NAME

Net::BGP::Transport - Class encapsulating BGP-4 transport session state and functionality

SYNOPSIS

    use Net::BGP::Transport;

    $trans = Net::BGP::Transport->new(
        Start                => 1,
	Parent               => Net::BGP::Peer->new(),
        ConnectRetryTime     => 300,
        HoldTime             => 60,
        KeepAliveTime        => 20
    );

    $version = $trans->version();

    $trans->start();
    $trans->stop();

    $trans->update($update);
    $trans->refresh($refresh);

DESCRIPTION

This module encapsulates the state and functionality associated with a BGP transport connection. Each instance of a Net::BGP::Transport object corresponds to a TCP session with a distinct peer. It should not be used by itself, but encapsulated in a Net::BGP::Peer object.

CONSTRUCTOR

new() - create a new Net::BGP::Transport object

This is the constructor for Net::BGP::Transport objects. It returns a reference to the newly created object. The following named parameters may be passed to the constructor. Once the object is created, the information can not be changed.

Start

ConnectRetryTime

HoldTime

KeepAliveTime

Has the same meaning as the equivalent named argument for Net::BGP::Peer.

Parent

The parent Net::BGP::Peer object.

renew() - fetch the existing Net::BGP::Peer object from the "object string".

This "reconstructor" returns a previously constructed object from the perl generated string-context scalar of the object, e.g. Net::BGP::Transport=HASH(0x820952c).

ACCESSOR METHODS

version()

start()

stop()

update()

refresh()

is_established()

These methods do the actual work for the methods of the same name in Net::BGP::Peer.

SEE ALSO

Net::BGP::Peer, Net::BGP, Net::BGP::Update, Net::BGP::Refresh

AUTHOR

Stephen J. Scheck <sscheck@cpan.org> in original Peer.pm form Martin Lorensen <lorensen@cpan.org> separated into Transport.pm