NAME
POE::Filter - convert between raw and cooked streams
SYNOPSIS
$filter = new POE::Filter::Derivative();DESCRIPTION
Derivatives of POE::Filter provide standard IO cooking and uncooking for their parent IO::Sessions. For example, POE::Filter::Line breaks up input into newline-delimited chunks of input, and it appends newlines to the ends of chunks being output.
PUBLIC METHODS
- new POE::Filter::Derivative
-
$filter = new POE::Filter::Derivative()Creates an instance of the given filter.
- $filter->put($chunk)
-
Returns a version of
$chunkthat is formatted according to the protocol that the filter implements. - $filter->get($chunk)
-
Returns a reference to an array of zero or more formatted pieces of
$chunk. Partial chunks are held insidePOE::Filteruntil they are completed.
EXAMPLES
Please see tests/selects.perl for an example of POE::Filter::Line.
BUGS
None known.
CONTACT AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1998 Rocco Caputo <troc@netrus.net>. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.