Meta::Comm::Socket::Client - TCP/IP client.

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NAME

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Meta::Comm::Socket::Client - TCP/IP client.

COPYRIGHT

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Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Mark Veltzer; All rights reserved.

LICENSE

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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

DETAILS

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	MANIFEST: Client.pm
	PROJECT: meta
	VERSION: 0.10

SYNOPSIS

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	package foo;
	use Meta::Comm::Socket::Client qw();
	my($object)=Meta::Comm::Socket::Client->new();
	my($result)=$object->send("hello");

DESCRIPTION

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This class eases your job of creating TCP/IP clients. Override methods in this to create what you want.

FUNCTIONS

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	new($)
	send($$)
	TEST($)

FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

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new($)

This is a constructor for the Meta::Comm::Socket::Client object.

send($$)

This method will send data to the server and will return the servers answer.

TEST($)

Test suite for this module.

SUPER CLASSES

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None.

BUGS

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None.

AUTHOR

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	Name: Mark Veltzer
	Email: mailto:veltzer@cpan.org
	WWW: http://www.veltzer.org
	CPAN id: VELTZER

HISTORY

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	0.00 MV perl packaging again
	0.01 MV md5 project
	0.02 MV database
	0.03 MV perl module versions in files
	0.04 MV movies and small fixes
	0.05 MV thumbnail user interface
	0.06 MV more thumbnail issues
	0.07 MV website construction
	0.08 MV web site automation
	0.09 MV SEE ALSO section fix
	0.10 MV md5 issues

SEE ALSO

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IO::Socket::INET(3), Meta::Utils::Output(3), Meta::Utils::System(3), strict(3)

TODO

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Nothing.

Meta documentation Contained in the Meta distribution. 
#!/bin/echo This is a perl module and should not be run

package Meta::Comm::Socket::Client;

use strict qw(vars refs subs);
use Meta::Utils::Output qw();
use Meta::Utils::System qw();
use IO::Socket::INET qw();

our($VERSION,@ISA);
$VERSION="0.10";
@ISA=qw();

#sub new($);
#sub send($$);
#sub TEST($);

#__DATA__

sub new($) {
	my($class)=@_;
	my($self)={};
	$self->{CLIENT}=IO::Socket::INET->new(
		PeerAddr=>"localhost",
		PeerPort=>9000,
		Proto=>"tcp",
		Reuse=>1,
		Type=>IO::Socket::SOCK_STREAM
	);
	if(!$self->{CLIENT}) {
		throw Meta::Error::Simple("unable to init client [".$!."]");
	}
	$self->{CLIENT}->autoflush(1);
#	my($kidpid)=CORE::fork();
#	if(!defined($kidpid)) {
#		throw Meta::Error::Simple("unable to fork");
#	}
#	if(!$kidpid) {
#		Meta::Utils::Output::print("in client in fork\n");
#		my($line);
#		while($line=<$self> || 0) {
#			Meta::Utils::Output::print("got line [".$line."]\n");
#		}
#		CORE::kill("TERM"=>$kidpid);
#		Meta::Utils::System::Sexo(1);
#	}
#	Meta::Utils::Output::print("in client out fork\n");
	bless($self,$class);
	return($self);
}

sub send($$) {
	my($self,$mess)=@_;
	my($client)=$self->{CLIENT};
#	print $client $mess;
	if(!$self->send($mess)) {
		throw Meta::Error::Simple("unable to send");
	}
	Meta::Utils::Output::print("message sent");
	my($retu)=<$client>;
	return($retu);
}

sub TEST($) {
	my($context)=@_;
	return(1);
}

1;

__END__