NAME
XAS::Collector::Factory - A factory method to load collector processors
SYNOPSIS
This module is used to create multiple collectors from a configuration file.
my $collectors = XAS::Collector::Factory->load(
-connector => 'connector',
-logger => 'logger',
-configs => 'collectors.ini'
);DESCRIPTION
This module will take a configuration file and starts all the collectors defined within.
Configuration File
The configuraton file has the following cavets:
- o Item names are case sensitve.
- o A ";" indicates the start of a comment.
- o The section header must be unique and start with "collector:".
The file format follows the familiar Win32 .ini format.
; My configuration file
;
[collector: alert]
alias = alert
queue = /queue/alert
packet-type = xas-alert
module = XAS::Collector::AlertConfiguration Items
- alias
-
The alias for the POE Session.
- packet-type
-
The XAS packet type. Defaults to 'unknown'.
- module
-
The module to load to handle this packet type.
- queue
-
The queue to listen on for packets. Defaults to '/queue/xas'.
METHODS
load
This loads the configuration file and starts the collectors.
ACCESSORS
collectors
Returns a list of collectors.
queues
Returns a list of queues that will be listened on.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Kevin L. Esteb, <kevin@kesteb.us>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2012 by Kevin L. Esteb
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.5 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.