1POE::Filter::RecordBlocUks(e3r)Contributed Perl DocumentPaOtEi:o:nFilter::RecordBlock(3)
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6 POE::Filter::RecordBlock - translate between discrete records and
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10 Hello, dear reader. This SYNOPSIS does not contain a fully functioning
11 sample program because your humble documenter cannot come up with a
12 short, reasonable use case for this module. Please contact the
13 maintainer if this module is useful to you. Otherwise you may wake up
14 one morning to discover that it has been deprecated.
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16 $filter = new POE::Filter::RecordBlock( BlockSize => 4 );
17 $arrayref_of_arrayrefs = $filter->get($arrayref_of_raw_data);
18 $arrayref_of_raw_chunks = $filter->put($arrayref_of_arrayrefs);
19 $arrayref_of_raw_chunks = $filter->put($single_arrayref);
20 $arrayref_of_leftovers = $filter->get_pending;
21 $arrayref_of_leftovers = $filter->put_pending;
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24 On input, POE::Filter::RecordBlock translates a stream of discrete
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29 On output, this module flattens array references.
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31 This module may be deprecated in the future. Please contact the
32 maintainer if this module is useful to you.
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35 In addition to the usual POE::Filter methods, POE::Filter::RecordBlock
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39 new() takes at least one mandatory argument, BlockSize, which must be
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42 BlockSize before allowing data to be serialized.
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44 Using CheckPut is not recommended, as it enables a write buffer in the
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48 put_pending() returns an arrayref of any records that are waiting to be
49 sent. It is the outbound equivalent of POE::Filter's get_pending()
50 accessor. put_pending() is not part of the canonical POE::Filter API,
51 so nothing will use it. It's up to applications to handle pending
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55 blocksize() is an accessor/mutator for POE::Filter::RecordBlock's
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59 checkput() is an accessor/mutator for POE::Filter::RecordBlock's
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63 POE::Filter for more information about filters in general.
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68 This filter may maintain an output buffer that no other part of POE
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71 This filter implements a highly specialized and seemingly not generally
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74 Does anyone use this filter? This filter may be deprecated if nobody
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78 The RecordBlock filter was contributed by Dieter Pearcey.
79 Documentation is provided by Rocco Caputo.
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81 Please see the POE manpage for more information about authors and
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