Meta::Comm::Socket::Server - TCP/IP server class.

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NAME

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Meta::Comm::Socket::Server - TCP/IP server class.

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: Server.pm
	PROJECT: meta
	VERSION: 0.10

SYNOPSIS

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	package foo;
	use Meta::Comm::Socket::Server qw();
	my($object)=Meta::Comm::Socket::Server->new();
	my($result)=$object->run();

DESCRIPTION

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This class eases the job of making a TCP/IP server. Inherit from this class and you are on your way.

FUNCTIONS

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	new($)
	run($)
	handle($$$)
	TEST($)

FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

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new($)

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

run($)

This method runs the server, listens for TCP/IP calls and handles them using the handle method.

handle($$$)

This is the handle method. In this virtual server it does nothing.

TEST($)

Test suite for this module.

SUPER CLASSES

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IO::Socket::INET(3)

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::Server;

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

our($VERSION,@ISA);
$VERSION="0.10";
@ISA=qw(IO::Socket::INET);

#sub new($);
#sub run($);
#sub handle($$$);
#sub TEST($);

#__DATA__

sub new($) {
	my($class)=@_;
	my($self)={};
	$self->{SERVER}=IO::Socket::INET->new(
		LocalPort=>9000,
		LocalHost=>"localhost",
		Proto=>"tcp",
		Type=>IO::Socket::SOCK_STREAM,
		Reuse=>1,
		Listen=>10);
	if(!$self->{SERVER}) {
		throw Meta::Error::Simple("unable to start server [".$!."]");
	}
	$self->{SERVER}->autoflush(1);
	Meta::Utils::Output::print("server listening\n");
	bless($self,$class);
	return($self);
}

sub run($) {
	my($self)=@_;
#	Meta::Utils::Output::print("in run\n");
	while(my($client)=$self->{SERVER}->accept()) {
		Meta::Utils::Output::print("got comm\n");
		my($mess);
		while($client->recv($mess,1000)) {
#		while(my($mess)=<$client> || 0) {
			$self->handle($client,$mess);
		}
#		print $client "hello from server\n";
#		my($kidpid)=CORE::fork();
#		if(!defined($kidpid)) {
#			throw Meta::Error::Simple("unable to fork");
#		}
#		if($kidpid) {
#			Meta::Utils::Output::print("in server in fork\n");
#			$self->{SERVER}->close();
#			my($pid)=CORE::fork();
#			if(!defined($pid)) {
#				throw Meta::Error::Simple("unable to fork");
#			}
#			if($pid) {
#				my($mess);
#				while($client->recv($mess,5)) {
#				while($mess=<$client> || 0) {
#					Meta::Utils::Output::print("in loop\n");
#					$self->handle($client,$mess);
#				}
#				Meta::Utils::System::exit_ok();
#			} else {
#			}
#			Meta::Utils::System::exit_ok();
#		}
#		Meta::Utils::Output::print("in server out fork\n");
	}
	$self->{SERVER}->close();
}

sub handle($$$) {
	my($self,$client,$mess)=@_;
	Meta::Utils::Output::print("in handle with data [".$mess."]\n");
#	print $client "response\n";
	if(!$client->send("Goodbye\n")) {
		throw Meta::Error::Simple("unable to send");
	}
	Meta::Utils::Output::print("data sent\n");
}

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

1;

__END__