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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 AE::log error => $msg;
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, $line) = @_;
27 say "got line <$line>";
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 (you can access that
120 file handle via C<< $handle->{fh} >>). It could be used to prepare the
121 file handle with parameters required for the actual connect (as opposed to
122 settings that can be changed when the connection is already 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, $retry->())
129
130 This callback is called when a connection has been successfully established.
131
132 The peer's numeric host and port (the socket peername) are passed as
133 parameters, together with a retry callback. At the time it is called the
134 read and write queues, EOF status, TLS status and similar properties of
135 the handle will have been reset.
136
137 It is not allowed to use the read or write queues while the handle object
138 is connecting.
139
140 If, for some reason, the handle is not acceptable, calling C<$retry> will
141 continue with the next connection target (in case of multi-homed hosts or
142 SRV records there can be multiple connection endpoints). The C<$retry>
143 callback can be invoked after the connect callback returns, i.e. one can
144 start a handshake and then decide to retry with the next host if the
145 handshake fails.
146
147 In most cases, you should ignore the C<$retry> parameter.
148
149 =item on_connect_error => $cb->($handle, $message)
150
151 This callback is called when the connection could not be
152 established. C<$!> will contain the relevant error code, and C<$message> a
153 message describing it (usually the same as C<"$!">).
154
155 If this callback isn't specified, then C<on_error> will be called with a
156 fatal error instead.
157
158 =back
159
160 =item on_error => $cb->($handle, $fatal, $message)
161
162 This is the error callback, which is called when, well, some error
163 occured, such as not being able to resolve the hostname, failure to
164 connect, or a read error.
165
166 Some errors are fatal (which is indicated by C<$fatal> being true). On
167 fatal errors the handle object will be destroyed (by a call to C<< ->
168 destroy >>) after invoking the error callback (which means you are free to
169 examine the handle object). Examples of fatal errors are an EOF condition
170 with active (but unsatisfiable) read watchers (C<EPIPE>) or I/O errors. In
171 cases where the other side can close the connection at will, it is
172 often easiest to not report C<EPIPE> errors in this callback.
173
174 AnyEvent::Handle tries to find an appropriate error code for you to check
175 against, but in some cases (TLS errors), this does not work well.
176
177 If you report the error to the user, it is recommended to always output
178 the C<$message> argument in human-readable error messages (you don't need
179 to report C<"$!"> if you report C<$message>).
180
181 If you want to react programmatically to the error, then looking at C<$!>
182 and comparing it against some of the documented C<Errno> values is usually
183 better than looking at the C<$message>.
184
185 Non-fatal errors can be retried by returning, but it is recommended
186 to simply ignore this parameter and instead abondon the handle object
187 when this callback is invoked. Examples of non-fatal errors are timeouts
188 C<ETIMEDOUT>) or badly-formatted data (C<EBADMSG>).
189
190 On entry to the callback, the value of C<$!> contains the operating
191 system error code (or C<ENOSPC>, C<EPIPE>, C<ETIMEDOUT>, C<EBADMSG> or
192 C<EPROTO>).
193
194 While not mandatory, it is I<highly> recommended to set this callback, as
195 you will not be notified of errors otherwise. The default just calls
196 C<croak>.
197
198 =item on_read => $cb->($handle)
199
200 This sets the default read callback, which is called when data arrives
201 and no read request is in the queue (unlike read queue callbacks, this
202 callback will only be called when at least one octet of data is in the
203 read buffer).
204
205 To access (and remove data from) the read buffer, use the C<< ->rbuf >>
206 method or access the C<< $handle->{rbuf} >> member directly. Note that you
207 must not enlarge or modify the read buffer, you can only remove data at
208 the beginning from it.
209
210 You can also call C<< ->push_read (...) >> or any other function that
211 modifies the read queue. Or do both. Or ...
212
213 When an EOF condition is detected, AnyEvent::Handle will first try to
214 feed all the remaining data to the queued callbacks and C<on_read> before
215 calling the C<on_eof> callback. If no progress can be made, then a fatal
216 error will be raised (with C<$!> set to C<EPIPE>).
217
218 Note that, unlike requests in the read queue, an C<on_read> callback
219 doesn't mean you I<require> some data: if there is an EOF and there
220 are outstanding read requests then an error will be flagged. With an
221 C<on_read> callback, the C<on_eof> callback will be invoked.
222
223 =item on_eof => $cb->($handle)
224
225 Set the callback to be called when an end-of-file condition is detected,
226 i.e. in the case of a socket, when the other side has closed the
227 connection cleanly, and there are no outstanding read requests in the
228 queue (if there are read requests, then an EOF counts as an unexpected
229 connection close and will be flagged as an error).
230
231 For sockets, this just means that the other side has stopped sending data,
232 you can still try to write data, and, in fact, one can return from the EOF
233 callback and continue writing data, as only the read part has been shut
234 down.
235
236 If an EOF condition has been detected but no C<on_eof> callback has been
237 set, then a fatal error will be raised with C<$!> set to <0>.
238
239 =item on_drain => $cb->($handle)
240
241 This sets the callback that is called once when the write buffer becomes
242 empty (and immediately when the handle object is created).
243
244 To append to the write buffer, use the C<< ->push_write >> method.
245
246 This callback is useful when you don't want to put all of your write data
247 into the queue at once, for example, when you want to write the contents
248 of some file to the socket you might not want to read the whole file into
249 memory and push it into the queue, but instead only read more data from
250 the file when the write queue becomes empty.
251
252 =item timeout => $fractional_seconds
253
254 =item rtimeout => $fractional_seconds
255
256 =item wtimeout => $fractional_seconds
257
258 If non-zero, then these enables an "inactivity" timeout: whenever this
259 many seconds pass without a successful read or write on the underlying
260 file handle (or a call to C<timeout_reset>), the C<on_timeout> callback
261 will be invoked (and if that one is missing, a non-fatal C<ETIMEDOUT>
262 error will be raised).
263
264 There are three variants of the timeouts that work independently of each
265 other, for both read and write (triggered when nothing was read I<OR>
266 written), just read (triggered when nothing was read), and just write:
267 C<timeout>, C<rtimeout> and C<wtimeout>, with corresponding callbacks
268 C<on_timeout>, C<on_rtimeout> and C<on_wtimeout>, and reset functions
269 C<timeout_reset>, C<rtimeout_reset>, and C<wtimeout_reset>.
270
271 Note that timeout processing is active even when you do not have any
272 outstanding read or write requests: If you plan to keep the connection
273 idle then you should disable the timeout temporarily or ignore the
274 timeout in the corresponding C<on_timeout> callback, in which case
275 AnyEvent::Handle will simply restart the timeout.
276
277 Zero (the default) disables the corresponding timeout.
278
279 =item on_timeout => $cb->($handle)
280
281 =item on_rtimeout => $cb->($handle)
282
283 =item on_wtimeout => $cb->($handle)
284
285 Called whenever the inactivity timeout passes. If you return from this
286 callback, then the timeout will be reset as if some activity had happened,
287 so this condition is not fatal in any way.
288
289 =item rbuf_max => <bytes>
290
291 If defined, then a fatal error will be raised (with C<$!> set to C<ENOSPC>)
292 when the read buffer ever (strictly) exceeds this size. This is useful to
293 avoid some forms of denial-of-service attacks.
294
295 For example, a server accepting connections from untrusted sources should
296 be configured to accept only so-and-so much data that it cannot act on
297 (for example, when expecting a line, an attacker could send an unlimited
298 amount of data without a callback ever being called as long as the line
299 isn't finished).
300
301 =item wbuf_max => <bytes>
302
303 If defined, then a fatal error will be raised (with C<$!> set to C<ENOSPC>)
304 when the write buffer ever (strictly) exceeds this size. This is useful to
305 avoid some forms of denial-of-service attacks.
306
307 Although the units of this parameter is bytes, this is the I<raw> number
308 of bytes not yet accepted by the kernel. This can make a difference when
309 you e.g. use TLS, as TLS typically makes your write data larger (but it
310 can also make it smaller due to compression).
311
312 As an example of when this limit is useful, take a chat server that sends
313 chat messages to a client. If the client does not read those in a timely
314 manner then the send buffer in the server would grow unbounded.
315
316 =item autocork => <boolean>
317
318 When disabled (the default), C<push_write> will try to immediately
319 write the data to the handle if possible. This avoids having to register
320 a write watcher and wait for the next event loop iteration, but can
321 be inefficient if you write multiple small chunks (on the wire, this
322 disadvantage is usually avoided by your kernel's nagle algorithm, see
323 C<no_delay>, but this option can save costly syscalls).
324
325 When enabled, writes will always be queued till the next event loop
326 iteration. This is efficient when you do many small writes per iteration,
327 but less efficient when you do a single write only per iteration (or when
328 the write buffer often is full). It also increases write latency.
329
330 =item no_delay => <boolean>
331
332 When doing small writes on sockets, your operating system kernel might
333 wait a bit for more data before actually sending it out. This is called
334 the Nagle algorithm, and usually it is beneficial.
335
336 In some situations you want as low a delay as possible, which can be
337 accomplishd by setting this option to a true value.
338
339 The default is your operating system's default behaviour (most likely
340 enabled). This option explicitly enables or disables it, if possible.
341
342 =item keepalive => <boolean>
343
344 Enables (default disable) the SO_KEEPALIVE option on the stream socket:
345 normally, TCP connections have no time-out once established, so TCP
346 connections, once established, can stay alive forever even when the other
347 side has long gone. TCP keepalives are a cheap way to take down long-lived
348 TCP connections when the other side becomes unreachable. While the default
349 is OS-dependent, TCP keepalives usually kick in after around two hours,
350 and, if the other side doesn't reply, take down the TCP connection some 10
351 to 15 minutes later.
352
353 It is harmless to specify this option for file handles that do not support
354 keepalives, and enabling it on connections that are potentially long-lived
355 is usually a good idea.
356
357 =item oobinline => <boolean>
358
359 BSD majorly fucked up the implementation of TCP urgent data. The result
360 is that almost no OS implements TCP according to the specs, and every OS
361 implements it slightly differently.
362
363 If you want to handle TCP urgent data, then setting this flag (the default
364 is enabled) gives you the most portable way of getting urgent data, by
365 putting it into the stream.
366
367 Since BSD emulation of OOB data on top of TCP's urgent data can have
368 security implications, AnyEvent::Handle sets this flag automatically
369 unless explicitly specified. Note that setting this flag after
370 establishing a connection I<may> be a bit too late (data loss could
371 already have occured on BSD systems), but at least it will protect you
372 from most attacks.
373
374 =item read_size => <bytes>
375
376 The initial read block size, the number of bytes this module will try
377 to read during each loop iteration. Each handle object will consume
378 at least this amount of memory for the read buffer as well, so when
379 handling many connections watch out for memory requirements). See also
380 C<max_read_size>. Default: C<2048>.
381
382 =item max_read_size => <bytes>
383
384 The maximum read buffer size used by the dynamic adjustment
385 algorithm: Each time AnyEvent::Handle can read C<read_size> bytes in
386 one go it will double C<read_size> up to the maximum given by this
387 option. Default: C<131072> or C<read_size>, whichever is higher.
388
389 =item low_water_mark => <bytes>
390
391 Sets the number of bytes (default: C<0>) that make up an "empty" write
392 buffer: If the buffer reaches this size or gets even samller it is
393 considered empty.
394
395 Sometimes it can be beneficial (for performance reasons) to add data to
396 the write buffer before it is fully drained, but this is a rare case, as
397 the operating system kernel usually buffers data as well, so the default
398 is good in almost all cases.
399
400 =item linger => <seconds>
401
402 If this is non-zero (default: C<3600>), the destructor of the
403 AnyEvent::Handle object will check whether there is still outstanding
404 write data and will install a watcher that will write this data to the
405 socket. No errors will be reported (this mostly matches how the operating
406 system treats outstanding data at socket close time).
407
408 This will not work for partial TLS data that could not be encoded
409 yet. This data will be lost. Calling the C<stoptls> method in time might
410 help.
411
412 =item peername => $string
413
414 A string used to identify the remote site - usually the DNS hostname
415 (I<not> IDN!) used to create the connection, rarely the IP address.
416
417 Apart from being useful in error messages, this string is also used in TLS
418 peername verification (see C<verify_peername> in L<AnyEvent::TLS>). This
419 verification will be skipped when C<peername> is not specified or is
420 C<undef>.
421
422 =item tls => "accept" | "connect" | Net::SSLeay::SSL object
423
424 When this parameter is given, it enables TLS (SSL) mode, that means
425 AnyEvent will start a TLS handshake as soon as the connection has been
426 established and will transparently encrypt/decrypt data afterwards.
427
428 All TLS protocol errors will be signalled as C<EPROTO>, with an
429 appropriate error message.
430
431 TLS mode requires Net::SSLeay to be installed (it will be loaded
432 automatically when you try to create a TLS handle): this module doesn't
433 have a dependency on that module, so if your module requires it, you have
434 to add the dependency yourself. If Net::SSLeay cannot be loaded or is too
435 old, you get an C<EPROTO> error.
436
437 Unlike TCP, TLS has a server and client side: for the TLS server side, use
438 C<accept>, and for the TLS client side of a connection, use C<connect>
439 mode.
440
441 You can also provide your own TLS connection object, but you have
442 to make sure that you call either C<Net::SSLeay::set_connect_state>
443 or C<Net::SSLeay::set_accept_state> on it before you pass it to
444 AnyEvent::Handle. Also, this module will take ownership of this connection
445 object.
446
447 At some future point, AnyEvent::Handle might switch to another TLS
448 implementation, then the option to use your own session object will go
449 away.
450
451 B<IMPORTANT:> since Net::SSLeay "objects" are really only integers,
452 passing in the wrong integer will lead to certain crash. This most often
453 happens when one uses a stylish C<< tls => 1 >> and is surprised about the
454 segmentation fault.
455
456 Use the C<< ->starttls >> method if you need to start TLS negotiation later.
457
458 =item tls_ctx => $anyevent_tls
459
460 Use the given C<AnyEvent::TLS> object to create the new TLS connection
461 (unless a connection object was specified directly). If this
462 parameter is missing (or C<undef>), then AnyEvent::Handle will use
463 C<AnyEvent::Handle::TLS_CTX>.
464
465 Instead of an object, you can also specify a hash reference with C<< key
466 => value >> pairs. Those will be passed to L<AnyEvent::TLS> to create a
467 new TLS context object.
468
469 =item on_starttls => $cb->($handle, $success[, $error_message])
470
471 This callback will be invoked when the TLS/SSL handshake has finished. If
472 C<$success> is true, then the TLS handshake succeeded, otherwise it failed
473 (C<on_stoptls> will not be called in this case).
474
475 The session in C<< $handle->{tls} >> can still be examined in this
476 callback, even when the handshake was not successful.
477
478 TLS handshake failures will not cause C<on_error> to be invoked when this
479 callback is in effect, instead, the error message will be passed to C<on_starttls>.
480
481 Without this callback, handshake failures lead to C<on_error> being
482 called as usual.
483
484 Note that you cannot just call C<starttls> again in this callback. If you
485 need to do that, start an zero-second timer instead whose callback can
486 then call C<< ->starttls >> again.
487
488 =item on_stoptls => $cb->($handle)
489
490 When a SSLv3/TLS shutdown/close notify/EOF is detected and this callback is
491 set, then it will be invoked after freeing the TLS session. If it is not,
492 then a TLS shutdown condition will be treated like a normal EOF condition
493 on the handle.
494
495 The session in C<< $handle->{tls} >> can still be examined in this
496 callback.
497
498 This callback will only be called on TLS shutdowns, not when the
499 underlying handle signals EOF.
500
501 =item json => JSON or JSON::XS object
502
503 This is the json coder object used by the C<json> read and write types.
504
505 If you don't supply it, then AnyEvent::Handle will create and use a
506 suitable one (on demand), which will write and expect UTF-8 encoded JSON
507 texts.
508
509 Note that you are responsible to depend on the JSON module if you want to
510 use this functionality, as AnyEvent does not have a dependency itself.
511
512 =back
513
514 =cut
515
516 sub new {
517 my $class = shift;
518 my $self = bless { @_ }, $class;
519
520 if ($self->{fh}) {
521 $self->_start;
522 return unless $self->{fh}; # could be gone by now
523
524 } elsif ($self->{connect}) {
525 require AnyEvent::Socket;
526
527 $self->{peername} = $self->{connect}[0]
528 unless exists $self->{peername};
529
530 $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf} = 1;
531
532 {
533 Scalar::Util::weaken (my $self = $self);
534
535 $self->{_connect} =
536 AnyEvent::Socket::tcp_connect (
537 $self->{connect}[0],
538 $self->{connect}[1],
539 sub {
540 my ($fh, $host, $port, $retry) = @_;
541
542 delete $self->{_connect}; # no longer needed
543
544 if ($fh) {
545 $self->{fh} = $fh;
546
547 delete $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf};
548 $self->_start;
549
550 $self->{on_connect}
551 and $self->{on_connect}($self, $host, $port, sub {
552 delete @$self{qw(fh _tw _rtw _wtw _ww _rw _eof _queue rbuf _wbuf tls _tls_rbuf _tls_wbuf)};
553 $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf} = 1;
554 &$retry;
555 });
556
557 } else {
558 if ($self->{on_connect_error}) {
559 $self->{on_connect_error}($self, "$!");
560 $self->destroy if $self;
561 } else {
562 $self->_error ($!, 1);
563 }
564 }
565 },
566 sub {
567 local $self->{fh} = $_[0];
568
569 $self->{on_prepare}
570 ? $self->{on_prepare}->($self)
571 : ()
572 }
573 );
574 }
575
576 } else {
577 Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle: either an existing fh or the connect parameter must be specified";
578 }
579
580 $self
581 }
582
583 sub _start {
584 my ($self) = @_;
585
586 # too many clueless people try to use udp and similar sockets
587 # with AnyEvent::Handle, do them a favour.
588 my $type = getsockopt $self->{fh}, Socket::SOL_SOCKET (), Socket::SO_TYPE ();
589 Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle: only stream sockets supported, anything else will NOT work!"
590 if Socket::SOCK_STREAM () != (unpack "I", $type) && defined $type;
591
592 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking $self->{fh}, 1;
593
594 $self->{_activity} =
595 $self->{_ractivity} =
596 $self->{_wactivity} = AE::now;
597
598 $self->{read_size} ||= 2048;
599 $self->{max_read_size} = $self->{read_size}
600 if $self->{read_size} > ($self->{max_read_size} || MAX_READ_SIZE);
601
602 $self->timeout (delete $self->{timeout} ) if $self->{timeout};
603 $self->rtimeout (delete $self->{rtimeout} ) if $self->{rtimeout};
604 $self->wtimeout (delete $self->{wtimeout} ) if $self->{wtimeout};
605
606 $self->no_delay (delete $self->{no_delay} ) if exists $self->{no_delay} && $self->{no_delay};
607 $self->keepalive (delete $self->{keepalive}) if exists $self->{keepalive} && $self->{keepalive};
608
609 $self->oobinline (exists $self->{oobinline} ? delete $self->{oobinline} : 1);
610
611 $self->starttls (delete $self->{tls}, delete $self->{tls_ctx})
612 if $self->{tls};
613
614 $self->on_drain (delete $self->{on_drain} ) if $self->{on_drain};
615
616 $self->start_read
617 if $self->{on_read} || @{ $self->{_queue} };
618
619 $self->_drain_wbuf;
620 }
621
622 sub _error {
623 my ($self, $errno, $fatal, $message) = @_;
624
625 $! = $errno;
626 $message ||= "$!";
627
628 if ($self->{on_error}) {
629 $self->{on_error}($self, $fatal, $message);
630 $self->destroy if $fatal;
631 } elsif ($self->{fh} || $self->{connect}) {
632 $self->destroy;
633 Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle uncaught error: $message";
634 }
635 }
636
637 =item $fh = $handle->fh
638
639 This method returns the file handle used to create the L<AnyEvent::Handle> object.
640
641 =cut
642
643 sub fh { $_[0]{fh} }
644
645 =item $handle->on_error ($cb)
646
647 Replace the current C<on_error> callback (see the C<on_error> constructor argument).
648
649 =cut
650
651 sub on_error {
652 $_[0]{on_error} = $_[1];
653 }
654
655 =item $handle->on_eof ($cb)
656
657 Replace the current C<on_eof> callback (see the C<on_eof> constructor argument).
658
659 =cut
660
661 sub on_eof {
662 $_[0]{on_eof} = $_[1];
663 }
664
665 =item $handle->on_timeout ($cb)
666
667 =item $handle->on_rtimeout ($cb)
668
669 =item $handle->on_wtimeout ($cb)
670
671 Replace the current C<on_timeout>, C<on_rtimeout> or C<on_wtimeout>
672 callback, or disables the callback (but not the timeout) if C<$cb> =
673 C<undef>. See the C<timeout> constructor argument and method.
674
675 =cut
676
677 # see below
678
679 =item $handle->autocork ($boolean)
680
681 Enables or disables the current autocork behaviour (see C<autocork>
682 constructor argument). Changes will only take effect on the next write.
683
684 =cut
685
686 sub autocork {
687 $_[0]{autocork} = $_[1];
688 }
689
690 =item $handle->no_delay ($boolean)
691
692 Enables or disables the C<no_delay> setting (see constructor argument of
693 the same name for details).
694
695 =cut
696
697 sub no_delay {
698 $_[0]{no_delay} = $_[1];
699
700 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, Socket::IPPROTO_TCP (), Socket::TCP_NODELAY (), int $_[1]
701 if $_[0]{fh};
702 }
703
704 =item $handle->keepalive ($boolean)
705
706 Enables or disables the C<keepalive> setting (see constructor argument of
707 the same name for details).
708
709 =cut
710
711 sub keepalive {
712 $_[0]{keepalive} = $_[1];
713
714 eval {
715 local $SIG{__DIE__};
716 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, Socket::SOL_SOCKET (), Socket::SO_KEEPALIVE (), int $_[1]
717 if $_[0]{fh};
718 };
719 }
720
721 =item $handle->oobinline ($boolean)
722
723 Enables or disables the C<oobinline> setting (see constructor argument of
724 the same name for details).
725
726 =cut
727
728 sub oobinline {
729 $_[0]{oobinline} = $_[1];
730
731 eval {
732 local $SIG{__DIE__};
733 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, Socket::SOL_SOCKET (), Socket::SO_OOBINLINE (), int $_[1]
734 if $_[0]{fh};
735 };
736 }
737
738 =item $handle->keepalive ($boolean)
739
740 Enables or disables the C<keepalive> setting (see constructor argument of
741 the same name for details).
742
743 =cut
744
745 sub keepalive {
746 $_[0]{keepalive} = $_[1];
747
748 eval {
749 local $SIG{__DIE__};
750 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, Socket::SOL_SOCKET (), Socket::SO_KEEPALIVE (), int $_[1]
751 if $_[0]{fh};
752 };
753 }
754
755 =item $handle->on_starttls ($cb)
756
757 Replace the current C<on_starttls> callback (see the C<on_starttls> constructor argument).
758
759 =cut
760
761 sub on_starttls {
762 $_[0]{on_starttls} = $_[1];
763 }
764
765 =item $handle->on_stoptls ($cb)
766
767 Replace the current C<on_stoptls> callback (see the C<on_stoptls> constructor argument).
768
769 =cut
770
771 sub on_stoptls {
772 $_[0]{on_stoptls} = $_[1];
773 }
774
775 =item $handle->rbuf_max ($max_octets)
776
777 Configures the C<rbuf_max> setting (C<undef> disables it).
778
779 =item $handle->wbuf_max ($max_octets)
780
781 Configures the C<wbuf_max> setting (C<undef> disables it).
782
783 =cut
784
785 sub rbuf_max {
786 $_[0]{rbuf_max} = $_[1];
787 }
788
789 sub wbuf_max {
790 $_[0]{wbuf_max} = $_[1];
791 }
792
793 #############################################################################
794
795 =item $handle->timeout ($seconds)
796
797 =item $handle->rtimeout ($seconds)
798
799 =item $handle->wtimeout ($seconds)
800
801 Configures (or disables) the inactivity timeout.
802
803 The timeout will be checked instantly, so this method might destroy the
804 handle before it returns.
805
806 =item $handle->timeout_reset
807
808 =item $handle->rtimeout_reset
809
810 =item $handle->wtimeout_reset
811
812 Reset the activity timeout, as if data was received or sent.
813
814 These methods are cheap to call.
815
816 =cut
817
818 for my $dir ("", "r", "w") {
819 my $timeout = "${dir}timeout";
820 my $tw = "_${dir}tw";
821 my $on_timeout = "on_${dir}timeout";
822 my $activity = "_${dir}activity";
823 my $cb;
824
825 *$on_timeout = sub {
826 $_[0]{$on_timeout} = $_[1];
827 };
828
829 *$timeout = sub {
830 my ($self, $new_value) = @_;
831
832 $new_value >= 0
833 or Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle->$timeout called with negative timeout ($new_value), caught";
834
835 $self->{$timeout} = $new_value;
836 delete $self->{$tw}; &$cb;
837 };
838
839 *{"${dir}timeout_reset"} = sub {
840 $_[0]{$activity} = AE::now;
841 };
842
843 # main workhorse:
844 # reset the timeout watcher, as neccessary
845 # also check for time-outs
846 $cb = sub {
847 my ($self) = @_;
848
849 if ($self->{$timeout} && $self->{fh}) {
850 my $NOW = AE::now;
851
852 # when would the timeout trigger?
853 my $after = $self->{$activity} + $self->{$timeout} - $NOW;
854
855 # now or in the past already?
856 if ($after <= 0) {
857 $self->{$activity} = $NOW;
858
859 if ($self->{$on_timeout}) {
860 $self->{$on_timeout}($self);
861 } else {
862 $self->_error (Errno::ETIMEDOUT);
863 }
864
865 # callback could have changed timeout value, optimise
866 return unless $self->{$timeout};
867
868 # calculate new after
869 $after = $self->{$timeout};
870 }
871
872 Scalar::Util::weaken $self;
873 return unless $self; # ->error could have destroyed $self
874
875 $self->{$tw} ||= AE::timer $after, 0, sub {
876 delete $self->{$tw};
877 $cb->($self);
878 };
879 } else {
880 delete $self->{$tw};
881 }
882 }
883 }
884
885 #############################################################################
886
887 =back
888
889 =head2 WRITE QUEUE
890
891 AnyEvent::Handle manages two queues per handle, one for writing and one
892 for reading.
893
894 The write queue is very simple: you can add data to its end, and
895 AnyEvent::Handle will automatically try to get rid of it for you.
896
897 When data could be written and the write buffer is shorter then the low
898 water mark, the C<on_drain> callback will be invoked once.
899
900 =over 4
901
902 =item $handle->on_drain ($cb)
903
904 Sets the C<on_drain> callback or clears it (see the description of
905 C<on_drain> in the constructor).
906
907 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
908 destroyed after it returns).
909
910 =cut
911
912 sub on_drain {
913 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
914
915 $self->{on_drain} = $cb;
916
917 $cb->($self)
918 if $cb && $self->{low_water_mark} >= (length $self->{wbuf}) + (length $self->{_tls_wbuf});
919 }
920
921 =item $handle->push_write ($data)
922
923 Queues the given scalar to be written. You can push as much data as
924 you want (only limited by the available memory and C<wbuf_max>), as
925 C<AnyEvent::Handle> buffers it independently of the kernel.
926
927 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
928 destroyed after it returns).
929
930 =cut
931
932 sub _drain_wbuf {
933 my ($self) = @_;
934
935 if (!$self->{_ww} && length $self->{wbuf}) {
936
937 Scalar::Util::weaken $self;
938
939 my $cb = sub {
940 my $len = syswrite $self->{fh}, $self->{wbuf};
941
942 if (defined $len) {
943 substr $self->{wbuf}, 0, $len, "";
944
945 $self->{_activity} = $self->{_wactivity} = AE::now;
946
947 $self->{on_drain}($self)
948 if $self->{low_water_mark} >= (length $self->{wbuf}) + (length $self->{_tls_wbuf})
949 && $self->{on_drain};
950
951 delete $self->{_ww} unless length $self->{wbuf};
952 } elsif ($! != EAGAIN && $! != EINTR && $! != WSAEWOULDBLOCK) {
953 $self->_error ($!, 1);
954 }
955 };
956
957 # try to write data immediately
958 $cb->() unless $self->{autocork};
959
960 # if still data left in wbuf, we need to poll
961 $self->{_ww} = AE::io $self->{fh}, 1, $cb
962 if length $self->{wbuf};
963
964 if (
965 defined $self->{wbuf_max}
966 && $self->{wbuf_max} < length $self->{wbuf}
967 ) {
968 $self->_error (Errno::ENOSPC, 1), return;
969 }
970 };
971 }
972
973 our %WH;
974
975 # deprecated
976 sub register_write_type($$) {
977 $WH{$_[0]} = $_[1];
978 }
979
980 sub push_write {
981 my $self = shift;
982
983 if (@_ > 1) {
984 my $type = shift;
985
986 @_ = ($WH{$type} ||= _load_func "$type\::anyevent_write_type"
987 or Carp::croak "unsupported/unloadable type '$type' passed to AnyEvent::Handle::push_write")
988 ->($self, @_);
989 }
990
991 # we downgrade here to avoid hard-to-track-down bugs,
992 # and diagnose the problem earlier and better.
993
994 if ($self->{tls}) {
995 utf8::downgrade $self->{_tls_wbuf} .= $_[0];
996 &_dotls ($self) if $self->{fh};
997 } else {
998 utf8::downgrade $self->{wbuf} .= $_[0];
999 $self->_drain_wbuf if $self->{fh};
1000 }
1001 }
1002
1003 =item $handle->push_write (type => @args)
1004
1005 Instead of formatting your data yourself, you can also let this module
1006 do the job by specifying a type and type-specific arguments. You
1007 can also specify the (fully qualified) name of a package, in which
1008 case AnyEvent tries to load the package and then expects to find the
1009 C<anyevent_write_type> function inside (see "custom write types", below).
1010
1011 Predefined types are (if you have ideas for additional types, feel free to
1012 drop by and tell us):
1013
1014 =over 4
1015
1016 =item netstring => $string
1017
1018 Formats the given value as netstring
1019 (http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt, this is not a recommendation to use them).
1020
1021 =cut
1022
1023 register_write_type netstring => sub {
1024 my ($self, $string) = @_;
1025
1026 (length $string) . ":$string,"
1027 };
1028
1029 =item packstring => $format, $data
1030
1031 An octet string prefixed with an encoded length. The encoding C<$format>
1032 uses the same format as a Perl C<pack> format, but must specify a single
1033 integer only (only one of C<cCsSlLqQiInNvVjJw> is allowed, plus an
1034 optional C<!>, C<< < >> or C<< > >> modifier).
1035
1036 =cut
1037
1038 register_write_type packstring => sub {
1039 my ($self, $format, $string) = @_;
1040
1041 pack "$format/a*", $string
1042 };
1043
1044 =item json => $array_or_hashref
1045
1046 Encodes the given hash or array reference into a JSON object. Unless you
1047 provide your own JSON object, this means it will be encoded to JSON text
1048 in UTF-8.
1049
1050 JSON objects (and arrays) are self-delimiting, so you can write JSON at
1051 one end of a handle and read them at the other end without using any
1052 additional framing.
1053
1054 The generated JSON text is guaranteed not to contain any newlines: While
1055 this module doesn't need delimiters after or between JSON texts to be
1056 able to read them, many other languages depend on that.
1057
1058 A simple RPC protocol that interoperates easily with others is to send
1059 JSON arrays (or objects, although arrays are usually the better choice as
1060 they mimic how function argument passing works) and a newline after each
1061 JSON text:
1062
1063 $handle->push_write (json => ["method", "arg1", "arg2"]); # whatever
1064 $handle->push_write ("\012");
1065
1066 An AnyEvent::Handle receiver would simply use the C<json> read type and
1067 rely on the fact that the newline will be skipped as leading whitespace:
1068
1069 $handle->push_read (json => sub { my $array = $_[1]; ... });
1070
1071 Other languages could read single lines terminated by a newline and pass
1072 this line into their JSON decoder of choice.
1073
1074 =cut
1075
1076 sub json_coder() {
1077 eval { require JSON::XS; JSON::XS->new->utf8 }
1078 || do { require JSON; JSON->new->utf8 }
1079 }
1080
1081 register_write_type json => sub {
1082 my ($self, $ref) = @_;
1083
1084 my $json = $self->{json} ||= json_coder;
1085
1086 $json->encode ($ref)
1087 };
1088
1089 =item storable => $reference
1090
1091 Freezes the given reference using L<Storable> and writes it to the
1092 handle. Uses the C<nfreeze> format.
1093
1094 =cut
1095
1096 register_write_type storable => sub {
1097 my ($self, $ref) = @_;
1098
1099 require Storable unless $Storable::VERSION;
1100
1101 pack "w/a*", Storable::nfreeze ($ref)
1102 };
1103
1104 =back
1105
1106 =item $handle->push_shutdown
1107
1108 Sometimes you know you want to close the socket after writing your data
1109 before it was actually written. One way to do that is to replace your
1110 C<on_drain> handler by a callback that shuts down the socket (and set
1111 C<low_water_mark> to C<0>). This method is a shorthand for just that, and
1112 replaces the C<on_drain> callback with:
1113
1114 sub { shutdown $_[0]{fh}, 1 }
1115
1116 This simply shuts down the write side and signals an EOF condition to the
1117 the peer.
1118
1119 You can rely on the normal read queue and C<on_eof> handling
1120 afterwards. This is the cleanest way to close a connection.
1121
1122 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1123 destroyed after it returns).
1124
1125 =cut
1126
1127 sub push_shutdown {
1128 my ($self) = @_;
1129
1130 delete $self->{low_water_mark};
1131 $self->on_drain (sub { shutdown $_[0]{fh}, 1 });
1132 }
1133
1134 =item custom write types - Package::anyevent_write_type $handle, @args
1135
1136 Instead of one of the predefined types, you can also specify the name of
1137 a package. AnyEvent will try to load the package and then expects to find
1138 a function named C<anyevent_write_type> inside. If it isn't found, it
1139 progressively tries to load the parent package until it either finds the
1140 function (good) or runs out of packages (bad).
1141
1142 Whenever the given C<type> is used, C<push_write> will the function with
1143 the handle object and the remaining arguments.
1144
1145 The function is supposed to return a single octet string that will be
1146 appended to the write buffer, so you can mentally treat this function as a
1147 "arguments to on-the-wire-format" converter.
1148
1149 Example: implement a custom write type C<join> that joins the remaining
1150 arguments using the first one.
1151
1152 $handle->push_write (My::Type => " ", 1,2,3);
1153
1154 # uses the following package, which can be defined in the "My::Type" or in
1155 # the "My" modules to be auto-loaded, or just about anywhere when the
1156 # My::Type::anyevent_write_type is defined before invoking it.
1157
1158 package My::Type;
1159
1160 sub anyevent_write_type {
1161 my ($handle, $delim, @args) = @_;
1162
1163 join $delim, @args
1164 }
1165
1166 =cut
1167
1168 #############################################################################
1169
1170 =back
1171
1172 =head2 READ QUEUE
1173
1174 AnyEvent::Handle manages two queues per handle, one for writing and one
1175 for reading.
1176
1177 The read queue is more complex than the write queue. It can be used in two
1178 ways, the "simple" way, using only C<on_read> and the "complex" way, using
1179 a queue.
1180
1181 In the simple case, you just install an C<on_read> callback and whenever
1182 new data arrives, it will be called. You can then remove some data (if
1183 enough is there) from the read buffer (C<< $handle->rbuf >>). Or you can
1184 leave the data there if you want to accumulate more (e.g. when only a
1185 partial message has been received so far), or change the read queue with
1186 e.g. C<push_read>.
1187
1188 In the more complex case, you want to queue multiple callbacks. In this
1189 case, AnyEvent::Handle will call the first queued callback each time new
1190 data arrives (also the first time it is queued) and remove it when it has
1191 done its job (see C<push_read>, below).
1192
1193 This way you can, for example, push three line-reads, followed by reading
1194 a chunk of data, and AnyEvent::Handle will execute them in order.
1195
1196 Example 1: EPP protocol parser. EPP sends 4 byte length info, followed by
1197 the specified number of bytes which give an XML datagram.
1198
1199 # in the default state, expect some header bytes
1200 $handle->on_read (sub {
1201 # some data is here, now queue the length-header-read (4 octets)
1202 shift->unshift_read (chunk => 4, sub {
1203 # header arrived, decode
1204 my $len = unpack "N", $_[1];
1205
1206 # now read the payload
1207 shift->unshift_read (chunk => $len, sub {
1208 my $xml = $_[1];
1209 # handle xml
1210 });
1211 });
1212 });
1213
1214 Example 2: Implement a client for a protocol that replies either with "OK"
1215 and another line or "ERROR" for the first request that is sent, and 64
1216 bytes for the second request. Due to the availability of a queue, we can
1217 just pipeline sending both requests and manipulate the queue as necessary
1218 in the callbacks.
1219
1220 When the first callback is called and sees an "OK" response, it will
1221 C<unshift> another line-read. This line-read will be queued I<before> the
1222 64-byte chunk callback.
1223
1224 # request one, returns either "OK + extra line" or "ERROR"
1225 $handle->push_write ("request 1\015\012");
1226
1227 # we expect "ERROR" or "OK" as response, so push a line read
1228 $handle->push_read (line => sub {
1229 # if we got an "OK", we have to _prepend_ another line,
1230 # so it will be read before the second request reads its 64 bytes
1231 # which are already in the queue when this callback is called
1232 # we don't do this in case we got an error
1233 if ($_[1] eq "OK") {
1234 $_[0]->unshift_read (line => sub {
1235 my $response = $_[1];
1236 ...
1237 });
1238 }
1239 });
1240
1241 # request two, simply returns 64 octets
1242 $handle->push_write ("request 2\015\012");
1243
1244 # simply read 64 bytes, always
1245 $handle->push_read (chunk => 64, sub {
1246 my $response = $_[1];
1247 ...
1248 });
1249
1250 =over 4
1251
1252 =cut
1253
1254 sub _drain_rbuf {
1255 my ($self) = @_;
1256
1257 # avoid recursion
1258 return if $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf};
1259 local $self->{_skip_drain_rbuf} = 1;
1260
1261 while () {
1262 # we need to use a separate tls read buffer, as we must not receive data while
1263 # we are draining the buffer, and this can only happen with TLS.
1264 $self->{rbuf} .= delete $self->{_tls_rbuf}
1265 if exists $self->{_tls_rbuf};
1266
1267 my $len = length $self->{rbuf};
1268
1269 if (my $cb = shift @{ $self->{_queue} }) {
1270 unless ($cb->($self)) {
1271 # no progress can be made
1272 # (not enough data and no data forthcoming)
1273 $self->_error (Errno::EPIPE, 1), return
1274 if $self->{_eof};
1275
1276 unshift @{ $self->{_queue} }, $cb;
1277 last;
1278 }
1279 } elsif ($self->{on_read}) {
1280 last unless $len;
1281
1282 $self->{on_read}($self);
1283
1284 if (
1285 $len == length $self->{rbuf} # if no data has been consumed
1286 && !@{ $self->{_queue} } # and the queue is still empty
1287 && $self->{on_read} # but we still have on_read
1288 ) {
1289 # no further data will arrive
1290 # so no progress can be made
1291 $self->_error (Errno::EPIPE, 1), return
1292 if $self->{_eof};
1293
1294 last; # more data might arrive
1295 }
1296 } else {
1297 # read side becomes idle
1298 delete $self->{_rw} unless $self->{tls};
1299 last;
1300 }
1301 }
1302
1303 if ($self->{_eof}) {
1304 $self->{on_eof}
1305 ? $self->{on_eof}($self)
1306 : $self->_error (0, 1, "Unexpected end-of-file");
1307
1308 return;
1309 }
1310
1311 if (
1312 defined $self->{rbuf_max}
1313 && $self->{rbuf_max} < length $self->{rbuf}
1314 ) {
1315 $self->_error (Errno::ENOSPC, 1), return;
1316 }
1317
1318 # may need to restart read watcher
1319 unless ($self->{_rw}) {
1320 $self->start_read
1321 if $self->{on_read} || @{ $self->{_queue} };
1322 }
1323 }
1324
1325 =item $handle->on_read ($cb)
1326
1327 This replaces the currently set C<on_read> callback, or clears it (when
1328 the new callback is C<undef>). See the description of C<on_read> in the
1329 constructor.
1330
1331 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1332 destroyed after it returns).
1333
1334 =cut
1335
1336 sub on_read {
1337 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1338
1339 $self->{on_read} = $cb;
1340 $self->_drain_rbuf if $cb;
1341 }
1342
1343 =item $handle->rbuf
1344
1345 Returns the read buffer (as a modifiable lvalue). You can also access the
1346 read buffer directly as the C<< ->{rbuf} >> member, if you want (this is
1347 much faster, and no less clean).
1348
1349 The only operation allowed on the read buffer (apart from looking at it)
1350 is removing data from its beginning. Otherwise modifying or appending to
1351 it is not allowed and will lead to hard-to-track-down bugs.
1352
1353 NOTE: The read buffer should only be used or modified in the C<on_read>
1354 callback or when C<push_read> or C<unshift_read> are used with a single
1355 callback (i.e. untyped). Typed C<push_read> and C<unshift_read> methods
1356 will manage the read buffer on their own.
1357
1358 =cut
1359
1360 sub rbuf : lvalue {
1361 $_[0]{rbuf}
1362 }
1363
1364 =item $handle->push_read ($cb)
1365
1366 =item $handle->unshift_read ($cb)
1367
1368 Append the given callback to the end of the queue (C<push_read>) or
1369 prepend it (C<unshift_read>).
1370
1371 The callback is called each time some additional read data arrives.
1372
1373 It must check whether enough data is in the read buffer already.
1374
1375 If not enough data is available, it must return the empty list or a false
1376 value, in which case it will be called repeatedly until enough data is
1377 available (or an error condition is detected).
1378
1379 If enough data was available, then the callback must remove all data it is
1380 interested in (which can be none at all) and return a true value. After returning
1381 true, it will be removed from the queue.
1382
1383 These methods may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1384 destroyed after it returns).
1385
1386 =cut
1387
1388 our %RH;
1389
1390 sub register_read_type($$) {
1391 $RH{$_[0]} = $_[1];
1392 }
1393
1394 sub push_read {
1395 my $self = shift;
1396 my $cb = pop;
1397
1398 if (@_) {
1399 my $type = shift;
1400
1401 $cb = ($RH{$type} ||= _load_func "$type\::anyevent_read_type"
1402 or Carp::croak "unsupported/unloadable type '$type' passed to AnyEvent::Handle::push_read")
1403 ->($self, $cb, @_);
1404 }
1405
1406 push @{ $self->{_queue} }, $cb;
1407 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1408 }
1409
1410 sub unshift_read {
1411 my $self = shift;
1412 my $cb = pop;
1413
1414 if (@_) {
1415 my $type = shift;
1416
1417 $cb = ($RH{$type} ||= _load_func "$type\::anyevent_read_type"
1418 or Carp::croak "unsupported/unloadable type '$type' passed to AnyEvent::Handle::unshift_read")
1419 ->($self, $cb, @_);
1420 }
1421
1422 unshift @{ $self->{_queue} }, $cb;
1423 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1424 }
1425
1426 =item $handle->push_read (type => @args, $cb)
1427
1428 =item $handle->unshift_read (type => @args, $cb)
1429
1430 Instead of providing a callback that parses the data itself you can chose
1431 between a number of predefined parsing formats, for chunks of data, lines
1432 etc. You can also specify the (fully qualified) name of a package, in
1433 which case AnyEvent tries to load the package and then expects to find the
1434 C<anyevent_read_type> function inside (see "custom read types", below).
1435
1436 Predefined types are (if you have ideas for additional types, feel free to
1437 drop by and tell us):
1438
1439 =over 4
1440
1441 =item chunk => $octets, $cb->($handle, $data)
1442
1443 Invoke the callback only once C<$octets> bytes have been read. Pass the
1444 data read to the callback. The callback will never be called with less
1445 data.
1446
1447 Example: read 2 bytes.
1448
1449 $handle->push_read (chunk => 2, sub {
1450 say "yay " . unpack "H*", $_[1];
1451 });
1452
1453 =cut
1454
1455 register_read_type chunk => sub {
1456 my ($self, $cb, $len) = @_;
1457
1458 sub {
1459 $len <= length $_[0]{rbuf} or return;
1460 $cb->($_[0], substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $len, "");
1461 1
1462 }
1463 };
1464
1465 =item line => [$eol, ]$cb->($handle, $line, $eol)
1466
1467 The callback will be called only once a full line (including the end of
1468 line marker, C<$eol>) has been read. This line (excluding the end of line
1469 marker) will be passed to the callback as second argument (C<$line>), and
1470 the end of line marker as the third argument (C<$eol>).
1471
1472 The end of line marker, C<$eol>, can be either a string, in which case it
1473 will be interpreted as a fixed record end marker, or it can be a regex
1474 object (e.g. created by C<qr>), in which case it is interpreted as a
1475 regular expression.
1476
1477 The end of line marker argument C<$eol> is optional, if it is missing (NOT
1478 undef), then C<qr|\015?\012|> is used (which is good for most internet
1479 protocols).
1480
1481 Partial lines at the end of the stream will never be returned, as they are
1482 not marked by the end of line marker.
1483
1484 =cut
1485
1486 register_read_type line => sub {
1487 my ($self, $cb, $eol) = @_;
1488
1489 if (@_ < 3) {
1490 # this is more than twice as fast as the generic code below
1491 sub {
1492 $_[0]{rbuf} =~ s/^([^\015\012]*)(\015?\012)// or return;
1493
1494 $cb->($_[0], "$1", "$2");
1495 1
1496 }
1497 } else {
1498 $eol = quotemeta $eol unless ref $eol;
1499 $eol = qr|^(.*?)($eol)|s;
1500
1501 sub {
1502 $_[0]{rbuf} =~ s/$eol// or return;
1503
1504 $cb->($_[0], "$1", "$2");
1505 1
1506 }
1507 }
1508 };
1509
1510 =item regex => $accept[, $reject[, $skip], $cb->($handle, $data)
1511
1512 Makes a regex match against the regex object C<$accept> and returns
1513 everything up to and including the match.
1514
1515 Example: read a single line terminated by '\n'.
1516
1517 $handle->push_read (regex => qr<\n>, sub { ... });
1518
1519 If C<$reject> is given and not undef, then it determines when the data is
1520 to be rejected: it is matched against the data when the C<$accept> regex
1521 does not match and generates an C<EBADMSG> error when it matches. This is
1522 useful to quickly reject wrong data (to avoid waiting for a timeout or a
1523 receive buffer overflow).
1524
1525 Example: expect a single decimal number followed by whitespace, reject
1526 anything else (not the use of an anchor).
1527
1528 $handle->push_read (regex => qr<^[0-9]+\s>, qr<[^0-9]>, sub { ... });
1529
1530 If C<$skip> is given and not C<undef>, then it will be matched against
1531 the receive buffer when neither C<$accept> nor C<$reject> match,
1532 and everything preceding and including the match will be accepted
1533 unconditionally. This is useful to skip large amounts of data that you
1534 know cannot be matched, so that the C<$accept> or C<$reject> regex do not
1535 have to start matching from the beginning. This is purely an optimisation
1536 and is usually worth it only when you expect more than a few kilobytes.
1537
1538 Example: expect a http header, which ends at C<\015\012\015\012>. Since we
1539 expect the header to be very large (it isn't in practice, but...), we use
1540 a skip regex to skip initial portions. The skip regex is tricky in that
1541 it only accepts something not ending in either \015 or \012, as these are
1542 required for the accept regex.
1543
1544 $handle->push_read (regex =>
1545 qr<\015\012\015\012>,
1546 undef, # no reject
1547 qr<^.*[^\015\012]>,
1548 sub { ... });
1549
1550 =cut
1551
1552 register_read_type regex => sub {
1553 my ($self, $cb, $accept, $reject, $skip) = @_;
1554
1555 my $data;
1556 my $rbuf = \$self->{rbuf};
1557
1558 sub {
1559 # accept
1560 if ($$rbuf =~ $accept) {
1561 $data .= substr $$rbuf, 0, $+[0], "";
1562 $cb->($_[0], $data);
1563 return 1;
1564 }
1565
1566 # reject
1567 if ($reject && $$rbuf =~ $reject) {
1568 $_[0]->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1569 }
1570
1571 # skip
1572 if ($skip && $$rbuf =~ $skip) {
1573 $data .= substr $$rbuf, 0, $+[0], "";
1574 }
1575
1576 ()
1577 }
1578 };
1579
1580 =item netstring => $cb->($handle, $string)
1581
1582 A netstring (http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt, this is not an endorsement).
1583
1584 Throws an error with C<$!> set to EBADMSG on format violations.
1585
1586 =cut
1587
1588 register_read_type netstring => sub {
1589 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1590
1591 sub {
1592 unless ($_[0]{rbuf} =~ s/^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)://) {
1593 if ($_[0]{rbuf} =~ /[^0-9]/) {
1594 $_[0]->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1595 }
1596 return;
1597 }
1598
1599 my $len = $1;
1600
1601 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => $len, sub {
1602 my $string = $_[1];
1603 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => 1, sub {
1604 if ($_[1] eq ",") {
1605 $cb->($_[0], $string);
1606 } else {
1607 $_[0]->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1608 }
1609 });
1610 });
1611
1612 1
1613 }
1614 };
1615
1616 =item packstring => $format, $cb->($handle, $string)
1617
1618 An octet string prefixed with an encoded length. The encoding C<$format>
1619 uses the same format as a Perl C<pack> format, but must specify a single
1620 integer only (only one of C<cCsSlLqQiInNvVjJw> is allowed, plus an
1621 optional C<!>, C<< < >> or C<< > >> modifier).
1622
1623 For example, DNS over TCP uses a prefix of C<n> (2 octet network order),
1624 EPP uses a prefix of C<N> (4 octtes).
1625
1626 Example: read a block of data prefixed by its length in BER-encoded
1627 format (very efficient).
1628
1629 $handle->push_read (packstring => "w", sub {
1630 my ($handle, $data) = @_;
1631 });
1632
1633 =cut
1634
1635 register_read_type packstring => sub {
1636 my ($self, $cb, $format) = @_;
1637
1638 sub {
1639 # when we can use 5.10 we can use ".", but for 5.8 we use the re-pack method
1640 defined (my $len = eval { unpack $format, $_[0]{rbuf} })
1641 or return;
1642
1643 $format = length pack $format, $len;
1644
1645 # bypass unshift if we already have the remaining chunk
1646 if ($format + $len <= length $_[0]{rbuf}) {
1647 my $data = substr $_[0]{rbuf}, $format, $len;
1648 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format + $len, "";
1649 $cb->($_[0], $data);
1650 } else {
1651 # remove prefix
1652 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format, "";
1653
1654 # read remaining chunk
1655 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => $len, $cb);
1656 }
1657
1658 1
1659 }
1660 };
1661
1662 =item json => $cb->($handle, $hash_or_arrayref)
1663
1664 Reads a JSON object or array, decodes it and passes it to the
1665 callback. When a parse error occurs, an C<EBADMSG> error will be raised.
1666
1667 If a C<json> object was passed to the constructor, then that will be used
1668 for the final decode, otherwise it will create a JSON coder expecting UTF-8.
1669
1670 This read type uses the incremental parser available with JSON version
1671 2.09 (and JSON::XS version 2.2) and above. You have to provide a
1672 dependency on your own: this module will load the JSON module, but
1673 AnyEvent does not depend on it itself.
1674
1675 Since JSON texts are fully self-delimiting, the C<json> read and write
1676 types are an ideal simple RPC protocol: just exchange JSON datagrams. See
1677 the C<json> write type description, above, for an actual example.
1678
1679 =cut
1680
1681 register_read_type json => sub {
1682 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1683
1684 my $json = $self->{json} ||= json_coder;
1685
1686 my $data;
1687 my $rbuf = \$self->{rbuf};
1688
1689 sub {
1690 my $ref = eval { $json->incr_parse ($_[0]{rbuf}) };
1691
1692 if ($ref) {
1693 $_[0]{rbuf} = $json->incr_text;
1694 $json->incr_text = "";
1695 $cb->($_[0], $ref);
1696
1697 1
1698 } elsif ($@) {
1699 # error case
1700 $json->incr_skip;
1701
1702 $_[0]{rbuf} = $json->incr_text;
1703 $json->incr_text = "";
1704
1705 $_[0]->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1706
1707 ()
1708 } else {
1709 $_[0]{rbuf} = "";
1710
1711 ()
1712 }
1713 }
1714 };
1715
1716 =item storable => $cb->($handle, $ref)
1717
1718 Deserialises a L<Storable> frozen representation as written by the
1719 C<storable> write type (BER-encoded length prefix followed by nfreeze'd
1720 data).
1721
1722 Raises C<EBADMSG> error if the data could not be decoded.
1723
1724 =cut
1725
1726 register_read_type storable => sub {
1727 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1728
1729 require Storable unless $Storable::VERSION;
1730
1731 sub {
1732 # when we can use 5.10 we can use ".", but for 5.8 we use the re-pack method
1733 defined (my $len = eval { unpack "w", $_[0]{rbuf} })
1734 or return;
1735
1736 my $format = length pack "w", $len;
1737
1738 # bypass unshift if we already have the remaining chunk
1739 if ($format + $len <= length $_[0]{rbuf}) {
1740 my $data = substr $_[0]{rbuf}, $format, $len;
1741 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format + $len, "";
1742
1743 eval { $cb->($_[0], Storable::thaw ($data)); 1 }
1744 or return $_[0]->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1745 } else {
1746 # remove prefix
1747 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format, "";
1748
1749 # read remaining chunk
1750 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => $len, sub {
1751 eval { $cb->($_[0], Storable::thaw ($_[1])); 1 }
1752 or $_[0]->_error (Errno::EBADMSG);
1753 });
1754 }
1755
1756 1
1757 }
1758 };
1759
1760 =back
1761
1762 =item custom read types - Package::anyevent_read_type $handle, $cb, @args
1763
1764 Instead of one of the predefined types, you can also specify the name
1765 of a package. AnyEvent will try to load the package and then expects to
1766 find a function named C<anyevent_read_type> inside. If it isn't found, it
1767 progressively tries to load the parent package until it either finds the
1768 function (good) or runs out of packages (bad).
1769
1770 Whenever this type is used, C<push_read> will invoke the function with the
1771 handle object, the original callback and the remaining arguments.
1772
1773 The function is supposed to return a callback (usually a closure) that
1774 works as a plain read callback (see C<< ->push_read ($cb) >>), so you can
1775 mentally treat the function as a "configurable read type to read callback"
1776 converter.
1777
1778 It should invoke the original callback when it is done reading (remember
1779 to pass C<$handle> as first argument as all other callbacks do that,
1780 although there is no strict requirement on this).
1781
1782 For examples, see the source of this module (F<perldoc -m
1783 AnyEvent::Handle>, search for C<register_read_type>)).
1784
1785 =item $handle->stop_read
1786
1787 =item $handle->start_read
1788
1789 In rare cases you actually do not want to read anything from the
1790 socket. In this case you can call C<stop_read>. Neither C<on_read> nor
1791 any queued callbacks will be executed then. To start reading again, call
1792 C<start_read>.
1793
1794 Note that AnyEvent::Handle will automatically C<start_read> for you when
1795 you change the C<on_read> callback or push/unshift a read callback, and it
1796 will automatically C<stop_read> for you when neither C<on_read> is set nor
1797 there are any read requests in the queue.
1798
1799 In older versions of this module (<= 5.3), these methods had no effect,
1800 as TLS does not support half-duplex connections. In current versions they
1801 work as expected, as this behaviour is required to avoid certain resource
1802 attacks, where the program would be forced to read (and buffer) arbitrary
1803 amounts of data before being able to send some data. The drawback is that
1804 some readings of the the SSL/TLS specifications basically require this
1805 attack to be working, as SSL/TLS implementations might stall sending data
1806 during a rehandshake.
1807
1808 As a guideline, during the initial handshake, you should not stop reading,
1809 and as a client, it might cause problems, depending on your application.
1810
1811 =cut
1812
1813 sub stop_read {
1814 my ($self) = @_;
1815
1816 delete $self->{_rw};
1817 }
1818
1819 sub start_read {
1820 my ($self) = @_;
1821
1822 unless ($self->{_rw} || $self->{_eof} || !$self->{fh}) {
1823 Scalar::Util::weaken $self;
1824
1825 $self->{_rw} = AE::io $self->{fh}, 0, sub {
1826 my $rbuf = \($self->{tls} ? my $buf : $self->{rbuf});
1827 my $len = sysread $self->{fh}, $$rbuf, $self->{read_size}, length $$rbuf;
1828
1829 if ($len > 0) {
1830 $self->{_activity} = $self->{_ractivity} = AE::now;
1831
1832 if ($self->{tls}) {
1833 Net::SSLeay::BIO_write ($self->{_rbio}, $$rbuf);
1834
1835 &_dotls ($self);
1836 } else {
1837 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1838 }
1839
1840 if ($len == $self->{read_size}) {
1841 $self->{read_size} *= 2;
1842 $self->{read_size} = $self->{max_read_size} || MAX_READ_SIZE
1843 if $self->{read_size} > ($self->{max_read_size} || MAX_READ_SIZE);
1844 }
1845
1846 } elsif (defined $len) {
1847 delete $self->{_rw};
1848 $self->{_eof} = 1;
1849 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1850
1851 } elsif ($! != EAGAIN && $! != EINTR && $! != WSAEWOULDBLOCK) {
1852 return $self->_error ($!, 1);
1853 }
1854 };
1855 }
1856 }
1857
1858 our $ERROR_SYSCALL;
1859 our $ERROR_WANT_READ;
1860
1861 sub _tls_error {
1862 my ($self, $err) = @_;
1863
1864 return $self->_error ($!, 1)
1865 if $err == Net::SSLeay::ERROR_SYSCALL ();
1866
1867 my $err = Net::SSLeay::ERR_error_string (Net::SSLeay::ERR_get_error ());
1868
1869 # reduce error string to look less scary
1870 $err =~ s/^error:[0-9a-fA-F]{8}:[^:]+:([^:]+):/\L$1: /;
1871
1872 if ($self->{_on_starttls}) {
1873 (delete $self->{_on_starttls})->($self, undef, $err);
1874 &_freetls;
1875 } else {
1876 &_freetls;
1877 $self->_error (Errno::EPROTO, 1, $err);
1878 }
1879 }
1880
1881 # poll the write BIO and send the data if applicable
1882 # also decode read data if possible
1883 # this is basiclaly our TLS state machine
1884 # more efficient implementations are possible with openssl,
1885 # but not with the buggy and incomplete Net::SSLeay.
1886 sub _dotls {
1887 my ($self) = @_;
1888
1889 my $tmp;
1890
1891 if (length $self->{_tls_wbuf}) {
1892 while (($tmp = Net::SSLeay::write ($self->{tls}, $self->{_tls_wbuf})) > 0) {
1893 substr $self->{_tls_wbuf}, 0, $tmp, "";
1894 }
1895
1896 $tmp = Net::SSLeay::get_error ($self->{tls}, $tmp);
1897 return $self->_tls_error ($tmp)
1898 if $tmp != $ERROR_WANT_READ
1899 && ($tmp != $ERROR_SYSCALL || $!);
1900 }
1901
1902 while (defined ($tmp = Net::SSLeay::read ($self->{tls}))) {
1903 unless (length $tmp) {
1904 $self->{_on_starttls}
1905 and (delete $self->{_on_starttls})->($self, undef, "EOF during handshake"); # ???
1906 &_freetls;
1907
1908 if ($self->{on_stoptls}) {
1909 $self->{on_stoptls}($self);
1910 return;
1911 } else {
1912 # let's treat SSL-eof as we treat normal EOF
1913 delete $self->{_rw};
1914 $self->{_eof} = 1;
1915 }
1916 }
1917
1918 $self->{_tls_rbuf} .= $tmp;
1919 $self->_drain_rbuf;
1920 $self->{tls} or return; # tls session might have gone away in callback
1921 }
1922
1923 $tmp = Net::SSLeay::get_error ($self->{tls}, -1);
1924 return $self->_tls_error ($tmp)
1925 if $tmp != $ERROR_WANT_READ
1926 && ($tmp != $ERROR_SYSCALL || $!);
1927
1928 while (length ($tmp = Net::SSLeay::BIO_read ($self->{_wbio}))) {
1929 $self->{wbuf} .= $tmp;
1930 $self->_drain_wbuf;
1931 $self->{tls} or return; # tls session might have gone away in callback
1932 }
1933
1934 $self->{_on_starttls}
1935 and Net::SSLeay::state ($self->{tls}) == Net::SSLeay::ST_OK ()
1936 and (delete $self->{_on_starttls})->($self, 1, "TLS/SSL connection established");
1937 }
1938
1939 =item $handle->starttls ($tls[, $tls_ctx])
1940
1941 Instead of starting TLS negotiation immediately when the AnyEvent::Handle
1942 object is created, you can also do that at a later time by calling
1943 C<starttls>. See the C<tls> constructor argument for general info.
1944
1945 Starting TLS is currently an asynchronous operation - when you push some
1946 write data and then call C<< ->starttls >> then TLS negotiation will start
1947 immediately, after which the queued write data is then sent. This might
1948 change in future versions, so best make sure you have no outstanding write
1949 data when calling this method.
1950
1951 The first argument is the same as the C<tls> constructor argument (either
1952 C<"connect">, C<"accept"> or an existing Net::SSLeay object).
1953
1954 The second argument is the optional C<AnyEvent::TLS> object that is used
1955 when AnyEvent::Handle has to create its own TLS connection object, or
1956 a hash reference with C<< key => value >> pairs that will be used to
1957 construct a new context.
1958
1959 The TLS connection object will end up in C<< $handle->{tls} >>, the TLS
1960 context in C<< $handle->{tls_ctx} >> after this call and can be used or
1961 changed to your liking. Note that the handshake might have already started
1962 when this function returns.
1963
1964 Due to bugs in OpenSSL, it might or might not be possible to do multiple
1965 handshakes on the same stream. It is best to not attempt to use the
1966 stream after stopping TLS.
1967
1968 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
1969 destroyed after it returns).
1970
1971 =cut
1972
1973 our %TLS_CACHE; #TODO not yet documented, should we?
1974
1975 sub starttls {
1976 my ($self, $tls, $ctx) = @_;
1977
1978 Carp::croak "It is an error to call starttls on an AnyEvent::Handle object while TLS is already active, caught"
1979 if $self->{tls};
1980
1981 unless (defined $AnyEvent::TLS::VERSION) {
1982 eval {
1983 require Net::SSLeay;
1984 require AnyEvent::TLS;
1985 1
1986 } or return $self->_error (Errno::EPROTO, 1, "TLS support not available on this system");
1987 }
1988
1989 $self->{tls} = $tls;
1990 $self->{tls_ctx} = $ctx if @_ > 2;
1991
1992 return unless $self->{fh};
1993
1994 $ERROR_SYSCALL = Net::SSLeay::ERROR_SYSCALL ();
1995 $ERROR_WANT_READ = Net::SSLeay::ERROR_WANT_READ ();
1996
1997 $tls = delete $self->{tls};
1998 $ctx = $self->{tls_ctx};
1999
2000 local $Carp::CarpLevel = 1; # skip ourselves when creating a new context or session
2001
2002 if ("HASH" eq ref $ctx) {
2003 if ($ctx->{cache}) {
2004 my $key = $ctx+0;
2005 $ctx = $TLS_CACHE{$key} ||= new AnyEvent::TLS %$ctx;
2006 } else {
2007 $ctx = new AnyEvent::TLS %$ctx;
2008 }
2009 }
2010
2011 $self->{tls_ctx} = $ctx || TLS_CTX ();
2012 $self->{tls} = $tls = $self->{tls_ctx}->_get_session ($tls, $self, $self->{peername});
2013
2014 # basically, this is deep magic (because SSL_read should have the same issues)
2015 # but the openssl maintainers basically said: "trust us, it just works".
2016 # (unfortunately, we have to hardcode constants because the abysmally misdesigned
2017 # and mismaintained ssleay-module doesn't even offer them).
2018 # http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-dev@openssl.org/msg22420.html
2019 #
2020 # in short: this is a mess.
2021 #
2022 # note that we do not try to keep the length constant between writes as we are required to do.
2023 # we assume that most (but not all) of this insanity only applies to non-blocking cases,
2024 # and we drive openssl fully in blocking mode here. Or maybe we don't - openssl seems to
2025 # have identity issues in that area.
2026 # Net::SSLeay::CTX_set_mode ($ssl,
2027 # (eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; Net::SSLeay::MODE_ENABLE_PARTIAL_WRITE () } || 1)
2028 # | (eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; Net::SSLeay::MODE_ACCEPT_MOVING_WRITE_BUFFER () } || 2));
2029 Net::SSLeay::CTX_set_mode ($tls, 1|2);
2030
2031 $self->{_rbio} = Net::SSLeay::BIO_new (Net::SSLeay::BIO_s_mem ());
2032 $self->{_wbio} = Net::SSLeay::BIO_new (Net::SSLeay::BIO_s_mem ());
2033
2034 Net::SSLeay::BIO_write ($self->{_rbio}, $self->{rbuf});
2035 $self->{rbuf} = "";
2036
2037 Net::SSLeay::set_bio ($tls, $self->{_rbio}, $self->{_wbio});
2038
2039 $self->{_on_starttls} = sub { $_[0]{on_starttls}(@_) }
2040 if $self->{on_starttls};
2041
2042 &_dotls; # need to trigger the initial handshake
2043 $self->start_read; # make sure we actually do read
2044 }
2045
2046 =item $handle->stoptls
2047
2048 Shuts down the SSL connection - this makes a proper EOF handshake by
2049 sending a close notify to the other side, but since OpenSSL doesn't
2050 support non-blocking shut downs, it is not guaranteed that you can re-use
2051 the stream afterwards.
2052
2053 This method may invoke callbacks (and therefore the handle might be
2054 destroyed after it returns).
2055
2056 =cut
2057
2058 sub stoptls {
2059 my ($self) = @_;
2060
2061 if ($self->{tls} && $self->{fh}) {
2062 Net::SSLeay::shutdown ($self->{tls});
2063
2064 &_dotls;
2065
2066 # # we don't give a shit. no, we do, but we can't. no...#d#
2067 # # we, we... have to use openssl :/#d#
2068 # &_freetls;#d#
2069 }
2070 }
2071
2072 sub _freetls {
2073 my ($self) = @_;
2074
2075 return unless $self->{tls};
2076
2077 $self->{tls_ctx}->_put_session (delete $self->{tls})
2078 if $self->{tls} > 0;
2079
2080 delete @$self{qw(_rbio _wbio _tls_wbuf _on_starttls)};
2081 }
2082
2083 =item $handle->resettls
2084
2085 This rarely-used method simply resets and TLS state on the handle, usually
2086 causing data loss.
2087
2088 One case where it may be useful is when you want to skip over the data in
2089 the stream but you are not interested in interpreting it, so data loss is
2090 no concern.
2091
2092 =cut
2093
2094 *resettls = \&_freetls;
2095
2096 sub DESTROY {
2097 my ($self) = @_;
2098
2099 &_freetls;
2100
2101 my $linger = exists $self->{linger} ? $self->{linger} : 3600;
2102
2103 if ($linger && length $self->{wbuf} && $self->{fh}) {
2104 my $fh = delete $self->{fh};
2105 my $wbuf = delete $self->{wbuf};
2106
2107 my @linger;
2108
2109 push @linger, AE::io $fh, 1, sub {
2110 my $len = syswrite $fh, $wbuf, length $wbuf;
2111
2112 if ($len > 0) {
2113 substr $wbuf, 0, $len, "";
2114 } elsif (defined $len || ($! != EAGAIN && $! != EINTR && $! != WSAEWOULDBLOCK)) {
2115 @linger = (); # end
2116 }
2117 };
2118 push @linger, AE::timer $linger, 0, sub {
2119 @linger = ();
2120 };
2121 }
2122 }
2123
2124 =item $handle->destroy
2125
2126 Shuts down the handle object as much as possible - this call ensures that
2127 no further callbacks will be invoked and as many resources as possible
2128 will be freed. Any method you will call on the handle object after
2129 destroying it in this way will be silently ignored (and it will return the
2130 empty list).
2131
2132 Normally, you can just "forget" any references to an AnyEvent::Handle
2133 object and it will simply shut down. This works in fatal error and EOF
2134 callbacks, as well as code outside. It does I<NOT> work in a read or write
2135 callback, so when you want to destroy the AnyEvent::Handle object from
2136 within such an callback. You I<MUST> call C<< ->destroy >> explicitly in
2137 that case.
2138
2139 Destroying the handle object in this way has the advantage that callbacks
2140 will be removed as well, so if those are the only reference holders (as
2141 is common), then one doesn't need to do anything special to break any
2142 reference cycles.
2143
2144 The handle might still linger in the background and write out remaining
2145 data, as specified by the C<linger> option, however.
2146
2147 =cut
2148
2149 sub destroy {
2150 my ($self) = @_;
2151
2152 $self->DESTROY;
2153 %$self = ();
2154 bless $self, "AnyEvent::Handle::destroyed";
2155 }
2156
2157 sub AnyEvent::Handle::destroyed::AUTOLOAD {
2158 #nop
2159 }
2160
2161 =item $handle->destroyed
2162
2163 Returns false as long as the handle hasn't been destroyed by a call to C<<
2164 ->destroy >>, true otherwise.
2165
2166 Can be useful to decide whether the handle is still valid after some
2167 callback possibly destroyed the handle. For example, C<< ->push_write >>,
2168 C<< ->starttls >> and other methods can call user callbacks, which in turn
2169 can destroy the handle, so work can be avoided by checking sometimes:
2170
2171 $hdl->starttls ("accept");
2172 return if $hdl->destroyed;
2173 $hdl->push_write (...
2174
2175 Note that the call to C<push_write> will silently be ignored if the handle
2176 has been destroyed, so often you can just ignore the possibility of the
2177 handle being destroyed.
2178
2179 =cut
2180
2181 sub destroyed { 0 }
2182 sub AnyEvent::Handle::destroyed::destroyed { 1 }
2183
2184 =item AnyEvent::Handle::TLS_CTX
2185
2186 This function creates and returns the AnyEvent::TLS object used by default
2187 for TLS mode.
2188
2189 The context is created by calling L<AnyEvent::TLS> without any arguments.
2190
2191 =cut
2192
2193 our $TLS_CTX;
2194
2195 sub TLS_CTX() {
2196 $TLS_CTX ||= do {
2197 require AnyEvent::TLS;
2198
2199 new AnyEvent::TLS
2200 }
2201 }
2202
2203 =back
2204
2205
2206 =head1 NONFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
2207
2208 =over 4
2209
2210 =item I C<undef> the AnyEvent::Handle reference inside my callback and
2211 still get further invocations!
2212
2213 That's because AnyEvent::Handle keeps a reference to itself when handling
2214 read or write callbacks.
2215
2216 It is only safe to "forget" the reference inside EOF or error callbacks,
2217 from within all other callbacks, you need to explicitly call the C<<
2218 ->destroy >> method.
2219
2220 =item Why is my C<on_eof> callback never called?
2221
2222 Probably because your C<on_error> callback is being called instead: When
2223 you have outstanding requests in your read queue, then an EOF is
2224 considered an error as you clearly expected some data.
2225
2226 To avoid this, make sure you have an empty read queue whenever your handle
2227 is supposed to be "idle" (i.e. connection closes are O.K.). You can set
2228 an C<on_read> handler that simply pushes the first read requests in the
2229 queue.
2230
2231 See also the next question, which explains this in a bit more detail.
2232
2233 =item How can I serve requests in a loop?
2234
2235 Most protocols consist of some setup phase (authentication for example)
2236 followed by a request handling phase, where the server waits for requests
2237 and handles them, in a loop.
2238
2239 There are two important variants: The first (traditional, better) variant
2240 handles requests until the server gets some QUIT command, causing it to
2241 close the connection first (highly desirable for a busy TCP server). A
2242 client dropping the connection is an error, which means this variant can
2243 detect an unexpected detection close.
2244
2245 To handle this case, always make sure you have a on-empty read queue, by
2246 pushing the "read request start" handler on it:
2247
2248 # we assume a request starts with a single line
2249 my @start_request; @start_request = (line => sub {
2250 my ($hdl, $line) = @_;
2251
2252 ... handle request
2253
2254 # push next request read, possibly from a nested callback
2255 $hdl->push_read (@start_request);
2256 });
2257
2258 # auth done, now go into request handling loop
2259 # now push the first @start_request
2260 $hdl->push_read (@start_request);
2261
2262 By always having an outstanding C<push_read>, the handle always expects
2263 some data and raises the C<EPIPE> error when the connction is dropped
2264 unexpectedly.
2265
2266 The second variant is a protocol where the client can drop the connection
2267 at any time. For TCP, this means that the server machine may run out of
2268 sockets easier, and in general, it means you cannot distinguish a protocl
2269 failure/client crash from a normal connection close. Nevertheless, these
2270 kinds of protocols are common (and sometimes even the best solution to the
2271 problem).
2272
2273 Having an outstanding read request at all times is possible if you ignore
2274 C<EPIPE> errors, but this doesn't help with when the client drops the
2275 connection during a request, which would still be an error.
2276
2277 A better solution is to push the initial request read in an C<on_read>
2278 callback. This avoids an error, as when the server doesn't expect data
2279 (i.e. is idly waiting for the next request, an EOF will not raise an
2280 error, but simply result in an C<on_eof> callback. It is also a bit slower
2281 and simpler:
2282
2283 # auth done, now go into request handling loop
2284 $hdl->on_read (sub {
2285 my ($hdl) = @_;
2286
2287 # called each time we receive data but the read queue is empty
2288 # simply start read the request
2289
2290 $hdl->push_read (line => sub {
2291 my ($hdl, $line) = @_;
2292
2293 ... handle request
2294
2295 # do nothing special when the request has been handled, just
2296 # let the request queue go empty.
2297 });
2298 });
2299
2300 =item I get different callback invocations in TLS mode/Why can't I pause
2301 reading?
2302
2303 Unlike, say, TCP, TLS connections do not consist of two independent
2304 communication channels, one for each direction. Or put differently, the
2305 read and write directions are not independent of each other: you cannot
2306 write data unless you are also prepared to read, and vice versa.
2307
2308 This means that, in TLS mode, you might get C<on_error> or C<on_eof>
2309 callback invocations when you are not expecting any read data - the reason
2310 is that AnyEvent::Handle always reads in TLS mode.
2311
2312 During the connection, you have to make sure that you always have a
2313 non-empty read-queue, or an C<on_read> watcher. At the end of the
2314 connection (or when you no longer want to use it) you can call the
2315 C<destroy> method.
2316
2317 =item How do I read data until the other side closes the connection?
2318
2319 If you just want to read your data into a perl scalar, the easiest way
2320 to achieve this is by setting an C<on_read> callback that does nothing,
2321 clearing the C<on_eof> callback and in the C<on_error> callback, the data
2322 will be in C<$_[0]{rbuf}>:
2323
2324 $handle->on_read (sub { });
2325 $handle->on_eof (undef);
2326 $handle->on_error (sub {
2327 my $data = delete $_[0]{rbuf};
2328 });
2329
2330 Note that this example removes the C<rbuf> member from the handle object,
2331 which is not normally allowed by the API. It is expressly permitted in
2332 this case only, as the handle object needs to be destroyed afterwards.
2333
2334 The reason to use C<on_error> is that TCP connections, due to latencies
2335 and packets loss, might get closed quite violently with an error, when in
2336 fact all data has been received.
2337
2338 It is usually better to use acknowledgements when transferring data,
2339 to make sure the other side hasn't just died and you got the data
2340 intact. This is also one reason why so many internet protocols have an
2341 explicit QUIT command.
2342
2343 =item I don't want to destroy the handle too early - how do I wait until
2344 all data has been written?
2345
2346 After writing your last bits of data, set the C<on_drain> callback
2347 and destroy the handle in there - with the default setting of
2348 C<low_water_mark> this will be called precisely when all data has been
2349 written to the socket:
2350
2351 $handle->push_write (...);
2352 $handle->on_drain (sub {
2353 AE::log debug => "All data submitted to the kernel.";
2354 undef $handle;
2355 });
2356
2357 If you just want to queue some data and then signal EOF to the other side,
2358 consider using C<< ->push_shutdown >> instead.
2359
2360 =item I want to contact a TLS/SSL server, I don't care about security.
2361
2362 If your TLS server is a pure TLS server (e.g. HTTPS) that only speaks TLS,
2363 connect to it and then create the AnyEvent::Handle with the C<tls>
2364 parameter:
2365
2366 tcp_connect $host, $port, sub {
2367 my ($fh) = @_;
2368
2369 my $handle = new AnyEvent::Handle
2370 fh => $fh,
2371 tls => "connect",
2372 on_error => sub { ... };
2373
2374 $handle->push_write (...);
2375 };
2376
2377 =item I want to contact a TLS/SSL server, I do care about security.
2378
2379 Then you should additionally enable certificate verification, including
2380 peername verification, if the protocol you use supports it (see
2381 L<AnyEvent::TLS>, C<verify_peername>).
2382
2383 E.g. for HTTPS:
2384
2385 tcp_connect $host, $port, sub {
2386 my ($fh) = @_;
2387
2388 my $handle = new AnyEvent::Handle
2389 fh => $fh,
2390 peername => $host,
2391 tls => "connect",
2392 tls_ctx => { verify => 1, verify_peername => "https" },
2393 ...
2394
2395 Note that you must specify the hostname you connected to (or whatever
2396 "peername" the protocol needs) as the C<peername> argument, otherwise no
2397 peername verification will be done.
2398
2399 The above will use the system-dependent default set of trusted CA
2400 certificates. If you want to check against a specific CA, add the
2401 C<ca_file> (or C<ca_cert>) arguments to C<tls_ctx>:
2402
2403 tls_ctx => {
2404 verify => 1,
2405 verify_peername => "https",
2406 ca_file => "my-ca-cert.pem",
2407 },
2408
2409 =item I want to create a TLS/SSL server, how do I do that?
2410
2411 Well, you first need to get a server certificate and key. You have
2412 three options: a) ask a CA (buy one, use cacert.org etc.) b) create a
2413 self-signed certificate (cheap. check the search engine of your choice,
2414 there are many tutorials on the net) or c) make your own CA (tinyca2 is a
2415 nice program for that purpose).
2416
2417 Then create a file with your private key (in PEM format, see
2418 L<AnyEvent::TLS>), followed by the certificate (also in PEM format). The
2419 file should then look like this:
2420
2421 -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
2422 ...header data
2423 ... lots of base64'y-stuff
2424 -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
2425
2426 -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
2427 ... lots of base64'y-stuff
2428 -----END CERTIFICATE-----
2429
2430 The important bits are the "PRIVATE KEY" and "CERTIFICATE" parts. Then
2431 specify this file as C<cert_file>:
2432
2433 tcp_server undef, $port, sub {
2434 my ($fh) = @_;
2435
2436 my $handle = new AnyEvent::Handle
2437 fh => $fh,
2438 tls => "accept",
2439 tls_ctx => { cert_file => "my-server-keycert.pem" },
2440 ...
2441
2442 When you have intermediate CA certificates that your clients might not
2443 know about, just append them to the C<cert_file>.
2444
2445 =back
2446
2447 =head1 SUBCLASSING AnyEvent::Handle
2448
2449 In many cases, you might want to subclass AnyEvent::Handle.
2450
2451 To make this easier, a given version of AnyEvent::Handle uses these
2452 conventions:
2453
2454 =over 4
2455
2456 =item * all constructor arguments become object members.
2457
2458 At least initially, when you pass a C<tls>-argument to the constructor it
2459 will end up in C<< $handle->{tls} >>. Those members might be changed or
2460 mutated later on (for example C<tls> will hold the TLS connection object).
2461
2462 =item * other object member names are prefixed with an C<_>.
2463
2464 All object members not explicitly documented (internal use) are prefixed
2465 with an underscore character, so the remaining non-C<_>-namespace is free
2466 for use for subclasses.
2467
2468 =item * all members not documented here and not prefixed with an underscore
2469 are free to use in subclasses.
2470
2471 Of course, new versions of AnyEvent::Handle may introduce more "public"
2472 member variables, but that's just life. At least it is documented.
2473
2474 =back
2475
2476 =head1 AUTHOR
2477
2478 Robin Redeker C<< <elmex at ta-sa.org> >>, Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>.
2479
2480 =cut
2481
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