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1 package AnyEvent::Handle;
2
3 no warnings;
4 use strict qw(subs vars);
5
6 use AnyEvent ();
7 use AnyEvent::Util qw(WSAEWOULDBLOCK);
8 use Scalar::Util ();
9 use Carp ();
10 use Fcntl ();
11 use Errno qw(EAGAIN EINTR);
12
13 =head1 NAME
14
15 AnyEvent::Handle - non-blocking I/O on file handles via AnyEvent
16
17 =cut
18
19 our $VERSION = 4.3;
20
21 =head1 SYNOPSIS
22
23 use AnyEvent;
24 use AnyEvent::Handle;
25
26 my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar;
27
28 my $handle =
29 AnyEvent::Handle->new (
30 fh => \*STDIN,
31 on_eof => sub {
32 $cv->broadcast;
33 },
34 );
35
36 # send some request line
37 $handle->push_write ("getinfo\015\012");
38
39 # read the response line
40 $handle->push_read (line => sub {
41 my ($handle, $line) = @_;
42 warn "read line <$line>\n";
43 $cv->send;
44 });
45
46 $cv->recv;
47
48 =head1 DESCRIPTION
49
50 This module is a helper module to make it easier to do event-based I/O on
51 filehandles. For utility functions for doing non-blocking connects and accepts
52 on sockets see L<AnyEvent::Util>.
53
54 The L<AnyEvent::Intro> tutorial contains some well-documented
55 AnyEvent::Handle examples.
56
57 In the following, when the documentation refers to of "bytes" then this
58 means characters. As sysread and syswrite are used for all I/O, their
59 treatment of characters applies to this module as well.
60
61 All callbacks will be invoked with the handle object as their first
62 argument.
63
64 =head2 SIGPIPE is not handled by this module
65
66 SIGPIPE is not handled by this module, so one of the practical
67 requirements of using it is to ignore SIGPIPE (C<$SIG{PIPE} =
68 'IGNORE'>). At least, this is highly recommend in a networked program: If
69 you use AnyEvent::Handle in a filter program (like sort), exiting on
70 SIGPIPE is probably the right thing to do.
71
72 =head1 METHODS
73
74 =over 4
75
76 =item B<new (%args)>
77
78 The constructor supports these arguments (all as key => value pairs).
79
80 =over 4
81
82 =item fh => $filehandle [MANDATORY]
83
84 The filehandle this L<AnyEvent::Handle> object will operate on.
85
86 NOTE: The filehandle will be set to non-blocking mode (using
87 C<AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking>) by the constructor and needs to stay in
88 that mode.
89
90 =item on_eof => $cb->($handle)
91
92 Set the callback to be called when an end-of-file condition is detected,
93 i.e. in the case of a socket, when the other side has closed the
94 connection cleanly.
95
96 For sockets, this just means that the other side has stopped sending data,
97 you can still try to write data, and, in fact, one can return from the eof
98 callback and continue writing data, as only the read part has been shut
99 down.
100
101 While not mandatory, it is I<highly> recommended to set an eof callback,
102 otherwise you might end up with a closed socket while you are still
103 waiting for data.
104
105 If an EOF condition has been detected but no C<on_eof> callback has been
106 set, then a fatal error will be raised with C<$!> set to <0>.
107
108 =item on_error => $cb->($handle, $fatal)
109
110 This is the error callback, which is called when, well, some error
111 occured, such as not being able to resolve the hostname, failure to
112 connect or a read error.
113
114 Some errors are fatal (which is indicated by C<$fatal> being true). On
115 fatal errors the handle object will be shut down and will not be usable
116 (but you are free to look at the current C<< ->rbuf >>). Examples of fatal
117 errors are an EOF condition with active (but unsatisifable) read watchers
118 (C<EPIPE>) or I/O errors.
119
120 Non-fatal errors can be retried by simply returning, but it is recommended
121 to simply ignore this parameter and instead abondon the handle object
122 when this callback is invoked. Examples of non-fatal errors are timeouts
123 C<ETIMEDOUT>) or badly-formatted data (C<EBADMSG>).
124
125 On callback entrance, the value of C<$!> contains the operating system
126 error (or C<ENOSPC>, C<EPIPE>, C<ETIMEDOUT> or C<EBADMSG>).
127
128 While not mandatory, it is I<highly> recommended to set this callback, as
129 you will not be notified of errors otherwise. The default simply calls
130 C<croak>.
131
132 =item on_read => $cb->($handle)
133
134 This sets the default read callback, which is called when data arrives
135 and no read request is in the queue (unlike read queue callbacks, this
136 callback will only be called when at least one octet of data is in the
137 read buffer).
138
139 To access (and remove data from) the read buffer, use the C<< ->rbuf >>
140 method or access the C<$handle->{rbuf}> member directly.
141
142 When an EOF condition is detected then AnyEvent::Handle will first try to
143 feed all the remaining data to the queued callbacks and C<on_read> before
144 calling the C<on_eof> callback. If no progress can be made, then a fatal
145 error will be raised (with C<$!> set to C<EPIPE>).
146
147 =item on_drain => $cb->($handle)
148
149 This sets the callback that is called when the write buffer becomes empty
150 (or when the callback is set and the buffer is empty already).
151
152 To append to the write buffer, use the C<< ->push_write >> method.
153
154 This callback is useful when you don't want to put all of your write data
155 into the queue at once, for example, when you want to write the contents
156 of some file to the socket you might not want to read the whole file into
157 memory and push it into the queue, but instead only read more data from
158 the file when the write queue becomes empty.
159
160 =item timeout => $fractional_seconds
161
162 If non-zero, then this enables an "inactivity" timeout: whenever this many
163 seconds pass without a successful read or write on the underlying file
164 handle, the C<on_timeout> callback will be invoked (and if that one is
165 missing, a non-fatal C<ETIMEDOUT> error will be raised).
166
167 Note that timeout processing is also active when you currently do not have
168 any outstanding read or write requests: If you plan to keep the connection
169 idle then you should disable the timout temporarily or ignore the timeout
170 in the C<on_timeout> callback, in which case AnyEvent::Handle will simply
171 restart the timeout.
172
173 Zero (the default) disables this timeout.
174
175 =item on_timeout => $cb->($handle)
176
177 Called whenever the inactivity timeout passes. If you return from this
178 callback, then the timeout will be reset as if some activity had happened,
179 so this condition is not fatal in any way.
180
181 =item rbuf_max => <bytes>
182
183 If defined, then a fatal error will be raised (with C<$!> set to C<ENOSPC>)
184 when the read buffer ever (strictly) exceeds this size. This is useful to
185 avoid some forms of denial-of-service attacks.
186
187 For example, a server accepting connections from untrusted sources should
188 be configured to accept only so-and-so much data that it cannot act on
189 (for example, when expecting a line, an attacker could send an unlimited
190 amount of data without a callback ever being called as long as the line
191 isn't finished).
192
193 =item autocork => <boolean>
194
195 When disabled (the default), then C<push_write> will try to immediately
196 write the data to the handle, if possible. This avoids having to register
197 a write watcher and wait for the next event loop iteration, but can
198 be inefficient if you write multiple small chunks (on the wire, this
199 disadvantage is usually avoided by your kernel's nagle algorithm, see
200 C<no_delay>, but this option can save costly syscalls).
201
202 When enabled, then writes will always be queued till the next event loop
203 iteration. This is efficient when you do many small writes per iteration,
204 but less efficient when you do a single write only per iteration (or when
205 the write buffer often is full). It also increases write latency.
206
207 =item no_delay => <boolean>
208
209 When doing small writes on sockets, your operating system kernel might
210 wait a bit for more data before actually sending it out. This is called
211 the Nagle algorithm, and usually it is beneficial.
212
213 In some situations you want as low a delay as possible, which can be
214 accomplishd by setting this option to a true value.
215
216 The default is your opertaing system's default behaviour (most likely
217 enabled), this option explicitly enables or disables it, if possible.
218
219 =item read_size => <bytes>
220
221 The default read block size (the amount of bytes this module will
222 try to read during each loop iteration, which affects memory
223 requirements). Default: C<8192>.
224
225 =item low_water_mark => <bytes>
226
227 Sets the amount of bytes (default: C<0>) that make up an "empty" write
228 buffer: If the write reaches this size or gets even samller it is
229 considered empty.
230
231 Sometimes it can be beneficial (for performance reasons) to add data to
232 the write buffer before it is fully drained, but this is a rare case, as
233 the operating system kernel usually buffers data as well, so the default
234 is good in almost all cases.
235
236 =item linger => <seconds>
237
238 If non-zero (default: C<3600>), then the destructor of the
239 AnyEvent::Handle object will check whether there is still outstanding
240 write data and will install a watcher that will write this data to the
241 socket. No errors will be reported (this mostly matches how the operating
242 system treats outstanding data at socket close time).
243
244 This will not work for partial TLS data that could not be encoded
245 yet. This data will be lost. Calling the C<stoptls> method in time might
246 help.
247
248 =item tls => "accept" | "connect" | Net::SSLeay::SSL object
249
250 When this parameter is given, it enables TLS (SSL) mode, that means
251 AnyEvent will start a TLS handshake as soon as the conenction has been
252 established and will transparently encrypt/decrypt data afterwards.
253
254 TLS mode requires Net::SSLeay to be installed (it will be loaded
255 automatically when you try to create a TLS handle): this module doesn't
256 have a dependency on that module, so if your module requires it, you have
257 to add the dependency yourself.
258
259 Unlike TCP, TLS has a server and client side: for the TLS server side, use
260 C<accept>, and for the TLS client side of a connection, use C<connect>
261 mode.
262
263 You can also provide your own TLS connection object, but you have
264 to make sure that you call either C<Net::SSLeay::set_connect_state>
265 or C<Net::SSLeay::set_accept_state> on it before you pass it to
266 AnyEvent::Handle.
267
268 See the C<< ->starttls >> method for when need to start TLS negotiation later.
269
270 =item tls_ctx => $ssl_ctx
271
272 Use the given C<Net::SSLeay::CTX> object to create the new TLS connection
273 (unless a connection object was specified directly). If this parameter is
274 missing, then AnyEvent::Handle will use C<AnyEvent::Handle::TLS_CTX>.
275
276 =item json => JSON or JSON::XS object
277
278 This is the json coder object used by the C<json> read and write types.
279
280 If you don't supply it, then AnyEvent::Handle will create and use a
281 suitable one (on demand), which will write and expect UTF-8 encoded JSON
282 texts.
283
284 Note that you are responsible to depend on the JSON module if you want to
285 use this functionality, as AnyEvent does not have a dependency itself.
286
287 =back
288
289 =cut
290
291 sub new {
292 my $class = shift;
293
294 my $self = bless { @_ }, $class;
295
296 $self->{fh} or Carp::croak "mandatory argument fh is missing";
297
298 AnyEvent::Util::fh_nonblocking $self->{fh}, 1;
299
300 $self->starttls (delete $self->{tls}, delete $self->{tls_ctx})
301 if $self->{tls};
302
303 $self->{_activity} = AnyEvent->now;
304 $self->_timeout;
305
306 $self->on_drain (delete $self->{on_drain}) if exists $self->{on_drain};
307 $self->no_delay (delete $self->{no_delay}) if exists $self->{no_delay};
308
309 $self->start_read
310 if $self->{on_read};
311
312 $self
313 }
314
315 sub _shutdown {
316 my ($self) = @_;
317
318 delete $self->{_tw};
319 delete $self->{_rw};
320 delete $self->{_ww};
321 delete $self->{fh};
322
323 &_freetls;
324
325 delete $self->{on_read};
326 delete $self->{_queue};
327 }
328
329 sub _error {
330 my ($self, $errno, $fatal) = @_;
331
332 $self->_shutdown
333 if $fatal;
334
335 $! = $errno;
336
337 if ($self->{on_error}) {
338 $self->{on_error}($self, $fatal);
339 } else {
340 Carp::croak "AnyEvent::Handle uncaught error: $!";
341 }
342 }
343
344 =item $fh = $handle->fh
345
346 This method returns the file handle used to create the L<AnyEvent::Handle> object.
347
348 =cut
349
350 sub fh { $_[0]{fh} }
351
352 =item $handle->on_error ($cb)
353
354 Replace the current C<on_error> callback (see the C<on_error> constructor argument).
355
356 =cut
357
358 sub on_error {
359 $_[0]{on_error} = $_[1];
360 }
361
362 =item $handle->on_eof ($cb)
363
364 Replace the current C<on_eof> callback (see the C<on_eof> constructor argument).
365
366 =cut
367
368 sub on_eof {
369 $_[0]{on_eof} = $_[1];
370 }
371
372 =item $handle->on_timeout ($cb)
373
374 Replace the current C<on_timeout> callback, or disables the callback (but
375 not the timeout) if C<$cb> = C<undef>. See the C<timeout> constructor
376 argument and method.
377
378 =cut
379
380 sub on_timeout {
381 $_[0]{on_timeout} = $_[1];
382 }
383
384 =item $handle->autocork ($boolean)
385
386 Enables or disables the current autocork behaviour (see C<autocork>
387 constructor argument).
388
389 =cut
390
391 =item $handle->no_delay ($boolean)
392
393 Enables or disables the C<no_delay> setting (see constructor argument of
394 the same name for details).
395
396 =cut
397
398 sub no_delay {
399 $_[0]{no_delay} = $_[1];
400
401 eval {
402 local $SIG{__DIE__};
403 setsockopt $_[0]{fh}, &Socket::IPPROTO_TCP, &Socket::TCP_NODELAY, int $_[1];
404 };
405 }
406
407 #############################################################################
408
409 =item $handle->timeout ($seconds)
410
411 Configures (or disables) the inactivity timeout.
412
413 =cut
414
415 sub timeout {
416 my ($self, $timeout) = @_;
417
418 $self->{timeout} = $timeout;
419 $self->_timeout;
420 }
421
422 # reset the timeout watcher, as neccessary
423 # also check for time-outs
424 sub _timeout {
425 my ($self) = @_;
426
427 if ($self->{timeout}) {
428 my $NOW = AnyEvent->now;
429
430 # when would the timeout trigger?
431 my $after = $self->{_activity} + $self->{timeout} - $NOW;
432
433 # now or in the past already?
434 if ($after <= 0) {
435 $self->{_activity} = $NOW;
436
437 if ($self->{on_timeout}) {
438 $self->{on_timeout}($self);
439 } else {
440 $self->_error (&Errno::ETIMEDOUT);
441 }
442
443 # callback could have changed timeout value, optimise
444 return unless $self->{timeout};
445
446 # calculate new after
447 $after = $self->{timeout};
448 }
449
450 Scalar::Util::weaken $self;
451 return unless $self; # ->error could have destroyed $self
452
453 $self->{_tw} ||= AnyEvent->timer (after => $after, cb => sub {
454 delete $self->{_tw};
455 $self->_timeout;
456 });
457 } else {
458 delete $self->{_tw};
459 }
460 }
461
462 #############################################################################
463
464 =back
465
466 =head2 WRITE QUEUE
467
468 AnyEvent::Handle manages two queues per handle, one for writing and one
469 for reading.
470
471 The write queue is very simple: you can add data to its end, and
472 AnyEvent::Handle will automatically try to get rid of it for you.
473
474 When data could be written and the write buffer is shorter then the low
475 water mark, the C<on_drain> callback will be invoked.
476
477 =over 4
478
479 =item $handle->on_drain ($cb)
480
481 Sets the C<on_drain> callback or clears it (see the description of
482 C<on_drain> in the constructor).
483
484 =cut
485
486 sub on_drain {
487 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
488
489 $self->{on_drain} = $cb;
490
491 $cb->($self)
492 if $cb && $self->{low_water_mark} >= (length $self->{wbuf}) + (length $self->{_tls_wbuf});
493 }
494
495 =item $handle->push_write ($data)
496
497 Queues the given scalar to be written. You can push as much data as you
498 want (only limited by the available memory), as C<AnyEvent::Handle>
499 buffers it independently of the kernel.
500
501 =cut
502
503 sub _drain_wbuf {
504 my ($self) = @_;
505
506 if (!$self->{_ww} && length $self->{wbuf}) {
507
508 Scalar::Util::weaken $self;
509
510 my $cb = sub {
511 my $len = syswrite $self->{fh}, $self->{wbuf};
512
513 if ($len >= 0) {
514 substr $self->{wbuf}, 0, $len, "";
515
516 $self->{_activity} = AnyEvent->now;
517
518 $self->{on_drain}($self)
519 if $self->{low_water_mark} >= (length $self->{wbuf}) + (length $self->{_tls_wbuf})
520 && $self->{on_drain};
521
522 delete $self->{_ww} unless length $self->{wbuf};
523 } elsif ($! != EAGAIN && $! != EINTR && $! != WSAEWOULDBLOCK) {
524 $self->_error ($!, 1);
525 }
526 };
527
528 # try to write data immediately
529 $cb->() unless $self->{autocork};
530
531 # if still data left in wbuf, we need to poll
532 $self->{_ww} = AnyEvent->io (fh => $self->{fh}, poll => "w", cb => $cb)
533 if length $self->{wbuf};
534 };
535 }
536
537 our %WH;
538
539 sub register_write_type($$) {
540 $WH{$_[0]} = $_[1];
541 }
542
543 sub push_write {
544 my $self = shift;
545
546 if (@_ > 1) {
547 my $type = shift;
548
549 @_ = ($WH{$type} or Carp::croak "unsupported type passed to AnyEvent::Handle::push_write")
550 ->($self, @_);
551 }
552
553 if ($self->{tls}) {
554 $self->{_tls_wbuf} .= $_[0];
555
556 &_dotls ($self);
557 } else {
558 $self->{wbuf} .= $_[0];
559 $self->_drain_wbuf;
560 }
561 }
562
563 =item $handle->push_write (type => @args)
564
565 Instead of formatting your data yourself, you can also let this module do
566 the job by specifying a type and type-specific arguments.
567
568 Predefined types are (if you have ideas for additional types, feel free to
569 drop by and tell us):
570
571 =over 4
572
573 =item netstring => $string
574
575 Formats the given value as netstring
576 (http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt, this is not a recommendation to use them).
577
578 =cut
579
580 register_write_type netstring => sub {
581 my ($self, $string) = @_;
582
583 (length $string) . ":$string,"
584 };
585
586 =item packstring => $format, $data
587
588 An octet string prefixed with an encoded length. The encoding C<$format>
589 uses the same format as a Perl C<pack> format, but must specify a single
590 integer only (only one of C<cCsSlLqQiInNvVjJw> is allowed, plus an
591 optional C<!>, C<< < >> or C<< > >> modifier).
592
593 =cut
594
595 register_write_type packstring => sub {
596 my ($self, $format, $string) = @_;
597
598 pack "$format/a*", $string
599 };
600
601 =item json => $array_or_hashref
602
603 Encodes the given hash or array reference into a JSON object. Unless you
604 provide your own JSON object, this means it will be encoded to JSON text
605 in UTF-8.
606
607 JSON objects (and arrays) are self-delimiting, so you can write JSON at
608 one end of a handle and read them at the other end without using any
609 additional framing.
610
611 The generated JSON text is guaranteed not to contain any newlines: While
612 this module doesn't need delimiters after or between JSON texts to be
613 able to read them, many other languages depend on that.
614
615 A simple RPC protocol that interoperates easily with others is to send
616 JSON arrays (or objects, although arrays are usually the better choice as
617 they mimic how function argument passing works) and a newline after each
618 JSON text:
619
620 $handle->push_write (json => ["method", "arg1", "arg2"]); # whatever
621 $handle->push_write ("\012");
622
623 An AnyEvent::Handle receiver would simply use the C<json> read type and
624 rely on the fact that the newline will be skipped as leading whitespace:
625
626 $handle->push_read (json => sub { my $array = $_[1]; ... });
627
628 Other languages could read single lines terminated by a newline and pass
629 this line into their JSON decoder of choice.
630
631 =cut
632
633 register_write_type json => sub {
634 my ($self, $ref) = @_;
635
636 require JSON;
637
638 $self->{json} ? $self->{json}->encode ($ref)
639 : JSON::encode_json ($ref)
640 };
641
642 =item storable => $reference
643
644 Freezes the given reference using L<Storable> and writes it to the
645 handle. Uses the C<nfreeze> format.
646
647 =cut
648
649 register_write_type storable => sub {
650 my ($self, $ref) = @_;
651
652 require Storable;
653
654 pack "w/a*", Storable::nfreeze ($ref)
655 };
656
657 =back
658
659 =item AnyEvent::Handle::register_write_type type => $coderef->($handle, @args)
660
661 This function (not method) lets you add your own types to C<push_write>.
662 Whenever the given C<type> is used, C<push_write> will invoke the code
663 reference with the handle object and the remaining arguments.
664
665 The code reference is supposed to return a single octet string that will
666 be appended to the write buffer.
667
668 Note that this is a function, and all types registered this way will be
669 global, so try to use unique names.
670
671 =cut
672
673 #############################################################################
674
675 =back
676
677 =head2 READ QUEUE
678
679 AnyEvent::Handle manages two queues per handle, one for writing and one
680 for reading.
681
682 The read queue is more complex than the write queue. It can be used in two
683 ways, the "simple" way, using only C<on_read> and the "complex" way, using
684 a queue.
685
686 In the simple case, you just install an C<on_read> callback and whenever
687 new data arrives, it will be called. You can then remove some data (if
688 enough is there) from the read buffer (C<< $handle->rbuf >>). Or you cna
689 leave the data there if you want to accumulate more (e.g. when only a
690 partial message has been received so far).
691
692 In the more complex case, you want to queue multiple callbacks. In this
693 case, AnyEvent::Handle will call the first queued callback each time new
694 data arrives (also the first time it is queued) and removes it when it has
695 done its job (see C<push_read>, below).
696
697 This way you can, for example, push three line-reads, followed by reading
698 a chunk of data, and AnyEvent::Handle will execute them in order.
699
700 Example 1: EPP protocol parser. EPP sends 4 byte length info, followed by
701 the specified number of bytes which give an XML datagram.
702
703 # in the default state, expect some header bytes
704 $handle->on_read (sub {
705 # some data is here, now queue the length-header-read (4 octets)
706 shift->unshift_read (chunk => 4, sub {
707 # header arrived, decode
708 my $len = unpack "N", $_[1];
709
710 # now read the payload
711 shift->unshift_read (chunk => $len, sub {
712 my $xml = $_[1];
713 # handle xml
714 });
715 });
716 });
717
718 Example 2: Implement a client for a protocol that replies either with "OK"
719 and another line or "ERROR" for the first request that is sent, and 64
720 bytes for the second request. Due to the availability of a queue, we can
721 just pipeline sending both requests and manipulate the queue as necessary
722 in the callbacks.
723
724 When the first callback is called and sees an "OK" response, it will
725 C<unshift> another line-read. This line-read will be queued I<before> the
726 64-byte chunk callback.
727
728 # request one, returns either "OK + extra line" or "ERROR"
729 $handle->push_write ("request 1\015\012");
730
731 # we expect "ERROR" or "OK" as response, so push a line read
732 $handle->push_read (line => sub {
733 # if we got an "OK", we have to _prepend_ another line,
734 # so it will be read before the second request reads its 64 bytes
735 # which are already in the queue when this callback is called
736 # we don't do this in case we got an error
737 if ($_[1] eq "OK") {
738 $_[0]->unshift_read (line => sub {
739 my $response = $_[1];
740 ...
741 });
742 }
743 });
744
745 # request two, simply returns 64 octets
746 $handle->push_write ("request 2\015\012");
747
748 # simply read 64 bytes, always
749 $handle->push_read (chunk => 64, sub {
750 my $response = $_[1];
751 ...
752 });
753
754 =over 4
755
756 =cut
757
758 sub _drain_rbuf {
759 my ($self) = @_;
760
761 local $self->{_in_drain} = 1;
762
763 if (
764 defined $self->{rbuf_max}
765 && $self->{rbuf_max} < length $self->{rbuf}
766 ) {
767 $self->_error (&Errno::ENOSPC, 1), return;
768 }
769
770 while () {
771 my $len = length $self->{rbuf};
772
773 if (my $cb = shift @{ $self->{_queue} }) {
774 unless ($cb->($self)) {
775 if ($self->{_eof}) {
776 # no progress can be made (not enough data and no data forthcoming)
777 $self->_error (&Errno::EPIPE, 1), return;
778 }
779
780 unshift @{ $self->{_queue} }, $cb;
781 last;
782 }
783 } elsif ($self->{on_read}) {
784 last unless $len;
785
786 $self->{on_read}($self);
787
788 if (
789 $len == length $self->{rbuf} # if no data has been consumed
790 && !@{ $self->{_queue} } # and the queue is still empty
791 && $self->{on_read} # but we still have on_read
792 ) {
793 # no further data will arrive
794 # so no progress can be made
795 $self->_error (&Errno::EPIPE, 1), return
796 if $self->{_eof};
797
798 last; # more data might arrive
799 }
800 } else {
801 # read side becomes idle
802 delete $self->{_rw} unless $self->{tls};
803 last;
804 }
805 }
806
807 if ($self->{_eof}) {
808 if ($self->{on_eof}) {
809 $self->{on_eof}($self)
810 } else {
811 $self->_error (0, 1);
812 }
813 }
814
815 # may need to restart read watcher
816 unless ($self->{_rw}) {
817 $self->start_read
818 if $self->{on_read} || @{ $self->{_queue} };
819 }
820 }
821
822 =item $handle->on_read ($cb)
823
824 This replaces the currently set C<on_read> callback, or clears it (when
825 the new callback is C<undef>). See the description of C<on_read> in the
826 constructor.
827
828 =cut
829
830 sub on_read {
831 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
832
833 $self->{on_read} = $cb;
834 $self->_drain_rbuf if $cb && !$self->{_in_drain};
835 }
836
837 =item $handle->rbuf
838
839 Returns the read buffer (as a modifiable lvalue).
840
841 You can access the read buffer directly as the C<< ->{rbuf} >> member, if
842 you want.
843
844 NOTE: The read buffer should only be used or modified if the C<on_read>,
845 C<push_read> or C<unshift_read> methods are used. The other read methods
846 automatically manage the read buffer.
847
848 =cut
849
850 sub rbuf : lvalue {
851 $_[0]{rbuf}
852 }
853
854 =item $handle->push_read ($cb)
855
856 =item $handle->unshift_read ($cb)
857
858 Append the given callback to the end of the queue (C<push_read>) or
859 prepend it (C<unshift_read>).
860
861 The callback is called each time some additional read data arrives.
862
863 It must check whether enough data is in the read buffer already.
864
865 If not enough data is available, it must return the empty list or a false
866 value, in which case it will be called repeatedly until enough data is
867 available (or an error condition is detected).
868
869 If enough data was available, then the callback must remove all data it is
870 interested in (which can be none at all) and return a true value. After returning
871 true, it will be removed from the queue.
872
873 =cut
874
875 our %RH;
876
877 sub register_read_type($$) {
878 $RH{$_[0]} = $_[1];
879 }
880
881 sub push_read {
882 my $self = shift;
883 my $cb = pop;
884
885 if (@_) {
886 my $type = shift;
887
888 $cb = ($RH{$type} or Carp::croak "unsupported type passed to AnyEvent::Handle::push_read")
889 ->($self, $cb, @_);
890 }
891
892 push @{ $self->{_queue} }, $cb;
893 $self->_drain_rbuf unless $self->{_in_drain};
894 }
895
896 sub unshift_read {
897 my $self = shift;
898 my $cb = pop;
899
900 if (@_) {
901 my $type = shift;
902
903 $cb = ($RH{$type} or Carp::croak "unsupported type passed to AnyEvent::Handle::unshift_read")
904 ->($self, $cb, @_);
905 }
906
907
908 unshift @{ $self->{_queue} }, $cb;
909 $self->_drain_rbuf unless $self->{_in_drain};
910 }
911
912 =item $handle->push_read (type => @args, $cb)
913
914 =item $handle->unshift_read (type => @args, $cb)
915
916 Instead of providing a callback that parses the data itself you can chose
917 between a number of predefined parsing formats, for chunks of data, lines
918 etc.
919
920 Predefined types are (if you have ideas for additional types, feel free to
921 drop by and tell us):
922
923 =over 4
924
925 =item chunk => $octets, $cb->($handle, $data)
926
927 Invoke the callback only once C<$octets> bytes have been read. Pass the
928 data read to the callback. The callback will never be called with less
929 data.
930
931 Example: read 2 bytes.
932
933 $handle->push_read (chunk => 2, sub {
934 warn "yay ", unpack "H*", $_[1];
935 });
936
937 =cut
938
939 register_read_type chunk => sub {
940 my ($self, $cb, $len) = @_;
941
942 sub {
943 $len <= length $_[0]{rbuf} or return;
944 $cb->($_[0], substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $len, "");
945 1
946 }
947 };
948
949 =item line => [$eol, ]$cb->($handle, $line, $eol)
950
951 The callback will be called only once a full line (including the end of
952 line marker, C<$eol>) has been read. This line (excluding the end of line
953 marker) will be passed to the callback as second argument (C<$line>), and
954 the end of line marker as the third argument (C<$eol>).
955
956 The end of line marker, C<$eol>, can be either a string, in which case it
957 will be interpreted as a fixed record end marker, or it can be a regex
958 object (e.g. created by C<qr>), in which case it is interpreted as a
959 regular expression.
960
961 The end of line marker argument C<$eol> is optional, if it is missing (NOT
962 undef), then C<qr|\015?\012|> is used (which is good for most internet
963 protocols).
964
965 Partial lines at the end of the stream will never be returned, as they are
966 not marked by the end of line marker.
967
968 =cut
969
970 register_read_type line => sub {
971 my ($self, $cb, $eol) = @_;
972
973 if (@_ < 3) {
974 # this is more than twice as fast as the generic code below
975 sub {
976 $_[0]{rbuf} =~ s/^([^\015\012]*)(\015?\012)// or return;
977
978 $cb->($_[0], $1, $2);
979 1
980 }
981 } else {
982 $eol = quotemeta $eol unless ref $eol;
983 $eol = qr|^(.*?)($eol)|s;
984
985 sub {
986 $_[0]{rbuf} =~ s/$eol// or return;
987
988 $cb->($_[0], $1, $2);
989 1
990 }
991 }
992 };
993
994 =item regex => $accept[, $reject[, $skip], $cb->($handle, $data)
995
996 Makes a regex match against the regex object C<$accept> and returns
997 everything up to and including the match.
998
999 Example: read a single line terminated by '\n'.
1000
1001 $handle->push_read (regex => qr<\n>, sub { ... });
1002
1003 If C<$reject> is given and not undef, then it determines when the data is
1004 to be rejected: it is matched against the data when the C<$accept> regex
1005 does not match and generates an C<EBADMSG> error when it matches. This is
1006 useful to quickly reject wrong data (to avoid waiting for a timeout or a
1007 receive buffer overflow).
1008
1009 Example: expect a single decimal number followed by whitespace, reject
1010 anything else (not the use of an anchor).
1011
1012 $handle->push_read (regex => qr<^[0-9]+\s>, qr<[^0-9]>, sub { ... });
1013
1014 If C<$skip> is given and not C<undef>, then it will be matched against
1015 the receive buffer when neither C<$accept> nor C<$reject> match,
1016 and everything preceding and including the match will be accepted
1017 unconditionally. This is useful to skip large amounts of data that you
1018 know cannot be matched, so that the C<$accept> or C<$reject> regex do not
1019 have to start matching from the beginning. This is purely an optimisation
1020 and is usually worth only when you expect more than a few kilobytes.
1021
1022 Example: expect a http header, which ends at C<\015\012\015\012>. Since we
1023 expect the header to be very large (it isn't in practise, but...), we use
1024 a skip regex to skip initial portions. The skip regex is tricky in that
1025 it only accepts something not ending in either \015 or \012, as these are
1026 required for the accept regex.
1027
1028 $handle->push_read (regex =>
1029 qr<\015\012\015\012>,
1030 undef, # no reject
1031 qr<^.*[^\015\012]>,
1032 sub { ... });
1033
1034 =cut
1035
1036 register_read_type regex => sub {
1037 my ($self, $cb, $accept, $reject, $skip) = @_;
1038
1039 my $data;
1040 my $rbuf = \$self->{rbuf};
1041
1042 sub {
1043 # accept
1044 if ($$rbuf =~ $accept) {
1045 $data .= substr $$rbuf, 0, $+[0], "";
1046 $cb->($self, $data);
1047 return 1;
1048 }
1049
1050 # reject
1051 if ($reject && $$rbuf =~ $reject) {
1052 $self->_error (&Errno::EBADMSG);
1053 }
1054
1055 # skip
1056 if ($skip && $$rbuf =~ $skip) {
1057 $data .= substr $$rbuf, 0, $+[0], "";
1058 }
1059
1060 ()
1061 }
1062 };
1063
1064 =item netstring => $cb->($handle, $string)
1065
1066 A netstring (http://cr.yp.to/proto/netstrings.txt, this is not an endorsement).
1067
1068 Throws an error with C<$!> set to EBADMSG on format violations.
1069
1070 =cut
1071
1072 register_read_type netstring => sub {
1073 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1074
1075 sub {
1076 unless ($_[0]{rbuf} =~ s/^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)://) {
1077 if ($_[0]{rbuf} =~ /[^0-9]/) {
1078 $self->_error (&Errno::EBADMSG);
1079 }
1080 return;
1081 }
1082
1083 my $len = $1;
1084
1085 $self->unshift_read (chunk => $len, sub {
1086 my $string = $_[1];
1087 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => 1, sub {
1088 if ($_[1] eq ",") {
1089 $cb->($_[0], $string);
1090 } else {
1091 $self->_error (&Errno::EBADMSG);
1092 }
1093 });
1094 });
1095
1096 1
1097 }
1098 };
1099
1100 =item packstring => $format, $cb->($handle, $string)
1101
1102 An octet string prefixed with an encoded length. The encoding C<$format>
1103 uses the same format as a Perl C<pack> format, but must specify a single
1104 integer only (only one of C<cCsSlLqQiInNvVjJw> is allowed, plus an
1105 optional C<!>, C<< < >> or C<< > >> modifier).
1106
1107 For example, DNS over TCP uses a prefix of C<n> (2 octet network order),
1108 EPP uses a prefix of C<N> (4 octtes).
1109
1110 Example: read a block of data prefixed by its length in BER-encoded
1111 format (very efficient).
1112
1113 $handle->push_read (packstring => "w", sub {
1114 my ($handle, $data) = @_;
1115 });
1116
1117 =cut
1118
1119 register_read_type packstring => sub {
1120 my ($self, $cb, $format) = @_;
1121
1122 sub {
1123 # when we can use 5.10 we can use ".", but for 5.8 we use the re-pack method
1124 defined (my $len = eval { unpack $format, $_[0]{rbuf} })
1125 or return;
1126
1127 $format = length pack $format, $len;
1128
1129 # bypass unshift if we already have the remaining chunk
1130 if ($format + $len <= length $_[0]{rbuf}) {
1131 my $data = substr $_[0]{rbuf}, $format, $len;
1132 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format + $len, "";
1133 $cb->($_[0], $data);
1134 } else {
1135 # remove prefix
1136 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format, "";
1137
1138 # read remaining chunk
1139 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => $len, $cb);
1140 }
1141
1142 1
1143 }
1144 };
1145
1146 =item json => $cb->($handle, $hash_or_arrayref)
1147
1148 Reads a JSON object or array, decodes it and passes it to the callback.
1149
1150 If a C<json> object was passed to the constructor, then that will be used
1151 for the final decode, otherwise it will create a JSON coder expecting UTF-8.
1152
1153 This read type uses the incremental parser available with JSON version
1154 2.09 (and JSON::XS version 2.2) and above. You have to provide a
1155 dependency on your own: this module will load the JSON module, but
1156 AnyEvent does not depend on it itself.
1157
1158 Since JSON texts are fully self-delimiting, the C<json> read and write
1159 types are an ideal simple RPC protocol: just exchange JSON datagrams. See
1160 the C<json> write type description, above, for an actual example.
1161
1162 =cut
1163
1164 register_read_type json => sub {
1165 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1166
1167 require JSON;
1168
1169 my $data;
1170 my $rbuf = \$self->{rbuf};
1171
1172 my $json = $self->{json} ||= JSON->new->utf8;
1173
1174 sub {
1175 my $ref = $json->incr_parse ($self->{rbuf});
1176
1177 if ($ref) {
1178 $self->{rbuf} = $json->incr_text;
1179 $json->incr_text = "";
1180 $cb->($self, $ref);
1181
1182 1
1183 } else {
1184 $self->{rbuf} = "";
1185 ()
1186 }
1187 }
1188 };
1189
1190 =item storable => $cb->($handle, $ref)
1191
1192 Deserialises a L<Storable> frozen representation as written by the
1193 C<storable> write type (BER-encoded length prefix followed by nfreeze'd
1194 data).
1195
1196 Raises C<EBADMSG> error if the data could not be decoded.
1197
1198 =cut
1199
1200 register_read_type storable => sub {
1201 my ($self, $cb) = @_;
1202
1203 require Storable;
1204
1205 sub {
1206 # when we can use 5.10 we can use ".", but for 5.8 we use the re-pack method
1207 defined (my $len = eval { unpack "w", $_[0]{rbuf} })
1208 or return;
1209
1210 my $format = length pack "w", $len;
1211
1212 # bypass unshift if we already have the remaining chunk
1213 if ($format + $len <= length $_[0]{rbuf}) {
1214 my $data = substr $_[0]{rbuf}, $format, $len;
1215 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format + $len, "";
1216 $cb->($_[0], Storable::thaw ($data));
1217 } else {
1218 # remove prefix
1219 substr $_[0]{rbuf}, 0, $format, "";
1220
1221 # read remaining chunk
1222 $_[0]->unshift_read (chunk => $len, sub {
1223 if (my $ref = eval { Storable::thaw ($_[1]) }) {
1224 $cb->($_[0], $ref);
1225 } else {
1226 $self->_error (&Errno::EBADMSG);
1227 }
1228 });
1229 }
1230
1231 1
1232 }
1233 };
1234
1235 =back
1236
1237 =item AnyEvent::Handle::register_read_type type => $coderef->($handle, $cb, @args)
1238
1239 This function (not method) lets you add your own types to C<push_read>.
1240
1241 Whenever the given C<type> is used, C<push_read> will invoke the code
1242 reference with the handle object, the callback and the remaining
1243 arguments.
1244
1245 The code reference is supposed to return a callback (usually a closure)
1246 that works as a plain read callback (see C<< ->push_read ($cb) >>).
1247
1248 It should invoke the passed callback when it is done reading (remember to
1249 pass C<$handle> as first argument as all other callbacks do that).
1250
1251 Note that this is a function, and all types registered this way will be
1252 global, so try to use unique names.
1253
1254 For examples, see the source of this module (F<perldoc -m AnyEvent::Handle>,
1255 search for C<register_read_type>)).
1256
1257 =item $handle->stop_read
1258
1259 =item $handle->start_read
1260
1261 In rare cases you actually do not want to read anything from the
1262 socket. In this case you can call C<stop_read>. Neither C<on_read> nor
1263 any queued callbacks will be executed then. To start reading again, call
1264 C<start_read>.
1265
1266 Note that AnyEvent::Handle will automatically C<start_read> for you when
1267 you change the C<on_read> callback or push/unshift a read callback, and it
1268 will automatically C<stop_read> for you when neither C<on_read> is set nor
1269 there are any read requests in the queue.
1270
1271 These methods will have no effect when in TLS mode (as TLS doesn't support
1272 half-duplex connections).
1273
1274 =cut
1275
1276 sub stop_read {
1277 my ($self) = @_;
1278
1279 delete $self->{_rw} unless $self->{tls};
1280 }
1281
1282 sub start_read {
1283 my ($self) = @_;
1284
1285 unless ($self->{_rw} || $self->{_eof}) {
1286 Scalar::Util::weaken $self;
1287
1288 $self->{_rw} = AnyEvent->io (fh => $self->{fh}, poll => "r", cb => sub {
1289 my $rbuf = \($self->{tls} ? my $buf : $self->{rbuf});
1290 my $len = sysread $self->{fh}, $$rbuf, $self->{read_size} || 8192, length $$rbuf;
1291
1292 if ($len > 0) {
1293 $self->{_activity} = AnyEvent->now;
1294
1295 if ($self->{tls}) {
1296 Net::SSLeay::BIO_write ($self->{_rbio}, $$rbuf);
1297
1298 &_dotls ($self);
1299 } else {
1300 $self->_drain_rbuf unless $self->{_in_drain};
1301 }
1302
1303 } elsif (defined $len) {
1304 delete $self->{_rw};
1305 $self->{_eof} = 1;
1306 $self->_drain_rbuf unless $self->{_in_drain};
1307
1308 } elsif ($! != EAGAIN && $! != EINTR && $! != WSAEWOULDBLOCK) {
1309 return $self->_error ($!, 1);
1310 }
1311 });
1312 }
1313 }
1314
1315 # poll the write BIO and send the data if applicable
1316 sub _dotls {
1317 my ($self) = @_;
1318
1319 my $tmp;
1320
1321 if (length $self->{_tls_wbuf}) {
1322 while (($tmp = Net::SSLeay::write ($self->{tls}, $self->{_tls_wbuf})) > 0) {
1323 substr $self->{_tls_wbuf}, 0, $tmp, "";
1324 }
1325 }
1326
1327 while (defined ($tmp = Net::SSLeay::read ($self->{tls}))) {
1328 unless (length $tmp) {
1329 # let's treat SSL-eof as we treat normal EOF
1330 delete $self->{_rw};
1331 $self->{_eof} = 1;
1332 &_freetls;
1333 }
1334
1335 $self->{rbuf} .= $tmp;
1336 $self->_drain_rbuf unless $self->{_in_drain};
1337 $self->{tls} or return; # tls session might have gone away in callback
1338 }
1339
1340 $tmp = Net::SSLeay::get_error ($self->{tls}, -1);
1341
1342 if ($tmp != Net::SSLeay::ERROR_WANT_READ ()) {
1343 if ($tmp == Net::SSLeay::ERROR_SYSCALL ()) {
1344 return $self->_error ($!, 1);
1345 } elsif ($tmp == Net::SSLeay::ERROR_SSL ()) {
1346 return $self->_error (&Errno::EIO, 1);
1347 }
1348
1349 # all other errors are fine for our purposes
1350 }
1351
1352 while (length ($tmp = Net::SSLeay::BIO_read ($self->{_wbio}))) {
1353 $self->{wbuf} .= $tmp;
1354 $self->_drain_wbuf;
1355 }
1356 }
1357
1358 =item $handle->starttls ($tls[, $tls_ctx])
1359
1360 Instead of starting TLS negotiation immediately when the AnyEvent::Handle
1361 object is created, you can also do that at a later time by calling
1362 C<starttls>.
1363
1364 The first argument is the same as the C<tls> constructor argument (either
1365 C<"connect">, C<"accept"> or an existing Net::SSLeay object).
1366
1367 The second argument is the optional C<Net::SSLeay::CTX> object that is
1368 used when AnyEvent::Handle has to create its own TLS connection object.
1369
1370 The TLS connection object will end up in C<< $handle->{tls} >> after this
1371 call and can be used or changed to your liking. Note that the handshake
1372 might have already started when this function returns.
1373
1374 If it an error to start a TLS handshake more than once per
1375 AnyEvent::Handle object (this is due to bugs in OpenSSL).
1376
1377 =cut
1378
1379 sub starttls {
1380 my ($self, $ssl, $ctx) = @_;
1381
1382 require Net::SSLeay;
1383
1384 Carp::croak "it is an error to call starttls more than once on an Anyevent::Handle object"
1385 if $self->{tls};
1386
1387 if ($ssl eq "accept") {
1388 $ssl = Net::SSLeay::new ($ctx || TLS_CTX ());
1389 Net::SSLeay::set_accept_state ($ssl);
1390 } elsif ($ssl eq "connect") {
1391 $ssl = Net::SSLeay::new ($ctx || TLS_CTX ());
1392 Net::SSLeay::set_connect_state ($ssl);
1393 }
1394
1395 $self->{tls} = $ssl;
1396
1397 # basically, this is deep magic (because SSL_read should have the same issues)
1398 # but the openssl maintainers basically said: "trust us, it just works".
1399 # (unfortunately, we have to hardcode constants because the abysmally misdesigned
1400 # and mismaintained ssleay-module doesn't even offer them).
1401 # http://www.mail-archive.com/openssl-dev@openssl.org/msg22420.html
1402 #
1403 # in short: this is a mess.
1404 #
1405 # note that we do not try to keep the length constant between writes as we are required to do.
1406 # we assume that most (but not all) of this insanity only applies to non-blocking cases,
1407 # and we drive openssl fully in blocking mode here. Or maybe we don't - openssl seems to
1408 # have identity issues in that area.
1409 Net::SSLeay::CTX_set_mode ($self->{tls},
1410 (eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; Net::SSLeay::MODE_ENABLE_PARTIAL_WRITE () } || 1)
1411 | (eval { local $SIG{__DIE__}; Net::SSLeay::MODE_ACCEPT_MOVING_WRITE_BUFFER () } || 2));
1412
1413 $self->{_rbio} = Net::SSLeay::BIO_new (Net::SSLeay::BIO_s_mem ());
1414 $self->{_wbio} = Net::SSLeay::BIO_new (Net::SSLeay::BIO_s_mem ());
1415
1416 Net::SSLeay::set_bio ($ssl, $self->{_rbio}, $self->{_wbio});
1417
1418 &_dotls; # need to trigger the initial handshake
1419 $self->start_read; # make sure we actually do read
1420 }
1421
1422 =item $handle->stoptls
1423
1424 Shuts down the SSL connection - this makes a proper EOF handshake by
1425 sending a close notify to the other side, but since OpenSSL doesn't
1426 support non-blocking shut downs, it is not possible to re-use the stream
1427 afterwards.
1428
1429 =cut
1430
1431 sub stoptls {
1432 my ($self) = @_;
1433
1434 if ($self->{tls}) {
1435 Net::SSLeay::shutdown ($self->{tls});
1436
1437 &_dotls;
1438
1439 # we don't give a shit. no, we do, but we can't. no...
1440 # we, we... have to use openssl :/
1441 &_freetls;
1442 }
1443 }
1444
1445 sub _freetls {
1446 my ($self) = @_;
1447
1448 return unless $self->{tls};
1449
1450 Net::SSLeay::free (delete $self->{tls});
1451
1452 delete @$self{qw(_rbio _wbio _tls_wbuf)};
1453 }
1454
1455 sub DESTROY {
1456 my $self = shift;
1457
1458 &_freetls;
1459
1460 my $linger = exists $self->{linger} ? $self->{linger} : 3600;
1461
1462 if ($linger && length $self->{wbuf}) {
1463 my $fh = delete $self->{fh};
1464 my $wbuf = delete $self->{wbuf};
1465
1466 my @linger;
1467
1468 push @linger, AnyEvent->io (fh => $fh, poll => "w", cb => sub {
1469 my $len = syswrite $fh, $wbuf, length $wbuf;
1470
1471 if ($len > 0) {
1472 substr $wbuf, 0, $len, "";
1473 } else {
1474 @linger = (); # end
1475 }
1476 });
1477 push @linger, AnyEvent->timer (after => $linger, cb => sub {
1478 @linger = ();
1479 });
1480 }
1481 }
1482
1483 =item AnyEvent::Handle::TLS_CTX
1484
1485 This function creates and returns the Net::SSLeay::CTX object used by
1486 default for TLS mode.
1487
1488 The context is created like this:
1489
1490 Net::SSLeay::load_error_strings;
1491 Net::SSLeay::SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms;
1492 Net::SSLeay::randomize;
1493
1494 my $CTX = Net::SSLeay::CTX_new;
1495
1496 Net::SSLeay::CTX_set_options $CTX, Net::SSLeay::OP_ALL
1497
1498 =cut
1499
1500 our $TLS_CTX;
1501
1502 sub TLS_CTX() {
1503 $TLS_CTX || do {
1504 require Net::SSLeay;
1505
1506 Net::SSLeay::load_error_strings ();
1507 Net::SSLeay::SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms ();
1508 Net::SSLeay::randomize ();
1509
1510 $TLS_CTX = Net::SSLeay::CTX_new ();
1511
1512 Net::SSLeay::CTX_set_options ($TLS_CTX, Net::SSLeay::OP_ALL ());
1513
1514 $TLS_CTX
1515 }
1516 }
1517
1518 =back
1519
1520
1521 =head1 NONFREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
1522
1523 =over 4
1524
1525 =item How do I read data until the other side closes the connection?
1526
1527 If you just want to read your data into a perl scalar, the easiest way
1528 to achieve this is by setting an C<on_read> callback that does nothing,
1529 clearing the C<on_eof> callback and in the C<on_error> callback, the data
1530 will be in C<$_[0]{rbuf}>:
1531
1532 $handle->on_read (sub { });
1533 $handle->on_eof (undef);
1534 $handle->on_error (sub {
1535 my $data = delete $_[0]{rbuf};
1536 undef $handle;
1537 });
1538
1539 The reason to use C<on_error> is that TCP connections, due to latencies
1540 and packets loss, might get closed quite violently with an error, when in
1541 fact, all data has been received.
1542
1543 It is usually better to use acknowledgements when transfering data,
1544 to make sure the other side hasn't just died and you got the data
1545 intact. This is also one reason why so many internet protocols have an
1546 explicit QUIT command.
1547
1548
1549 =item I don't want to destroy the handle too early - how do I wait until
1550 all data has been written?
1551
1552 After writing your last bits of data, set the C<on_drain> callback
1553 and destroy the handle in there - with the default setting of
1554 C<low_water_mark> this will be called precisely when all data has been
1555 written to the socket:
1556
1557 $handle->push_write (...);
1558 $handle->on_drain (sub {
1559 warn "all data submitted to the kernel\n";
1560 undef $handle;
1561 });
1562
1563 =back
1564
1565
1566 =head1 SUBCLASSING AnyEvent::Handle
1567
1568 In many cases, you might want to subclass AnyEvent::Handle.
1569
1570 To make this easier, a given version of AnyEvent::Handle uses these
1571 conventions:
1572
1573 =over 4
1574
1575 =item * all constructor arguments become object members.
1576
1577 At least initially, when you pass a C<tls>-argument to the constructor it
1578 will end up in C<< $handle->{tls} >>. Those members might be changed or
1579 mutated later on (for example C<tls> will hold the TLS connection object).
1580
1581 =item * other object member names are prefixed with an C<_>.
1582
1583 All object members not explicitly documented (internal use) are prefixed
1584 with an underscore character, so the remaining non-C<_>-namespace is free
1585 for use for subclasses.
1586
1587 =item * all members not documented here and not prefixed with an underscore
1588 are free to use in subclasses.
1589
1590 Of course, new versions of AnyEvent::Handle may introduce more "public"
1591 member variables, but thats just life, at least it is documented.
1592
1593 =back
1594
1595 =head1 AUTHOR
1596
1597 Robin Redeker C<< <elmex at ta-sa.org> >>, Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>.
1598
1599 =cut
1600
1601 1; # End of AnyEvent::Handle