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NAME

Net::BitTorrent::Util - Utility functions

METHODS

bencode

Expects a single value (basic scalar, array reference, or hash reference) and returns a single string.

Bencoding is the BitTorrent protocol's basic serialization and data organization format. The specification supports integers, lists (arrays), dictionaries (hashes), and byte strings.

See Also: Convert::Bencode, Bencode, Convert::Bencode_XS

bdecode

Expects a bencoded string. The return value depends on the type of data contained in the string.

See Also: Convert::Bencode, Bencode, Convert::Bencode_XS

compact

Compacts a list of IPv4:port strings into a single string.

A compact peer is 6 bytes; the first four bytes are the host (in network byte order), the last two bytes are the port (again in network byte order).

uncompact

Inflates a compacted string of peers and returns a list of IPv4:port strings.

AUTHOR

Sanko Robinson <sanko@cpan.org> - [http://sankorobinson.com/]

LICENSE AND LEGAL

Copyright 2008 by Sanko Robinson <sanko@cpan.org>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See [http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html] or the LICENSE file included with this module.

Neither this module nor the AUTHOR is affiliated with BitTorrent, Inc.