NAME

POE::Filter::IRCv3 - IRCv3.2 parser without regular expressions

SYNOPSIS

my $filter = POE::Filter::IRCv3->new(colonify => 1);

# Raw lines parsed to hashes:
my $array_of_refs  = $filter->get( 
  [ 
    ':prefix COMMAND foo :bar',
    '@foo=bar;baz :prefix COMMAND foo :bar',
  ]
);

# Hashes deparsed to raw lines:
my $array_of_lines = $filter->put( 
  [
    {
      prefix  => 'prefix',
      command => 'COMMAND',
      params  => [
        'foo',
        'bar'
      ],
    },
    {
      prefix  => 'prefix',
      command => 'COMMAND',
      params  => [
        'foo',
        'bar'
      ],
      tags => {
        foo => 'bar',
        baz => undef,
      },
    },
  ] 
);


# Stacked with a line filter, suitable for Wheel usage, etc:
my $ircd = POE::Filter::IRCv3->new(colonify => 1);
my $line = POE::Filter::Line->new(
  InputRegexp   => '\015?\012',
  OutputLiteral => "\015\012",
);
my $stacked = POE::Filter::Stackable->new(
  Filters => [ $line, $ircd ],
);

DESCRIPTION

A POE::Filter for IRC traffic with support for IRCv3.2 message tags.

Does not rely on regular expressions for parsing, unlike many of its counterparts; benchmarks show this approach is slightly faster on most strings.

Like any proper POE::Filter, there are no POE-specific bits involved here -- the filter can be used stand-alone to parse lines of IRC traffic (also see IRC::Toolkit::Parser).

new

Construct a new Filter; if the colonify option is true, the last parameter will always have a colon prepended. (This setting can also be retrieved or changed on-the-fly by calling colonify as a method, or changed for specific events by passing a colonify option via events passed to "put".)

get_one_start, get_one, get_pending

Implement the interface described in POE::Filter.

See "get".

get

my $events = $filter->get( [ $line, $another, ... ] );
for my $event (@$events) {
  my $cmd = $event->{command};
  ## See below for other keys available
}

Takes an ARRAY of raw lines and returns an ARRAY of HASH-type references with the following keys:

command

The (uppercased) command or numeric.

params

An ARRAY containing the event parameters.

prefix

The sender prefix, if any.

tags

A HASH of key => value pairs matching IRCv3.2 "message tags" -- see http://ircv3.atheme.org.

Note that a tag can be present, but have an undefined value.

put

my $lines = $filter->put( [ $hash, $another_hash, ... ] );
for my $line (@$lines) {
  ## Direct to socket, etc
}

Takes an ARRAY of HASH-type references matching those described in "get" (documented above) and returns an ARRAY of raw IRC-formatted lines.

colonify

In addition to the keys described in "get", the colonify option can be specified for specific events. This controls whether or not the last parameter will be colon-prefixed even if it is a single word. (Yes, IRC is woefully inconsistent ...)

Specify as part of the event hash:

$filter->put([ { %event, colonify => 1 } ]);

clone

Copy the filter object (with a cleared buffer).

debug

Turn on/off debug output, which will display every input/output line (and possibly other data in the future).

This is enabled by default at construction time if the environment variable POE_FILTER_IRC_DEBUG is a true value.

AUTHOR

Jon Portnoy <avenj@cobaltirc.org>

Licensed under the same terms as Perl.

Original implementations were derived from POE::Filter::IRCD, which is copyright Chris Williams and Jonathan Steinert. This codebase has diverged significantly.

Major thanks to the #ircv3 crew on irc.atheme.org, especially Aerdan and grawity, for various bits of inspiration.

SEE ALSO

POE::Filter

POE::Filter::IRCD

POE::Filter::Line

POE::Filter::Stackable

IRC::Toolkit