xDash::Spool::Dummy - Base class for Spool

 package Spool;
 # Test settings:
 use base xDash::Spool::Dummy;
 sub SetParameters { shift->SUPER::SetParameters( 
  event_limit => 10, mean_interoccurence_time => 1 )

The module is developed in the object orientated way. It can be used as the base class for spool allowing easy testing, which has to implement a fixed set of methods, called by the derived class Spool. Spool is hardcoded in the xDash::Sender (driver pattern). The module auto generates jobs according to the Poisson/exponential time series simulation and places them in a virtual spool. A job is removed from the virtual spool only if a job confirmation comes back from the Archivist. By deriving from the class, as the way of passing arguments, you have to implement explicit methods listed below . The synopsis above is an example of the client script generated by the xdscr after debugging.

For own generating the body of a event, look inside the code of xDash::Spool::Dummy and overwrite the method Fetch() in your derived class used as the base class for Spool.

SetParameters( event_limit => $number, mean_interoccurence_time => $time )

event_limit => $number, sets the upper limit of generated jobs; mean_interoccurence_time => $time, sets the mean interoccurence time for exponential time series simulation.

Any suggestions for improvement are welcomed!

If a bug is detected or nonconforming behavior, please send an error report to <jwach@cpan.org>.

Copyright 2005 Jerzy Wachowiak <jwach@cpan.org>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license attached to the module.

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