NAME
Sprocket::Client - The Sprocket Client
SYNOPSIS
use Sprocket qw( Client );
Sprocket::Client->spawn(
    Name => 'My Client',      # Optional, defaults to Client
    ClientList => [           # Optional
        '127.0.0.1:9979',
    ],
    Plugins => [
        {
            plugin => MyPlugin->new(),
            priority => 0, # default
        },
    ],
    LogLevel => 4,
);
DESCRIPTION
Sprocket::Client defines a TCP/IP Client, initiates a TCP/IP connection with a server on a given IP and Port
METHODS
- spawn( %options )
 - 
Create a new Sprocket::Client object.
- Name => (str)
 - 
The Name for this server. This is used for logging. It is optional and defaults to 'Client'
 - ClientList => (array ref)
 - 
A list of one or more servers to connect to.
 - LogLevel => (int)
 - 
The minimum level of logging, defaults to 4.
 - Logger => (object)
 - 
Sprocket::Logger::Basic is the default and logs to STDERR. The object must support put( $server, { v => $level, msg => $msg } ) or wrap a logging system using this format.
 - Plugins => (array ref of hash refs)
 - 
Plugins that this client will hand off processing to. In an array ref of hash refs format as so:
{ plugin => MyPlugin->new(), priority => 0 # default } - MaxConnections => (int)
 - 
Sprocket will set the rlimit to this value using BSD::Resource
 
 - connect( $address, $port ) or connect( "$address:$port" )
 - 
Connect to a remote host.
 - get_connection( $id )
 - 
Retrieves a connection by its id.
 - shutdown( $type )
 - 
Shutdown this client. If $type is 'soft' then soft shutdown procedure will begin. remote_shutdown will be called for each connection.
 
ACCESSORS
- name
 - 
The name of the client, specified during spawn.
 - session_id
 - 
Session id of the controlling poe session.
 - uuid
 - 
UUID of the client, generated during spawn.
 - shutting_down
 - 
returns the shutdown type, ie. 'soft' if shutting down, otherwize, undef.
 - connections
 - 
returns the number of connections
 - _logger
 - 
returns the logger object
 - opts
 - 
returns a hash ref of the options passed to spawn
 
EVENTS
These events are handled by plugins. See Sprocket::Plugin.
- remote_accept
 - remote_connected
 - remote_receive
 - remote_disconnected
 - remote_connect_error
 - remote_time_out
 - remote_shutdown
 
HOOKS
See Sprocket for observer hook semantics.
- sprocket.remote.connection.accept
 - sprocket.remote.connection.reject
 - sprocket.remote.connection.receive
 - sprocket.remote.address.resolved
 - sprocket.remote.wheel.error
 
SEE ALSO
POE, Sprocket, Sprocket::Connection, Sprocket::Plugin, Sprocket::Server, Sprocket::Server::PreFork, Sprocket::Server::UNIX, Sprocket::Logger::Basic, Sprocket::Logger::Log4perl
AUTHOR
David Davis <xantus@cpan.org>
RATING
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COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2006-2007 by David Davis
See Sprocket for license information.