1026 }
1027
1028 register_write_type json => sub {
1029 my ($self, $ref) = @_;
1030
1031 my $json = $self->{json} ||= json_coder;
1032
1033 $json->encode ($ref)
1034 };
1035
1036 =item storable => $reference
1037
1038 Freezes the given reference using L<Storable> and writes it to the
1039 handle. Uses the C<nfreeze> format.
1040
1041 =cut
1042
1043 register_write_type storable => sub {
1044 my ($self, $ref) = @_;
1045
1046 require Storable;
1047
1048 pack "w/a*", Storable::nfreeze ($ref)
1049 };
1050
1051 =back
1052
1053 =item $handle->push_shutdown
1054
1055 Sometimes you know you want to close the socket after writing your data
1056 before it was actually written. One way to do that is to replace your
1057 C<on_drain> handler by a callback that shuts down the socket (and set
1058 C<low_water_mark> to C<0>). This method is a shorthand for just that, and
1059 replaces the C<on_drain> callback with:
1060
1061 sub { shutdown $_[0]{fh}, 1 } # for push_shutdown
1062
1063 This simply shuts down the write side and signals an EOF condition to the
1064 the peer.
1065
1066 You can rely on the normal read queue and C<on_eof> handling
1067 afterwards. This is the cleanest way to close a connection.
1068
1069 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1070 destroyed after it returns).
1071
1072 =cut
1073
1074 sub push_shutdown {
1075 my ($self) = @_;
1076
1077 delete $self->{low_water_mark};
1078 $self->on_drain (sub { shutdown $_[0]{fh}, 1 });
1079 }
1080
1081 =item custom write types - Package::anyevent_write_type $handle, @args
1082
1083 Instead of one of the predefined types, you can also specify the name of
1084 a package. AnyEvent will try to load the package and then expects to find
1085 a function named C<anyevent_write_type> inside. If it isn't found, it
1086 progressively tries to load the parent package until it either finds the
1087 function (good) or runs out of packages (bad).
1088
1089 Whenever the given C<type> is used, C<push_write> will the function with
1090 the handle object and the remaining arguments.
1091
1092 The function is supposed to return a single octet string that will be
1093 appended to the write buffer, so you cna mentally treat this function as a
1094 "arguments to on-the-wire-format" converter.
1095
1096 Example: implement a custom write type C<join> that joins the remaining
1097 arguments using the first one.
1098
1099 $handle->push_write (My::Type => " ", 1,2,3);
1100
1101 # uses the following package, which can be defined in the "My::Type" or in
1102 # the "My" modules to be auto-loaded, or just about anywhere when the
1103 # My::Type::anyevent_write_type is defined before invoking it.
1104
1105 package My::Type;
1106
1107 sub anyevent_write_type {
1108 my ($handle, $delim, @args) = @_;
1109
1110 join $delim, @args
1111 }
1112
1113 =cut
1114
1115 #############################################################################
1116
1117 =back
1118
1119 =head2 READ QUEUE
1120
1121 AnyEvent::Handle manages two queues per handle, one for writing and one
1122 for reading.
1123
1124 The read queue is more complex than the write queue. It can be used in two
1125 ways, the "simple" way, using only C<on_read> and the "complex" way, using
1126 a queue.
1127
1128 In the simple case, you just install an C<on_read> callback and whenever
1129 new data arrives, it will be called. You can then remove some data (if
1130 enough is there) from the read buffer (C<< $handle->rbuf >>). Or you can
1131 leave the data there if you want to accumulate more (e.g. when only a
1132 partial message has been received so far), or change the read queue with
1133 e.g. C<push_read>.
1134
1135 In the more complex case, you want to queue multiple callbacks. In this
1136 case, AnyEvent::Handle will call the first queued callback each time new
1137 data arrives (also the first time it is queued) and remove it when it has
1138 done its job (see C<push_read>, below).
1139
1140 This way you can, for example, push three line-reads, followed by reading
1141 a chunk of data, and AnyEvent::Handle will execute them in order.
1142
1143 Example 1: EPP protocol parser. EPP sends 4 byte length info, followed by
1144 the specified number of bytes which give an XML datagram.
1145
1146 # in the default state, expect some header bytes
1147 $handle->on_read (sub {
1148 # some data is here, now queue the length-header-read (4 octets)
1149 shift->unshift_read (chunk => 4, sub {
1150 # header arrived, decode
1151 my $len = unpack "N", $_[1];
1152
1153 # now read the payload
1154 shift->unshift_read (chunk => $len, sub {
1155 my $xml = $_[1];
1156 # handle xml
1157 });
1158 });
1159 });
1160
1161 Example 2: Implement a client for a protocol that replies either with "OK"
1162 and another line or "ERROR" for the first request that is sent, and 64
1163 bytes for the second request. Due to the availability of a queue, we can
1164 just pipeline sending both requests and manipulate the queue as necessary
1165 in the callbacks.
1166
1167 When the first callback is called and sees an "OK" response, it will
1168 C<unshift> another line-read. This line-read will be queued I<before> the
1169 64-byte chunk callback.
1170
1171 # request one, returns either "OK + extra line" or "ERROR"
1172 $handle->push_write ("request 1\015\012");
1173
1174 # we expect "ERROR" or "OK" as response, so push a line read
1175 $handle->push_read (line => sub {
1176 # if we got an "OK", we have to _prepend_ another line,
1177 # so it will be read before the second request reads its 64 bytes
1178 # which are already in the queue when this callback is called
1179 # we don't do this in case we got an error
1180 if ($_[1] eq "OK") {
1181 $_[0]->unshift_read (line => sub {
1182 my $response = $_[1];
1183 ...
1184 });
1185 }
1186 });
1187
1188 # request two, simply returns 64 octets
1189 $handle->push_write ("request 2\015\012");
1190
1191 # simply read 64 bytes, always
1192 $handle->push_read (chunk => 64, sub {
1193 my $response = $_[1];
1194 ...
1195 });
1196
1197 =over 4
1198
1199 =cut
1200
1201 sub _drain_rbuf {
1202 my ($self) = @_;
1203
1204 # avoid recursion
1205 return if $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf};
1206 local $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf} = 1;
1207
1208 while () {
1209 # we need to use a separate tls read buffer, as we must not receive data while
1210 # we are draining the buffer, and this can only happen with TLS.
1211 $self->{rbuf} .= delete $self->{_tls_rbuf}
1212 if exists $self->{_tls_rbuf};
1213
1214 my $len = length $self->{rbuf};
1215
1216 if (my $cb = shift @{ $self->{_queue} }) {
1217 unless ($cb->($self)) {
1218 # no progress can be made
1219 # (not enough data and no data forthcoming)
1220 $self->_error (Errno::EPIPE, 1), return
1221 if $self->{_eof};
1222
1223 unshift @{ $self->{_queue} }, $cb;
1224 last;
1225 }
1226 } elsif ($self->{on_read}) {
1227 last unless $len;
1228
1229 $self->{on_read}($self);
1230
1231 if (
1232 $len == length $self->{rbuf} # if no data has been consumed
1233 && !@{ $self->{_queue} } # and the queue is still empty
1234 && $self->{on_read} # but we still have on_read
1235 ) {
1236 # no further data will arrive
1237 # so no progress can be made
1238 $self->_error (Errno::EPIPE, 1), return
1239 if $self->{_eof};
1240
1241 last; # more data might arrive
1242 }
1243 } else {
1244 # read side becomes idle
1245 delete $self->{_rw} unless $self->{tls};
1246 last;
1247 }
1248 }
1249
1250 if ($self->{_eof}) {
1251 $self->{on_eof}
1252 ? $self->{on_eof}($self)
1253 : $self->_error (0, 1, "Unexpected end-of-file");
1254
1255 return;
1256 }
1257
1258 if (
1259 defined $self->{rbuf_max}
1260 && $self->{rbuf_max} < length $self->{rbuf}
1261 ) {
1262 $self->_error (Errno::ENOSPC, 1), return;
1263 }
1264
1265 # may need to restart read watcher
1266 unless ($self->{_rw}) {
1267 $self->start_read
1268 if $self->{on_read} || @{ $self->{_queue} };
1269 }
1270 }
1271
1272 =item $handle->on_read ($cb)
1273
1274 This replaces the currently set C<on_read> callback, or clears it (when
1275 the new callback is C<undef>). See the description of C<on_read> in the
1276 constructor.
1277
1278 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1279 destroyed after it returns).
1280
1281 =cut
1282
1283 sub on_read {
1284 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1285
1286 $self->{on_read} = $cb;
1287 $self->_drain_rbuf if $cb;
1288 }
1289
1290 =item $handle->rbuf
1291
1292 Returns the read buffer (as a modifiable lvalue). You can also access the
1293 read buffer directly as the C<< ->{rbuf} >> member, if you want (this is
1294 much faster, and no less clean).
1295
1296 The only operation allowed on the read buffer (apart from looking at it)
1297 is removing data from its beginning. Otherwise modifying or appending to
1298 it is not allowed and will lead to hard-to-track-down bugs.
1299
1300 NOTE: The read buffer should only be used or modified in the C<on_read>
1301 callback or when C<push_read> or C<unshift_read> are used with a single
1302 callback (i.e. untyped). Typed C<push_read> and C<unshift_read> methods
1303 will manage the read buffer on their own.
1304
1305 =cut
1306
1307 sub rbuf : lvalue {
1308 $_[0]{rbuf}
1309 }
1310
1311 =item $handle->push_read ($cb)
1312
1313 =item $handle->unshift_read ($cb)
1314
1315 Append the given callback to the end of the queue (C<push_read>) or
1316 prepend it (C<unshift_read>).
1317
1318 The callback is called each time some additional read data arrives.
1319
1320 It must check whether enough data is in the read buffer already.
1321
1322 If not enough data is available, it must return the empty list or a false
1323 value, in which case it will be called repeatedly until enough data is
1324 available (or an error condition is detected).
1325
1326 If enough data was available, then the callback must remove all data it is
1327 interested in (which can be none at all) and return a true value. After returning
1328 true, it will be removed from the queue.
1329
1330 These methods may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1331 destroyed after it returns).
1332
1333 =cut
1334
1335 our %RH;
1336
1337 sub register_read_type($$) {
1338 $RH{$_[0]} = $_[1];
1339 }
1340
1341 sub push_read {
1342 my $self = shift;
1343 my $cb = pop;
1344
1345 if (@_) {
1346 my $type = shift;
1347
1348 $cb = ($RH{$type} ||= _load_func "$type\::anyevent_read_type"
1349 or Carp::croak "unsupported/unloadable type '$type' passed to AnyEvent::Handle::push_read")
1350 ->($self, $cb, @_);
1351 }
1352
1353 push @{ $self->{_queue} }, $cb;
1354 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1355 }
1356
1357 sub unshift_read {
1358 my $self = shift;
1359 my $cb = pop;
1360
1361 if (@_) {
1362 my $type = shift;
1363
1364 $cb = ($RH{$type} ||= _load_func "$type\::anyevent_read_type"
1365 or Carp::croak "unsupported/unloadable type '$type' passed to AnyEvent::Handle::unshift_read")
1366 ->($self, $cb, @_);
1367 }
1368
1369 unshift @{ $self->{_queue} }, $cb;
1370 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1371 }
1372
1373 =item $handle->push_read (type => @args, $cb)
1374
1375 =item $handle->unshift_read (type => @args, $cb)
1376
1377 Instead of providing a callback that parses the data itself you can chose
1378 between a number of predefined parsing formats, for chunks of data, lines
1379 etc. You can also specify the (fully qualified) name of a package, in
1380 which case AnyEvent tries to load the package and then expects to find the
1381 C<anyevent_read_type> function inside (see "custom read types", below).
1382
1383 Predefined types are (if you have ideas for additional types, feel free to
1384 drop by and tell us):
1385
1386 =over 4
1387
1388 =item chunk => $octets, $cb->($handle, $data)
1389
1390 Invoke the callback only once C<$octets> bytes have been read. Pass the
1391 data read to the callback. The callback will never be called with less
1392 data.
1393
1394 Example: read 2 bytes.
1395
1396 $handle->push_read (chunk => 2, sub {
1397 warn "yay ", unpack "H*", $_[1];
1398 });
1399
1400 =cut
1401
1402 register_read_type chunk => sub {
1403 my ($self, $cb, $len) = @_;
1404
1405 sub {
1406 $len <= length $_[0]{rbuf} or return;
1407 $cb->($_[0], substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $len, "");
1408 1
1409 }
1410 };
1411
1412 =item line => [$eol, ]$cb->($handle, $line, $eol)
1413
1414 The callback will be called only once a full line (including the end of
1415 line marker, C<$eol>) has been read. This line (excluding the end of line
1416 marker) will be passed to the callback as second argument (C<$line>), and
1417 the end of line marker as the third argument (C<$eol>).
1418
1419 The end of line marker, C<$eol>, can be either a string, in which case it
1420 will be interpreted as a fixed record end marker, or it can be a regex
1421 object (e.g. created by C<qr>), in which case it is interpreted as a
1422 regular expression.
1423
1424 The end of line marker argument C<$eol> is optional, if it is missing (NOT
1425 undef), then C<qr|\015?\012|> is used (which is good for most internet
1426 protocols).
1427
1428 Partial lines at the end of the stream will never be returned, as they are
1429 not marked by the end of line marker.
1430
1431 =cut
1432
1433 register_read_type line => sub {
1434 my ($self, $cb, $eol) = @_;
1435
1436 if (@_ < 3) {
1437 # this is more than twice as fast as the generic code below
1438 sub {
1439 $_[0]{rbuf} =~ s/^([^\015\012]*)(\015?\012)// or return;
1440
1441 $cb->($_[0], $1, $2);
1442 1
1443 }
1444 } else {
1445 $eol = quotemeta $eol unless ref $eol;
1446 $eol = qr|^(.*?)($eol)|s;
1447
1448 sub {
1449 $_[0]{rbuf} =~ s/$eol// or return;
1450
1451 $cb->($_[0], $1, $2);
1452 1
1453 }
1454 }
1455 };
1456
1457 =item regex => $accept[, $reject[, $skip], $cb->($handle, $data)
1458
1459 Makes a regex match against the regex object C<$accept> and returns
1460 everything up to and including the match.
1461
1462 Example: read a single line terminated by '\n'.
1463
1464 $handle->push_read (regex => qr<\n>, sub { ... });
1465
1466 If C<$reject> is given and not undef, then it determines when the data is
1467 to be rejected: it is matched against the data when the C<$accept> regex
1468 does not match and generates an C<EBADMSG> error when it matches. This is
1469 useful to quickly reject wrong data (to avoid waiting for a timeout or a
1470 receive buffer overflow).
1471
1472 Example: expect a single decimal number followed by whitespace, reject
1473 anything else (not the use of an anchor).
1474
1475 $handle->push_read (regex => qr<^[0-9]+\s>, qr<[^0-9]>, sub { ... });
1476
1477 If C<$skip> is given and not C<undef>, then it will be matched against
1478 the receive buffer when neither C<$accept> nor C<$reject> match,
1479 and everything preceding and including the match will be accepted
1480 unconditionally. This is useful to skip large amounts of data that you
1481 know cannot be matched, so that the C<$accept> or C<$reject> regex do not
1482 have to start matching from the beginning. This is purely an optimisation
1483 and is usually worth it only when you expect more than a few kilobytes.
1484
1485 Example: expect a http header, which ends at C<\015\012\015\012>. Since we
1486 expect the header to be very large (it isn't in practice, but...), we use
1487 a skip regex to skip initial portions. The skip regex is tricky in that
1488 it only accepts something not ending in either \015 or \012, as these are
1489 required for the accept regex.
1490
1491 $handle->push_read (regex =>
1492 qr<\015\012\015\012>,
1493 undef, # no reject
1494 qr<^.*[^\015\012]>,
1495 sub { ... });
1496
1497 =cut
1498
1499 register_read_type regex => sub {
1500 my ($self, $cb, $accept, $reject, $skip) = @_;
1501
1502 my $data;
1503 my $rbuf = \$self->{rbuf};
1504
1505 sub {
1506 # accept
1507 if ($$rbuf =~ $accept) {
1508 $data .= substr $$rbuf, 0, $+[0], "";
1509 $cb->($self, $data);
1510 return 1;
1511 }
1512
1513 # reject
1514 if ($reject && $$rbuf =~ $reject) {
1515 $self->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1516 }
1517
1518 # skip
1519 if ($skip && $$rbuf =~ $skip) {
1520 $data .= substr $$rbuf, 0, $+[0], "";
1521 }
1522
1523 ()
1524 }
1525 };
1526
1527 =item netstring => $cb->($handle, $string)
1528
1529 A netstring (http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt, this is not an endorsement).
1530
1531 Throws an error with C<$!> set to EBADMSG on format violations.
1532
1533 =cut
1534
1535 register_read_type netstring => sub {
1536 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1537
1538 sub {
1539 unless ($_[0]{rbuf} =~ s/^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)://) {
1540 if ($_[0]{rbuf} =~ /[^0-9]/) {
1541 $self->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1542 }
1543 return;
1544 }
1545
1546 my $len = $1;
1547
1548 $self->unshift_read (chunk => $len, sub {
1549 my $string = $_[1];
1550 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => 1, sub {
1551 if ($_[1] eq ",") {
1552 $cb->($_[0], $string);
1553 } else {
1554 $self->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1555 }
1556 });
1557 });
1558
1559 1
1560 }
1561 };
1562
1563 =item packstring => $format, $cb->($handle, $string)
1564
1565 An octet string prefixed with an encoded length. The encoding C<$format>
1566 uses the same format as a Perl C<pack> format, but must specify a single
1567 integer only (only one of C<cCsSlLqQiInNvVjJw> is allowed, plus an
1568 optional C<!>, C<< < >> or C<< > >> modifier).
1569
1570 For example, DNS over TCP uses a prefix of C<n> (2 octet network order),
1571 EPP uses a prefix of C<N> (4 octtes).
1572
1573 Example: read a block of data prefixed by its length in BER-encoded
1574 format (very efficient).
1575
1576 $handle->push_read (packstring => "w", sub {
1577 my ($handle, $data) = @_;
1578 });
1579
1580 =cut
1581
1582 register_read_type packstring => sub {
1583 my ($self, $cb, $format) = @_;
1584
1585 sub {
1586 # when we can use 5.10 we can use ".", but for 5.8 we use the re-pack method
1587 defined (my $len = eval { unpack $format, $_[0]{rbuf} })
1588 or return;
1589
1590 $format = length pack $format, $len;
1591
1592 # bypass unshift if we already have the remaining chunk
1593 if ($format + $len <= length $_[0]{rbuf}) {
1594 my $data = substr $_[0]{rbuf}, $format, $len;
1595 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format + $len, "";
1596 $cb->($_[0], $data);
1597 } else {
1598 # remove prefix
1599 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format, "";
1600
1601 # read remaining chunk
1602 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => $len, $cb);
1603 }
1604
1605 1
1606 }
1607 };
1608
1609 =item json => $cb->($handle, $hash_or_arrayref)
1610
1611 Reads a JSON object or array, decodes it and passes it to the
1612 callback. When a parse error occurs, an C<EBADMSG> error will be raised.
1613
1614 If a C<json> object was passed to the constructor, then that will be used
1615 for the final decode, otherwise it will create a JSON coder expecting UTF-8.
1616
1617 This read type uses the incremental parser available with JSON version
1618 2.09 (and JSON::XS version 2.2) and above. You have to provide a
1619 dependency on your own: this module will load the JSON module, but
1620 AnyEvent does not depend on it itself.
1621
1622 Since JSON texts are fully self-delimiting, the C<json> read and write
1623 types are an ideal simple RPC protocol: just exchange JSON datagrams. See
1624 the C<json> write type description, above, for an actual example.
1625
1626 =cut
1627
1628 register_read_type json => sub {
1629 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1630
1631 my $json = $self->{json} ||= json_coder;
1632
1633 my $data;
1634 my $rbuf = \$self->{rbuf};
1635
1636 sub {
1637 my $ref = eval { $json->incr_parse ($self->{rbuf}) };
1638
1639 if ($ref) {
1640 $self->{rbuf} = $json->incr_text;
1641 $json->incr_text = "";
1642 $cb->($self, $ref);
1643
1644 1
1645 } elsif ($@) {
1646 # error case
1647 $json->incr_skip;
1648
1649 $self->{rbuf} = $json->incr_text;
1650 $json->incr_text = "";
1651
1652 $self->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1653
1654 ()
1655 } else {
1656 $self->{rbuf} = "";
1657
1658 ()
1659 }
1660 }
1661 };
1662
1663 =item storable => $cb->($handle, $ref)
1664
1665 Deserialises a L<Storable> frozen representation as written by the
1666 C<storable> write type (BER-encoded length prefix followed by nfreeze'd
1667 data).
1668
1669 Raises C<EBADMSG> error if the data could not be decoded.
1670
1671 =cut
1672
1673 register_read_type storable => sub {
1674 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1675
1676 require Storable;
1677
1678 sub {
1679 # when we can use 5.10 we can use ".", but for 5.8 we use the re-pack method
1680 defined (my $len = eval { unpack "w", $_[0]{rbuf} })
1681 or return;
1682
1683 my $format = length pack "w", $len;
1684
1685 # bypass unshift if we already have the remaining chunk
1686 if ($format + $len <= length $_[0]{rbuf}) {
1687 my $data = substr $_[0]{rbuf}, $format, $len;
1688 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format + $len, "";
1689 $cb->($_[0], Storable::thaw ($data));
1690 } else {
1691 # remove prefix
1692 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format, "";
1693
1694 # read remaining chunk
1695 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => $len, sub {
1696 if (my $ref = eval { Storable::thaw ($_[1]) }) {
1697 $cb->($_[0], $ref);
1698 } else {
1699 $self->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1700 }
1701 });
1702 }
1703
1704 1
1705 }
1706 };
1707
1708 =back
1709
1710 =item custom read types - Package::anyevent_read_type $handle, $cb, @args
1711
1712 Instead of one of the predefined types, you can also specify the name
1713 of a package. AnyEvent will try to load the package and then expects to
1714 find a function named C<anyevent_read_type> inside. If it isn't found, it
1715 progressively tries to load the parent package until it either finds the
1716 function (good) or runs out of packages (bad).
1717
1718 Whenever this type is used, C<push_read> will invoke the function with the
1719 handle object, the original callback and the remaining arguments.
1720
1721 The function is supposed to return a callback (usually a closure) that
1722 works as a plain read callback (see C<< ->push_read ($cb) >>), so you can
1723 mentally treat the function as a "configurable read type to read callback"
1724 converter.
1725
1726 It should invoke the original callback when it is done reading (remember
1727 to pass C<$handle> as first argument as all other callbacks do that,
1728 although there is no strict requirement on this).
1729
1730 For examples, see the source of this module (F<perldoc -m
1731 AnyEvent::Handle>, search for C<register_read_type>)).
1732
1733 =item $handle->stop_read
1734
1735 =item $handle->start_read
1736
1737 In rare cases you actually do not want to read anything from the
1738 socket. In this case you can call C<stop_read>. Neither C<on_read> nor
1739 any queued callbacks will be executed then. To start reading again, call
1740 C<start_read>.
1741
1742 Note that AnyEvent::Handle will automatically C<start_read> for you when
1743 you change the C<on_read> callback or push/unshift a read callback, and it
1744 will automatically C<stop_read> for you when neither C<on_read> is set nor
1745 there are any read requests in the queue.
1746
1747 These methods will have no effect when in TLS mode (as TLS doesn't support
1748 half-duplex connections).
1749
1750 =cut
1751
1752 sub stop_read {
1753 my ($self) = @_;
1754
1755 delete $self->{_rw} unless $self->{tls};
1756 }
1757
1758 sub start_read {
1759 my ($self) = @_;
1760
1761 unless ($self->{_rw} || $self->{_eof} || !$self->{fh}) {
1762 Scalar::Util::weaken $self;
1763
1764 $self->{_rw} = AE::io $self->{fh}, 0, sub {
1765 my $rbuf = \($self->{tls} ? my $buf : $self->{rbuf});
1766 my $len = sysread $self->{fh}, $$rbuf, $self->{read_size}, length $$rbuf;
1767
1768 if ($len > 0) {
1769 $self->{_activity} = $self->{_ractivity} = AE::now;
1770
1771 if ($self->{tls}) {
1772 Net::SSLeay::BIO_write ($self->{_rbio}, $$rbuf);
1773
1774 &_dotls ($self);
1775 } else {
1776 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1777 }
1778
1779 if ($len == $self->{read_size}) {
1780 $self->{read_size} *= 2;
1781 $self->{read_size} = $self->{max_read_size} || MAX_READ_SIZE
1782 if $self->{read_size} > ($self->{max_read_size} || MAX_READ_SIZE);
1783 }
1784
1785 } elsif (defined $len) {
1786 delete $self->{_rw};
1787 $self->{_eof} = 1;
1788 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1789
1790 } elsif ($! != EAGAIN && $! != EINTR && $! != WSAEWOULDBLOCK) {
1791 return $self->_error ($!, 1);
1792 }
1793 };
1794 }
1795 }
1796
1797 our $ERROR_SYSCALL;
1798 our $ERROR_WANT_READ;
1799
1800 sub _tls_error {
1801 my ($self, $err) = @_;
1802
1803 return $self->_error ($!, 1)
1804 if $err == Net::SSLeay::ERROR_SYSCALL ();
1805
1806 my $err =Net::SSLeay::ERR_error_string (Net::SSLeay::ERR_get_error ());
1807
1808 # reduce error string to look less scary
1809 $err =~ s/^error:[0-9a-fA-F]{8}:[^:]+:([^:]+):/\L$1: /;
1810
1811 if ($self->{_on_starttls}) {
1812 (delete $self->{_on_starttls})->($self, undef, $err);
1813 &_freetls;
1814 } else {
1815 &_freetls;
1816 $self->_error (Errno::EPROTO, 1, $err);
1817 }
1818 }
1819
1820 # poll the write BIO and send the data if applicable
1821 # also decode read data if possible
1822 # this is basiclaly our TLS state machine
1823 # more efficient implementations are possible with openssl,
1824 # but not with the buggy and incomplete Net::SSLeay.
1825 sub _dotls {
1826 my ($self) = @_;
1827
1828 my $tmp;
1829
1830 if (length $self->{_tls_wbuf}) {
1831 while (($tmp = Net::SSLeay::write ($self->{tls}, $self->{_tls_wbuf})) > 0) {
1832 substr $self->{_tls_wbuf}, 0, $tmp, "";
1833 }
1834
1835 $tmp = Net::SSLeay::get_error ($self->{tls}, $tmp);
1836 return $self->_tls_error ($tmp)
1837 if $tmp != $ERROR_WANT_READ
1838 && ($tmp != $ERROR_SYSCALL || $!);
1839 }
1840
1841 while (defined ($tmp = Net::SSLeay::read ($self->{tls}))) {
1842 unless (length $tmp) {
1843 $self->{_on_starttls}
1844 and (delete $self->{_on_starttls})->($self, undef, "EOF during handshake"); # ???
1845 &_freetls;
1846
1847 if ($self->{on_stoptls}) {
1848 $self->{on_stoptls}($self);
1849 return;
1850 } else {
1851 # let's treat SSL-eof as we treat normal EOF
1852 delete $self->{_rw};
1853 $self->{_eof} = 1;
1854 }
1855 }
1856
1857 $self->{_tls_rbuf} .= $tmp;
1858 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1859 $self->{tls} or return; # tls session might have gone away in callback
1860 }
1861
1862 $tmp = Net::SSLeay::get_error ($self->{tls}, -1);
1863 return $self->_tls_error ($tmp)
1864 if $tmp != $ERROR_WANT_READ
1865 && ($tmp != $ERROR_SYSCALL || $!);
1866
1867 while (length ($tmp = Net::SSLeay::BIO_read ($self->{_wbio}))) {
1868 $self->{wbuf} .= $tmp;
1869 $self->_drain_wbuf;
1870 $self->{tls} or return; # tls session might have gone away in callback
1871 }
1872
1873 $self->{_on_starttls}
1874 and Net::SSLeay::state ($self->{tls}) == Net::SSLeay::ST_OK ()
1875 and (delete $self->{_on_starttls})->($self, 1, "TLS/SSL connection established");
1876 }
1877
1878 =item $handle->starttls ($tls[, $tls_ctx])
1879
1880 Instead of starting TLS negotiation immediately when the AnyEvent::Handle
1881 object is created, you can also do that at a later time by calling
1882 C<starttls>.
1883
1884 Starting TLS is currently an asynchronous operation - when you push some
1885 write data and then call C<< ->starttls >> then TLS negotiation will start
1886 immediately, after which the queued write data is then sent.
1887
1888 The first argument is the same as the C<tls> constructor argument (either
1889 C<"connect">, C<"accept"> or an existing Net::SSLeay object).
1890
1891 The second argument is the optional C<AnyEvent::TLS> object that is used
1892 when AnyEvent::Handle has to create its own TLS connection object, or
1893 a hash reference with C<< key => value >> pairs that will be used to
1894 construct a new context.
1895
1896 The TLS connection object will end up in C<< $handle->{tls} >>, the TLS
1897 context in C<< $handle->{tls_ctx} >> after this call and can be used or
1898 changed to your liking. Note that the handshake might have already started
1899 when this function returns.
1900
1901 Due to bugs in OpenSSL, it might or might not be possible to do multiple
1902 handshakes on the same stream. It is best to not attempt to use the
1903 stream after stopping TLS.
1904
1905 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1906 destroyed after it returns).
1907
1908 =cut
1909
1910 our %TLS_CACHE; #TODO not yet documented, should we?
1911
1912 sub starttls {
1913 my ($self, $tls, $ctx) = @_;
1914
1915 Carp::croak "It is an error to call starttls on an AnyEvent::Handle object while TLS is already active, caught"
1916 if $self->{tls};
1917
1918 $self->{tls} = $tls;
1919 $self->{tls_ctx} = $ctx if @_ > 2;
1920
1921 return unless $self->{fh};
1922
1923 require Net::SSLeay;
1924
1925 $ERROR_SYSCALL = Net::SSLeay::ERROR_SYSCALL ();
1926 $ERROR_WANT_READ = Net::SSLeay::ERROR_WANT_READ ();
1927
1928 $tls = delete $self->{tls};
1929 $ctx = $self->{tls_ctx};
1930
1931 local $Carp::CarpLevel = 1; # skip ourselves when creating a new context or session
1932
1933 if ("HASH" eq ref $ctx) {
1934 require AnyEvent::TLS;
1935
1936 if ($ctx->{cache}) {
1937 my $key = $ctx+0;
1938 $ctx = $TLS_CACHE{$key} ||= new AnyEvent::TLS %$ctx;
1939 } else {
1940 $ctx = new AnyEvent::TLS %$ctx;
1941 }
1942 }
1943
1944 $self->{tls_ctx} = $ctx || TLS_CTX ();
1945 $self->{tls} = $tls = $self->{tls_ctx}->_get_session ($tls, $self, $self->{peername});
1946
1947 # basically, this is deep magic (because SSL_read should have the same issues)
1948 # but the openssl maintainers basically said: "trust us, it just works".
1949 # (unfortunately, we have to hardcode constants because the abysmally misdesigned
1950 # and mismaintained ssleay-module doesn't even offer them).
1951 # http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-dev@openssl.org/msg22420.html
1952 #
1953 # in short: this is a mess.
1954 #
1955 # note that we do not try to keep the length constant between writes as we are required to do.
1956 # we assume that most (but not all) of this insanity only applies to non-blocking cases,
1957 # and we drive openssl fully in blocking mode here. Or maybe we don't - openssl seems to
1958 # have identity issues in that area.
1959 # Net::SSLeay::CTX_set_mode ($ssl,
1960 # (eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; Net::SSLeay::MODE_ENABLE_PARTIAL_WRITE () } || 1)
1961 # | (eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; Net::SSLeay::MODE_ACCEPT_MOVING_WRITE_BUFFER () } || 2));
1962 Net::SSLeay::CTX_set_mode ($tls, 1|2);
1963
1964 $self->{_rbio} = Net::SSLeay::BIO_new (Net::SSLeay::BIO_s_mem ());
1965 $self->{_wbio} = Net::SSLeay::BIO_new (Net::SSLeay::BIO_s_mem ());
1966
1967 Net::SSLeay::BIO_write ($self->{_rbio}, delete $self->{rbuf});
1968
1969 Net::SSLeay::set_bio ($tls, $self->{_rbio}, $self->{_wbio});
1970
1971 $self->{_on_starttls} = sub { $_[0]{on_starttls}(@_) }
1972 if $self->{on_starttls};
1973
1974 &_dotls; # need to trigger the initial handshake
1975 $self->start_read; # make sure we actually do read
1976 }
1977
1978 =item $handle->stoptls
1979
1980 Shuts down the SSL connection - this makes a proper EOF handshake by
1981 sending a close notify to the other side, but since OpenSSL doesn't
1982 support non-blocking shut downs, it is not guaranteed that you can re-use
1983 the stream afterwards.
1984
1985 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1986 destroyed after it returns).
1987
1988 =cut
1989
1990 sub stoptls {
1991 my ($self) = @_;
1992
1993 if ($self->{tls} && $self->{fh}) {
1994 Net::SSLeay::shutdown ($self->{tls});
1995
1996 &_dotls;
1997
1998 # # we don't give a shit. no, we do, but we can't. no...#d#
1999 # # we, we... have to use openssl :/#d#
2000 # &_freetls;#d#
2001 }
2002 }
2003
2004 sub _freetls {
2005 my ($self) = @_;
2006
2007 return unless $self->{tls};
2008
2009 $self->{tls_ctx}->_put_session (delete $self->{tls})
2010 if $self->{tls} > 0;
2011
2012 delete @$self{qw(_rbio _wbio _tls_wbuf _on_starttls)};
2013 }
2014
2015 sub DESTROY {
2016 my ($self) = @_;
2017
2018 &_freetls;
2019
2020 my $linger = exists $self->{linger} ? $self->{linger} : 3600;
2021
2022 if ($linger && length $self->{wbuf} && $self->{fh}) {
2023 my $fh = delete $self->{fh};
2024 my $wbuf = delete $self->{wbuf};
2025
2026 my @linger;
2027
2028 push @linger, AE::io $fh, 1, sub {
2029 my $len = syswrite $fh, $wbuf, length $wbuf;
2030
2031 if ($len > 0) {
2032 substr $wbuf, 0, $len, "";
2033 } elsif (defined $len || ($! != EAGAIN && $! != EINTR && $! != WSAEWOULDBLOCK)) {
2034 @linger = (); # end
2035 }
2036 };
2037 push @linger, AE::timer $linger, 0, sub {
2038 @linger = ();
2039 };
2040 }
2041 }
2042
2043 =item $handle->destroy
2044
2045 Shuts down the handle object as much as possible - this call ensures that
2046 no further callbacks will be invoked and as many resources as possible
2047 will be freed. Any method you will call on the handle object after
2048 destroying it in this way will be silently ignored (and it will return the
2049 empty list).
2050
2051 Normally, you can just "forget" any references to an AnyEvent::Handle
2052 object and it will simply shut down. This works in fatal error and EOF
2053 callbacks, as well as code outside. It does I<NOT> work in a read or write
2054 callback, so when you want to destroy the AnyEvent::Handle object from
2055 within such an callback. You I<MUST> call C<< ->destroy >> explicitly in
2056 that case.
2057
2058 Destroying the handle object in this way has the advantage that callbacks
2059 will be removed as well, so if those are the only reference holders (as
2060 is common), then one doesn't need to do anything special to break any
2061 reference cycles.
2062
2063 The handle might still linger in the background and write out remaining
2064 data, as specified by the C<linger> option, however.
2065
2066 =cut
2067
2068 sub destroy {
2069 my ($self) = @_;
2070
2071 $self->DESTROY;
2072 %$self = ();
2073 bless $self, "AnyEvent::Handle::destroyed";
2074 }
2075
2076 sub AnyEvent::Handle::destroyed::AUTOLOAD {
2077 #nop
2078 }
2079
2080 =item $handle->destroyed
2081
2082 Returns false as long as the handle hasn't been destroyed by a call to C<<
2083 ->destroy >>, true otherwise.
2084
2085 Can be useful to decide whether the handle is still valid after some
2086 callback possibly destroyed the handle. For example, C<< ->push_write >>,
2087 C<< ->starttls >> and other methods can call user callbacks, which in turn
2088 can destroy the handle, so work can be avoided by checking sometimes:
2089
2090 $hdl->starttls ("accept");
2091 return if $hdl->destroyed;
2092 $hdl->push_write (...
2093
2094 Note that the call to C<push_write> will silently be ignored if the handle
2095 has been destroyed, so often you can just ignore the possibility of the
2096 handle being destroyed.
2097
2098 =cut
2099
2100 sub destroyed { 0 }
2101 sub AnyEvent::Handle::destroyed::destroyed { 1 }
2102
2103 =item AnyEvent::Handle::TLS_CTX
2104
2105 This function creates and returns the AnyEvent::TLS object used by default
2106 for TLS mode.
2107
2108 The context is created by calling L<AnyEvent::TLS> without any arguments.
2109
2110 =cut
2111
2112 our $TLS_CTX;
2113
2114 sub TLS_CTX() {
2115 $TLS_CTX ||= do {
2116 require AnyEvent::TLS;
2117
2118 new AnyEvent::TLS
2119 }
2120 }
2121
2122 =back
2123
2124
2125 =head1 NONFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
2126
2127 =over 4
2128
2129 =item I C<undef> the AnyEvent::Handle reference inside my callback and
2130 still get further invocations!
2131
2132 That's because AnyEvent::Handle keeps a reference to itself when handling
2133 read or write callbacks.
2134
2135 It is only safe to "forget" the reference inside EOF or error callbacks,
2136 from within all other callbacks, you need to explicitly call the C<<
2137 ->destroy >> method.
2138
2139 =item I get different callback invocations in TLS mode/Why can't I pause
2140 reading?
2141
2142 Unlike, say, TCP, TLS connections do not consist of two independent
2143 communication channels, one for each direction. Or put differently, the
2144 read and write directions are not independent of each other: you cannot
2145 write data unless you are also prepared to read, and vice versa.
2146
2147 This means that, in TLS mode, you might get C<on_error> or C<on_eof>
2148 callback invocations when you are not expecting any read data - the reason
2149 is that AnyEvent::Handle always reads in TLS mode.
2150
2151 During the connection, you have to make sure that you always have a
2152 non-empty read-queue, or an C<on_read> watcher. At the end of the
2153 connection (or when you no longer want to use it) you can call the
2154 C<destroy> method.
2155
2156 =item How do I read data until the other side closes the connection?
2157
2158 If you just want to read your data into a perl scalar, the easiest way
2159 to achieve this is by setting an C<on_read> callback that does nothing,
2160 clearing the C<on_eof> callback and in the C<on_error> callback, the data
2161 will be in C<$_[0]{rbuf}>:
2162
2163 $handle->on_read (sub { });
2164 $handle->on_eof (undef);
2165 $handle->on_error (sub {
2166 my $data = delete $_[0]{rbuf};
2167 });
2168
2169 The reason to use C<on_error> is that TCP connections, due to latencies
2170 and packets loss, might get closed quite violently with an error, when in
2171 fact all data has been received.
2172
2173 It is usually better to use acknowledgements when transferring data,
2174 to make sure the other side hasn't just died and you got the data
2175 intact. This is also one reason why so many internet protocols have an
2176 explicit QUIT command.
2177
2178 =item I don't want to destroy the handle too early - how do I wait until
2179 all data has been written?
2180
2181 After writing your last bits of data, set the C<on_drain> callback
2182 and destroy the handle in there - with the default setting of
2183 C<low_water_mark> this will be called precisely when all data has been
2184 written to the socket:
2185
2186 $handle->push_write (...);
2187 $handle->on_drain (sub {
2188 warn "all data submitted to the kernel\n";
2189 undef $handle;
2190 });
2191
2192 If you just want to queue some data and then signal EOF to the other side,
2193 consider using C<< ->push_shutdown >> instead.
2194
2195 =item I want to contact a TLS/SSL server, I don't care about security.
2196
2197 If your TLS server is a pure TLS server (e.g. HTTPS) that only speaks TLS,
2198 connect to it and then create the AnyEvent::Handle with the C<tls>
2199 parameter:
2200
2201 tcp_connect $host, $port, sub {
2202 my ($fh) = @_;
2203
2204 my $handle = new AnyEvent::Handle
2205 fh => $fh,
2206 tls => "connect",
2207 on_error => sub { ... };
2208
2209 $handle->push_write (...);
2210 };
2211
2212 =item I want to contact a TLS/SSL server, I do care about security.
2213
2214 Then you should additionally enable certificate verification, including
2215 peername verification, if the protocol you use supports it (see
2216 L<AnyEvent::TLS>, C<verify_peername>).
2217
2218 E.g. for HTTPS:
2219
2220 tcp_connect $host, $port, sub {
2221 my ($fh) = @_;
2222
2223 my $handle = new AnyEvent::Handle
2224 fh => $fh,
2225 peername => $host,
2226 tls => "connect",
2227 tls_ctx => { verify => 1, verify_peername => "https" },
2228 ...
2229
2230 Note that you must specify the hostname you connected to (or whatever
2231 "peername" the protocol needs) as the C<peername> argument, otherwise no
2232 peername verification will be done.
2233
2234 The above will use the system-dependent default set of trusted CA
2235 certificates. If you want to check against a specific CA, add the
2236 C<ca_file> (or C<ca_cert>) arguments to C<tls_ctx>:
2237
2238 tls_ctx => {
2239 verify => 1,
2240 verify_peername => "https",
2241 ca_file => "my-ca-cert.pem",
2242 },
2243
2244 =item I want to create a TLS/SSL server, how do I do that?
2245
2246 Well, you first need to get a server certificate and key. You have
2247 three options: a) ask a CA (buy one, use cacert.org etc.) b) create a
2248 self-signed certificate (cheap. check the search engine of your choice,
2249 there are many tutorials on the net) or c) make your own CA (tinyca2 is a
2250 nice program for that purpose).
2251
2252 Then create a file with your private key (in PEM format, see
2253 L<AnyEvent::TLS>), followed by the certificate (also in PEM format). The
2254 file should then look like this:
2255
2256 -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
2257 ...header data
2258 ... lots of base64'y-stuff
2259 -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
2260
2261 -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
2262 ... lots of base64'y-stuff
2263 -----END CERTIFICATE-----
2264
2265 The important bits are the "PRIVATE KEY" and "CERTIFICATE" parts. Then
2266 specify this file as C<cert_file>:
2267
2268 tcp_server undef, $port, sub {
2269 my ($fh) = @_;
2270
2271 my $handle = new AnyEvent::Handle
2272 fh => $fh,
2273 tls => "accept",
2274 tls_ctx => { cert_file => "my-server-keycert.pem" },
2275 ...
2276
2277 When you have intermediate CA certificates that your clients might not
2278 know about, just append them to the C<cert_file>.
2279
2280 =back
2281
2282
2283 =head1 SUBCLASSING AnyEvent::Handle
2284
2285 In many cases, you might want to subclass AnyEvent::Handle.
2286
2287 To make this easier, a given version of AnyEvent::Handle uses these
2288 conventions:
2289
2290 =over 4
2291
2292 =item * all constructor arguments become object members.
2293
2294 At least initially, when you pass a C<tls>-argument to the constructor it
2295 will end up in C<< $handle->{tls} >>. Those members might be changed or
2296 mutated later on (for example C<tls> will hold the TLS connection object).
2297
2298 =item * other object member names are prefixed with an C<_>.
2299
2300 All object members not explicitly documented (internal use) are prefixed
2301 with an underscore character, so the remaining non-C<_>-namespace is free
2302 for use for subclasses.
2303
2304 =item * all members not documented here and not prefixed with an underscore
2305 are free to use in subclasses.
2306
2307 Of course, new versions of AnyEvent::Handle may introduce more "public"
2308 member variables, but that's just life. At least it is documented.
2309
2310 =back
2311
2312 =head1 AUTHOR
2313
2314 Robin Redeker C<< <elmex at ta-sa.org> >>, Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>.
2315
2316 =cut
2317
2318 1; # End of AnyEvent::Handle