NAME¶

ZeroMQ::Poller - Convenient socket polling object

SYNOPSIS¶

  use ZeroMQ qw/:all/;
  my $cxt = ZeroMQ::Context->new()
  my $sock = ZeroMQ::Socket->new($cxt, ZMQ_REP);
  $sock->bind("inproc://amazingsocket");
  my $poller = ZeroMQ::Poller->new(
    {
      name      => 'amazing',
      socket    => $sock,
      events    => ZMQ_POLLIN,
      callback  => sub { do_something_amazing },
    },
  );
  $poller->poll();
  do_another_amazing_thing() if $poller->has_event(0);
  do_a_third_amazing_thing() if $poller->has_event('amazing');

DESCRIPTION¶

A "ZeroMQ::Poller" watches zero or more sockets for events and signals that these have occurred in several ways. Given a list of sockets and events to watch for, it can directly invoke a callback or simply raise a flag.

METHODS¶

new(@poll_items)¶

Creates a new "ZeroMQ::Poller" The constructor accepts a list of hash references ("poll items"), each of which specifies a socket or file descriptor to watch and what to watch it for. In addition, each poll item may specify a callback to invoke or a name by which it may be queried. The accepted keys are:

socket

Contains the "ZeroMQ::Socket" item to poll.

fd

Contains the file descriptor to poll. One of "socket" or "fd" is required; "socket" has precedence.

events

Some combination of "ZMQ_POLLIN", "ZMQ_POLLOUT", and "ZMQ_POLLERR"; the events to trap.

callback

A coderef taking no arguments and emitting no return value, invoked when the specified events occur on the socket or file descriptor. Optional.

name

A string, naming the poll item for later use with "has_event".

poll($timeout)¶

Blocks until there is activity or the given timeout is reached. If no timeout or a negative timeout is specified, blocks indefinitely. If a timeout is given, it is interpreted as microseconds.

has_event($index)¶

has_event($name)¶

Returns true if the poll item at the given index or with the given name reported activity during the last call to "poll".