NAME

Proc::Hevy::Reader - A reader pipe implementation for Proc::Hevy

DESCRIPTION

Proc::Heavy::Reader implements a reader pipe that reads data from a child process handle to a provided buffer. This is used when capturing STDOUT and STDERR data from a child process.

INTERFACE

new( $name, $buffer )

Creates a new Proc::Hevy::Reader object. $name is a symbolic name for the reader. $buffer is the storage mechanism to be used for data read from the child process. It can either be a simple scalar, an ARRAY reference, a CODE reference or a GLOB reference.

child( $handle )

Performs actions suitable when running as part of the child process. This includes re-opening the provided $handle to a filehandle that is created based on the type of storage buffer configured in new(). If no buffer was configured, '/dev/null' is opened for writing.

parent( $select )

Performs actions suitable when running as part of the parent process. This includes adding filehandles to the provided $select object that should be monitored for readability.

read

Performs the actual read from the child process and stores any read data into the storage buffer configured in new(). At EOF, applicable filehandles are closed and removed from the select object used in the call to parent(). Any system errors are considered fatal.

BUGS

None are known at this time, but if you find one, please feel free to submit a report to the author.

AUTHOR

jason hord <pravus@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO

Proc::Hevy

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2009, jason hord

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