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3EV - perl interface to libevent, monkey.org/~provos/libevent/ 3EV - perl interface to libevent, monkey.org/~provos/libevent/
4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 use EV; 7 use EV;
8
9 # TIMER
10
11 my $w = EV::timer 2, 0, sub {
12 warn "is called after 2s";
13 };
14
15 my $w = EV::timer 2, 1, sub {
16 warn "is called roughly every 2s (repeat = 1)";
17 };
18
19 undef $w; # destroy event watcher again
20
21 my $w = EV::timer_abs 0, 60, sub {
22 warn "is called every minute, on the minute, exactly";
23 };
24
25 # IO
26
27 my $w = EV::io \*STDIN, EV::READ | EV::PERSIST, sub {
28 my ($w, $events) = @_; # all callbacks get the watcher object and event mask
29 if ($events & EV::TIMEOUT) {
30 warn "nothing received on stdin for 10 seconds, retrying";
31 } else {
32 warn "stdin is readable, you entered: ", <STDIN>;
33 }
34 };
35 $w->timeout (10);
36
37 my $w = EV::timed_io \*STDIN, EV::READ, 30, sub {
38 my ($w, $events) = @_;
39 if ($_[1] & EV::TIMEOUT) {
40 warn "nothing entered within 30 seconds, bye bye.\n";
41 $w->stop;
42 } else {
43 my $line = <STDIN>;
44 warn "you entered something, you again have 30 seconds.\n";
45 }
46 };
47
48 # SIGNALS
49
50 my $w = EV::signal 'QUIT', sub {
51 warn "sigquit received\n";
52 };
53
54 my $w = EV::signal 3, sub {
55 warn "sigquit received (this is GNU/Linux, right?)\n";
56 };
57
58 # MAINLOOP
59 EV::dispatch; # loop as long as watchers are active
60 EV::loop; # the same thing
61 EV::loop EV::LOOP_ONCE; # block until some events could be handles
62 EV::loop EV::LOOP_NONBLOCK; # check and handle some events, but do not wait
8 63
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 64=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 65
11This module provides an interface to libevent 66This module provides an interface to libevent
12(L<http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/>). 67(L<http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/>). You probably should acquaint
68yourself with its documentation and source code to be able to use this
69module fully.
70
71Please note thta this module disables the libevent EPOLL method by
72default, see BUGS, below, if you need to enable it.
13 73
14=cut 74=cut
15 75
16package EV; 76package EV;
17 77
18use strict; 78use strict;
19 79
20BEGIN { 80BEGIN {
21 our $VERSION = '0.01'; 81 our $VERSION = '0.03';
22 use XSLoader; 82 use XSLoader;
23 XSLoader::load "EV", $VERSION; 83 XSLoader::load "EV", $VERSION;
24} 84}
25 85
26=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE 86@EV::Io::ISA = "EV::Watcher";
87@EV::Time::ISA = "EV::Watcher";
88@EV::Timer::ISA = "EV::Time";
89@EV::Periodic::ISA = "EV::Time";
90@EV::Signal::ISA = "EV::Watcher";
91@EV::Idle::ISA = "EV::Watcher";
92@EV::Prepare::ISA = "EV::Watcher";
93@EV::Check::ISA = "EV::Watcher";
94
95=head1 BASIC INTERFACE
27 96
28=over 4 97=over 4
29 98
99=item $EV::NPRI
100
101How many priority levels are available.
102
103=item $EV::DIED
104
105Must contain a reference to a function that is called when a callback
106throws an exception (with $@ containing thr error). The default prints an
107informative message and continues.
108
109If this callback throws an exception it will be silently ignored.
110
111=item $time = EV::now
112
113Returns the time in (fractional) seconds since the epoch.
114
115=item $version = EV::version
116
117=item $method = EV::method
118
119Return version string and event polling method used.
120
121=item EV::loop $flags # EV::LOOP_ONCE, EV::LOOP_ONESHOT
122
123=item EV::loopexit $after
124
125Exit any active loop or dispatch after C<$after> seconds or immediately if
126C<$after> is missing or zero.
127
128=item EV::dispatch
129
130Same as C<EV::loop 0>.
131
132=item EV::event $callback
133
134Creates a new event watcher waiting for nothing, calling the given callback.
135
136=item my $w = EV::io $fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $callback
137
138=item my $w = EV::io_ns $fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $callback
139
140As long as the returned watcher object is alive, call the C<$callback>
141when the events specified in C<$eventmask> happen. Initially, the timeout
142is disabled.
143
144You can additionall set a timeout to occur on the watcher, but note that
145this timeout will not be reset when you get an I/O event in the EV::PERSIST
146case, and reaching a timeout will always stop the watcher even in the
147EV::PERSIST case.
148
149If you want a timeout to occur only after a specific time of inactivity, set
150a repeating timeout and do NOT use EV::PERSIST.
151
152Eventmask can be one or more of these constants ORed together:
153
154 EV::READ wait until read() wouldn't block anymore
155 EV::WRITE wait until write() wouldn't block anymore
156 EV::PERSIST stay active after a (non-timeout) event occured
157
158The C<io_ns> variant doesn't add/start the newly created watcher.
159
160=item my $w = EV::timed_io $fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $timeout, $callback
161
162=item my $w = EV::timed_io_ns $fileno_or_fh, $eventmask, $timeout, $callback
163
164Same as C<io> and C<io_ns>, but also specifies a timeout (as if there was
165a call to C<< $w->timeout ($timout, 1) >>. The persist flag is not allowed
166and will automatically be cleared. The watcher will be restarted after each event.
167
168If the timeout is zero or undef, no timeout will be set, and a normal
169watcher (with the persist flag set!) will be created.
170
171This has the effect of timing out after the specified period of inactivity
172has happened.
173
174Due to the design of libevent, this is also relatively inefficient, having
175one or two io watchers and a separate timeout watcher that you reset on
176activity (by calling its C<start> method) is usually more efficient.
177
178=item my $w = EV::timer $after, $repeat, $callback
179
180=item my $w = EV::timer_ns $after, $repeat, $callback
181
182Calls the callback after C<$after> seconds. If C<$repeat> is true, the
183timer will be restarted after the callback returns. This means that the
184callback would be called roughly every C<$after> seconds, prolonged by the
185time the callback takes.
186
187The C<timer_ns> variant doesn't add/start the newly created watcher.
188
189=item my $w = EV::timer_abs $at, $interval, $callback
190
191=item my $w = EV::timer_abs_ns $at, $interval, $callback
192
193Similar to EV::timer, but the time is given as an absolute point in time
194(C<$at>), plus an optional C<$interval>.
195
196If the C<$interval> is zero, then the callback will be called at the time
197C<$at> if that is in the future, or as soon as possible if its in the
198past. It will not automatically repeat.
199
200If the C<$interval> is nonzero, then the watcher will always be scheduled
201to time out at the next C<$at + integer * $interval> time.
202
203This can be used to schedule a callback to run at very regular intervals,
204as long as the processing time is less then the interval (otherwise
205obviously events will be skipped).
206
207Another way to think about it (for the mathematically inclined) is that
208C<timer_abs> will try to tun the callback at the next possible time where
209C<$time = $at (mod $interval)>, regardless of any time jumps.
210
211The C<timer_abs_ns> variant doesn't add/start the newly created watcher.
212
213=item my $w = EV::signal $signal, $callback
214
215=item my $w = EV::signal_ns $signal, $callback
216
217Call the callback when $signal is received (the signal can be specified
218by number or by name, just as with kill or %SIG). Signal watchers are
219persistent no natter what.
220
221EV will grab the signal for the process (the kernel only allows one
222component to receive signals) when you start a signal watcher, and
223removes it again when you stop it. Pelr does the same when you add/remove
224callbacks to %SIG, so watch out.
225
226Unfortunately, only one handler can be registered per signal. Screw
227libevent.
228
229The C<signal_ns> variant doesn't add/start the newly created watcher.
230
30=back 231=back
31 232
233=head1 THE EV::Event CLASS
32 234
33=head1 OBJECT-ORIENTED INTERFACE 235All EV functions creating an event watcher (designated by C<my $w =>
34 236above) support the following methods on the returned watcher object:
35The object oriented interface lets you configure your own encoding or
36decoding style, within the limits of supported formats.
37 237
38=over 4 238=over 4
39 239
240=item $w->add ($timeout)
241
242Stops and (re-)starts the event watcher, setting the optional timeout to
243the given value, or clearing the timeout if none is given.
244
245=item $w->start
246
247Stops and (re-)starts the event watcher without touching the timeout.
248
249=item $w->del
250
251=item $w->stop
252
253Stop the event watcher if it was started.
254
255=item $current_callback = $w->cb
256
257=item $old_callback = $w->cb ($new_callback)
258
259Return the previously set callback and optionally set a new one.
260
261=item $current_fh = $w->fh
262
263=item $old_fh = $w->fh ($new_fh)
264
265Returns the previously set filehandle and optionally set a new one (also
266clears the EV::SIGNAL flag when setting a filehandle).
267
268=item $current_signal = $w->signal
269
270=item $old_signal = $w->signal ($new_signal)
271
272Returns the previously set signal number and optionally set a new one (also sets
273the EV::SIGNAL flag when setting a signal).
274
275=item $current_eventmask = $w->events
276
277=item $old_eventmask = $w->events ($new_eventmask)
278
279Returns the previously set event mask and optionally set a new one.
280
281=item $w->timeout ($after, $repeat)
282
283Resets the timeout (see C<EV::timer> for details).
284
285=item $w->timeout_abs ($at, $interval)
286
287Resets the timeout (see C<EV::timer_abs> for details).
288
289=item $w->priority_set ($priority)
290
291Set the priority of the watcher to C<$priority> (0 <= $priority < $EV::NPRI).
292
40=back 293=back
41 294
295=head1 THREADS
296
297Threads are not supported by this in any way. Perl pseudo-threads is evil
298and must die.
299
42=head1 BUGS 300=head1 BUGS
43 301
302Lots. Libevent itself isn't well tested and rather buggy, and this module
303is quite new at the moment.
304
305Please note that the epoll method is not, in general, reliable in programs
306that use fork (even if no libveent calls are being made in the forked
307process). If your program behaves erratically, try setting the environment
308variable C<EVENT_NOEPOLL> first when running the program.
309
310In general, if you fork, then you can only use the EV module in one of the
311children.
312
44=cut 313=cut
45 314
46our $NPRI = 4; 315our $DIED = sub {
47our $BASE = init; 316 warn "EV: error in callback (ignoring): $@";
48priority_init $NPRI; 317};
318
319init;
320
321push @AnyEvent::REGISTRY, [EV => "EV::AnyEvent"];
49 322
501; 3231;
324
325=head1 SEE ALSO
326
327 L<EV::DNS>, L<event(3)>, L<event.h>, L<evdns.h>.
328 L<EV::AnyEvent>.
51 329
52=head1 AUTHOR 330=head1 AUTHOR
53 331
54 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> 332 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
55 http://home.schmorp.de/ 333 http://home.schmorp.de/

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