IO::Mux::Poll - simplify use of poll()

 IO::Mux::Poll
   is a IO::Mux

  use IO::Mux::Poll;

  my $mux    = IO::Mux::Poll->new;
  my $server = IO::Mux::Service::TCP->new(...);
  $mux->add($server);
  $mux->loop;

Multiplexer based on the poll() system call, defined by POSIX.

The poll has less administration overhead than the select call (implemented via IO::Mux::Select (IO::Mux::Select)) because it avoids the need to play with bit-vectors to see which file handles got activated. However, poll is not supported on all platforms.

IO::Mux::Poll->new(OPTIONS) See "Constructors" in IO::Mux

$obj->poller

The internal IO::Poll object.

$obj->add(HANDLER|BUNDLE) See "User interface" in IO::Mux

$obj->endLoop(BOOLEAN) See "User interface" in IO::Mux

$obj->loop([HEARTBEAT]) See "User interface" in IO::Mux

$obj->open(MODE, PARAMS) See "User interface" in IO::Mux

$obj->changeTimeout(FILENO, OLDTIMEOUT, NEWTIMEOUT) See "For internal use" in IO::Mux

$obj->fdset(FILENO, STATE, READ, WRITE, EXCEPT) See "For internal use" in IO::Mux

$obj->handler(FILENO, [HANDLER]) See "For internal use" in IO::Mux

$obj->handlers See "For internal use" in IO::Mux

$obj->remove(FILENO) See "For internal use" in IO::Mux

Poll is only available on UNIX. Windows Vista has added a WSAPoll with comparible functionality (probably), but afaik there is no binary wrapper available for perl yet.

This module is part of IO-Mux distribution version 0.11, built on January 26, 2011. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/ All modules in this suite: Any::Daemon, IO::Mux, and IO::Mux::HTTP.

Please post questions or ideas to perl@overmeer.net

Copyrights 2011 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

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