-# $Id: Pod.pm,v 1.3 2006-05-09 16:31:05 mike Exp $
+# $Id: Pod.pm,v 1.6 2006-05-10 16:44:57 mike Exp $
package ZOOM::Pod;
use ZOOM;
+BEGIN {
+ # Just register the name
+ ZOOM::Log::mask_str("pod");
+ ZOOM::Log::mask_str("pod_unhandled");
+}
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+ZOOM::Pod - Perl extension for handling pods of concurrent ZOOM connections
+
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use ZOOM::Pod;
die "$pod->wait() failed with error $err" if $err;
sub completed_search {
- ($conn, $rs) = @_;
+ ($conn, undef, $rs) = @_;
print $conn->option("host"), ": found ", $rs->size(), " records\n";
- $rs->record(0); # Queues a request for the record
+ $rs->records(0, 1, 0); # Queues a request for the record
return 0;
}
sub got_record {
- ($conn, $rs) = @_;
+ ($conn, undef, $rs) = @_;
$rec = $rs->record(0);
print $conn->option("host"), ": got $rec = '", $rec->render(), "'\n";
return 0;
}
-=cut
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
-BEGIN {
- # Just register the name
- ZOOM::Log::mask_str("pod");
-}
+C<ZOOM:Pod> provides an API that simplifies asynchronous programming
+using ZOOM. A pod is a collection of asynchronous connections that
+are run simultaneously to achieve broadcast searching and retrieval.
+When a pod is created, a set of connections (or target-strings to
+connect to) are specified. Thereafter, they are treated as a unit,
+and methods for searching, option-setting, etc. that are invoked on
+the pod are delegated to each of its members.
+
+The key method on a pod is C<wait()>, which enters a loop accepting
+and dispatching events occurring on any of the connections in the pod.
+Unless interrupted,the loop runs until there are no more events left,
+i.e. no searches are outstanding and no requested records have still
+to be received.
+
+Event dispatching is done by means of callback functions, which can be
+registered for each event. A registered callback is invoked whenever
+a corresponding event occurs. A special callback can be nominated to
+handle errors.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 new()
+
+ $pod = new ZOOM::Pod($conn1, $conn2, $conn3);
+ $pod = new ZOOM::Pod("bagel.indexdata.com/gils",
+ "bagel.indexdata.com/marc");
+
+
+Creates a new pod containing one or more connections. Each connection
+may be specified either by an existing C<ZOOM::Connection> object,
+which I<must> be asynchronous; or by a ZOOM target string, in which
+case the pod module will make the connection object itself.
+
+Returns the new pod.
+
+=cut
sub new {
my $class = shift();
my(@conn) = @_;
+ die "$class with no connections" if @conn == 0;
my @state; # Hashrefs with application state associated with connections
foreach my $conn (@conn) {
if (!ref $conn) {
$conn = new ZOOM::Connection($conn, 0, async => 1);
+ # The $conn object is always made, even if no there's no
+ # server. Such errors are caught later, by the _check()
+ # call in wait().
}
push @state, {};
}
}, $class;
}
+=head2 option()
+
+ $oldElemSet = $pod->option("elementSetName");
+ $pod->option(elementSetName => "b");
+
+Sets a specified option in all the connections in a pod. Returns the
+old value that the option had in first of the connections in the pod:
+be aware that this value was not necessarily shared by all the members
+of the pod ... but that is true often enough to be useful.
+
+=cut
+
sub option {
my $this = shift();
my($key, $value) = @_;
+ my $old = $this->{conn}->[0]->option($key);
foreach my $conn (@{ $this->{conn} }) {
$conn->option($key, $value);
}
+
+ return $old;
}
+=head2 callback()
+
+I<###>
+
+It is passed the connection that the event happened on, a state
+hash-reference associated with the connection, the connection's
+result-set and the event-type (so that a single function can handle
+events of multiple types, switching on the code where necessary).
+
+=cut
+
sub callback {
my $this = shift();
my($event, $sub) = @_;
return $old;
}
+=head2 search_pqf()
+
+I<###>
+
+B<WARNING!>
+An important simplifying assumption is that each connection can only
+have one search active on it at a time - this allows the pod to
+maintain a one-to-one mapping between connections and result-sets.
+
+=cut
+
sub search_pqf {
my $this = shift();
my($pqf) = @_;
}
}
+=head2 wait()
+
+I<###>
+
+=cut
+
sub wait {
my $this = shift();
my $res = 0;
while ((my $i = ZOOM::event($this->{conn})) != 0) {
my $conn = $this->{conn}->[$i-1];
my $ev = $conn->last_event();
- ZOOM::Log::log("pod", "connection ", $i-1, ": ", ZOOM::event_str($ev));
+ my $evstr = ZOOM::event_str($ev);
+ ZOOM::Log::log("pod", "connection ", $i-1, ": $evstr");
+
+ eval {
+ $conn->_check();
+ }; if ($@) {
+ my $sub = $this->{callback}->{exception};
+ die $@ if !defined $sub;
+ $res = &$sub($conn, $this->{state}->[$i-1],
+ $this->{rs}->[$i-1], $@);
+ last if $res != 0;
+ next;
+ }
+
my $sub = $this->{callback}->{$ev};
if (defined $sub) {
$res = &$sub($conn, $this->{state}->[$i-1],
$this->{rs}->[$i-1], $ev);
last if $res != 0;
+ } else {
+ ZOOM::Log::log("pod_unhandled", "unhandled event $ev ($evstr)");
}
}
}
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+The underlying
+C<ZOOM>
+module (part of the
+C<Net::Z3950::ZOOM>
+distribution).
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Mike Taylor, E<lt>mike@indexdata.comE<gt>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
+
+Copyright (C) 2006 by Index Data.
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.4 or,
+at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
+
+=cut
+
+
1;