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NAME |
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AnyEvent - provide framework for multiple event loops |
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Event, Coro, Glib, Tk - various supported event loops |
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SYNOPSIS |
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use AnyEvent; |
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my $w = AnyEvent->timer (fh => ..., poll => "[rw]+", cb => sub { |
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my ($poll_got) = @_; |
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... |
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}); |
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my $w = AnyEvent->io (after => $seconds, cb => sub { |
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... |
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}); |
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# watchers get canceled whenever $w is destroyed |
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# only one watcher per $fh and $poll type is allowed |
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# (i.e. on a socket you cna have one r + one w or one rw |
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# watcher, not any more. |
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# timers can only be used once |
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my $w = AnyEvent->condvar; # kind of main loop replacement |
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# can only be used once |
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$w->wait; # enters main loop till $condvar gets ->send |
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$w->broadcast; # wake up waiting and future wait's |
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DESCRIPTION |
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AnyEvent provides an identical interface to multiple event loops. This |
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allows module authors to utilizy an event loop without forcing module |
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users to use the same event loop (as only a single event loop can |
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coexist peacefully at any one time). |
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The interface itself is vaguely similar but not identical to the Event |
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module. |
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On the first call of any method, the module tries to detect the |
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currently loaded event loop by probing wether any of the following |
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modules is loaded: Coro::Event, Event, Glib, Tk. The first one found is |
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used. If none is found, the module tries to load these modules in the |
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order given. The first one that could be successfully loaded will be |
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used. If still none could be found, it will issue an error. |
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EXAMPLE |
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The following program uses an io watcher to read data from stdin, a |
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timer to display a message once per second, and a condvar to exit the |
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program when the user enters quit: |
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use AnyEvent; |
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my $cv = AnyEvent->condvar; |
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my $io_watcher = AnyEvent->io (fh => \*STDIN, poll => 'r', cb => sub { |
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warn "io event <$_[0]>\n"; # will always output <r> |
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chomp (my $input = <STDIN>); # read a line |
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warn "read: $input\n"; # output what has been read |
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$cv->broadcast if $input =~ /^q/i; # quit program if /^q/i |
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}); |
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my $time_watcher; # can only be used once |
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sub new_timer { |
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$timer = AnyEvent->timer (after => 1, cb => sub { |
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warn "timeout\n"; # print 'timeout' about every second |
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&new_timer; # and restart the time |
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}); |
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} |
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new_timer; # create first timer |
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$cv->wait; # wait until user enters /^q/i |
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SEE ALSO |
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Coro::Event, Coro, Event, Glib::Event, Glib, AnyEvent::Impl::Coro, |
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AnyEvent::Impl::Event, AnyEvent::Impl::Glib, AnyEvent::Impl::Tk. |
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