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NAME

POE::Component::DebugShell - Component to allow interactive peeking into a running POE application

SYNOPSIS

use POE::Component::DebugShell;

POE::Component::DebugShell->spawn();

DESCRIPTION

This component allows for interactive peeking into a running POE application.

spawn() creates a ReadLine enabled shell equipped with various debug commands. The following commands are available.

COMMANDS

show_sessions

debug> show_sessions
   * 3 [ session 3 (POE::Component::DebugShell controller) ]
   * 2 [ session 2 (PIE, PIE2) ]

Show a list of all sessions in the system. The output format is in the form of loggable session ids.

session_stats

debug> session_stats 2
   Statistics for Session 2
       Events coming from: 1
       Events going to: 1

Display various statistics for a given session. Provide one session id as a parameter.

list_aliases

debug> list_aliases 2
   Alias list for session 2
       * PIE
       * PIE2

List aliases for a given session id. Provide one session id as a parameter.

queue_dump

debug> queue_dump
   Event Queue:
       * ID: 738 - Index: 0
           Priority: 1078459009.06715
           Event: _sigchld_poll
       * ID: 704 - Index: 1
           Priority: 1078459012.42691
           Event: ping

Dump the contents of the event queue. Add a -v parameter to get verbose output.

help

debug> help
   The following commands are available:
       ...

Display help about available commands.

status

debug> status
   This is POE::Component::DebugShell v1.14
   running inside examples/foo.perl.
   This console spawned at Thu Mar 4 22:51:51 2004.
   There are 3 known sessions (including the kernel).

General shell status.

reload

debug> reload
Reloading...

Reload the shell

exit

debug> exit
Exiting...

Exit the shell

AUTHOR

Matt Cashner (cpan@eekeek.org)

DATE

$Date: 2004/03/05 03:57:43 $

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2003-2004, Matt Cashner

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.